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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Department of Central Management Services | ||||||
5 | Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
6 | adding Section 405-216 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 405/405-216 new)
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8 | Sec. 405-216. Green cleaning policy. To require every | ||||||
9 | State-owned building to establish a green cleaning policy | ||||||
10 | whereby the building purchases and uses only | ||||||
11 | environmentally-sensitive cleaning products, in compliance | ||||||
12 | with the guidelines and specifications established by the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council pursuant to | ||||||
14 | Section 15 of the Green Cleaning Schools Act. The Department | ||||||
15 | shall allow a State-owned building to deplete its existing | ||||||
16 | cleaning and maintenance supply stocks and implement the new | ||||||
17 | requirements in the procurement cycle for the following year | ||||||
18 | and shall exempt a State-owned building from the green cleaning | ||||||
19 | policy requirement if adhering to the requirement would not be | ||||||
20 | economically feasible for the building. | ||||||
21 | For the purposes of this Section, adopting a green cleaning | ||||||
22 | policy is not economically feasible if such adoption would | ||||||
23 | result in an increase in the cleaning costs of the building. |
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1 | Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may | ||||||
2 | exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under | ||||||
3 | the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or | ||||||
4 | promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this | ||||||
5 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the | ||||||
6 | Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | ||||||
7 | enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
8 | General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General | ||||||
9 | Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the | ||||||
10 | Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | ||||||
11 | Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
12 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | ||||||
13 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
14 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
15 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
16 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
17 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
18 | the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | ||||||
19 | contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
20 | Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | ||||||
21 | meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | ||||||
23 | definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
24 | jurisdiction of the Governor.
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25 | Section 10. The Green Cleaning Schools Act is amended by |
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1 | changing Sections 5 and 15 as follows: | ||||||
2 | (105 ILCS 140/5)
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3 | Sec. 5. Legislative findings. Both children and adults | ||||||
4 | Children are vulnerable to and may be severely affected by | ||||||
5 | exposure to chemicals, hazardous waste, and other | ||||||
6 | environmental hazards. The Federal Environmental Protection | ||||||
7 | Agency estimates that human exposure to indoor air pollutants | ||||||
8 | can be 2 to 5 times and up to 100 times higher than outdoor | ||||||
9 | levels. Children, workers, teachers, janitors, and other staff | ||||||
10 | members spend a significant amount of time inside school and | ||||||
11 | other institutional buildings and are continuously exposed to | ||||||
12 | chemicals from cleaners, waxes, deodorizers, and other | ||||||
13 | maintenance products.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 95-84, eff. 8-13-07.) | ||||||
15 | (105 ILCS 140/15)
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16 | Sec. 15. Green cleaning supply guidelines and | ||||||
17 | specifications. The Illinois Green Government Coordinating | ||||||
18 | Council (IGGCC) shall, in consultation with the Department of | ||||||
19 | Public Health, the State Board of Education, regional offices | ||||||
20 | of education, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, | ||||||
21 | and a panel of interested stakeholders, including cleaning | ||||||
22 | product industry representatives, non-governmental | ||||||
23 | organizations, and others, establish and amend on an annual | ||||||
24 | basis guidelines and specifications for |
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1 | environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products | ||||||
2 | for use in school facilities as well as State-owned buildings | ||||||
3 | under Section 405-216 of the Department of Central Management | ||||||
4 | Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois . The | ||||||
5 | IGGCC shall provide multiple avenues by which cleaning products | ||||||
6 | may be determined to be environmentally-sensitive under the | ||||||
7 | guidelines. Guidelines and specifications must be established | ||||||
8 | after a review and evaluation of existing research and must be | ||||||
9 | completed no later than 180 days after the effective date of | ||||||
10 | this Act. Guidelines and specifications may include | ||||||
11 | implementation practices, including inspection. The completed | ||||||
12 | guidelines and specifications must be posted on the IGGCC's | ||||||
13 | Internet website.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 95-84, eff. 8-13-07.)
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law.
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