101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2138
 
Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Brian W. Stewart
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


430 ILCS 5/4.5 new
    Amends the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act.    Provides that no legal action shall be commenced or maintained against any person engaged in the business of selling at retail, supplying, handling, or transporting liquefied petroleum gas in this State if the alleged injury, damage, or loss was caused by: (1) the alteration, modification, or repair of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum gas appliance if done without the knowledge and consent of the liquefied petroleum gas seller, supplier, handler, or transporter; or (2) the use of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum gas appliance in a manner or for a purpose other than that for which the equipment or appliance was intended and that could not reasonably have been expected. 



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A BILL FOR
 


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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 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 4.5 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 5/4.5  new)
7    Sec. 4.5. Liability limited. No legal action shall be 
8commenced or maintained against any person engaged in the 
9business of selling at retail, supplying, handling, or 
10transporting liquefied petroleum gas in this State if the 
11alleged injury, damage, or loss was caused by: 
12        (1) the alteration, modification, or repair of 
13    liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum 
14    gas appliance if done without the knowledge and consent of 
15    the liquefied petroleum gas seller, supplier, handler, or 
16    transporter; or 
17        (2) the use of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a 
18    liquefied petroleum gas appliance in a manner or for a 
19    purpose other than that for which the equipment or 
20    appliance was intended and that could not reasonably have 
21    been expected.