Full Text of HB1610 95th General Assembly
HB1610eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 |
| in
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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