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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4329 Introduced 1/29/2020, by Rep. Terra Costa Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Beginning January 1, 2022, prohibits the sale or manufacture for sale in this State of garden hoses that are not lead free. Effective immediately.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB4329 | | LRB101 14899 CPF 63885 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Lead Poisoning Prevention Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 6.4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (410 ILCS 45/6.4 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 6.4. Regulation of lead in garden hoses. |
| 8 | | (a) For purposes of this Section: |
| 9 | | "Lead free" means: |
| 10 | | (1) not containing more than 0.2 percent lead when used |
| 11 | | with respect to solder and flux; and |
| 12 | | (2) not more than a weighted average of 0.25 percent |
| 13 | | lead when used with respect to the wetted surfaces of |
| 14 | | garden hoses. |
| 15 | | (b) Beginning January 1, 2022, no person shall sell or |
| 16 | | manufacture for sale in this State a garden hose that is not |
| 17 | | lead free.
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| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 19 | | becoming law.
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