SB1379enr 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1379 Enrolled LRB097 05580 JDS 45642 b

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Water Supply Regulation Act is amended by changing Section 7a as follows:

(415 ILCS 40/7a) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 121g1)

Sec. 7a. In order to protect the dental health of all citizens, especially children, the Department shall promulgate rules to provide for the addition of fluoride to public water supplies by the owners or official custodians thereof. Such rules shall incorporate the recommendations on optimal fluoridation for community water levels as proposed and adopted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provide for the addition of the fluoride to the water supplies so as to maintain a fluoride content of not less than 0.9 milligram per liter nor more than 1.2 milligrams per liter.

(Source: P.A. 79-1347.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.