Full Text of HB6439 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Structural Pest Control Act is amended by | 5 |
| adding Section 10.15 as follows: | 6 |
| (225 ILCS 235/10.15 new) | 7 |
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012) | 8 |
| Sec. 10.15. Findings and Council report. The General | 9 |
| Assembly makes the following findings: | 10 |
| (1) The quality of life for a growing number of | 11 |
| Illinois families has
been impacted by a significant | 12 |
| increase in bed bug (Cimex lectularius)
infestations. | 13 |
| (2) A joint EPA/CDC statement recognizes bed bugs as a
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| pest of public health importance. | 15 |
| (3) Bed bug infestations are increasing, are
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| to abate, and pose a challenge to those affected by those
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| infestations. | 18 |
| (4) There is a lack of public awareness about
bed bug | 19 |
| prevention, management, and control, necessitating the
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| need for education of consumers, tenants, landlords, | 21 |
| property owners, and
managers. | 22 |
| (5) In April of 2009, the United States Environmental
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| Protection Agency held its first National Bed Bug Summit to
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| solicit recommendations on dealing with the growing public
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| nuisance of bed bugs; among the major recommendations
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| emanating from the summit was the importance of legislative
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| support and better education about bed bugs for governments
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| and elected officials. | 6 |
| (6) It is in the public interest to
study the increase | 7 |
| in bed bug infestations and make
specific recommendations | 8 |
| for addressing this growing public
nuisance. | 9 |
| The Structural Pest Control Advisory Council shall convene | 10 |
| a
subcommittee to develop a report to the General Assembly with
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| recommendations on the prevention, management, and control of | 12 |
| bed bug
infestations. The report shall include, but not be | 13 |
| limited to,
recommendations related to the availability of | 14 |
| education materials on
bed bug prevention, management, and | 15 |
| control; proper transport, storage,
and disposal of bed bug | 16 |
| infested materials; promote the development of
effective | 17 |
| treatment methods or options to eradicate bed bug
infestation; | 18 |
| and increasing knowledge and awareness among tenants,
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| landlords, and property managers and owners about preventing | 20 |
| bed bug
infestations. | 21 |
| In addition to the members of the Structural Pest Control | 22 |
| Advisory
Council, the subcommittee may include: a | 23 |
| representative of a nonprofit
organization, particularly one | 24 |
| involved with tenant advocacy issues; a
representative of | 25 |
| apartment associations; and staff from the Illinois
Housing | 26 |
| Development Authority and the Office of the Illinois Attorney |
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| General. The
members of the subcommittee shall serve without | 2 |
| compensation for their
duties or expenses incurred with the | 3 |
| work of the subcommittee. | 4 |
| The Structural Pest Control Advisory Council shall issue | 5 |
| its
report to the General Assembly on or before December 31, | 6 |
| 2011. This Section is repealed on January 1, 2012.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 |
| becoming law.
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