Public Act 095-0058
 
HB0425 Enrolled LRB095 05357 RAS 25442 b

    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Structural Pest Control Act is amended by
changing Section 10.2 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 235/10.2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2210.2)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2008)
    Sec. 10.2. Integrated pest management guidelines;
notification; training of designated persons; request for
copies.
    (a) The Department shall prepare guidelines for an
integrated pest management program for structural pest control
practices at school buildings and other school facilities and
day care centers. Such guidelines shall be made available to
schools, day care centers and the public upon request.
    (b) When economically feasible, each school and day care
center is required to develop and implement adopt an integrated
pest management program that incorporates the guidelines
developed by the Department. Each school and day care center
must notify the Department, within one year after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly and
every 5 years thereafter, on forms provided by the Department
that the school or day care center has developed and is
implementing an integrated pest management program If adopting
an integrated pest management program would not be economically
feasible because it would result in an increase in the school's
or day care center's pest control cost, the school district or
day care center must provide written notification to the
Department. The notification must include projected pest
control costs for the term of the pest control program and
projected costs for implementing integrated pest management
for that same time period. The Department shall make this
notification available to the general public upon request. In
implementing an integrated pest management program, a school or
day care center must assign a employee should be designated
person to assume responsibility for the oversight of pest
management practices in that school or day care center and for
recordkeeping requirements.
    (b-1) If adopting an integrated pest management program is
not economically feasible because such adoption would result in
an increase in the pest control costs of the school or day care
center, the school or day care center must provide, within one
year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
95th General Assembly and every 5 years thereafter, written
notification to the Department, on forms provided by the
Department, that the development and implementation of an
integrated pest management program is not economically
feasible. The notification must include projected pest control
costs for the term of the pest control program and projected
costs for implementing an integrated pest management program
for that same time period.
    (b-2) Each school or day care center that provides written
notification to the Department that the adoption of an
integrated pest management program is not economically
feasible pursuant to subsection (b-1) of this Section must have
its designated person attend a training course on integrated
pest management within one year after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, and every 5
years thereafter until an integrated pest management program is
developed and implemented in the school or day care center. The
training course shall be approved by the Department in
accordance with the minimum standards established by the
Department under this Act.
    (b-3) Each school and day care center shall ensure that all
parents, guardians, and employees are notified at least once
each school year that the notification requirements
established by this Section have been met. The school and day
care center shall keep copies of all notifications required by
this Section and any written integrated pest management program
plan developed in accordance with this Section and make these
copies available for public inspection at the school or day
care center.
    (c) The Structural Pest Control Advisory Council shall
assist the Department in developing the guidelines for
integrated pest management programs. In developing the
guidelines, the Council shall consult with individuals
knowledgeable in the area of integrated pest management.
    (d) The Department, with the assistance of the Cooperative
Extension Service and other relevant agencies, may prepare a
training program for school or day care center pest control
specialists.
    (e) The Department may request copies of a school's or day
care center's integrated pest management program plan and
notification required by this Act and offer assistance and
training to schools and day care centers on integrated pest
management programs.
    (f) The requirements of this Section are subject to
appropriation to the Department for the implementation of
integrated pest management programs.
(Source: P.A. 93-381, eff. 7-1-04.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.