Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

Filed: 5/12/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1943

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1943 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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:

 

 

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1        (1) represented in its packaging, display, or
2    advertising as appropriate for use by children under the
3    age of 12;
4        (2) sold in conjunction with, attached to, or packaged
5    together with other products that are packaged, displayed,
6    or advertised as appropriate for use by children under 12;
7        (3) sized for children and not intended for use by
8    adults; or
9        (4) sold in any of the following places: a vending
10    machine; a retail store, catalogue, or online Web site in
11    which a person exclusively offers for sale products that
12    are packaged, displayed, or advertised as appropriate for
13    use by children; or a discrete portion of a retail store,
14    catalogue, or online Web site in which a person offers for
15    sale products that are packaged, displayed or advertised as
16    appropriate for use by children.
17    "Child care article" means an item that is designed or
18intended by the manufacturer to facilitate the sleep,
19relaxation, or feeding of children under the age of 6 or to
20help with children under the age of 6 who are sucking or
21teething. An item meets this definition if it is (i) designed
22or intended to be used directly in the mouth by the child or
23(ii) is used to directly facilitate sleep, relaxation, or
24feeding of children under the age of 6 or directly help with
25children under the age of 6 who are sucking or teething and,
26because of its proximity to the child, is likely to be mouthed,

 

 

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1chewed, sucked, or licked.
2    "Jewelry" means any of the following ornaments worn by a
3person:
4        (A) Ankle bracelet.
5        (B) Arm cuff.
6        (C) Bracelet.
7        (D) Brooch.
8        (E) Chain.
9        (F) Crown.
10        (G) Cuff link.
11        (H) Hair accessory.
12        (I) Earring.
13        (J) Necklace.
14        (K) Decorative pin.
15        (L) Ring.
16        (M) Body piercing jewelry.
17        (N) Jewelry placed in the mouth for display or
18    ornament.
19        (O) Any charm, bead, chain, link, pendant, or other
20    component of the items listed in this definition.
21        (P) A charm, bead, chain, link, pendant, or other
22    attachment to shoes or clothing that can be removed and may
23    be used as a component of an item listed in this
24    definition.
25        (Q) A watch in which a timepiece is a component of an
26    item listed in this definition, excluding the timepiece

 

 

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1    itself if the timepiece can be removed from the ornament.
2    "Toy containing paint" means a painted toy with an
3accessible component containing any external coating,
4including, but not limited to, paint, ink, lacquer, or screen
5printing, designed for or intended for use by children under
6the age of 12 at play. In determining whether a toy containing
7paint is designed for or intended for use by children under the
8age of 12, the following factors shall be considered:
9        (i) a statement by a manufacturer about the intended
10    use of the product, including a label on the product, if
11    such statement is reasonable;
12        (ii) whether the product is represented in its
13    packaging, display, promotion, or advertising as
14    appropriate for children under the age of 12; and
15        (iii) whether the product is commonly recognized by
16    consumers as being intended for use by a child under the
17    age of 12.
18    (b) Children's products. Effective January 1, 2010, no
19person, firm, or corporation shall sell, have, offer for sale,
20or transfer the items listed in this Section that contain a
21total lead content in any component part of the item that is
22more than 0.004% (40 parts per million) but less than 0.06%
23(600 parts per million) by total weight or a lower standard for
24lead content as may be established by federal or State law or
25regulation unless that item bears a warning statement that
26indicates that at least one component part of the item contains

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1        (3) the statement shall be legible; and
2        (4) the statement shall contrast with the typography,
3    layout and color of the other printed matter.
4    Compliance with 16 C.F.R. 1500.121 adopted under the
5Federal Hazardous Substances Act constitutes compliance with
6this subsection (d).
7    (e) The manufacturer or importer of record shall be
8responsible for compliance with this Section.
9    (f) Subsection (c) of this Section does not apply to any
10component part of a consumer electronic product, including, but
11not limited to, personal computers, audio and video equipment,
12calculators, wireless phones, game consoles, and handheld
13devices incorporating a video screen used to access interactive
14software and their associated peripherals, that is not
15accessible to a child through normal and reasonably foreseeable
16use of the product. A component part is not accessible under
17this subsection (f) if the component part is not physically
18exposed by reason of a sealed covering or casing and does not
19become physically exposed through reasonably foreseeable use
20and abuse of the product. Paint, coatings, and electroplating,
21singularly or in any combination, are not sufficient to
22constitute a sealed covering or casing for purposes of this
23Section. Coatings and electroplating are sufficient to
24constitute a sealed covering for connectors, power cords, USB
25cables, or other similar devices or components used in consumer
26electronics products.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 94-879, eff. 6-20-06; 95-1019, eff. 6-1-09.)".