Full Text of HB1088 096th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Radon Industry Licensing Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 25 and by adding Sections 27 and 28 as | 6 |
| follows:
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| (420 ILCS 44/25)
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| Sec. 25. License requirement. Beginning January 1, 1998, no | 9 |
| person
shall sell a device or
perform a service for | 10 |
| compensation to detect the presence of radon or radon
progeny | 11 |
| in the indoor atmosphere, perform laboratory analysis, or | 12 |
| perform a service to reduce the
presence of radon or radon
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| progeny in the indoor atmosphere unless the
person has been | 14 |
| licensed by the
Agency. The application procedures for a | 15 |
| license shall be established
by rule of the Agency. This | 16 |
| Section does not apply to retail stores that only sell or | 17 |
| distribute radon sampling devices but are not engaged in the | 18 |
| manufacture of radon sampling devices or a relationship with | 19 |
| the client for other services such as home inspection or | 20 |
| representation as in a real estate transaction and that do not | 21 |
| perform laboratory analysis, measurement, or mitigation | 22 |
| services .
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| (Source: P.A. 94-369, eff. 7-29-05.)
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| (420 ILCS 44/27 new) | 2 |
| Sec. 27. Approval of radon sampling and measurement | 3 |
| devices. No person shall sell a device in this State to detect | 4 |
| the presence of radon or radon progeny in the indoor atmosphere | 5 |
| without prior approval of the device from the Agency. All | 6 |
| electronic radon detection devices sold in this State must be | 7 |
| calibrated to ensure the accuracy and precision of their | 8 |
| measurements of radon and radon progeny. | 9 |
| (420 ILCS 44/28 new)
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| Sec. 28. Task Force on Radon-Resistant Building Codes. | 11 |
| (a) The Radon-Resistant Building Codes Task Force is | 12 |
| created. The Task Force consists of the following members: | 13 |
| (1) the Director, ex officio, or his or her | 14 |
| representative, who is the chair of the Task Force; | 15 |
| (2) a representative, designated by the Director, of a | 16 |
| home builders' association in Illinois; | 17 |
| (3) a representative, designated by the Director, of a | 18 |
| home inspectors' association in Illinois; | 19 |
| (4) a representative, designated by the Director, of an | 20 |
| international building code organization; | 21 |
| (5) a representative, designated by the Director, of an | 22 |
| Illinois realtors' organization; | 23 |
| (6) two representatives, designated by the Director, | 24 |
| of respiratory disease organizations, each from a |
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| different organization; | 2 |
| (7) a representative, designated by the Director, of a | 3 |
| cancer research and prevention organization; | 4 |
| (8) a representative, designated by the Director, of a | 5 |
| municipal organization in Illinois; | 6 |
| (9) one person appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 7 |
| Representatives; | 8 |
| (10) one person appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 9 |
| House of Representatives; | 10 |
| (11) one person appointed by the President of the | 11 |
| Senate; and | 12 |
| (12) one person appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 13 |
| Senate. | 14 |
| (b) The Task Force shall meet at the call of the chair. | 15 |
| Members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed | 16 |
| for their reasonable expenses from moneys appropriated for that | 17 |
| purpose. The Agency shall provide staff and support for the | 18 |
| operation of the Task Force. | 19 |
| (c) The Task Force shall make recommendations to the | 20 |
| Governor, the Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency, and | 21 |
| the Pollution Control Board concerning the adoption of rules | 22 |
| for building codes.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 |
| becoming law.
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