Full Text of HB1610 95th General Assembly
HB1610 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1610
Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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425 ILCS 45/1003 |
from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 951-3 |
425 ILCS 45/1004 |
from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 951-4 |
425 ILCS 45/1006 |
from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 951-6 |
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Amends the Furniture Fire Safety Act. Provides that public occupancies and public assembly areas must comply with the flammability testing and labeling procedures for seating furniture for use in public occupancies as published in Technical Bulletin 133, as amended, State of California Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation. Provides that, effective July 1, 2008, all seating furniture, except as otherwise listed, sold in this State must comply with test requirements as set forth in the State of California, Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Technical Bulletin Numbers 116 and 117, as amended.
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| AN ACT concerning public safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Furniture Fire Safety Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 1003, 1004, and 1006 as follows:
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| (425 ILCS 45/1003) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 951-3)
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| Sec. 1003. (a) Articles of seating furniture, other than | 8 |
| juvenile furniture
and furniture used for and in facilities | 9 |
| designed for the care or treatment
of humans, which meet any of | 10 |
| the following criteria are exempt from
compliance with the | 11 |
| provisions of this Act:
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| (1) Cushions and pads intended solely for outdoor use.
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| (2) Any article which is smooth surfaced and contains | 14 |
| no more than
one-half inch of filling material, if such | 15 |
| article does not have
a horizontal surface meeting a | 16 |
| vertical surface.
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| (3) Articles manufactured solely for recreational use | 18 |
| or physical
fitness purposes, such as weightlifting | 19 |
| benches, gymnasium mats or pads,
sidehorses, and similar | 20 |
| articles.
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| (b) Public occupancies and public assembly areas as defined | 22 |
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subsection (e) of Section 1002 must comply with the | 23 |
| flammability testing and labeling procedures for seating |
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| furniture for use in public occupancies as published in | 2 |
| Technical Bulletin 133, as amended, State of California Bureau | 3 |
| of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation. Those public | 4 |
| occupancies that are fully protected by sprinkler
systems in | 5 |
| accordance with either National Fire Protection Association
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| (NFPA) Standard 13, as amended, or Uniform Building Code | 7 |
| Standard 38-1 are exempt from
the provisions of this Code, but | 8 |
| must comply with test requirements as set
forth in the State of | 9 |
| California, Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation | 10 |
| Technical
Bulletin Number 117, as amended, and Technical | 11 |
| Bulletin Number 116, as
amended, entitled respectively | 12 |
| "Requirements, Test Procedures
and Apparatus for Test | 13 |
| Procedures and Apparatus for Testing the Flame
Retardance of | 14 |
| Filling Materials Used in Upholstered Furniture" and "Test
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| Procedures and Apparatus for Testing the Flame Retardance of | 16 |
| Upholstered Furniture".
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| (c) Effective July 1, 2008, all seating furniture, except | 18 |
| as otherwise provided for in subsection (b) of this Section, | 19 |
| sold in this State must comply with test requirements as set | 20 |
| forth in the State of California, Bureau of Home Furnishings | 21 |
| and Thermal Insulation Technical Bulletin Number 117, as | 22 |
| amended, and Technical Bulletin Number 116, as amended, | 23 |
| entitled respectively "Requirements, Test Procedures and | 24 |
| Apparatus for Test Procedures and Apparatus for Testing the | 25 |
| Flame Retardance of Filling Materials Used in Upholstered | 26 |
| Furniture" and "Test Procedures and Apparatus for Testing the |
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| Flame Retardance of Upholstered Furniture".
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| (Source: P.A. 86-631; 87-129.)
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| (425 ILCS 45/1004) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 951-4)
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| Sec. 1004. (a) The State Fire Marshal has the duty to | 5 |
| administer
and enforce this Act in accordance with the laws of | 6 |
| this State.
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| (b) The State Fire Marshal shall adopt rules and | 8 |
| regulations
necessary for the administration and enforcement | 9 |
| of this Act within 6
months after the effective date of this | 10 |
| Act.
The rules and regulations shall be in conformity with the | 11 |
| flammability
testing and labeling procedures for seating | 12 |
| furniture for use in public
occupancies as published in | 13 |
| Technical Bulletins 116, 117, and
Bulletin 133, as amended, | 14 |
| State of
California Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal | 15 |
| Insulation.
The State Fire Marshal shall periodically add, | 16 |
| delete, revise and update
such rules and regulations as may | 17 |
| from time to time be required to conform
with the requirements | 18 |
| of Technical Bulletin 133 .
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| (c) All rules and regulations adopted by the State Fire | 20 |
| Marshal
shall become effective not earlier than 90 days from | 21 |
| adoption.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-631; 87-129.)
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| (425 ILCS 45/1006) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 951-6)
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| Sec. 1006. This Act applies to all seating furniture |
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| manufactured
on or after the effective date of this Act or the | 2 |
| effective date of any amendment hereto, which is sold or | 3 |
| intended for
use in public occupancies in this State regardless | 4 |
| of its point of origin.
After the effective date of this Act, | 5 |
| or the effective date of any amendment hereto, this Act | 6 |
| prohibits the sale for use
in a public occupancy of any seating | 7 |
| furniture which fails to conform to
the applicable flammability | 8 |
| standard or labeling requirement set forth in
this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-631.)
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