HB5238 EngrossedLRB103 39036 BDA 69173 b HB5238 Engrossed LRB103 39036 BDA 69173 b
HB5238 Engrossed LRB103 39036 BDA 69173 b
1 AN ACT concerning safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Modular Dwelling and Mobile
5 Structure Safety Act is amended by adding Section 18 as
6 follows:
7 (430 ILCS 115/18 new)
8 Sec. 18. Weather radio requirement.
9 (a) This Section applies to a person that installs a
10 manufactured home in a mobile home community after 2023.
11 (b) A person shall supply a weather radio inside each
12 manufactured home that the person installs. The weather radio
13 must be equipped with the following features:
14 (1) tone alarm activation;
15 (2) specific alert message encoding, or SAME,
16 technology; and
17 (3) public alert standard (CEA-2009) certification.
18 (c) The supplying of a weather radio by a person that
19 installs a manufactured home as required by this Section does
20 not subject the person to liability for the functionality of
21 that weather radio.
22 (d) Each year during National Fire Prevention Week, the
23 operator of a mobile home community is encouraged to provide a
HB5238 Engrossed LRB103 39036 BDA 69173 b
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HB5238 Engrossed - 2 - LRB103 39036 BDA 69173 b
HB5238 Engrossed - 2 - LRB103 39036 BDA 69173 b