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 1        AN ACT concerning public health.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 1.  Short title. This Act may  be  cited  as  the
 5    Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 2003.

 6        Section 5.  Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
 7             (1)  Nearly  1,000,000  American  children  may have
 8        levels of lead in their blood in excess of 10  micrograms
 9        per  deciliter.  Unless  prevented  or  treated, elevated
10        blood lead  levels  in  egregious  cases  may  result  in
11        impairment  of  the  ability  to  think, concentrate, and
12        learn.
13             (2)  A  significant  cause  of  lead  poisoning   in
14        children   is   the  ingestion  of  lead  particles  from
15        deteriorating or abraded  lead-based  paint  from  older,
16        poorly maintained residences.
17             (3)  The  health  and  development of these children
18        and many others is  endangered  by  chipping  or  peeling
19        lead-based     paint     or    excessive    amounts    of
20        lead-contaminated dust in poorly maintained homes.
21             (4)  Ninety  percent  of  lead-based   paint   still
22        remaining  in  occupied  housing  exists  in  units built
23        before 1960, with the remainder  in  units  built  before
24        1978.
25             (5)  The  dangers  posed  by lead-based paint can be
26        substantially reduced and largely  eliminated  by  taking
27        measures  to  prevent  paint  deterioration  and limiting
28        children's exposure to paint chips and lead dust.
29             (6)  The deterioration of lead-based paint in  older
30        residences  results  in  increased expenses each year for
31        the State in the form  of  special  education  and  other
 
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 1        education   expenses,   medical  care  for  lead-poisoned
 2        children,  and  expenditures  for  delinquent  youth  and
 3        others needing special supervision.
 4             (7)  Older housing units remain an important part of
 5        this State's housing stock, particularly  for  people  of
 6        modest or limited incomes.
 7             (8)  The  existing system of enforcing housing codes
 8        has proven ineffective in inducing widespread  lead-based
 9        paint hazard abatement, mitigation, and control.
10             (9)  The  financial  incentives  currently  in place
11        have not proven  sufficient  to  motivate  landlords  and
12        other   property   owners  to  undertake  widespread  and
13        effective lead-based paint hazard abatement,  mitigation,
14        and control.
15             (10)  Insurance  coverage generally is not available
16        to landlords or other property  owners  to  protect  them
17        against  potentially  ruinous  legal  actions  brought on
18        behalf of lead-poisoned children.
19             (11)  The possibility of  liability  exposure  among
20        landlords  has led many to abandon older properties or to
21        place  them  in  shell  corporations  to  avoid  personal
22        liability.
23             (12)  Knowledge of lead-based paint  hazards,  their
24        control, mitigation, abatement, and risk avoidance is not
25        sufficiently widespread, especially outside urban areas.

26        Section  10.  Purposes.  To  promote  the  elimination of
27    childhood lead poisoning in Illinois, the  purposes  of  this
28    Act are:
29             (1)  to    substantially   reduce   and   eventually
30        eliminate the incidence of childhood  lead  poisoning  in
31        Illinois;
32             (2)  to  increase  the  supply  of affordable rental
33        housing in Illinois, where  measures have been  taken  to
 
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 1        reduce   substantially   the   risk   of  childhood  lead
 2        poisoning;
 3             (3)  to make  enforcement  of  lead  hazard  control
 4        standards in Illinois more certain and more effective;
 5             (4)  to  improve  public  awareness  of  lead safety
 6        issues and to educate both property  owners  and  tenants
 7        about  practices  that  can  reduce the incidence of lead
 8        poisoning;
 9             (5)  to provide protection from potentially  ruinous
10        tort  actions for those landlords who undertake specified
11        lead hazard reduction measures;
12             (6)  to assure the availability and affordability of
13        liability insurance protection  to  those  landlords  and
14        other   owners   who   undertake  specified  lead  hazard
15        reduction measures;
16             (7)  to mandate the testing of  children  likely  to
17        suffer  the consequences of lead poisoning so that prompt
18        diagnosis and treatment, as well  as  the  prevention  of
19        harm, are possible;
20             (8)  to  provide  a  mechanism  to facilitate prompt
21        payment  of  medical,  rehabilitation,   and   relocation
22        expenses for those remaining individuals who are affected
23        by childhood lead poisoning; and
24             (9)  to  define  the  scope  of  authority  of State
25        agencies  and  departments  for  lead   hazard   control,
26        mitigation, education, and insurance availability, and to
27        provide for the coordination of these efforts.

28        Section 15.  Definitions. In this Act:
29        "Abatement"   means  any  set  of  measures  designed  to
30    permanently eliminate lead-based paint  or  lead-based  paint
31    hazards. "Abatement" includes the removal of lead-based paint
32    and   dust-lead   hazards,   the   permanent   enclosure   or
33    encapsulation   of   lead-based  paint,  the  replacement  of
 
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 1    components or fixtures painted with lead-based paint, and the
 2    removal or permanent covering of soil-based hazards.
 3        "Affected property" means a room or group of rooms within
 4    a  property  constructed  before  1978,  forming   a   single
 5    independent  habitable dwelling unit for occupation by one or
 6    more individuals that has living  facilities  with  permanent
 7    provisions   for   living,  sleeping,  eating,  cooking,  and
 8    sanitation. "Affected property" does not include:
 9             (1)  an area not used for living, sleeping,  eating,
10        cooking, or sanitation, such as an unfinished basement;
11             (2)  a  unit  within  a  hotel,  motel,  or  similar
12        seasonal  or  transient  facility  unless  that  unit  is
13        occupied  by  one  or  more  persons at risk for a period
14        exceeding 30 days;
15             (3)  an area that is  secured  and  inaccessible  to
16        occupants;
17             (4)  a unit that is not offered for rent; or
18             (5)  any  property  owned  or  operated by a unit of
19        federal,  State,  or  local  government  or   a   public,
20        quasi-public, or municipal corporation if the property is
21        subject  to lead standards that are equivalent to or more
22        stringent than  the  requirements  for  lead-safe  status
23        under subsection (d) of Section 25.
24        "Change  in  occupancy"  means  a  change of tenant in an
25    affected property when the property is vacated and possession
26    is either surrendered to the owner or abandoned.
27        "Chewable surface" means an interior or exterior  surface
28    painted with lead-based paint that a child under the age of 6
29    can mouth or chew.  Hard metal substrates and other materials
30    that cannot be dented by the bite of a child under the age of
31    6 are not considered chewable.
32        "Containment" means the physical measures taken to ensure
33    that   the   dust  and  debris  created  or  released  during
34    lead-based paint hazard reduction are not spread,  blown,  or
 
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 1    tracked from inside to outside of the worksite.
 2        "Deteriorated paint" means any interior or exterior paint
 3    or  other  coating  that  is  peeling, chipping, chalking, or
 4    cracking or any paint or coating located on  an  interior  or
 5    exterior  surface  or  fixture  that  is otherwise damaged or
 6    separated from the substrate.
 7        "Director" means the Director of Public Health.
 8        "Director's local designee" means a municipal, county, or
 9    other official designated by the Director of Public Health as
10    responsible  for  assisting  the  Director,  relevant   State
11    agencies,  and  relevant  county and municipal authorities in
12    implementing the activities specified by  this  Act  for  the
13    geographical area where the affected property is located.
14        "Dust-lead  hazard"  means  surface dust in a residential
15    dwelling or a facility occupied by  a  person  at  risk  that
16    contains  a  mass  per area concentration of lead equal to or
17    exceeding 40 micrograms per square  foot  on  floors  or  250
18    micrograms  per  square foot on interior windowsills based on
19    wipe samples.
20        "Dwelling unit" means:
21             (1)  a single-family  dwelling,  including  attached
22        structures such as porches and stoops; or
23             (2)  a  housing  unit  in  a structure that contains
24        more than one separate housing unit and where  each  unit
25        is  used  or occupied or intended to be used or occupied,
26        in whole or in part,  as  the  home  or  separate  living
27        quarters of one or more persons.
28        "Elevated  blood  lead" means a quantity of lead in whole
29    venous blood, expressed in  micrograms  per  deciliter,  that
30    exceeds 15 micrograms per deciliter or any other level as may
31    be specifically provided in this Act.
32        "Encapsulation"  means  the  application of a covering or
33    coating that acts as a barrier between the  lead-based  paint
34    and  the  environment  and  that relies for its durability on
 
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 1    adhesion between the encapsulant and the painted surface  and
 2    on  the  integrity  of the exiting bonds between paint layers
 3    and between the paint and the substrate. Encapsulation may be
 4    used as a method of abatement if it is designed and performed
 5    to be permanent.
 6        "Exterior surfaces" means:
 7             (1)  all fences and porches  that  are  part  of  an
 8        affected property;
 9             (2)  all  outside  surfaces  of an affected property
10        that are accessible to a child under the age of 6 and:
11                  (A)  are attached to the outside of an affected
12             property; or
13                  (B)  consist of other buildings that  are  part
14             of the affected property; and
15             (3)  all  painted  surfaces  in stairways, hallways,
16        entrance areas,  recreation  areas,  laundry  areas,  and
17        garages  within  a  multifamily rental dwelling unit that
18        are  common  to  individual  dwelling   units   and   are
19        accessible to a child under the age of 6.
20        "Friction  surface" means an interior or exterior surface
21    that is subject to abrasion or friction, including,  but  not
22    limited to, certain window, floor, and stair surfaces.
23        "Hazard  reduction"  means measures designed to reduce or
24    eliminate  human  exposure  to  lead-based  hazards   through
25    methods  that  include  interim  controls  or  abatement or a
26    combination of interim controls and abatement.
27        "High efficiency particle air  vacuum"  or  "HEPA-vacuum"
28    means  a  device  capable  of  filtering out particles of 0.3
29    microns or greater from a body of air  at  an  efficiency  of
30    99.97%  or  greater.  "HEPA-vacuum"  includes  the  use  of a
31    HEPA-vacuum.
32        "Impact surface" means an interior  or  exterior  surface
33    that is subject to damage by repeated sudden force, including
34    certain parts of door frames.
 
