Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Safe Bottled Water Act. (Source: P.A. 93-866, eff. 1-1-05.)
Illinois · statute · 410 ILCS 655 · 14 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Safe Bottled Water Act. (Source: P.A. 93-866, eff. 1-1-05.)
Definitions. In this Act: "Bottled water" means any water that is placed in a sealed container at a water-bottling plant to be used for drinking, culinary, or other purposes involving a likelihood of the water being ingested by humans. "Bottled water" does not include water packaged with the approval of the Department…
Licenses required. (a) No person may operate a water-bottling plant or a private water source in this State, except pursuant to a license issued by the Department. Bottled water must be processed in conformance with 21 CFR Part 129 and must conform to 21 CFR Part 165. If a person has a valid water-bottling plant licens…
Inspections and related activities. (a) In order to carry out the purposes of this Act, any duly authorized representative of the Department may, at any reasonable hour of the day, do any of the following: (1) Enter and inspect a licensed facility or any place where bottled water or vended water records are stored, kep…
Water intended for bottling; storage, transportation, and processing. (a) Water intended for bottling shall not be stored, transported, processed, or bottled through equipment or lines used for any non-food product. (b) Water intended for bottling shall not be stored, transported, processed, or bottled through equipmen…
License fee. The fee for any license issued under this Act is $150. The fee must be paid to the Department before a license may be issued. Licenses issued under this Act shall be issued annually. Licenses must be renewed annually on or before January 1 of the year for which they are issued. The Department may impose an…
Water-bottling plants located outside Illinois. Every water-bottling plant located outside Illinois that sells or distributes bottled water in Illinois must annually register with the Department. The fee for registration under this Act is $150. The Department may impose an additional fee of $50 on an out-of-state water…
Denial, revocation, or suspension of license. (a) The Department may deny any license application or revoke or suspend any license issued under this Act for cause. The Department shall inform the applicant or license holder of the denial, revocation, or suspension in writing, stating with particularity the reasons for…
Potential contamination. (a) Upon a determination by the Department that a particular water source is subject to potential contamination, the Department shall notify the appropriate bottler, distributor, or vendor of bottled water, owner or operator of a water-vending machine, water hauler, retail water facility operat…
Testing laboratories. All testing of bottled water, bottled water sources, water distributed by water haulers, water from retail water facilities, and water from vending machines must be done by competent laboratories approved by the Department or another state's regulatory agency. (Source: P.A. 93-866, eff. 1-1-05.)
Water packaged for use in public emergencies. (a) The Department, by its written permission, may allow a person to package water for use in public emergencies without obtaining a water bottling license if the emergency has resulted in the interruption of, or has compromised the quality of, the public drinking water sup…
Violation; penalty. A person who commits a violation of this Act other than a violation of subsection (c) of Section 15 is guilty of a petty offense and subject to a fine of not more than $1,000. (Source: P.A. 93-866, eff. 1-1-05.)
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-866, eff. 1-1-05; text omitted.)
Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2005. (Source: P.A. 93-866, eff. 1-1-05.)