102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5566
 
Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
415 ILCS 5/17.13 new

     Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall, subject to appropriation, provide grants to municipalities to provide filters for areas with lead service lines whose areas do not have a plan to replace the lead service lines in accordance with the following restrictions and specifications: (1) all filters purchased must be produced in Illinois; (2) all filters must remove at least 99.9% of lead from water as demonstrated by independent laboratory validation in which the filter vendor has no financial or other interest whatsoever; (3) all filters must operate in a manner that does not waste water; (4) all filters must be recyclable and filter cartridges must be reusable; (5) all plastic used in the filter unit fabrication must be NSF certified and impurity free; and (6) municipalities must provide the filters for residential use only. Effective immediately.
  


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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 Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 17.13 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/17.13 new)
7    Sec. 17.13. Grants for filters for areas with lead service 
8lines. Subject to appropriation, the Agency shall provide 
9grants to municipalities to provide filters for areas with 
10lead service lines whose areas do not have a plan to replace 
11the lead service lines in accordance with the following 
12restrictions and specifications:
13        (1) All filters purchased must be produced in 
14    Illinois. 
15        (2) All filters must remove at least 99.9% of lead 
16    from water as demonstrated by independent laboratory 
17    validation in which the filter vendor has no financial or 
18    other interest whatsoever. 
19        (3) All filters must operate in a manner that does not 
20    waste water. 
21        (4) All filters must be recyclable and filter 
22    cartridges must be reusable. 
23        (5) All plastic used in the filter unit fabrication 
 
 
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1    must be NSF certified and impurity free. 
2        (6) Municipalities must provide  the filters for 
3    residential use only. 
 
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
5becoming law.