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 1        "Inspection"   means  a  comprehensive  investigation  to
 2    determine the presence of lead-based paint  hazards  and  the
 3    provision   of   a  report  explaining  the  results  of  the
 4    investigation.
 5        "Interim controls" means a set of  measures  designed  to
 6    reduce   temporarily   human  exposure  to  lead-based  paint
 7    hazards.  "Interim controls" include, but are not limited to,
 8    repairs,   painting,   temporary   containment,   specialized
 9    cleaning, clearance,  ongoing  lead-based  paint  maintenance
10    activities, and the establishment and operation of management
11    and resident education programs.
12        "Interior  windowsill"  means a portion of the horizontal
13    window ledge that protrudes into the interior of a room.
14        "Lead-based paint" means paint or other surface  coatings
15    that  contain  lead  equal  to  or  exceeding 1 milligram per
16    square centimeter or 0.5 percent by weight or 5,000 parts per
17    million by weight.
18        "Lead-based paint hazard" means  paint-lead  hazards  and
19    dust-lead hazards.
20        "Lead-contaminated   dust"   means   dust   in   affected
21    properties  that  contains  an  area or mass concentration of
22    lead in excess of the lead content level  determined  by  the
23    Department of Public Health by rule.
24        "Mitigation"  means  the  remediation of a lead hazard so
25    that the lead bearing substance does not  pose  an  immediate
26    health hazard to humans.
27        "Owner"  means  a  person,  firm,  corporation, nonprofit
28    organization, partnership, government, guardian, conservator,
29    receiver, trustee, executor, or other  judicial  officer,  or
30    other  entity  that,  alone  or  with others, owns, holds, or
31    controls the freehold or leasehold title or part of the title
32    to property, with or without actually possessing it.  "Owner"
33    includes  a  vendee  who  possesses  the  title, but does not
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 1    under  a  ground  rent lease. "Owner" includes any authorized
 2    agent of the owner, including a property manager  or  leasing
 3    agent.
 4        "Paint-lead hazard" means any one of the following:
 5             (1)  Any lead-based paint on a friction surface that
 6        is  subject to abrasion and where the dust-lead levels on
 7        the nearest horizontal surface  underneath  the  friction
 8        surface,  including the windowsill or floor, are equal to
 9        or greater than the dust-lead hazard  levels  defined  in
10        this Section.
11             (2)  Any    damaged    or   otherwise   deteriorated
12        lead-based paint on an impact surface that is  caused  by
13        impact  from a related building material including a door
14        knob that knocks into  a  wall  or  a  door  that  knocks
15        against its door frame.
16             (3)  Any chewable, lead-based, painted surface where
17        there is evidence of teeth marks.
18             (4)  Any  other  deteriorated lead-based paint in or
19        on the  exterior  of  any  residential  building  or  any
20        facility occupied by a person at risk.
21        "Permanent"  means  having  an expected design life of at
22    least 20 years.
23        "Person at risk" means a child under the age of  6  years
24    or  a pregnant woman who resides or regularly spends at least
25    24 hours per week in an affected property.
26        "Relocation expenses" means all expenses necessitated  by
27    the  relocation of a tenant's household to lead-safe housing,
28    including moving and hauling expenses, the HEPA-vacuuming  of
29    all  upholstered furniture, payment of a security deposit for
30    the lead-safe housing, and  installation  and  connection  of
31    utilities and appliances.
32        "Soil-lead   hazard"   means  soil  on  residential  real
33    property or on the property  of  a  facility  occupied  by  a
34    person at risk that contains total lead equal to or exceeding
 
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 1    400  parts per million in a play area or the average of 1,200
 2    parts per million of bare soil in the rest of the yard  based
 3    on soil samples.
 4        "Tenant"  means  the  individual named as the lessee in a
 5    lease,  rental  agreement,  or  occupancy  agreement  for   a
 6    dwelling unit.
 7        "Wipe  sample"  means  a  sample  collected  by  wiping a
 8    representative surface of known area, as determined  by  ASTM
 9    E1728 ("Standard Practice for the Field Collection of Settled
10    Dust   Samples   Using   Wipe   Sampling   Methods  for  Lead
11    Determination by Atomic Spectrometry Techniques"), with  lead
12    determination   conducted   by   an   accredited   laboratory
13    participating    in   the   Environmental   Lead   Laboratory
14    Accreditation Program (ELLAP).

15        Section 20.  Program for lead  poisoning  prevention  and
16    treatment; council; commission.
17        (a)  The  Director  of  Public Health shall establish and
18    chair a Lead Poisoning Prevention Coordinating  Council  that
19    shall  also  include  a  designee  of  the  Governor from the
20    Illinois Housing Development Authority and a designee of  the
21    Governor from the Department of Public Health.
22        (b)  Subject  to  appropriation, the Director, working in
23    coordination with the Lead Poisoning Prevention  Coordinating
24    Council,   shall   establish  a  statewide  program  for  the
25    prevention,  screening,  diagnosis,  and  treatment  of  lead
26    poisoning, including  elimination  of  the  sources  of  that
27    poisoning,     through     those    research,    educational,
28    epidemiologic, and clinical activities that may be necessary.
29        (c)  The  Governor  shall  establish  a  Lead   Poisoning
30    Prevention Commission.
31             (1)  The duties of the Commission are as follows:
32                  (A)  to  study  and  collect information on the
33             effectiveness  of  this  Act   in   fulfilling   its
 
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 1             legislative purposes as defined in Section 10;
 2                  (B)  to    make   policy   recommendations   on
 3             achieving the legislative purposes of  this  Act  as
 4             set forth in Section 10;
 5                  (C)  to  consult  with  the  Director  and  the
 6             responsible  departments  of State government on the
 7             implementation of this Act; and
 8                  (D)  to write and submit a report each year  to
 9             the  Governor  on  the  results of implementing this
10             Act.
11             (2)  The Commission shall consist of 14 members. The
12        membership shall include:
13                  (A)  the Director  of  Public  Health  and  the
14             other  2  members  of  the Lead Poisoning Prevention
15             Coordinating Council as described in subsection (a);
16                  (B)  one member of the Senate, appointed by the
17             President;
18                  (C)  one member of the House of Representatives
19             appointed by the Speaker; and
20                  (D)  9  members  appointed  by  the   Governor,
21             including:
22                       (i)  a child advocate;
23                       (ii)  a health care provider;
24                       (iii)  a parent of a lead-poisoned child;
25                       (iv)  a     representative     of    local
26                  government;
27                       (v)  2 owners of rental  property  in  the
28                  State;
29                       (vi)  a  representative from the insurance
30                  industry   that   offers   premises   liability
31                  coverage in the State;
32                       (vii)  either  a   lead   hazard   control
33                  professional  or  contractor  or  a lead hazard
34                  identification professional; and
 
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 1                       (viii)  one other  member  of  the  public
 2                  whose  experience and expertise indicate his or
 3                  her contributions to  the  Commission  will  be
 4                  meaningful.
 5             (3)  The terms of the members are as follows:
 6                  (A)  the  term  of  a  member  appointed by the
 7             Governor is 4 years;
 8                  (B)  a member appointed by the President or the
 9             Speaker  shall  serve  at  the   pleasure   of   the
10             appointing officer;
11                  (C)  the  terms of initial members appointed by
12             the Governor may be shortened or lengthened so  that
13             the terms of future members are staggered;
14                  (D)  at  the  end  of  a  term,  a member shall
15             continue to serve until a successor is appointed and
16             qualifies; and
17                  (E)  a member appointed after the  commencement
18             of  a  term shall serve only for the reminder of the
19             term and until a successor is appointed.

