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Full Text of HB1088  96th General Assembly

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1     AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Radon Industry Licensing Act is amended by
5 changing Section 25 and by adding Sections 27 and 28 as
6 follows:
 
7     (420 ILCS 44/25)
8     Sec. 25. License requirement. Beginning January 1, 1998, no
9 person shall sell a device or perform a service for
10 compensation to detect the presence of radon or radon progeny
11 in the indoor atmosphere, perform laboratory analysis, or
12 perform a service to reduce the presence of radon or radon
13 progeny in the indoor atmosphere unless the person has been
14 licensed by the Agency. The application procedures for a
15 license shall be established by rule of the Agency. This
16 Section does not apply to retail stores that only sell or
17 distribute radon sampling devices but are not engaged in the
18 manufacture of radon sampling devices or a relationship with
19 the client for other services such as home inspection or
20 representation as in a real estate transaction and that do not
21 perform laboratory analysis, measurement, or mitigation
22 services.
23 (Source: P.A. 94-369, eff. 7-29-05.)
 

 

 

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1     (420 ILCS 44/27 new)
2     Sec. 27. Approval of radon sampling and measurement
3 devices. No person shall sell a device in this State to detect
4 the presence of radon or radon progeny in the indoor atmosphere
5 without prior approval of the device from the Agency. All
6 electronic radon detection devices sold in this State must be
7 calibrated to ensure the accuracy and precision of their
8 measurements of radon and radon progeny.
 
9     (420 ILCS 44/28 new)
10     Sec. 28. Task Force on Radon-Resistant Building Codes.
11     (a) The Radon-Resistant Building Codes Task Force is
12 created. The Task Force consists of the following members:
13         (1) the Director, ex officio, or his or her
14     representative, who is the chair of the Task Force;
15         (2) a representative, designated by the Director, of a
16     home builders' association in Illinois;
17         (3) a representative, designated by the Director, of a
18     home inspectors' association in Illinois;
19         (4) a representative, designated by the Director, of an
20     international building code organization;
21         (5) a representative, designated by the Director, of an
22     Illinois realtors' organization;
23         (6) two representatives, designated by the Director,
24     of respiratory disease organizations, each from a

 

 

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1     different organization;
2         (7) a representative, designated by the Director, of a
3     cancer research and prevention organization;
4         (8) a representative, designated by the Director, of a
5     municipal organization in Illinois;
6         (9) one person appointed by the Speaker of the House of
7     Representatives;
8         (10) one person appointed by the Minority Leader of the
9     House of Representatives;
10         (11) one person appointed by the President of the
11     Senate; and
12         (12) one person appointed by the Minority Leader of the
13     Senate.
14     (b) The Task Force shall meet at the call of the chair.
15 Members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed
16 for their reasonable expenses from moneys appropriated for that
17 purpose. The Agency shall provide staff and support for the
18 operation of the Task Force.
19     (c) The Task Force shall make recommendations to the
20 Governor, the Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency, and
21 the Pollution Control Board concerning the adoption of rules
22 for building codes.
 
23     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.