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410 ILCS 68/5

(410 ILCS 68/5)

Sec. 5.

Definitions.

As used in this Act:

"Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the State of Illinois.

"Bedding" means any mattress, box spring, foundation, or studio couch made in
whole or part from new or secondhand fabric, filling material, or other
textile product or material and which can be used for sleeping or reclining
purposes.

"Consumer" means a person who purchases or otherwise acquires bedding for
sleeping or reclining purposes in that person's home or business such as a
medical facility
or lodging establishment, and does not include wholesalers, retailers, or other
persons
who acquire bedding for purposes of resale or other distribution.

"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health.

"Manufacturer" means a person who makes any article of bedding in whole or
in part using new or secondhand fabric, filling material, or other textile
product or material.

"New material" means any fabric, filling material, other textile product or
material, or article
of bedding that has not been previously used for any purpose, and includes
by-products of any textile or manufacturing process that are free from dirt,
insects, and other contamination.

"Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited
liability company, corporation, joint venture, association, trust, and any
other entity, and the officers, employees, and agents of any of them.

"Renovator", "Rebuilder", and "Repairer" mean a person who repairs, makes
over, recovers, restores, sanitizes, germicidally treats, cleans, or renews
bedding.

"Sanitizer" means any person who sanitizes or germicidally treats or cleans
(but does not otherwise alter) any fabric, filling material, other textile
product or material, or
article of bedding for use in manufacturing or renovating bedding.

"Secondhand material" means any fabric, filling material, other textile
product or material, or
article of bedding that has been previously used for any purpose or that is
derived
from post-consumer or industrial waste, and that may be used in place of or in
addition to new
material in manufacturing or renovating bedding.

(Source: P.A. 91-164, eff. 7-16-99.)