20        Section 25.  Requirements  for  lead-free  and  lead-safe
21    status.
22        (a)  An   affected   property   shall   comply  with  the
23    requirements of either  "lead-free"  status,  as  defined  by
24    subsection   (c),   or  "lead-safe"  status,  as  defined  by
25    subsection (d), no later than 2 years following the effective
26    date of this Act, except as otherwise provided in  subsection
27    (b).
28        (b)  An  owner of 5 or more affected properties may apply
29    to the Director or  the  Director's  local  designee  for  an
30    extension   of   time  to  comply  with  the  requirement  of
31    subsection (a). The extension of time for compliance shall be
32    for a period of 3 years  beyond  the  deadline  specified  in
33    subsection  (a),  meaning  that  the  extended  deadline  for
 
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 1    compliance  shall  be 5 years following the effective date of
 2    this Act. The Director shall grant the owner's request for an
 3    extension only if:
 4             (1)  the owner of the affected property states under
 5        penalty of perjury that the affected property  for  which
 6        an  extension  is  sought  is not occupied by a person at
 7        risk; and
 8             (2)  the owner of the affected property has complied
 9        with the requirements of subsection (a) for more than 50%
10        of the other affected properties that the owner  owns  or
11        in which he or she has a beneficial interest.
12        (c)  An affected property is "lead-free" if:
13             (1)  the  affected  property  was  constructed after
14        1978; or
15             (2)  the owner of the affected property  submits  to
16        the   Director   or   the  Director's  designee  for  the
17        jurisdiction where the property is located an  inspection
18        report  indicating  that  the  affected property has been
19        tested for  the  presence  of  lead  in  accordance  with
20        standards and procedures established by the Department of
21        Public Health, by rule, and stating that:
22                  (A)  all  interior  surfaces  of  the  affected
23             property are lead-free; and
24                  (B)  either  (i)  all exterior painted surfaces
25             of  the  affected  property  that   were   chipping,
26             peeling,   or   flaking   have  been  restored  with
27             non-lead-based paint; or (ii)  no  exterior  painted
28             surfaces  of  the  affected  property  are chipping,
29             peeling, or flaking.
30             (3)  In  order  to  maintain  exemption   from   the
31        provisions  of  this  Act,  the  owner  of  any  affected
32        property  with  lead-based  paint on any exterior surface
33        that  has  been  certified  as  lead-free   pursuant   to
34        subdivision  (2)  shall  submit  to  the  Director or the
 
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 1        Director's  designee  for  the  jurisdiction  where  that
 2        property is located, every 3 years, a certification by an
 3        inspector  accredited  pursuant  to  the  provisions   of
 4        Section  35,  stating that no exterior painted surface of
 5        the affected property is chipping, peeling, or flaking.
 6        (d)  An affected property is "lead-safe" if the following
 7    treatments to  reduce  lead-based  paint  hazards  have  been
 8    completed  by  someone certified under Section 35 of this Act
 9    and in compliance with the  regulations  established  by  the
10    Director:
11             (1)  visual  review  of  all  exterior  and interior
12        painted surfaces;
13             (2)  removal and repainting of chipping, peeling, or
14        flaking paint on exterior and interior painted surfaces;
15             (3)  stabilization and repainting of any interior or
16        exterior  painted  surface  that  has  lead-based   paint
17        hazards;
18             (4)  repair of any structural defect that is causing
19        the  paint  to chip, peel, or flake that the owner of the
20        affected property either knows or, with the  exercise  of
21        reasonable care, should know;
22             (5)  stripping   and   repainting,   replacing,   or
23        encapsulating all interior windowsills and window troughs
24        with  vinyl,  metal,  or any other durable materials that
25        render the surface smooth and cleanable;
26             (6)  installation of caps of vinyl, aluminum, or any
27        other material in a manner and under conditions  approved
28        by  the  Director  in all window wells to make the window
29        wells smooth and cleanable;
30             (7)  fixing the top sash of all windows in place  to
31        eliminate  the  friction  caused  by  movement of the top
32        sash, except for a treated or replacement window that  is
33        free of lead-based paint on its friction surfaces;
34             (8)  re-hanging  all  doors  as necessary to prevent
 
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 1        the rubbing  together  of  a  lead-painted  surface  with
 2        another surface;
 3             (9)  making all bare floors smooth and cleanable;
 4             (10)  ensuring  that all kitchen and bathroom floors
 5        are overlaid with a smooth, water-resistant covering; and
 6             (11)  HEPA-vacuuming and washing of the interior  of
 7        the  affected  property  with high phosphate detergent or
 8        its equivalent, as determined by the Director.
 9        (e)  Whenever an owner of an affected property intends to
10    make repairs or perform maintenance work  that  will  disturb
11    the  paint  on interior surfaces of an affected property, the
12    owner shall give any tenant of the affected property  written
13    notice at least 48 hours in advance and shall make reasonable
14    efforts  to  ensure  that  all persons who are not persons at
15    risk are not present in the area where work is performed  and
16    that  all  persons  at  risk  are  removed  from the affected
17    property when the work is performed.
18             (1)  A tenant shall  allow  access  to  an  affected
19        property,  at  reasonable  times, to the owner to perform
20        any work required under this Act.
21             (2)  If a tenant must vacate  an  affected  property
22        for  a  period  of  24 hours or more to allow an owner to
23        perform work that will  disturb  the  paint  on  interior
24        surfaces, the owner shall pay the reasonable expenses the
25        tenant  incurs  that are directly related to the required
26        relocation.
27             (3)  If an owner has made all reasonable efforts  to
28        cause  the  tenant  to  temporarily  vacate  an  affected
29        property  to  perform work that will disturb the paint on
30        interior surfaces and the tenant refuses  to  vacate  the
31        affected  property,  then the owner is not liable for any
32        damages arising from the tenant's refusal to vacate.
33             (4)  If an owner has made all reasonable efforts  to
34        gain  access  to an affected property to perform any work
 
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 1        required under this Act and the tenant refuses  to  allow
 2        access  even after receiving reasonable advance notice of
 3        the need for access, then the owner is not liable for any
 4        damages  arising  from  the  tenant's  refusal  to  allow
 5        access.

 6        Section 30.  Inspection of affected properties.
 7        (a)  Initial inspection of each affected  property  shall
 8    occur  no later than  2 years following the effective date of
 9    this Act, except as provided in subsection (b) of Section 25.
10        (b)  Subsequent inspections shall occur at  intervals  of
11    not greater than 3 years.
12        (c)  The  requirement  for a subsequent inspection may be
13    satisfied by certification by the owner with the Director  or
14    the  Director's  designee  for  the  jurisdiction  where  the
15    property  is located, under penalty of perjury as provided in
16    the Criminal Code of 1961,  that  the  tenants  occupying  an
17    affected  property have not changed since the last inspection
18    and that no one residing within the affected  property  is  a
19    person at risk.
20        (d)  If  the requirement for re-inspection of an affected
21    property has been  satisfied  by  certification  pursuant  to
22    subsection  (c),  the  requirement  for a re-inspection under
23    this subsection is re-activated by either a change in tenancy
24    or the residence of a person  at  risk  within  the  affected
25    property.
26        (e)  The  Director  or  the  Director's  designee for the
27    jurisdiction where the affected  property  is  located  shall
28    order  an inspection of the affected property, at the expense
29    of the owner of the affected property, whenever the  Director
30    or  the  Director's  designee  for the jurisdiction where the
31    property is located, after 2 years  following  the  effective
32    date  of  this  Act,  is  notified that the affected property
33    reasonably appears not to comply with  either  the  lead-free
 
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 1    standard  or  the lead-safe standard as defined in Section 25
 2    and a person at risk resides  at  the  affected  property  or
 3    spends  more than 24 hours per week at the affected property.
 4    An  inspection  required  under  this  subsection  shall   be
 5    completed  within  90 days after notification of the Director
 6    or the Director's designee for  the  jurisdiction  where  the
 7    property is located.
 8        (f)  The  Director  or  the  Director's  designee for the
 9    jurisdiction where the affected  property  is  located  shall
10    order  an inspection of the affected property, at the expense
11    of the owner of the affected property, whenever the  Director
12    or  the  Director's  designee  for the jurisdiction where the
13    property is located, after the effective date of this Act, is
14    notified that a person at risk who resides  at  the  affected
15    property  or  spends  more  than  24  hours  per  week at the
16    affected property has an elevated blood  lead  level  greater
17    than  or  equal to 15 micrograms per deciliter. An inspection
18    under this subsection shall be completed within 15 days after
19    notification of the Director or the Director's  designee  for
20    the jurisdiction where the property is located.
21        (g)  The  inspector shall submit a verified report of the
22    result of the inspection to the Director  or  the  Director's
23    designee  for the jurisdiction where the property is located,
24    the owner, and the tenant, if any, of the affected property.

25        Section 35.  Accreditation of inspectors and contractors.
26        (a)  No person shall act as a contractor or supervisor to
27    perform the work  necessary  for  lead-hazard  abatement,  as
28    defined  in this Act, unless that person is accredited by the
29    Director. The Director shall accredit for these purposes  any
30    person who:
31             (1)  meets rules adopted by the Department of Public
32        Health  pursuant  to this Act governing the accreditation
33        of individuals to engage in lead-based  paint  activities
 
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 1        sufficient  to  satisfy  the  requirements  of  40 C.F.R.
 2        745.325 or any  applicable  successor  provisions  to  40
 3        C.F.R. 745.325;
 4             (2)  is certified by the United States Environmental
 5        Protection   Agency   to   engage   in  lead-based  paint
 6        activities  pursuant  to  40  C.F.R.   745.226   or   any
 7        applicable successor provisions to 40 C.F.R. 745.226; or
 8             (3)  is  certified  by  a  state  or  tribal program
 9        authorized by the United States Environmental  Protection
10        Agency to certify individuals engaged in lead-based paint
11        activities   pursuant   to   40  C.F.R.  745.325  or  any
12        applicable successor provisions to 40 C.F.R. 745.325.
13        The Department of Public Health shall,  by  rule,  create
14    exceptions  to  the  accreditation  requirement for instances
15    where the disturbance of lead-based paint is incidental.
16        (b)  An  inspector  accredited  by  the  Director   shall
17    conduct  all  inspections  required  by  Section  25 or 30 or
18    otherwise required by this Act. The Director  shall  accredit
19    as an inspector any individual who:
20             (1)  meets rules adopted by the Department of Public
21        Health  pursuant  to this Act governing the accreditation
22        of  individuals  eligible  to  conduct  the   inspections
23        required by this Act; or
24             (2)  is certified to conduct risk assessments by the
25        EPA  pursuant  to  40 C.F.R. 745.226(b) or any applicable
26        successor provisions to 40 C.F.R. 745.226.
27        (c)  The accreditation of contractors or  supervisors  of
28    those performing the work necessary for lead hazard abatement
29    and  the  accreditation  of  those performing the inspections
30    required by this Section shall be for a  period  of  3  years
31    unless  the  Director  has probable cause to believe a person
32    accredited under this Section has violated the terms  of  the
33    accreditation  or  engaged  in  illegal  or unethical conduct
34    related to inspections required by this Act.   In  this  case
 
