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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 Illinois Modular Dwelling and Mobile 
5Structure Safety Act is amended by adding Section 18 as 
6follows:
 
7    (430 ILCS 115/18 new)
8    Sec. 18. Weather radio requirement.
9    (a) This Section applies to a person that installs a 
10manufactured home in a mobile home community after 2023.
11    (b) A person shall supply a weather radio inside each 
12manufactured home that the person installs. The weather radio 
13must be equipped with the following features:
14        (1) tone alarm activation;
15        (2) specific alert message encoding, or SAME, 
16    technology; and
17        (3) public alert standard (CEA-2009) certification.
18    (c) The supplying of a weather radio by a person that 
19installs a manufactured home as required by this Section does 
20not subject the person to liability for the functionality of 
21that weather radio.
22    (d) Each year during National Fire Prevention Week, the 
23operator of a mobile home community is encouraged to provide a 
 
 
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1written reminder to the owners of all manufactured homes in 
2the mobile home community to replace the batteries in all 
3weather radios and smoke detectors contained in their 
4manufactured homes. Any reminder, assistance, or instructions 
5provided by an operator of a mobile home community concerning 
6the function of a weather radio or smoke detector shall not 
7subject the operator or an owner or employee of the mobile home 
8community to liability for the functionality of that weather 
9radio or smoke detector.