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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 Public Water Supply Regulation Act is
5amended by changing Section 7a as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 40/7a)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 121g1)
7    Sec. 7a. In order to protect the dental health of all
8citizens, especially children, the Department shall promulgate
9rules to provide for the addition of fluoride to public water
10supplies by the owners or official custodians thereof. Such
11rules shall incorporate the recommendations on optimal
12fluoridation for community water levels as proposed and adopted
13by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provide for
14the addition of the fluoride to the water supplies so as to
15maintain a fluoride content of not less than 0.9 milligram per
16liter nor more than 1.2 milligrams per liter.
17(Source: P.A. 79-1347.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.