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 1    the  accreditation  to perform inspections shall be suspended
 2    pending a hearing in  accordance  with  the  Hazardous  Waste
 3    Laborers  Licensing  Act  and  the  Hazardous Waste Crane and
 4    Hoisting Equipment Operators Licensing Act.
 5        (d)  The Department of Public Health shall establish,  by
 6    rule,  a  schedule  of  fees  for the registration of persons
 7    performing lead hazard abatement and a separate schedule  for
 8    persons  performing  inspections  pursuant to this Act. Those
 9    fees shall be paid at the time of initial registration and at
10    the time of subsequent renewal of registration, and shall  be
11    sufficient  to  cover all costs, including the costs of State
12    personnel, attributable to accreditation activities conducted
13    under this Section.
14        (e)  The Lead-Removal Inspectors  Accreditation  Fund  is
15    created  as  a  special fund in the State treasury into which
16    all fees collected pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section
17    shall be deposited. All money in  the  Fund  shall  be  used,
18    subject to appropriation, by the Director for the purposes of
19    this Section.
20        (f)  The provisions and procedures of the Hazardous Waste
21    Laborers  Licensing  Act  and  the  Hazardous Waste Crane and
22    Hoisting Equipment Operators Licensing Act shall be used  and
23    shall  apply to enforce violations of this Section, any rules
24    adopted under this Act, and any conditions  of  accreditation
25    issued under this Act.

26        Section 40.  Registration of affected properties.
27        (a)  No  later  than  2 years after the effective date of
28    this Act, the owner of an affected  property  shall  register
29    the  affected  property  with  the Director or the Director's
30    designee for the jurisdiction where that property is located.
31        (b)  The owner  shall  register  each  affected  property
32    using forms prepared by the Director, including the following
33    information:
 
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 1             (1)  the name and address of the owner;
 2             (2)  the address of the affected property;
 3             (3)  if  applicable,  the  name  and address of each
 4        property manager employed by  the  owner  to  manage  the
 5        affected property;
 6             (4)  the  name and address of each insurance company
 7        providing property insurance or lead hazard coverage  for
 8        the  affected  property, together with the policy numbers
 9        of that insurance or coverage;
10             (5)  the name and address of a resident agent, other
11        agent of the owner, or contact person in the  State  with
12        respect to the affected property;
13             (6)  the   date  of  construction  of  the  affected
14        property;
15             (7)  the date of the latest change in  occupancy  of
16        the affected property; and
17             (8)  the  latest date, if any, on which the affected
18        property has been certified to be in compliance with  the
19        provisions  of Section 25 and the name and address of the
20        person conducting the inspection.
21        (c)  Registration shall be  renewed  every  2  years.  An
22    owner  shall  update the information contained in the owner's
23    registration no later than 30 days after any  change  in  the
24    registration information.
25        (d)  The  information  provided  by  an  owner under this
26    Section shall be open to the public.
27        (e)  The Department of Public Health shall establish,  by
28    rule,  a  schedule  of  fees for the registration of affected
29    properties, required to  be  paid  at  the  time  of  initial
30    registration  and  at  the  time  of  subsequent  renewals of
31    registration, sufficient to cover all  costs,  including  the
32    costs   of   State   personnel,  involved  with  registration
33    activities conducted under this Section.
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 1    Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury.  All
 2    fees  collected pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section or
 3    penalties collected under  subsection  (g)  of  this  Section
 4    shall   be   deposited   into   the  Lead  Poisoning-Affected
 5    Properties Registration Fund. All money in the Fund shall  be
 6    used,  subject  to  appropriation,  by  the  Director for the
 7    purposes of this Section.
 8        (g)  An owner of an affected property who  fails  to  pay
 9    the  fees  imposed under subsection (e) of this Section shall
10    be liable for the greater of  $150  or  a  civil  penalty  of
11    triple   the   cumulative   amount  of  any  and  all  unpaid
12    registration fees, together with all the costs of collection,
13    including reasonable attorney's fees. The  penalty  shall  be
14    collected   in  a  civil  action  in  a  court  of  competent
15    jurisdiction. Any unpaid  penalty  shall  constitute  a  lien
16    against the affected property.

17        Section   45.  Liability  protection  and  the  qualified
18    offer.
19        (a)  This Section applies to all potential bases of civil
20    liability for alleged injury or loss to a  person  caused  by
21    the  ingestion  of  lead  by  a person at risk in an affected
22    property, except that this Section  does  not  apply  to  any
23    claim in which the elevated blood lead level of the person at
24    risk  is  documented to have existed within 60 days after the
25    affected  property  where  the  person  at  risk  resides  or
26    otherwise allegedly was exposed to lead has been certified as
27    lead-free under subsection (c) of  Section  25  or  lead-safe
28    under subsection (d) of Section 25.
29        (b)  A property owner and his or her agents and employees
30    are  immune  from civil liability to a person at risk, or his
31    or her parents or legal guardian if a minor, for injuries  or
32    damages  resulting from the ingestion of lead contained in an
33    affected property if:
 
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 1             (1)  the property has been  certified  as  lead-free
 2        under  subsection (c) of Section 25 or as lead-safe under
 3        subsection (d) of Section 25; and
 4             (2)  the property owner or his or her agent has made
 5        a qualified offer, as described in subsection (e) of this
 6        Section, to the person at risk, or his or her  parent  or
 7        legal guardian, in a case in which the person at risk has
 8        a  documented  elevated blood lead level of 15 micrograms
 9        per  deciliter  or  more  performed  more  than  60  days
10        following certification of the premises as  lead-safe  or
11        lead-free  pursuant  to Section 25, regardless of whether
12        the qualified offer has been accepted or rejected by  the
13        person at risk, or his or her parent or legal guardian.
14        (c)  The  immunity  described  in  subsection (b) of this
15    Section does not apply  if  it  is  shown  that  one  of  the
16    following has occurred:
17             (1)  the  owner  or  his  or  her  employee or agent
18        obtained the  certification  of  lead-free  or  lead-safe
19        status by fraud;
20             (2)  the  owner  or  his  or  her  employee or agent
21        violated a condition of the certification;
22             (3)  during renovation, remodeling, maintenance,  or
23        repair  after receiving the certificate, the owner or his
24        or her employee  or  agent  created  a  lead-based  paint
25        hazard  that  was present in the affected property at the
26        time  the  person  at  risk  either  was  exposed  to   a
27        lead-based  paint  hazard  or  first  was  tested with an
28        elevated blood lead level greater than 15 micrograms  per
29        deciliter;
30             (4)  the  owner  or  his  or  her  employee or agent
31        failed to respond in a timely manner to notification by a
32        tenant, by the Director, by the Director's  designee  for
33        the  jurisdiction  where the property is located, or by a
34        local health department that a  lead-based  paint  hazard
 
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 1        might be present; or
 2             (5)  the  lead poisoning or lead exposure was caused
 3        by a source of lead in the affected property  other  than
 4        lead-based paint.
 5        (d)  No  person shall bring an action against an owner of
 6    an affected property whose property  has  been  certified  as
 7    lead-free  under  subsection  (c)  of Section 25 or lead-safe
 8    under subsection (d) of Section 25 for damages  arising  from
 9    alleged  injury  or  loss  to  a  person  at risk caused by a
10    lead-based paint hazard unless he or she documents his or her
11    alleged injury with a test  for  elevated  blood  levels  and
12    presents  a  written  notice  to  the  owner  of the affected
13    property or his or her agent or employee  of  the  claim  and
14    test results.
15             (1)  If  the  test  results  show  an elevated blood
16        level of less  than  15  micrograms  per  deciliter,  the
17        person at risk, or his or her parent or legal guardian if
18        a  minor, shall not recover damages from the owner of the
19        affected property, his or  her  agents,  or  his  or  her
20        employees unless the person at risk, or his or her parent
21        or legal guardian, shows by clear and convincing evidence
22        that  the damage or injury to the person at risk resulted
23        from exposure to  lead-based  paint  and  was  caused  by
24        either:
25                  (A)  intentional  acts  by  the owner or his or
26             her agents or employees; or
27                  (B)  actions of the owner or his or her  agents
28             or employees with knowledge, to a substantial degree
29             of  certainty,  that  those actions would injure the
30             person at risk or others similarly situated.
31             (2)  If the test  results  show  an  elevated  blood
32        level  of  15  micrograms  per  deciliter or greater, the
33        owner of the affected property or his  or  her  agent  or
34        employee  shall  have the opportunity to make a qualified
 
