Full Text of HB0137 94th General Assembly
HB0137 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0137
Introduced 1/11/2005, by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Safe and Hygienic Bed Act. Makes a stylistic change in a Section
concerning definitions.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Safe and Hygienic Bed Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing
Section 5 as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 68/5)
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| Sec. 5. Definitions.
As used In this Act:
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| "Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the State | 9 |
| of Illinois.
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| "Bedding" means any mattress, box spring, foundation, or | 11 |
| studio couch made in
whole or part from new or secondhand | 12 |
| fabric, filling material, or other
textile product or material | 13 |
| and which can be used for sleeping or reclining
purposes.
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| "Consumer" means a person who purchases or otherwise | 15 |
| acquires bedding for
sleeping or reclining purposes in that | 16 |
| person's home or business such as a
medical facility
or lodging | 17 |
| establishment, and does not include wholesalers, retailers, or | 18 |
| other
persons
who acquire bedding for purposes of resale or | 19 |
| other distribution.
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| "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public | 21 |
| Health.
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| "Manufacturer" means a person who makes any article of | 23 |
| bedding in whole or
in part using new or secondhand fabric, | 24 |
| filling material, or other textile
product or material.
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| "New material" means any fabric, filling material, other | 26 |
| textile product or
material, or article
of bedding that has not | 27 |
| been previously used for any purpose, and includes
by-products | 28 |
| of any textile or manufacturing process that are free from | 29 |
| dirt,
insects, and other contamination.
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| "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, | 31 |
| partnership, limited
liability company, corporation, joint | 32 |
| venture, association, trust, and any
other entity, and the |
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| officers, employees, and agents of any of them.
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| "Renovator", "Rebuilder", and "Repairer" mean a person who | 3 |
| repairs, makes
over, recovers, restores, sanitizes, | 4 |
| germicidally treats, cleans, or renews
bedding.
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| "Sanitizer" means any person who sanitizes or germicidally | 6 |
| treats or cleans
(but does not otherwise alter) any fabric, | 7 |
| filling material, other textile
product or material, or
article | 8 |
| of bedding for use in manufacturing or renovating bedding.
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| "Secondhand material" means any fabric, filling material, | 10 |
| other textile
product or material, or
article of bedding that | 11 |
| has been previously used for any purpose or that is
derived
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| from post-consumer or industrial waste, and that may be used in | 13 |
| place of or in
addition to new
material in manufacturing or | 14 |
| renovating bedding.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-164, eff. 7-16-99.)
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