103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1804

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/9.19 new

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, use of a refrigerant is not prohibited or otherwise limited if the refrigerant is identified as a safe alternative under a specified federal statute and is contained within equipment that is listed and installed in accordance with specified federal safety standards and use conditions. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5adding Section 9.19 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/9.19 new)
7    Sec. 9.19. Refrigerants. Notwithstanding any other
8provision of law, use of a refrigerant is not prohibited or
9otherwise limited if (i) the refrigerant is identified as a
10safe alternative under 42 U.S.C. 7671k and (ii) the
11refrigerant is contained within equipment that is listed and
12installed in accordance with safety standards and use
13conditions imposed under 42 U.S.C. 7671k and the rules set
14forth in 40 CFR 82.84.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.