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 1        offer under subsection (e).
 2             (3)  If the concentration of lead in a whole  venous
 3        blood  sample  of  a person at risk tested within 60 days
 4        after the person at risk begins  residence  or  regularly
 5        spends at least 24 hours per week in an affected property
 6        that  is  certified  as  being  in  compliance  with  the
 7        provisions  of  subsection  (c)  or  (d) of Section 25 is
 8        equal to or greater than  15  micrograms  per  deciliter,
 9        then it shall be presumed that the exposure to lead-based
10        paint  occurred before a person at risk began residing or
11        regularly spending at least 24  hours  per  week  at  the
12        affected property.
13        (e)  A  qualified  offer  as described in this subsection
14    may be made to a person at risk  by  the  offeror,  that  is,
15    either  the owner of the affected property, an insurer of the
16    owner, or an agent, employee, or attorney of the owner.
17             (1)  To qualify for the  protection  from  liability
18        under  subsection (b), a qualified offer shall be made in
19        writing and delivered by certified mail,  return  receipt
20        requested, within 30 days after the owner of the affected
21        property,  his  or  her  agent,  or  his  or her employee
22        receives notice of the elevated blood level  referred  to
23        in subsection (d).
24             (2)  A  qualified  offer made under this Section may
25        be accepted or rejected by a person  at  risk  or,  if  a
26        person  at risk is a minor, that person's parent or legal
27        guardian. If the qualified offer is not  accepted  within
28        30 days after receipt of the qualified offer, it shall be
29        deemed  to  have  been rejected. By mutual agreement, the
30        parties may extend  the  period  for  acceptance  of  the
31        qualified offer.
32             (3)  Subject  to the exception in subdivision (4) of
33        this subsection (e), acceptance of a qualified offer by a
34        person at risk, or by a parent, legal guardian, or  other
 
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 1        person  authorized  to  respond  on behalf of a person at
 2        risk, shall discharge and release all potential liability
 3        of the offeror, the offeror's insured or  principal,  and
 4        any participating co-offeror to the person at risk and to
 5        the  parent  or  legal guardian of the person at risk for
 6        alleged injury or loss caused  by  the  lead-based  paint
 7        hazard in the affected property.
 8             (4)  No owner of an affected property, or his or her
 9        agent,  employee,  attorney, or anyone else acting on his
10        or her behalf shall represent to a person at risk, his or
11        her parent or guardian, or anyone else acting on  his  or
12        her  behalf,  that  an  offer  of settlement in an action
13        resulting from a lead-based paint hazard in  an  affected
14        property   is  a  qualified  offer  unless  the  affected
15        property has been certified as lead-free under subsection
16        (c) of Section 25 or lead-safe under  subsection  (d)  of
17        Section  25  and  unless  the offeror reasonably believes
18        that the settlement offer satisfies all  requirements  of
19        this Section.
20                  (A)  Any settlement resulting from a settlement
21             offer  purporting  to be a qualified offer that does
22             not satisfy the requirements of this Section  shall,
23             at  the  election  of the person at risk, his or her
24             parent or  guardian,  or  other  representative,  be
25             deemed null and void.
26                  (B)  Misrepresentation of a settlement offer as
27             a  qualified  offer  when in fact the offer does not
28             meet the requirements of this  Section  may  subject
29             the  offeror to criminal penalties for perjury under
30             Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code  of  1961  or  the
31             applicable professional disciplinary codes.
32                  (C)  The  statute  of limitations for an action
33             by a person at risk with an elevated blood level, or
34             his or her parent or legal guardian, is tolled until
 
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 1             the misrepresentation described in this  subdivision
 2             (4) is discovered.
 3             (5)  A  copy of the qualified offer shall be sent to
 4        the Director, the Director's local designee, or the local
 5        health  department.  Upon  receipt,  the  Director,   the
 6        Director's local designee, or the local health department
 7        shall:
 8                  (A)  maintain  a copy of the qualified offer in
 9             the case management file of the person at risk; and
10                  (B)  directly notify the person at risk or,  in
11             the case of a minor, the parent or legal guardian of
12             the minor of State and local resources available for
13             lead poisoning prevention and treatment.
14             (6)  A  qualified  offer  shall  include payment for
15        reasonable expenses and costs incurred by the  person  at
16        risk  with  an  elevated blood level of 15 micrograms per
17        deciliter or greater for:
18                  (A)  the relocation of  the  household  of  the
19             person  at  risk  to  a  lead-safe  dwelling unit of
20             comparable size and quality  that  may  provide  for
21             either:
22                       (i)  the   permanent   relocation  of  the
23                  household of the affected  person  at  risk  to
24                  lead-safe    housing,    including   relocation
25                  expenses,  a  rent  subsidy,   and   incidental
26                  expenses; or
27                       (ii)  the   temporary  relocation  of  the
28                  household of the affected  person  at  risk  to
29                  lead-safe  housing  while necessary lead hazard
30                  reduction treatments are being performed in the
31                  affected  property  to   make   that   affected
32                  property lead-safe;
33                  (B)  medically   necessary  treatment  for  the
34             affected  person  at  risk  as  determined  by   the
 
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 1             treating  physician or other health care provider or
 2             case manager of the person at risk that is necessary
 3             to  mitigate  the  effects  of  lead  poisoning,  as
 4             provided for by the Department of Public  Health  by
 5             rule,  and,  in the case of a child, until the child
 6             reaches the age of 18 years; and
 7                  (C)  reasonable attorney's fees, not to  exceed
 8             the  lesser  of  $2,500  or actual time spent in the
 9             investigation, preparation, and presentation of  the
10             claim multiplied by an hourly rate of $150 per hour.
11             (7)  An   offeror  is  required  to  pay  reasonable
12        expenses  for  medically   necessary   treatments   under
13        subdivision  (e)(6)(B)  of  this Section only if coverage
14        for these treatments is not  otherwise  provided  by  the
15        Medical   Assistance  Program  under  Article  V  of  the
16        Illinois Public Aid Code or by a  health  insurance  plan
17        covering  the  person at risk or where the person at risk
18        is enrolled. The health  insurance  plan  shall  have  no
19        right   of  subrogation  against  the  party  making  the
20        qualified offer.
21             (8)  The amounts payable  under  a  qualified  offer
22        made  under  this  Section  are  subject to the following
23        aggregate maximum caps:
24                  (A)  $25,000  for   all   medically   necessary
25             treatments  as  provided  and limited in subdivision
26             (e)(6)(B);
27                  (B)  $10,000 for  all  relocation  benefits  as
28             provided  and  limited in subdivision (e)(6)(A). All
29             payments  under  a  qualified  offer  specified   in
30             subdivision (e)(7) this Section shall be paid to the
31             provider  of  the  service,  except  that payment of
32             incidental expenses may  be  paid  directly  to  the
33             person  at  risk  or, in the case of a child, to the
34             parent or legal guardian of the person at risk.  The
 
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 1             payments  under  a  qualified  offer  shall  not  be
 2             considered income or an asset of the person at risk,
 3             the  parent  of  a person at risk who is a child, or
 4             the legal  guardian,  for  purposes  of  determining
 5             eligibility under any State entitlement program.
 6             (9)  A qualified offer shall include a certification
 7        by  the owner of the affected property, under the penalty
 8        of perjury as provided for in the Criminal Code of  1961,
 9        that   the   owner   has  complied  with  the  applicable
10        provisions of Section 25 and of this Section in a  manner
11        that qualifies the owner to make a qualified offer.
12             (10)  A  qualified  offer shall not be treated as an
13        offer of compromise  for  purposes  of  admissibility  in
14        evidence,  notwithstanding  that  the  amount  is  not in
15        controversy.
16             (11)  The Department of Public Health may adopt  any
17        rules  that  are necessary to carry out the provisions of
18        this Section.
19        (f)  An owner of an affected  property,  who  is  not  in
20    compliance  with  the  provisions of either subsection (c) or
21    subsection (d) of Section 25 during the period  of  residency
22    of  a  person at risk, is presumed to have failed to exercise
23    reasonable care with  respect  to  lead-based  paint  hazards
24    during  that period in an action seeking damages on behalf of
25    the person at risk for alleged injury or loss resulting  from
26    exposure   to   lead-based  paint  hazards  in  the  affected
27    property.
28             (1)  The owner has  the  burden  of  rebutting  this
29        presumption by clear and convincing evidence.
30             (2)  The  plaintiff in an action against an owner of
31        an affected property described in this subsection  shall,
32        in  addition  to  recovering all other legally cognizable
33        damages, including punitive damages when appropriate,  be
34        entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees.
 
