Rep. Emily McAsey

Filed: 3/23/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4528

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4528 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Tenants Radon Protection Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose. Radon is the leading cause of death in
7private homes and is a radioactive element that is part of the
8radioactive decay chain of naturally occurring uranium in soil.
9Unlike carbon monoxide and many other home pollutants, radon's
10adverse health effect, lung cancer, is usually not produced
11immediately.
 
12    Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
13    "Dwelling unit" means a room or suite of rooms used for
14human habitation. "Dwelling unit" includes a single family
15residence as well as each living unit of a multiple family

 

 

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1residence and each living unit in a mixed use building.
2    "IEMA" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
3    "Landlord" means any person or entity leasing a dwelling
4unit to a tenant, and includes, but is not limited to, an
5individual, company, corporation, firm, group, association,
6partnership, joint venture, trust, government agency or
7subdivision thereof.
8    "Lease" means an oral or written agreement under which a
9property owner allows a tenant to use the property for a
10specified rent and period of time.
11    "Mitigation" means the act of repairing or altering a
12building or building design for the purpose in whole or in part
13of reducing the concentration of radon in the indoor atmosphere
14according to procedures described in 32 Ill. Adm. Code Part
15422.
16    "Radon" means a gaseous radioactive decay product of
17uranium or thorium.
18    "Radon contractor" means a person licensed in accordance
19with the Radon Industry Licensing Act to perform radon
20mitigation or to perform measurements of radon in an indoor
21atmosphere.
22    "Radon hazard" means exposure to indoor radon
23concentrations at or in excess of the IEMA's recommended Radon
24Action Level.
25    "Radon test" means a measurement of indoor radon
26concentrations in accordance with the provisions of 32 Ill.

 

 

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1Adm. Code Part 422 for performing radon measurements.
2    "Tenant" means a person who is about to enter or has
3entered into an oral or written lease with a landlord to lease
4a dwelling unit.
 
5    Section 15. Radon testing and disclosure.
6    (a) At the time of or before a lease is entered into, and
7at any time that a lease is in effect, the landlord shall
8provide to each tenant in a dwelling unit copies of any records
9or reports pertaining to radon concentrations within the
10dwelling unit that indicate a radon hazard to the tenant, as
11provided in subsection (e).
12    (b) If a tenant performs a radon test, the tenant shall
13provide to the landlord copies of any records or reports
14pertaining to radon concentrations within 10 days after
15receiving the measurement result.
16    (c) Nothing in this Section is intended to or shall be
17construed to imply an obligation of a landlord or tenant to
18conduct any radon testing activities.
19    (d) The landlord shall provide to the tenant the IEMA
20pamphlet entitled "IEMA Radon Guide for Tenants".
21    (e) The following Disclosure of Information on Radon
22Hazards to Tenants shall be provided to each tenant of a
23dwelling unit:
 
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"DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ON RADON HAZARDS TO TENANTS

 

 

 

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1Radon Warning Statement
 
2Each tenant in this residence is notified that the property may
3present exposure to levels of indoor radon gas that may place
4the occupants at risk of developing radon-induced lung cancer.
5Radon, a Class-A human carcinogen, is the leading cause of
6death in private homes and the leading cause of lung cancer in
7non-smokers. The landlord of any residence is required to
8provide each tenant with any information on radon test results
9of the dwelling unit that present a radon hazard to the tenant.
 
10The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) strongly
11recommends ALL rental property have a radon test performed and
12radon hazards mitigated if elevated levels are found in a
13dwelling unit or a routinely occupied area of a multiple family
14residence. Elevated radon concentrations can easily be reduced
15by a radon contractor.
 
16Property address:............................................
 
17Landlord's Disclosure (initial each of the following which
18applies)
 
19(a) ...... Landlord has no knowledge of elevated radon 
20concentrations (or records or reports pertaining to elevated 

 

 

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1radon concentrations) in the dwelling unit.  
 
2(b) ...... Radon concentrations (above the IEMA recommended 
3Radon Action Level 4.0 pCi/L) are known to be present within 
4the dwelling unit.
 
5(c) ...... Landlord has provided the tenant with copies of 
6all available records and reports pertaining to radon 
7concentrations within the dwelling unit.
 
8Tenant's Acknowledgment (initial)
 
9(d) ...... Tenant has received copies of all information 
10listed above.
 
11(e) ...... Tenant has received pamphlet "IEMA Radon Guide for 
12Tenants".
 
13Certification of Accuracy
 
14The following parties have reviewed the information above and
15each party certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge, that
16the information he or she provided is true and accurate.
 
17Landlord ....................     Date ....................
18Tenant   ....................     Date ...................."
 

 

 

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1    Section 20. Mitigation of radon hazard.
2    (a) If a landlord disputes the results of a radon test
3performed by a tenant, the landlord may hire a radon contractor
4to perform a radon test within 30 days after the tenant
5notifies the landlord of the results of his or her radon test.
6This measurement by a radon contractor is valid for a period of
72 years after the date of the testing unless renovations,
8additions, or modifications are made to the building.
9    (b) Landlords deciding to have radon mitigation performed
10shall have the mitigation system installed by a radon
11contractor.
12    (c) Tenants deciding to have radon mitigation performed
13shall have the mitigation system installed by a radon
14contractor. Tenants shall have the landlord's consent prior to
15undertaking any mitigation activities.
16    (d) Nothing in this Section is intended to or shall be
17construed to imply an obligation of a landlord or tenant to
18conduct any radon testing or mitigation activities.
 
19    Section 25. Termination of lease.
20    (a) A tenant has the right to terminate a lease if the
21landlord has failed to correct the radon hazard within 120 days
22after having been initially informed of a radon hazard.
23    (b) A landlord of a dwelling unit vacated by a tenant in
24accordance with subsection (a), who has received a security

 

 

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1deposit from a tenant to secure the payment of rent or to
2compensate for damage to the leased property, may not withhold
3any part of that deposit as compensation for radon testing or
4mitigation activities. However, the landlord may withhold part
5of the security deposit in cases where the tenant had a
6mitigation system installed without the landlord's consent and
7the system was not property installed by a radon contractor. An
8itemized statement must be provided to the tenant if all or
9part of the security deposit is withheld.
 
10    Section 30. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate
11lease agreements in a manner that diminishes the rights of
12tenants under this Act. This Section is a limitation under
13subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
14Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
15powers and functions exercised by the State.
 
16    (420 ILCS 46/25 rep.)
17    Section 50. The Illinois Radon Awareness Act is amended by
18repealing Section 25.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
201, 2017.".