Public Act 103-0697
 
HB5238 EnrolledLRB103 39036 BDA 69173 b

    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Modular Dwelling and Mobile 
Structure Safety Act is amended by adding Section 18 as 
follows:
 
    (430 ILCS 115/18 new)
    Sec. 18. Weather radio requirement.
    (a) This Section applies to a person that installs a 
manufactured home in a mobile home community after 2023.
    (b) A person shall supply a weather radio inside each 
manufactured home that the person installs. The weather radio 
must be equipped with the following features:
        (1) tone alarm activation;
        (2) specific alert message encoding, or SAME, 
    technology; and
        (3) public alert standard (CEA-2009) certification.
    (c) The supplying of a weather radio by a person that 
installs a manufactured home as required by this Section does 
not subject the person to liability for the functionality of 
that weather radio.
    (d) Each year during National Fire Prevention Week, the 
operator of a mobile home community is encouraged to provide a 
written reminder to the owners of all manufactured homes in 
the mobile home community to replace the batteries in all 
weather radios and smoke detectors contained in their 
manufactured homes. Any reminder, assistance, or instructions 
provided by an operator of a mobile home community concerning 
the function of a weather radio or smoke detector shall not 
subject the operator or an owner or employee of the mobile home 
community to liability for the functionality of that weather 
radio or smoke detector.

Effective Date:  1/1/2025