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 1        Section 50.  Availability of insurance coverage.
 2        (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, no insurer
 3    licensed  or  permitted  by  the  Department  of Insurance to
 4    provide liability coverage to rental  property  owners  shall
 5    exclude  from  coverage,  after  the  earlier  of  26  months
 6    following  the  effective  date  of this Act or 60 days after
 7    certification under subsection (c) or (d) of Section 25 of an
 8    affected property covered under a policy, losses  or  damages
 9    caused  by  exposure  to  lead-based paint. The Department of
10    Insurance  shall  not  permit,  authorize,  or  approve   any
11    exclusion  for  injury  or  damage resulting from exposure to
12    lead-based paint, except as specifically provided for in this
13    Section, that was not  in  effect  as  of  the  date  of  the
14    enactment of this Act, and all previously approved exclusions
15    shall  terminate no later than the earlier of 26 months after
16    the effective date of this Act or 60 days after certification
17    under subsection (c) or (d) of  Section  25  of  an  affected
18    property covered under a policy.
19        (b)  All  insurers  issuing liability insurance policies,
20    including commercial lines insurance policies, personal lines
21    insurance policies, or any other policies  covering  affected
22    properties  that  are  in compliance with the requirements of
23    this Act shall offer coverage for  bodily  injury  caused  by
24    exposure  to  lead-based paint. That coverage shall encompass
25    any claims made more than 60 days after certification of  the
26    affected  property  as  lead-free  under  subsection  (c)  of
27    Section  25  or  lead-safe under subsection (d) of Section 25
28    asserting injury resulting from exposure to lead-based  paint
29    on  the  premises  of an affected property. Policy limits for
30    that coverage shall be in an amount equal to or greater  than
31    the   underlying  policy  limits  of  the  applicable  policy
32    insuring the affected property.
33             (1)  Liability coverage under  this  subsection  for
34        losses  or  damages  caused  by  lead-based  paint at the
 
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 1        insured premises may be limited to the damages defined in
 2        subsection (e) of Section 45.
 3             (2)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to  be  eligible
 4        for  liability  coverage under this subsection, the owner
 5        of the affected  property  may,  at  the  time  insurance
 6        coverage is sought, be required to present to the insurer
 7        proof  of meeting the lead-free standard under subsection
 8        (c)  of  Section  25  or  the  lead-safe  standard  under
 9        subsection (d) of Section 25 in the form of an  affidavit
10        signed   by   the   owner   or   designated   party  that
11        certification has been provided  pursuant  to  inspection
12        under  Section 30 and that the property has been properly
13        registered under Section 40.
14        (c)  Nothing in this  Act  shall  prevent  insurers  from
15    offering  an  endorsement  for personal injury or bodily harm
16    liability coverage for injuries resulting  from  exposure  to
17    lead-based  paint  for  properties not in compliance with the
18    provisions of either subsection  (c)  or  subsection  (d)  of
19    Section 25.
20        (d)  Rates  for  the coverage specified in subsection (b)
21    of this Section  shall  be  approved  by  the  Department  of
22    Insurance using the following standards:
23             (1)  the  rates  shall not be excessive, inadequate,
24        or unfairly discriminatory; and
25             (2)  in establishing the rates, consideration  shall
26        be given to:
27                  (A)  past and prospective loss experience;
28                  (B)  a   reasonable   margin  for  profits  and
29             contingencies;
30                  (C)  past and prospective expenses;
31                  (D)  other data the Department deems necessary;
32             and
33                  (E)  the past history of the owner with  regard
34             to   lead   poisoning  or  any  other  liability  or
 
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 1             violations of ordinances or statutes relating to the
 2             affected property or similar properties the  insurer
 3             reasonably believes to be relevant.
 4        (e)  The  Department of Insurance shall determine, within
 5    2 years  following  the  effective  date  of  this  Act,  the
 6    availability  in  Illinois  of  the personal injury or bodily
 7    harm injury liability coverage described  in  subsection  (b)
 8    and,  if  that  coverage  is  not  generally  available,  may
 9    establish  a  market  assistance plan, take other measures to
10    assure  the  availability  of  the  coverage  that  offers  a
11    liability limit that is at least $300,000,  or  require  that
12    that  coverage be made available through a joint underwriting
13    plan.

14        Section 55.  Lead-Safe and Lead-Free  Property  Revolving
15    Loan Fund.
16        (a)  The  Lead-Safe and Lead-Free Property Revolving Loan
17    Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury.  The
18    Fund shall consist of any sums that the State may  from  time
19    to  time  appropriate, as well as donations, gifts, bequests,
20    and any other funds from a public or private source.
21        (b)  The Director is authorized to:
22             (1)  accept  any  and  all  grants,  repayments   of
23        interest   and   principal   on  loans,  matching  funds,
24        reimbursements,  appropriations,  income   derived   from
25        investments,  and  other things of value from the federal
26        or State government  or  from  any  institution,  person,
27        partnership,   joint  venture,  or  corporation,  whether
28        public or private, for deposit into the Fund; and
29             (2) use moneys deposited in  the  Fund,  subject  to
30        appropriation,  expressly for the purpose of implementing
31        a  revolving  loan  program   according   to   procedures
32        established pursuant to this Act.
33        Any moneys collected as a result of foreclosures of loans
 
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 1    or  other  financing agreements or violations of any terms of
 2    those loans or financing agreements shall be  deposited  into
 3    the Fund.
 4        Moneys  in the Fund shall be used by the Director for the
 5    purpose  of  financing  additional  projects  and   for   the
 6    Director's administrative expenses related to those projects.
 7        (c)  Funds placed in the Lead-Safe and Lead-Free Property
 8    Revolving   Loan   Fund  shall  be  made  available,  at  the
 9    discretion  of  the  Director,  to  the  owners  of  affected
10    properties or non-profit organizations  for  the  purpose  of
11    bringing  the affected properties into compliance with either
12    subsection (c) or subsection (d) of Section 25. An owner of a
13    pre-1978 property who owns and  occupies  the  dwelling  unit
14    shall  be  eligible  for loans under this Section in the same
15    manner and to the same extent as  an  owner  of  an  affected
16    property.
17        (d)  Loans  made  available  under the provisions of this
18    Section may be made directly or  in  cooperation  with  other
19    public  and  private  lenders  or  any agency, department, or
20    bureau of the federal government or the State.
21        (e)  The proceeds from the repayment of  any  loans  made
22    for  that purpose shall be deposited into and returned to the
23    Lead-Safe and  Lead-Free  Property  Revolving  Loan  Fund  to
24    constitute  a  continuing  revolving  fund  for  the purposes
25    provided in this Section.
26        (f)  The  Director,  the  Illinois  Housing   Development
27    Authority,  and  other  appropriate State agencies shall take
28    any action necessary to obtain federal  assistance  for  lead
29    hazard reduction to be used in conjunction with the Lead-Safe
30    and Lead-Free Property Revolving Loan Fund.

31        Section 60.  Enforcement.
32        (a)  Owners  of  affected  properties  who fail to comply
33    with the provisions of Section 25 shall be deemed  to  be  in
 
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 1    violation  of  any  applicable  housing codes. Those State or
 2    local authorities that are responsible for the enforcement of
 3    housing codes shall enforce  vigorously  civil  remedies  and
 4    criminal  penalties  provided  for  by law arising out of the
 5    failure to comply with the requirements of this Act  and  may
 6    seek injunctive relief where appropriate.
 7        (b)  Any  civil  or  criminal  action  by  State or local
 8    officials to enforce the provisions  of  this  Act  shall  be
 9    reported  to the Director. The Director shall issue an annual
10    report specifically outlining the enforcement actions brought
11    pursuant to subsection (a), the identity of the owners of the
12    affected properties, the authority bringing  the  enforcement
13    action,  the nature of the action, and the criminal penalties
14    or civil relief.
15        (c)  After a second written notice from the Director, the
16    Director's local designee, the Illinois  Housing  Development
17    Authority   or  local  housing  authority,  or  the  Illinois
18    Department of Public Health or local department of health  of
19    violations  of the provisions of this Act occurring within an
20    affected property  or  after  2  criminal  or  civil  actions
21    pursuant  to  subsection (a) brought by either State or local
22    officials to enforce  this  Act  arising  out  of  violations
23    occurring  within an affected property, unless the violations
24    alleged to exist are corrected, the affected  property  shall
25    be  considered  abandoned,  and  the  Attorney  General,  the
26    Director, the Director's local designee, the Illinois Housing
27    Development   Authority   or  local  housing  authority,  the
28    Illinois Department of Public Health or local  department  of
29    health,  or  any other officials having jurisdiction over the
30    affected property shall have the specific  power  to  request
31    the  court  to appoint a receiver for the property. The court
32    in these instances may specifically authorize the receiver to
33    apply for loans, grants, and other forms of funding necessary
34    to correct lead-based paint hazards and  meet  the  standards
 
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 1    for  lead-safe  or  lead-free status set forth in subsections
 2    (c) and (d) of Section 25 and to hold the  affected  property
 3    for  the  period  of time that the funding source requires to
 4    ensure that the purposes of the funding are met. The costs of
 5    that  receivership  shall  constitute  a  lien  against   the
 6    property that, if not discharged by the owner upon receipt of
 7    the  receiver's  demand for payment, shall constitute grounds
 8    for foreclosure proceedings instituted  by  the  receiver  to
 9    recover those costs.

10        Section 65.  Private right to injunctive relief.
11        (a)  A  person  at  risk shall be deemed to have a right,
12    effective 2 years following the effective date of  this  Act,
13    to  housing  that  is  lead-free  or lead-safe as outlined in
14    subsections (c) and (d) of Section 25.
15        (b)  If an owner of an affected property fails to  comply
16    with  the  standards of Section 25, a private right of action
17    shall exist to allow a person at risk or,  if  a  minor,  the
18    parent  or  legal  guardian  of  a  person  at  risk  to seek
19    injunctive relief from a court with jurisdiction against  the
20    owner  of  the affected property in the form of a court order
21    to compel compliance with the requirements of this Act.
22        (c)  A  court  shall  not  grant  the  injunctive  relief
23    requested pursuant to subsection (b) unless, at least 30 days
24    prior to the filing requesting the injunction, the  owner  of
25    the  affected  property  has  received  written notice of the
26    violation of standards contained in Section 25 and has failed
27    to bring the  affected  property  into  compliance  with  the
28    applicable  standards.  This  notice requirement is satisfied
29    when any of the following has occurred:
30             (1)  a person at risk, his or her  parent  or  legal
31        guardian if a minor, or his or her attorney, has notified
32        the owner of an affected property that the property fails
33        to  meet  the  requirements  for  either lead-free status
 
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 1        under subsection (c) of Section 25  or  lead-safe  status
 2        under subsection (d) of Section 25;
 3             (2)  the  Illinois  Housing Development Authority or
 4        Department of Public Health has notified the owner of the
 5        affected property of violations of the provisions of this
 6        Act occurring within an affected property; or
 7             (3)  a  criminal  or  civil   action   pursuant   to
 8        subsection  (a)  of Section 60 has been brought by either
 9        State or local enforcement officials to enforce this  Act
10        arising  out  of  violations occurring within an affected
11        property.
12        (d)  A person who prevails in an action under  subsection
13    (b)  is  entitled  to an award of the costs of the litigation
14    and to an award of reasonable attorney's fees in an amount to
15    be fixed by the court.
16        (e)  Cases brought before the court  under  this  Section
17    shall be granted an accelerated hearing.

