Environment & Energy Committee
Filed: 3/12/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4789
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4789 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Radon-Resistant Residences Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. The Task Force on Radon-Resistant Building | ||||||
7 | Codes. | ||||||
8 | (a) The Radon-Resistant Building Codes Task Force is | ||||||
9 | created. The Task Force consists of the following members: | ||||||
10 | (1) the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
11 | Agency or his or her representative, ex officio, who is the | ||||||
12 | chair of the Task Force; | ||||||
13 | (2) a representative of the Home Builders Association | ||||||
14 | of Illinois; | ||||||
15 | (3) a representative of the Illinois Home Inspectors' | ||||||
16 | Association; |
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1 | (4) a representative of the International Code | ||||||
2 | Council; | ||||||
3 | (5) a representative of the Illinois Association of | ||||||
4 | Realtors; | ||||||
5 | (6) a representative of the American Lung Association | ||||||
6 | of Illinois; | ||||||
7 | (7) a representative of the American Cancer Society; | ||||||
8 | (8) a representative of the Illinois Municipal League; | ||||||
9 | (9) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
10 | Representatives; | ||||||
11 | (10) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
12 | House of Representatives; | ||||||
13 | (11) one member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
14 | Senate; and | ||||||
15 | (12) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
16 | Senate. | ||||||
17 | (b) The Task Force shall meet at the call of the chair. | ||||||
18 | Members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed | ||||||
19 | for their reasonable expenses from moneys appropriated for that | ||||||
20 | purpose. The Agency shall provide staff and support for the | ||||||
21 | operation of the Task Force. | ||||||
22 | (c) The Task Force shall make recommendations to the | ||||||
23 | Governor, the Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency, and | ||||||
24 | the Pollution Control Board concerning the adoption of rules | ||||||
25 | for building codes under Section 10 of This Act.
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1 | Section 10. Proposed rules for radon control. | ||||||
2 | (a) The Governor, in coordination with the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Emergency Management Agency, the Environmental
Protection | ||||||
4 | Agency, and the Pollution Control Board, shall propose
rules | ||||||
5 | for radon control for all new residential buildings.
These | ||||||
6 | proposed rules must incorporate the radon control methods set
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7 | forth in the International Residential Code appendix as the
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8 | model language, with changes necessary to comply with existing
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9 | construction codes in the State. | ||||||
10 | (b) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that | ||||||
11 | may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head | ||||||
12 | under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to | ||||||
13 | make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions | ||||||
14 | of this Act. The Governor shall propose rules to the General | ||||||
15 | Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the | ||||||
16 | Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | ||||||
17 | Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those proposed | ||||||
18 | rules into law, or take any other appropriate action in the | ||||||
19 | General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this Act | ||||||
20 | shall be interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any | ||||||
21 | other Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
22 | explicitly given. | ||||||
23 | (c) For the purposes of this Section, "rules" is given the | ||||||
24 | meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" | ||||||
26 | are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of |
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1 | the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that | ||||||
2 | such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
3 | jurisdiction of the Governor. | ||||||
4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.".
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