95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0025

 

Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. John J. Millner

 

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.


LRB095 03615 LCT 23636 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB0025 LRB095 03615 LCT 23636 b

1     AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act is
5 amended 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
8 commenced or maintained against any person engaged in the
9 business of selling at retail, supplying, handling, or
10 transporting liquefied petroleum gas in this State if the
11 alleged injury, damage, or loss was caused by:
12     (1) the alteration, modification, or repair of liquefied
13 petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum gas appliance
14 if done without the knowledge and consent of the liquefied
15 petroleum gas seller, supplier, handler, or transporter; or
16     (2) the use of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a
17 liquefied petroleum gas appliance in a manner or for a purpose
18 other than that for which the equipment or appliance was
19 intended and that could not reasonably have been expected.