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1    AN ACT concerning the environment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Water Supply Regulation Act is
5amended by changing Section 7a as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 40/7a)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 121g1)
7    Sec. 7a. In order to protect the dental health of all
8citizens, especially children, the owners or official
9custodians of public water supplies shall be in compliance with
10the Department shall promulgate rules to provide for the
11addition of fluoride to public water supplies by the owners or
12official custodians thereof. Such rules shall incorporate the
13recommendations on optimal fluoridation for community water
14levels as proposed and adopted by the U.S. Department of Health
15and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and
16Prevention and the rules and regulations adopted by the
17Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the Pollution
18Control Board.
19(Source: P.A. 97-43, eff. 6-28-11.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.