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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5647 Introduced , by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Residential Weather Radio Safety Act. Provides that every contractor or manufacturer building a new residence in this State shall install a weather radio within each residence. Provides that "residence" includes homes, apartment buildings, condominiums, multifamily homes, manufactured homes or mobile homes, nursing or sheltered care homes, and veterans homes. Establishes requirements for the weather radios. Provides that violation of the Act is a business offense with a fine of $500 per violation.
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| | HB5647 | | LRB098 17463 MGM 52567 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Residential Weather Radio Safety Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Weather radio requirement.
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| 7 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the |
| 8 | | contrary, every contractor or manufacturer building a new |
| 9 | | residence in this State shall install a weather radio within |
| 10 | | each residence. As used in this Act, "residence" includes |
| 11 | | homes, apartment buildings, condominiums, multifamily homes, |
| 12 | | manufactured homes or mobile homes, nursing or sheltered care |
| 13 | | homes, and veterans homes. For apartment buildings, |
| 14 | | condominiums, multifamily homes, nursing or sheltered care |
| 15 | | homes, and veterans homes, each unit shall have its own weather |
| 16 | | radio.
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| 17 | | (b) The weather radios provided by contractors or |
| 18 | | manufacturers shall have the following features:
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| 19 | | (1) tone alarm activation;
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| 20 | | (2) specific alert message encoding technology; and
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| 21 | | (3) public alert standard certification.
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| 22 | | (c) The installation of weather radios in each residence |
| 23 | | shall not subject the contractor or manufacturer of the |