18        Section 70.  Retaliatory evictions prohibited.
19        (a)  An  owner of an affected property shall not evict or
20    take any other retaliatory action against a  person  at  risk
21    or,  if  a  minor,  his  or  her  parent or legal guardian in
22    response to the actions of the person at risk or his  or  her
23    parent or legal guardian in:
24             (1)  providing  information  to  the  owner  of  the
25        affected  property, the Director, the Director's designee
26        for the jurisdiction where the property is  located,  the
27        Illinois   Department  of  Public  Health,  the  Illinois
28        Housing Development Authority, local health officials, or
29        local  housing  officials  concerning  lead-based   paint
30        hazards  within  an  affected  property or elevated blood
31        levels of a person at risk; or
32             (2)  enforcing any of his or her rights  under  this
33        Act.
 
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 1        (b)  For  purposes  of this Section, a retaliatory action
 2    includes any of the following actions in which the activities
 3    protected under subsection  (a)  are  a  material  factor  in
 4    motivating the action:
 5             (1)  a refusal to renew a lease;
 6             (2)  termination of a tenancy;
 7             (3)  an  arbitrary  rent  increase  or  decrease  in
 8        services  to which the person at risk or, if a minor, his
 9        or her parent or legal guardian is entitled; or
10             (4)  any form of constructive eviction.
11        (c)  A person at risk or, if a minor, a parent  or  legal
12    guardian of a person at risk who is subject to an eviction or
13    retaliatory  action  under  this  Section  is entitled to any
14    relief that may be provided by law  and  any  further  relief
15    deemed  just  and  equitable by the court and is eligible for
16    reasonable attorney's fees and costs.

17        Section 75.  Educational programs.
18        (a)  To achieve the purposes of this Act, there shall  be
19    established  a  statewide,  multifaceted, ongoing educational
20    program designed to  meet  the  needs  of  tenants,  property
21    owners,  health care providers, early childhood educators and
22    care providers, realtors and real estate agents, insurers and
23    insurance agents, and local building officials.
24        (b)  The Governor, in conjunction with the  Director  and
25    the  Lead  Poisoning  Prevention  Coordinating Council, shall
26    sponsor a series of public service  announcements  on  radio,
27    television,  the  World  Wide  Web, and print media about the
28    nature  of  lead-based  paint  hazards,  the  importance   of
29    lead-free   and  lead-safe  housing,  and  the  purposes  and
30    responsibilities set forth in this  Act.  In  developing  and
31    coordinating this public information initiative, the sponsors
32    shall  seek  the  participation  and  involvement  of private
33    industry organizations,  including  those  involved  in  real
 
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 1    estate, insurance, mortgage banking, and pediatrics.
 2        (c)  Within 120 days following the effective date of this
 3    Act,  the  Director,  in consultation with the Lead Poisoning
 4    Prevention  Coordinating  Council  and  the  Lead   Poisoning
 5    Prevention   Commission,   shall   develop   culturally   and
 6    linguistically  appropriate  information  pamphlets regarding
 7    childhood lead  poisoning,  the  importance  of  testing  for
 8    elevated   blood   levels,   prevention   of  childhood  lead
 9    poisoning, treatment of childhood lead poisoning,  and,  when
10    appropriate,  the requirements of this Act. These information
11    pamphlets shall  be  distributed  to  the  parents  or  legal
12    guardians  of  children  6  years  of  age  or younger on the
13    following occasions:
14             (1)  by the owner of any affected property or his or
15        her agents or employees at the time of the initiation  of
16        a  rental  agreement  with  a  new tenant whose household
17        includes a person at risk or any  woman  of  childbearing
18        age;
19             (2)  by  a  health  care  provider  at the time of a
20        child's  birth  and  at  the  time   of   any   childhood
21        immunization  or  vaccination,  unless  it is established
22        that  the  information   pamphlet   has   been   provided
23        previously  to the parent or legal guardian by the health
24        care provider within the prior 12 months; and
25             (3)  by the owner or  operator  of  any  child  care
26        facility,  pre-school, or kindergarten class on or before
27        October 15 of the calendar year.
28        (d)  The  Director,  in  conjunction  with  the  Illinois
29    Housing Development Authority, within 120 days following  the
30    effective  date of this Act, shall establish guidelines and a
31    trainer's manual for a Lead-Safe  Housing  Awareness  Seminar
32    with  a  total  class  time of 3 hours or less. Those courses
33    shall be offered by professional associations  and  community
34    organizations  with  a training capacity, existing accredited
 
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 1    educational   institutions,   and   for-profit    educational
 2    providers.  All  of  the offering proposals shall be reviewed
 3    and  approved,  on  the  criteria  of  seminar  content   and
 4    qualifications   of  instructors,  by  the  Illinois  Housing
 5    Development Authority.
 6        (e)  The Department of Insurance, within 18 months  after
 7    the  effective  date  of  this Act, shall adopt rules for and
 8    issue an advisory bulletin to:
 9             (1)  all State-licensed, admitted insurers providing
10        liability  coverage  for  property  owners  regarding  an
11        insurer's responsibilities under this Act; and
12             (2)  all State-licensed insurance agents and brokers
13        outlining  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  the   new
14        requirements for State-licensed, admitted insurers.
15        (f)  The  Office  of  Banks  and  Real  Estate, within 18
16    months after the effective date of this Act, shall:
17             (1)  require reasonable familiarity of the  relevant
18        portions  of  this  Act  for  the licensure or renewal of
19        licenses of real estate brokers and salespersons; and
20             (2)  develop an educational program for real  estate
21        brokers  and  salespersons  regarding  their  duties  and
22        responsibilities under the Act.

23        Section 80.  Screening Program.
24        (a)  The  Director  shall  establish  a program for early
25    identification of persons at risk with  elevated  blood  lead
26    levels.  The  program  shall  systematically  screen children
27    under the age of 6 in the target  populations  identified  in
28    subsection  (b)  for  the  presence  of  elevated  blood lead
29    levels. Children  within  the  specified  target  populations
30    shall  be  screened  with a blood lead test at ages 12 and 24
31    months or at ages 36 to 72 months if they have not previously
32    been screened. The Department of Public Health  shall,  after
33    consultation  with recognized professional medical groups and
 
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 1    other sources that the Department  deems  appropriate,  adopt
 2    rules establishing:
 3             (1)  the  means  by which and the intervals at which
 4        children under 6 years of age shall be screened for  lead
 5        poisoning and elevated blood lead levels; and
 6             (2)  guidelines   for   the   medical  follow-up  on
 7        children found to have elevated blood lead levels.
 8        (b)  In developing screening programs to identify persons
 9    at risk with elevated blood lead levels, the  Director  shall
10    give priority to persons within the following categories:
11             (1)  all  children  enrolled  in Medicaid at ages 12
12        and 24 months or at ages 36 to 72 months if they have not
13        previously been screened;
14             (2)  children under the age of 6 exhibiting  delayed
15        cognitive development or other symptoms of childhood lead
16        poisoning;
17             (3)  persons  at risk residing in the same household
18        or recently residing in the  same  household  as  another
19        person  at  risk with a blood lead level of 10 micrograms
20        per deciliter or greater;
21             (4)  persons at risk residing, or who have  recently
22        resided,   in   buildings  or  geographical  areas  where
23        significant  numbers  of  cases  of  lead  poisoning   or
24        elevated blood lead levels have recently been reported;
25             (5)  persons  at  risk  who  reside or have recently
26        resided at affected  properties  contained  in  buildings
27        that  during  the  preceding 3 years have been subject to
28        enforcement  actions  described  in  subsection  (a)   of
29        Section  60, receivership actions under subsection (c) of
30        Section 60, or when injunctive  relief  has  been  sought
31        pursuant to Section 65;
32             (6)  persons  at  risk  who  reside or have recently
33        resided at other affected properties with the same  owner
34        as  another building containing affected properties that,
 
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 1        during the  preceding  3  years,  have  been  subject  to
 2        enforcement   actions  described  in  subsection  (a)  of
 3        Section 60, receivership actions under subsection (c)  of
 4        Section  60,  or  when  injunctive relief has been sought
 5        pursuant to Section 65; and
 6             (7)  persons at risk residing in other buildings  or
 7        geographical   areas   where   the   Director  reasonably
 8        determines there to be a  significant  risk  of  affected
 9        individuals  having  a  blood lead level of 10 micrograms
10        per deciliter or greater.
11        (c)  The Director shall maintain comprehensive records of
12    all screenings conducted  pursuant  to  this  Section.  Those
13    records  shall  be  indexed  geographically  and  by owner to
14    determine the location of areas of relatively high  incidence
15    of lead poisoning and other elevated blood lead levels. Those
16    records,  with  the  names  of tested individuals removed for
17    privacy purposes, shall constitute public records. All  cases
18    or  probable  cases  of  lead  poisoning,  as  defined by the
19    Director,  found  in  the  course  of  screenings   conducted
20    pursuant to this Section shall be reported immediately to the
21    affected  individual,  to his or her parent or legal guardian
22    if he or she is a minor, and to the Director.

