100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2719
 
Introduced , by Rep. William Davis
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
420 ILCS 52/15
420 ILCS 44/28 rep.

     Amends the Radon Industry Licensing Act. Abolishes the Radon-Resistant Building Codes Task Force. Make a corresponding change in the Radon Resistant Construction Act.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Radon Resistant Construction Act is amended 
5by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (420 ILCS 52/15)

7    Sec. 15. Definitions.  As used in this Act, unless the 
8context requires otherwise:
9    "Active mitigation system", also known as "active soil 
10depressurization" or "ASD", means a family of radon mitigation 
11systems involving mechanically driven soil depressurization, 
12including sub-slab depressurization (SSD), drain tile 
13depressurization (DTD), block wall depressurization (BWD), and 
14sub-membrane depressurization (SMD).
15    "Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.

16    "New residential construction" means any original 
17construction of a single-family home or a dwelling containing 2 
18or fewer apartments, condominiums, or town houses.

19    "Passive new construction pipe" means a pipe installed in 
20new construction that relies solely on the convective flow of 
21air upward for soil gas depressurization and may consist of 
22multiple pipes routed through conditioned space from below the 
23foundation  to above the roof.

 
 
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1    "Radon" means a gaseous radioactive decay product of 
2uranium or thorium.

3    "Radon contractor" means a person licensed in accordance 
4with the Radon Industry Licensing Act to perform radon or radon 
5progeny mitigation or to perform measurements of radon or radon 
6progeny in an indoor atmosphere.

7    "Radon resistant construction" means the installation of 
8passive new construction pipe  during new residential 
9construction.

10    "Residential building code" means an ordinance, 
11resolution, or law that establishes standards  applicable to new 
12residential construction.

13    "Residential building contractor" means any individual, 
14corporation, or partnership that constructs new residential 
15construction.

16    "Task Force on Radon-Resistant Building Codes" means the 
17Task Force on Radon-Resistant Building Codes as authorized by 
18the Radon Industry Licensing Act.


19(Source: P.A. 97-953, eff. 6-1-13.)
 
20    (420 ILCS 44/28 rep.)
21    Section 10. The Radon Industry Licensing Act is amended  by 
22repealing Section 28.