Full Text of HB4831 103rd General Assembly
HB4831ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Kam Buckner Filed: 3/15/2024 | | 10300HB4831ham001 | | LRB103 38457 BDA 70618 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4831
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4831 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Small | 5 | | Single-Use Plastic Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 7 | | "Hotel" has the meaning given in the Hotel Operators' | 8 | | Occupation Tax Act. | 9 | | "Personal care products" means a product intended to be | 10 | | applied to or used on the human body in the shower, bath, or | 11 | | any part thereof and shall include only shampoo, hair | 12 | | conditioner, and bath soap. | 13 | | "Small, single-use plastic bottle" means a plastic bottle | 14 | | or container with less than a 6-ounce capacity that is | 15 | | intended to be nonreusable by the end user. |
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| 1 | | Section 10. Small, single-use plastic bottles at hotels. | 2 | | (a) Beginning July 1, 2025, a hotel with 50 rooms or more | 3 | | shall not provide small, single-use plastic bottles containing | 4 | | personal care products in any space within a sleeping room | 5 | | accommodation, within bathrooms shared by the public or | 6 | | guests, or to a customer of the establishment staying in a | 7 | | sleeping room accommodation. | 8 | | (b) Beginning January 1, 2026, a hotel shall not provide | 9 | | small, single-use plastic bottles containing personal care | 10 | | products in any space within a sleeping room accommodation, | 11 | | within bathrooms shared by the public or guests, or to a | 12 | | customer of the establishment staying in a sleeping room | 13 | | accommodation. | 14 | | (c) A hotel may provide personal care products in small, | 15 | | single-use plastic bottles to a person at no cost, upon | 16 | | request, at a place other than a sleeping room accommodation, | 17 | | a space within the sleeping room accommodation, or a space | 18 | | within bathrooms shared by the public or guests. | 19 | | (d) A unit of local government, including a home rule | 20 | | unit, shall not regulate the provision of small, single-use | 21 | | plastic bottles in a manner inconsistent with the regulation | 22 | | by the State of the provision of small, single-use plastic | 23 | | bottles under this Act. This Section is a limitation under | 24 | | subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois | 25 | | Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of | 26 | | powers and functions exercised by the State. |
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| 1 | | Section 15. Civil penalties. | 2 | | (a) A hotel in violation of this Act shall receive a | 3 | | written warning for the first violation from a State's | 4 | | Attorney or a municipal attorney. The written warning shall | 5 | | recite the violation and advise that subsequent violations may | 6 | | result in citations and penalties. Upon a second or subsequent | 7 | | violation, the hotel may be liable for a civil penalty of $500 | 8 | | for each violation after an action under subsection (b). | 9 | | (b) A State's Attorney or municipal attorney may bring an | 10 | | action in circuit court to request a civil penalty, and a | 11 | | circuit court may impose a civil penalty under this Section | 12 | | against a hotel violating this Act.". |
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