Bill Text: IL SB1715 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt a rule requiring that for each drinking fountain in any construction where a drinking fountain is required under the Illinois Plumbing Code, there shall also be a bottle filling station or a combined bottle filling station and drinking fountain. Provides that the rules required to be adopted shall take effect and be implemented by July 1, 2026. Defines "bottle filling station".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0223 [SB1715 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1715-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt a rule requiring that for each drinking fountain in any construction where a drinking fountain is required under the Illinois Plumbing Code, there shall also be a bottle filling station or a combined bottle filling station and drinking fountain. Provides that the rules required to be adopted shall take effect and be implemented by July 1, 2026. Defines "bottle filling station".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0223 [SB1715 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1715-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 40.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 320/40.5 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 40.5. Bottle filling stations. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) For the purposes of this Section, "bottle filling | ||||||
| 9 | station" means a plumbing fixture connected to the potable | ||||||
| 10 | water distribution system and sanitary drainage system that is | ||||||
| 11 | designed and intended for filling personal use drinking water | ||||||
| 12 | bottles or containers at least 10 inches (254 millimeters) in | ||||||
| 13 | height. A "bottle filling station" may be separate from or | ||||||
| 14 | integral to a drinking fountain and may incorporate a water | ||||||
| 15 | filter and a cooling system for chilling the drinking water. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) The Department shall adopt a rule requiring that for | ||||||
| 17 | each drinking fountain in any new construction where a | ||||||
| 18 | drinking fountain is required under the Illinois Plumbing | ||||||
| 19 | Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890, there shall also be a bottle | ||||||
| 20 | filling station or a combined bottle filling station and | ||||||
| 21 | drinking fountain. | ||||||
| 22 | (c) The rules required to be adopted under this Section | ||||||
| 23 | shall take effect and be implemented by July 1, 2026.
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