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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4638 Introduced 2/1/2012, by Rep. Emily McAsey SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 430 ILCS 125/16 new | | 430 ILCS 125/25 | |
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Amends the Children's Product Safety Act. Prohibits a person from selling, offering to sell, leasing, or offering to lease a crib bumper pad in the State. Imposes a civil penalty of not less than $100 and not more than $500 for each violation.
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| | HB4638 | | LRB097 18907 KMW 64145 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 Children's Product Safety Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 16 and changing Section 25 as follows:
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| 6 | | (430 ILCS 125/16 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 16. Crib bumper pads. |
| 8 | | (a) For purposes of this Section: |
| 9 | | (1) "Crib" means any bed with barred or latticed sides |
| 10 | | designed for an infant or toddler. |
| 11 | | (2) "Crib bumper pad" means any padding material, |
| 12 | | including, but not limited to, a roll of stuffed fabric, |
| 13 | | that is designed for placement within a crib to cushion one |
| 14 | | or more of the crib's inner sides adjacent to the crib |
| 15 | | mattress. |
| 16 | | (b) No person shall sell, lease, offer for sale, or offer |
| 17 | | for lease any crib bumper pad as a separate item or as an |
| 18 | | accessory to a crib in the State. |
| 19 | | (c) Any person who violates this Section is subject to a |
| 20 | | civil penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each |
| 21 | | offense.
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| 22 | | (430 ILCS 125/25)
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