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093_HB2145
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1 AN ACT concerning public health.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Safe and Hygienic Bed Act is amended by
5 changing Section 5 as follows:
6 (410 ILCS 68/5)
7 Sec. 5. Definitions. As used In this Act:
8 "Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the
9 State of Illinois.
10 "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
13 material and which can be used for sleeping or reclining
14 purposes.
15 "Consumer" means a person who purchases or otherwise
16 acquires bedding for sleeping or reclining purposes in that
17 person's home or business such as a medical facility or
18 lodging establishment, and does not include wholesalers,
19 retailers, or other persons who acquire bedding for purposes
20 of resale or other distribution.
21 "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
22 Health.
23 "Manufacturer" means a person who makes any article of
24 bedding in whole or in part using new or secondhand fabric,
25 filling material, or other textile product or material.
26 "New material" means any fabric, filling material, other
27 textile product or material, or article of bedding that has
28 not been previously used for any purpose, and includes
29 by-products of any textile or manufacturing process that are
30 free from dirt, insects, and other contamination.
31 "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship,
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1 partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint
2 venture, association, trust, and any other entity, and the
3 officers, employees, and agents of any of them.
4 "Renovator", "Rebuilder", and "Repairer" mean a person
5 who repairs, makes over, recovers, restores, sanitizes,
6 germicidally treats, cleans, or renews bedding.
7 "Sanitizer" means any person who sanitizes or
8 germicidally treats or cleans (but does not otherwise alter)
9 any fabric, filling material, other textile product or
10 material, or article of bedding for use in manufacturing or
11 renovating bedding.
12 "Secondhand material" means any fabric, filling material,
13 other textile product or material, or article of bedding that
14 has been previously used for any purpose or that is derived
15 from post-consumer or industrial waste, and that may be used
16 in place of or in addition to new material in manufacturing
17 or renovating bedding.
18 (Source: P.A. 91-164, eff. 7-16-99.)
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