23        Section 85.  Rules.  The Department of Public Health  may
24    adopt any rules necessary to implement this Act.

25        Section  800.  The Department of Public Health Powers and
26    Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code  of  Illinois  is
27    amended by changing Section 2310-90 as follows:

28        (20 ILCS 2310/2310-90) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.09)
29        Sec.   2310-90.   Laboratories;   fees;   Public   Health
30    Laboratory  Services  Revolving  Fund.  To maintain physical,
31    chemical, bacteriological, and  biological  laboratories;  to
 
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 1    make examinations of milk, water, atmosphere, sewage, wastes,
 2    and  other  substances,  and equipment and processes relating
 3    thereto; to make diagnostic tests for diseases and tests  for
 4    the evaluation of health hazards considered necessary for the
 5    protection  of  the  people  of  the  State;  and to assess a
 6    reasonable  fee  for  services  provided  as  established  by
 7    regulation, under the Illinois Administrative Procedure  Act,
 8    which  shall  not  exceed  the  Department's  actual costs to
 9    provide these services.
10        Excepting  fees  collected  under   the   Phenylketonuria
11    Testing  Act  and  the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 2003,
12    all fees shall be deposited into the Public Health Laboratory
13    Services  Revolving  Fund.  Other  State  and  federal  funds
14    related to laboratory services may also be deposited into the
15    Fund, and all interest that accrues on the moneys in the Fund
16    shall be deposited into the Fund.
17        Moneys shall be appropriated from the Fund solely for the
18    purposes  of  testing  specimens  submitted  in  support   of
19    Department  programs  established for the protection of human
20    health,  welfare,  and  safety,  and  for  testing  specimens
21    submitted by physicians and other health care  providers,  to
22    determine    whether   chemically   hazardous,   biologically
23    infectious substances, or other  disease  causing  conditions
24    are present.
25    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

26        Section  805.  The  Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
27    adding Section 213 as follows:

28        (35 ILCS 5/213 new)
29        Sec. 213.  Lead-based paint removal credit.
30        (a)  Beginning with taxable  years  ending  on  or  after
31    December  31, 2004, each individual taxpayer is entitled to a
32    credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)  of
 
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 1    Section  201  in  an  amount equal to the amount spent by the
 2    taxpayer in the taxable year,  up  to  a  maximum  credit  of
 3    $2,500  in  the  taxable  year, for the removal of lead-based
 4    paint  or  other  repairs  or  renovations  of  an   affected
 5    property,  as defined in the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of
 6    2003, necessary  to  comply  with  Section  25  of  the  Lead
 7    Poisoning  Prevention Act of 2003 if the taxpayer does all of
 8    the following:
 9             (1)  Has the required removal  of  lead-based  paint
10        hazards or other repairs or renovations described in this
11        Section  performed by a contractor accredited pursuant to
12        Section 35 of the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 2003.
13             (2)  Pays  for  the  removal  of  lead-based   paint
14        hazards  or  other  repairs  or renovations identified in
15        this Section.
16             (3)  Obtains written certification by  an  inspector
17        accredited  pursuant  to Section 35 of the Lead Poisoning
18        Prevention Act of  2003  that  the  required  removal  of
19        lead-based  paint hazards or other repairs or renovations
20        for  the  affected  property  has   been   completed   in
21        accordance  with all applicable requirements and that the
22        affected  property  may  now  be  certified   as   either
23        lead-free  or  lead-safe  under  Section  25  of the Lead
24        Poisoning Prevention Act of 2003.
25        The tax credit shall be available to someone who owns and
26    occupies his or her own dwelling unit in the same  manner  as
27    and  to  the  same extent that the tax credit is available to
28    the owner of an affected property who  leases  the  premises.
29    The  Department  shall  establish by rule those expenses that
30    are eligible for the tax  credit.  The  tax  credit  may  not
31    reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero.
32        (b) If the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability
33    for  the  year, the excess may be carried forward and applied
34    to the tax liability of the 5  taxable  years  following  the
 
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 1    excess  credit  year.  The  credit  shall  be  applied to the
 2    earliest year for which there is a tax  liability.  If  there
 3    are credits from more than one tax year that are available to
 4    offset  a  liability,  the  earlier  credit  shall be applied
 5    first.

 6        Section 810.  The  Registered  Titles  (Torrens)  Act  is
 7    amended by changing Section 102.2 as follows:

 8        (765 ILCS 35/102.2)
 9        Sec.  102.2.   Lead  poisoning prevention fund.  The lead
10    poisoning prevention fund established with  excess  indemnity
11    fund monies as provided in Section 102.1 of this Act shall be
12    used  to  establish a program to provide financial assistance
13    to owners of residential property located within  the  county
14    to  pay  for  the  cost  associated  with lead mitigation and
15    abatement, as defined in the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of
16    2003, and to fund such other related activities  as  provided
17    in  this Section.  Reasonable expenses for the administration
18    of the program established pursuant to this Section shall  be
19    paid   from  the  lead  poisoning  prevention  fund.   State,
20    federal, or private grants may be sought  to  supplement  the
21    lead poisoning prevention fund.
22        (a)  Use  of  principal.  The principal of the fund shall
23    be  used  to  provide  financial  assistance  to  owners   of
24    residential  property  within the county to pay for the costs
25    associated with lead mitigation and abatement through  loans,
26    grants,  and  other  assistance the county deems appropriate.
27    In order to assure the continued availability  of  funds  for
28    lead   poisoning   prevention,  the  county  shall  give  due
29    consideration to providing the financial  assistance  in  the
30    form  of  loans to property owners to finance lead mitigation
31    and abatement in their properties.
32             (1)  The county shall establish reasonable  criteria
 
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 1        for   eligibility   for  the  loans,  grants,  and  other
 2        assistance.
 3             (2)  In determining the eligibility for  assistance,
 4        priority  shall  be  given  to  property  owners who have
 5        received a mitigation notice, a mitigation order,  or  an
 6        abatement  order under the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act,
 7        and to other factors, including  the  immediacy  of  risk
 8        that the lead in the structure poses to children.
 9        (b)  Use   of  interest.   The  county  shall  invest  in
10    accordance with the Counties Code the principal and  interest
11    of  the  fund  which  is  not  being used for disbursement of
12    financial assistance to property owners.  All interest  which
13    accrues  on  investment  of the fund's principal and interest
14    and on loans shall be deposited into the fund.  Any  interest
15    or  other  dividends  resulting  from  the investment of lead
16    poisoning prevention fund monies pursuant to this  subsection
17    (b),  and any interest received pursuant to loans made by the
18    lead poisoning prevention fund, may be expended  as  provided
19    in  subsection  (a)  or  for  other lead poisoning prevention
20    activities, such as education, community outreach, and  other
21    activities  the county deems appropriate in the prevention of
22    lead poisoning.
23        (c)  Voluntary participation.   No property  owner  shall
24    be   required   to  participate  in  the  assistance  program
25    established under this Act or under the  implementing  county
26    ordinance.
27        (d)  No preemption.  This amendatory Act of 1998 does not
28    preempt,  rescind,  modify,  or  revise  any local, State, or
29    federal laws or rules  governing  lead  paint  mitigation  or
30    abatement or lead poisoning prevention.
31        (e)  Insufficient   funds.    Notwithstanding  any  other
32    provision of this Act, if  the  county  determines  that  the
33    balance  of  funds  in  the indemnity fund is insufficient to
34    cover the present and future  obligations  of  the  indemnity
 
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 1    fund,  the  county may provide for the transfer of funds from
 2    the lead poisoning prevention fund, or from any other fund to
 3    which excess monies have been transferred, to  the  indemnity
 4    fund.  The level of such transfer shall not exceed the amount
 5    necessary  to satisfy any current obligation of the indemnity
 6    fund.
 7    (Source: P.A. 90-778, eff. 8-14-98.)

 8        Section 900. The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
 9    Sections 5.595, 5.596, and 5.597 as follows:

10        (30 ILCS 105/5.595 new)
11        Sec.  5.595.  The  Lead-Removal  Inspectors Accreditation
12    Fund.

13        (30 ILCS 105/5.596 new)
14        Sec.  5.596.  The  Lead   Poisoning-Affected   Properties
15    Registration Fund.

16        (30 ILCS 105/5.597 new)
17        Sec.   5.597.    The  Lead-Safe  and  Lead-Free  Property
18    Revolving Loan Fund.

19        (410 ILCS 45/Act rep.)
20        Section  905.  The  Lead  Poisoning  Prevention  Act   is
21    repealed.

22        Section  999.  Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23    becoming law.
 
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    20 ILCS 2310/2310-90      was 20 ILCS 2310/55.09
 4    35 ILCS 5/213 new
 5    765 ILCS 35/102.2
 6    30 ILCS 105/5.595 new
 7    30 ILCS 105/5.596 new
 8    30 ILCS 105/5.597 new
 9    410 ILCS 45/Act rep.