99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3761

 

Introduced , by Rep. Emily McAsey

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 125/10
430 ILCS 125/16 new
430 ILCS 125/25
430 ILCS 125/30

    Amends the Children's Product Safety Act. Prohibits a commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer from selling, offering to sell, leasing, or offering to lease a crib bumper pad in the State. Imposes a civil penalty of not less than $100 and not more than $500 for each violation. Provides for the deposit of these civil penalties into the Attorney General Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment Projects Fund.


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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 Children's Product Safety Act is amended by
5adding Section 16 and changing Sections 10, 25, and 30 as
6follows:
 
7    (430 ILCS 125/10)
8    Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
9    (a) "Children's product" means a product, including but not
10limited to a full-size crib, non-full-size crib, toddler bed,
11bed, car seat, chair, high chair, booster chair, hook-on chair,
12bath seat, gate or other enclosure for confining a child, play
13yard, stationary activity center, carrier, stroller, walker,
14swing, or toy or play equipment, that meets the following
15criteria:
16        (i) the product is designed or intended for the care
17    of, or use by, any child under age 9; and
18        (ii) the product is designed or intended to come into
19    contact with the child while the product is used.
20    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a
21product is not a "children's product" for purposes of this Act
22if:
23        (I) it may be used by or for the care of a child under

 

 

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1    age 9, but it is designed or intended for use by the
2    general population or segments of the general population
3    and not solely or primarily for use by or the care of a
4    child; or
5        (II) it is a medication, drug, or food or is intended
6    to be ingested.
7    (b) "Commercial dealer" means any person who deals in
8children's products or crib bumper pads or who otherwise by
9one's occupation holds oneself out as having knowledge or skill
10peculiar to children's products or crib bumper pads, or any
11person who is in the business of remanufacturing, retrofitting,
12selling, leasing, subletting, or otherwise placing in the
13stream of commerce children's products or crib bumper pads.
14    (b-5) "Manufacturer" means any person who makes and places
15into the stream of commerce a children's product or crib bumper
16pad as defined by this Act.
17    (b-10) "Importer" means any person who brings into this
18country and places into the stream of commerce a children's
19product or a crib bumper pad.
20    (b-15) "Distributor" and "wholesaler" means any person,
21other than a manufacturer or retailer, who sells or resells or
22otherwise places into the stream of commerce a children's
23product or crib bumper pad.
24    (b-20) "Retailer" means any person other than a
25manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler who sells, leases, or
26sublets children's products or crib bumper pads.

 

 

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1    (b-25) "First seller" means any retailer selling a
2children's product that has not been used or has not previously
3been owned. A first seller does not include an entity such as a
4second-hand or resale store.
5    (c) "Person" means a natural person, firm, corporation,
6limited liability company, or association, or an employee or
7agent of a natural person or an entity included in this
8definition.
9    (d) "Infant" means any person less than 35 inches tall and
10less than 3 years of age.
11    (e) "Crib" means a bed or containment designed to
12accommodate an infant.
13    (f) "Full-size crib" means a full-size crib as defined in
14Section 1508.3 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations
15regarding the requirements for full-size cribs.
16    (g) "Non-full-size crib" means a non-full-size crib as
17defined in Section 1509.2 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal
18Regulations regarding the requirements for non-full-size
19cribs.
20    (h) "End consumer" means a person who purchases a
21children's product for any purpose other than resale.
22    (i) "Crib bumper pad" means any padding material,
23including, but not limited to, a roll of stuffed fabric, that
24is designed for placement within a crib to cushion one or more
25of the crib's inner sides adjacent to the crib mattress.
26(Source: P.A. 94-11, eff. 6-8-05.)
 

 

 

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1    (430 ILCS 125/16 new)
2    Sec. 16. Crib bumper pads.
3    (a) No commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer,
4distributor, wholesaler, or retailer shall sell, lease, offer
5for sale, or offer for lease in the State any crib bumper pad
6as an accessory to a crib or as a separate item.
7    (b) Any person who violates this Section is subject to a
8civil penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each
9offense.
 
10    (430 ILCS 125/25)
11    Sec. 25. Penalty. Except as provided in Sections 16 and
12Section 20, a commercial dealer, importer, distributor,
13wholesaler, or retailer who violates this Act by failing to
14exercise reasonable care is subject to a civil penalty in an
15amount not to exceed $500 for each day that the violation
16continues.
17(Source: P.A. 94-11, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
18    (430 ILCS 125/30)
19    Sec. 30. Enforcement.
20    (a) The Attorney General, or a State's Attorney in the
21county in which a violation of this Act occurred, may bring an
22action in the name of the People of the State of Illinois to
23enforce the provisions of this Act.

 

 

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1    (b) When (i) it appears to the Attorney General that a
2commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor,
3wholesaler, or retailer has engaged in or is engaging in any
4practice declared to be in violation of this Act, or (ii) the
5Attorney General receives a written complaint from a consumer
6of the commission of a practice declared to be in violation of
7this Act, or (iii) the Attorney General believes it to be in
8the public interest that an investigation should be made to
9ascertain whether a person in fact has engaged in or is
10engaging in any practice declared to be in violation of this
11Act, the Attorney General may:
12        (1) Require that person to file, on terms that the
13    Attorney General prescribes, a statement or report in
14    writing under oath or otherwise, as to all information the
15    Attorney General considers necessary.
16        (2) Examine under oath any person in connection with
17    the conduct of any trade or commerce.
18        (3) Examine any merchandise or sample thereof, record,
19    book, document, account, or paper the Attorney General
20    considers necessary.
21        (4) Pursuant to an order of the circuit court, impound
22    any record, book, document, account, paper, or sample of
23    merchandise that is produced in accordance with this Act,
24    and retain it in the Attorney General's possession until
25    the completion of all proceedings in connection with which
26    it is produced.

 

 

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1    (c) In the administration of this Act, the Attorney General
2may accept an assurance of voluntary compliance with respect to
3any practice deemed to be a violation of this Act from any
4commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor,
5wholesaler, or retailer who has engaged in or is engaging in
6that practice. Evidence of the violation of an assurance of
7voluntary compliance shall be prima facie evidence of a
8violation of this Act in any subsequent proceeding brought by
9the Attorney General against the alleged violator with regard
10to the specific violation or violations addressed in the
11assurance of voluntary compliance.
12    (d) Whenever the Attorney General or a State's Attorney has
13reason to believe that any commercial dealer, manufacturer,
14importer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer has engaged in
15or is engaging in any practice in violation of this Act and
16that proceedings would be in the public interest, he or she may
17bring an action in the name of the People of the State against
18that commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor,
19wholesaler, or retailer to restrain by preliminary or permanent
20injunction the use of that practice.
21    (e) Civil penalties paid under Section 25 and civil
22penalties paid under Section 16 shall be deposited into the
23Attorney General Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance
24Payment Projects Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used,
25subject to appropriation, for the performance of any function
26pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney

 

 

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1General, including, but not limited to, enforcement of any law
2of this State and conducting public education programs. Any
3moneys in the Fund that are required by the court or by an
4agreement to be used for a particular purpose must be used for
5that purpose, however.
6(Source: P.A. 94-11, eff. 1-1-06.)