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Environmental Health Committee
Filed: 3/12/2009
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LRB096 09978 JDS 23199 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2429
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2429 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Mercury-added Product Prohibition Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 40 as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 46/40 new) |
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| Sec. 40. Mercury-containing compact fluorescent lighting;
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| Internet Web site and outreach; procurement. |
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| (a) By October 1, 2009, the Agency shall create a Web site |
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| that provides information on the mercury content of compact |
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| fluorescent lamps used in residential applications, what to do |
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| when a fluorescent lamp breaks, and options for consumers to |
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| safely manage and recycle spent mercury-containing compact |
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| fluorescent lamps generated in the State. The Agency shall also |
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| collaborate with lamp manufacturers, retailers, utilities, |
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| local governments, environmental organizations, and solid |
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| waste haulers on outreach efforts to inform consumers about the |
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| safe and proper management of spent mercury-containing |
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| fluorescent lamps. In developing an outreach strategy, the |
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| Agency shall consider a variety of media and methods for |
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| disseminating information, including, but not limited to, |
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| point of sale information, newspaper and magazine |
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| advertisements, Web sites, package markings, bill inserts, |
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| public service announcements, and stickers for dumpsters and |
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| trash bins. |
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| (b) By March 1, 2010, the Department of Central Management |
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| Services, in collaboration with the Department of Commerce and |
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| Economic Opportunity and the Agency, shall review and revise |
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| procurement specifications for lamps and ballasts purchased by |
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| State agencies. The specifications shall be revised to optimize |
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| energy efficiency, toxics reduction, lighting quality, and |
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| lamp life, taking into account performance, availability and |
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| cost considerations. After July 1, 2010, the Department of |
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| Central Management Services shall ensure that the |
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| environmental and performance specifications developed under |
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| this subsection are incorporated into bid solicitations |
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| issued, and contracts entered into, for lamps and ballasts |
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| purchased by State agencies. |
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| (c) For the purposes of this subsection, |
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| (1) "Lamp" means the bulb or tube portion of an |
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| electrical lighting device, including, but not limited to, |
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| a compact fluorescent lamp; a linear, circular or u-bent |