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1    AN ACT concerning public health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Lead Poisoning Prevention Act is amended by
5changing Section 6 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 45/6)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1306)
7    Sec. 6. Warning statement.
8    (a) Definitions. As used in this Section:
9    "Body piercing jewelry" means any part of jewelry that is
10manufactured or sold for placement in a new piercing or a
11mucous membrane, but does not include any part of that jewelry
12that is not placed within a new piercing or a mucous membrane.
13    "Children's jewelry" means jewelry that is made for,
14marketed for use by, or marketed to children under the age of
1512 and includes jewelry that meets any of the following
16conditions:
17        (1) represented in its packaging, display, or
18    advertising as appropriate for use by children under the
19    age of 12;
20        (2) sold in conjunction with, attached to, or packaged
21    together with other products that are packaged, displayed,
22    or advertised as appropriate for use by children under 12;
23        (3) sized for children and not intended for use by

 

 

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1    adults; or
2        (4) sold in any of the following places: a vending
3    machine; a retail store, catalogue, or online Web site in
4    which a person exclusively offers for sale products that
5    are packaged, displayed, or advertised as appropriate for
6    use by children; or a discrete portion of a retail store,
7    catalogue, or online Web site in which a person offers for
8    sale products that are packaged, displayed or advertised as
9    appropriate for use by children.
10    "Child care article" means an item that is designed or
11intended by the manufacturer to facilitate the sleep,
12relaxation, or feeding of children under the age of 6 or to
13help with children under the age of 6 who are sucking or
14teething. An item meets this definition if it is (i) designed
15or intended to be used directly in the mouth by the child or
16(ii) is used to facilitate sleep, relaxation, or feeding of
17children under the age of 6 or help with children under the age
18of 6 who are sucking or teething and, because of its proximity
19to the child, is likely to be mouthed, chewed, sucked, or
20licked.
21    "Jewelry" means any of the following ornaments worn by a
22person:
23        (A) Ankle bracelet.
24        (B) Arm cuff.
25        (C) Bracelet.
26        (D) Brooch.

 

 

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1        (E) Chain.
2        (F) Crown.
3        (G) Cuff link.
4        (H) Hair accessory.
5        (I) Earring.
6        (J) Necklace.
7        (K) Decorative pin.
8        (L) Ring.
9        (M) Body piercing jewelry.
10        (N) Jewelry placed in the mouth for display or
11    ornament.
12        (O) Any charm, bead, chain, link, pendant, or other
13    component of the items listed in this definition.
14        (P) A charm, bead, chain, link, pendant, or other
15    attachment to shoes or clothing that can be removed and may
16    be used as a component of an item listed in this
17    definition.
18        (Q) A watch in which a timepiece is a component of an
19    item listed in this definition, excluding the timepiece
20    itself if the timepiece can be removed from the ornament.
21    "Toy containing paint" means a painted toy with an
22accessible component containing any external coating,
23including, but not limited to, paint, ink, lacquer, or screen
24printing, designed for or intended for use by children under
25the age of 12 at play. For the purposes of this Section, "toy"
26is any object designed, manufactured, or marketed as a

 

 

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1plaything for children under the age of 12 and is excluded from
2the definitions of "child care article" and "jewelry". In
3determining whether a toy containing paint is designed for or
4intended for use by children under the age of 12, the following
5factors shall be considered:
6        (i) a statement by a manufacturer about the intended
7    use of the product, including a label on the product, if
8    such statement is reasonable;
9        (ii) whether the product is represented in its
10    packaging, display, promotion, or advertising as
11    appropriate for children under the age of 12; and
12        (iii) whether the product is commonly recognized by
13    consumers as being intended for use by a child under the
14    age of 12.
15    (b) Children's products. Effective January 1, 2010, no
16person, firm, or corporation shall sell, have, offer for sale,
17or transfer the items listed in this Section that contain a
18total lead content in any component part of the item that is
19more than 0.004% (40 parts per million) but less than 0.06%
20(600 parts per million) by total weight or a lower standard for
21lead content as may be established by federal or State law or
22regulation unless that item bears a warning statement that
23indicates that at least one component part of the item contains
24lead.
25    The warning statement for items covered under this
26subsection (b) shall contain at least the following: "WARNING:

