Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Children's Product Safety Act. (Source: P.A. 91-413, eff. 1-1-00.)
Illinois · statute · 430 ILCS 125 · 11 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Children's Product Safety Act. (Source: P.A. 91-413, eff. 1-1-00.)
Definitions. In this Act: (a) "Children's product" means a product, including, but not limited to, a full-size crib, non-full-size crib, toddler bed, bed, car seat, chair, high chair, booster chair, hook-on chair, bath seat, gate or other enclosure for confining a child, play yard, stationary activity center, carrier,…
Unsafe children's products; prohibition. (a) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, no commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer may manufacture, remanufacture, retrofit, distribute, sell at wholesale or retail, contract to sell or rese…
Product recalls. (a) If a manufacturer, importer, wholesaler, or distributor of children's products has placed into the stream of commerce in Illinois a children's product for which a recall or warning has subsequently been issued by one of those entities or by an agency of the federal government, then the manufacturer…
Exception. The commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer shall not be found in violation of Section 15 if the specific recalled product sold was not included on the Department of Public Health's list on the day before the sale. (Source: P.A. 94-11, eff. 6-8-05.)
Penalty. Except as provided in Section 20, a commercial dealer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer who violates this Act by failing to exercise reasonable care is subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 for each day that the violation continues. (Source: P.A. 94-11, eff. 1-1-06.)
Issuance of recalls by other entities prohibited. Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to allow a unit of State or local government or any other entity within the State to issue recalls. (Source: P.A. 94-11, eff. 6-8-05.)
Federal requirements. Nothing in this Act relieves a commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer from compliance with stricter requirements that may be imposed by an agency of the federal government. (Source: P.A. 94-11, eff. 6-8-05.)
Enforcement. (a) The Attorney General, or a State's Attorney in the county in which a violation of this Act occurred, may bring an action in the name of the People of the State of Illinois to enforce the provisions of this Act. (b) When (i) it appears to the Attorney General that a commercial dealer, manufacturer, impo…
Remedies. Remedies available under this Act are in addition to any other remedies or procedures under any other provision of law that may be available to an aggrieved party. (Source: P.A. 91-413, eff. 1-1-00.)
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-413, eff. 1-1-00; text omitted.)