96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2437

 

Introduced 2/19/2009, by Rep. Karen May

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 405/405-216 new
105 ILCS 140/5
105 ILCS 140/15

    Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department must require every State-owned building to establish a green cleaning policy whereby the building buys and uses only environmentally-sensitive cleaning products. Authorizes a State-owned building to deplete its existing cleaning and maintenance supply stocks and to implement the requirements in the procurement cycle for the following year. Exempts a State-owned building from meeting the requirement if adhering to the requirement would not be economically feasible for the building. Amends the Green Cleaning Schools Act. Makes changes to a provision concerning legislative findings. Requires certain entities to establish and annually amend guidelines and specifications for the use of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products in State-owned buildings and school facilities (now, just "school facilities"). Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
5 Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
6 adding Section 405-216 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 405/405-216 new)
8     Sec. 405-216. Green cleaning policy. To require every
9 State-owned building to establish a green cleaning policy
10 whereby the building purchases and uses only
11 environmentally-sensitive cleaning products, in compliance
12 with the guidelines and specifications established by the
13 Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council pursuant to
14 Section 15 of the Green Cleaning Schools Act. The Department
15 shall allow a State-owned building to deplete its existing
16 cleaning and maintenance supply stocks and implement the new
17 requirements in the procurement cycle for the following year
18 and shall exempt a State-owned building from the green cleaning
19 policy requirement if adhering to the requirement would not be
20 economically feasible for the building.
21     For the purposes of this Section, adopting a green cleaning
22 policy is not economically feasible if such adoption would
23 result in an increase in the cleaning costs of the building.
 

 

 

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1     Section 10. The Green Cleaning Schools Act is amended by
2 changing Sections 5 and 15 as follows:
 
3     (105 ILCS 140/5)
4     Sec. 5. Legislative findings. Both children and adults
5 Children are vulnerable to and may be severely affected by
6 exposure to chemicals, hazardous waste, and other
7 environmental hazards. The Federal Environmental Protection
8 Agency estimates that human exposure to indoor air pollutants
9 can be 2 to 5 times and up to 100 times higher than outdoor
10 levels. Children, workers, teachers, janitors, and other staff
11 members spend a significant amount of time inside school and
12 other institutional buildings and are continuously exposed to
13 chemicals from cleaners, waxes, deodorizers, and other
14 maintenance products.
15 (Source: P.A. 95-84, eff. 8-13-07.)
 
16     (105 ILCS 140/15)
17     Sec. 15. Green cleaning supply guidelines and
18 specifications. The Illinois Green Government Coordinating
19 Council (IGGCC) shall, in consultation with the Department of
20 Public Health, the State Board of Education, regional offices
21 of education, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
22 and a panel of interested stakeholders, including cleaning
23 product industry representatives, non-governmental

 

 

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1 organizations, and others, establish and amend on an annual
2 basis guidelines and specifications for
3 environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products
4 for use in school facilities as well as State-owned buildings
5 under Section 405-216 of the Department of Central Management
6 Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The
7 IGGCC shall provide multiple avenues by which cleaning products
8 may be determined to be environmentally-sensitive under the
9 guidelines. Guidelines and specifications must be established
10 after a review and evaluation of existing research and must be
11 completed no later than 180 days after the effective date of
12 this Act. Guidelines and specifications may include
13 implementation practices, including inspection. The completed
14 guidelines and specifications must be posted on the IGGCC's
15 Internet website.
16 (Source: P.A. 95-84, eff. 8-13-07.)
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.