 

 

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1CONTAINS LEAD. MAY BE HARMFUL IF EATEN OR CHEWED. COMPLIES WITH
2FEDERAL STANDARDS.". "WARNING: CONTAINS LEAD. MAY BE HARMFUL IF
3EATEN OR CHEWED. MAY GENERATE DUST CONTAINING LEAD."
4    An entity is in compliance with this subsection (b) if the
5warning statement is provided on the children's product or on
6the label on the immediate container of the children's product.
7This subsection (b) does not apply to any product for which
8federal law governs warning in a manner that preempts State
9authority.
10    The warning statement required under this subsection (b) is
11not required if the component parts of the item containing lead
12are inaccessible to a child through normal and reasonably
13foreseeable use and abuse as defined by the United States
14Consumer Product Safety Commission.
15    The warning statement required under this subsection (b) is
16not required if the component parts in question are exempt from
17third-party testing as determined by the United States Consumer
18Product Safety Commission.
19    (c) Other lead bearing substance. No person, firm, or
20corporation shall have, offer for sale, sell, or give away any
21lead bearing substance that may be used by the general public,
22except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Section,
23unless it bears the warning statement as prescribed by federal
24regulation. (i) If no regulation is prescribed the warning
25statement shall be as follows when the lead bearing substance
26is a lead-based paint or surface coating: "WARNING--CONTAINS

 

 

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1LEAD. MAY BE HARMFUL IF EATEN OR CHEWED. See Other Cautions on
2(Side or Back) Panel. Do not apply on toys, or other children's
3articles, furniture, or interior, or exterior exposed surfaces
4of any residential building or facility that may be occupied or
5used by children. KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.". (ii) If
6no regulation is prescribed the warning statement shall be as
7follows when the lead bearing substance contains lead-based
8paint or a form of lead other than lead-based paint: "WARNING
9CONTAINS LEAD. MAY BE HARMFUL IF EATEN OR CHEWED. MAY GENERATE
10DUST CONTAINING LEAD. KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.".
11    For the purposes of this subsection (c), the generic term
12of a product, such as "paint" may be substituted for the word
13"substance" in the above labeling.
14    (d) The warning statements on items covered in subsections
15(a), (b), and (c) of this Section shall be in accordance with,
16or substantially similar to, the following:
17        (1) the statement shall be located in a prominent place
18    on the item or package such that consumers are likely to
19    see the statement when it is examined under retail
20    conditions;
21        (2) the statement shall be conspicuous and not obscured
22    by other written matter;
23        (3) the statement shall be legible; and
24        (4) the statement shall contrast with the typography,
25    layout and color of the other printed matter.
26    Compliance with 16 C.F.R. 1500.121 adopted under the

 

 

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1Federal Hazardous Substances Act constitutes compliance with
2this subsection (d).
3    (e) The manufacturer or importer of record shall be
4responsible for compliance with this Section.
5    (f) Subsection (c) of this Section does not apply to any
6component part of a consumer electronic product, including, but
7not limited to, personal computers, audio and video equipment,
8calculators, wireless phones, game consoles, and handheld
9devices incorporating a video screen used to access interactive
10software and their associated peripherals, that is not
11accessible to a child through normal and reasonably foreseeable
12use of the product. A component part is not accessible under
13this subsection (f) if the component part is not physically
14exposed by reason of a sealed covering or casing and does not
15become physically exposed through reasonably foreseeable use
16and abuse of the product. Paint, coatings, and electroplating,
17singularly or in any combination, are not sufficient to
18constitute a sealed covering or casing for purposes of this
19Section. Coatings and electroplating are sufficient to
20constitute a sealed covering for connectors, power cords, USB
21cables, or other similar devices or components used in consumer
22electronics products.
23(Source: P.A. 94-879, eff. 6-20-06; 95-1019, eff. 6-1-09.)