HB3830eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB3830 Engrossed LRB096 10685 JDS 20859 b

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Radon Industry Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:

(420 ILCS 44/30)

Sec. 30. Reporting of information. Within 45 days after testing for radon or radon progeny, a person performing the testing shall report the results of the testing to his or her client and the Nuclear Safety Division of the Agency. If the results of the testing indicate radon concentrations at or above 4 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) and the testing location is located within a municipality, then the Agency must report the results of that testing to that municipality. If the results of the testing indicate radon concentrations at or above 4 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) and the testing location is not located within a municipality, then the Agency must report the results of that testing to the county in whose jurisdiction the radon testing was performed. the results of the testing. In addition, if the client is not the owner or occupant of the building, a person shall report to the owner or occupant upon request. To the extent that the testing results contain information pertaining to the medical condition of an identified individual or the concentration of radon or radon progeny in an identified dwelling, information obtained by the Agency pursuant to this Act is exempt from the disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, except that the Agency shall make the information available to the identified individual or the owner or occupant on request.

(Source: P.A. 94-369, eff. 7-29-05.)