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| 1 |  |     AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
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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 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended  by  | 
| 5 |  | adding Section 40.5 as follows:
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| 6 |  |     (225 ILCS 320/40.5 new) | 
| 7 |  |     Sec. 40.5. Bottle filling stations. | 
| 8 |  |     (a) For the purposes of this Section, "bottle filling  | 
| 9 |  | station" means a plumbing fixture connected to the potable  | 
| 10 |  | water distribution system and sanitary drainage system that is  | 
| 11 |  | designed and intended for filling personal use drinking water  | 
| 12 |  | bottles or containers at least 10 inches (254 millimeters) in  | 
| 13 |  | height. A "bottle filling station" may be separate from or  | 
| 14 |  | integral to a drinking fountain and may incorporate a water  | 
| 15 |  | filter and a cooling system for chilling the drinking water. | 
| 16 |  |     (b) The Department shall adopt a rule requiring that for  | 
| 17 |  | each drinking fountain in any new construction where a  | 
| 18 |  | drinking fountain is required under the Illinois Plumbing  | 
| 19 |  | Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890,  there shall also be a bottle  | 
| 20 |  | filling station or a combined bottle filling station and  | 
| 21 |  | drinking fountain. | 
| 22 |  |     (c) The rules required to be adopted under this Section  | 
| 23 |  | shall take effect and be implemented by July 1, 2026.
  
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