430 ILCS 140/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Cadmium-Safe Kids Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1379, eff. 7-29-10.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 430 ILCS 140 — Cadmium-Safe Kids Act.
Illinois · statute · 430 ILCS 140 · 9 active provisions
Provisions
430 ILCS 140/5
Legislative findings
Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds: (1) Children's jewelry that could expose children to high levels of accessible cadmium could cause potential harm to children's health and the environment. (2) Because children's bodies are growing and developing, they are especially vulnerable to the effects of toxic c…
430 ILCS 140/10
Definitions
Definitions. In this Act: "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. "Body piercing jewelry" means any part of jewelry that is manufactured or sold for placement in a new piercing or a mucous membrane, but does not include any part of that jewelry that is not placed within a new piercing or a mucous m…
430 ILCS 140/15
Regulation of cadmium in children's jewelry
Regulation of cadmium in children's jewelry. No person may manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in this State children's jewelry containing cadmium in any paint or surface coating or accessible substrate that exceeds 75 parts per million, as determined through solubili…
430 ILCS 140/20
Interstate clearinghouse
Interstate clearinghouse. The Agency is authorized to participate, along with other states and governmental entities, in an interstate clearinghouse to promote safer chemicals in consumer products. The Agency may cooperate with the interstate clearinghouse to (i) organize and manage available data on chemicals, includi…
430 ILCS 140/25
Implementation and exemption
Implementation and exemption. (a) A manufacturer of children's jewelry restricted under this Act must notify persons that sell the manufacturer's products in this State about the provisions of this Act no less than 90 days before the effective date of the restrictions. A manufacturer that sells or distributes children'…
430 ILCS 140/30
Enforcement and penalties
Enforcement and penalties. (a) The Attorney General is responsible for administering and ensuring compliance with this Act, including the development and adoption of any rules, if necessary, for the implementation and enforcement of this Act. (b) The Attorney General shall develop and implement a process for receiving…
430 ILCS 140/90
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted)
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 96-1379, eff. 7-29-10; text omitted.)
430 ILCS 140/99
Effective date
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 96-1379, eff. 7-29-10.)