Sen. Don Harmon
Filed: 5/8/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1911 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1911 on page 5, by 
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replacing lines 3 through 14 with the following:
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        "(B) Whenever the Director is of the opinion that 
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    imminent danger exists in the working conditions of any 
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    public employee in this State, which condition may 
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    reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical 
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    harm immediately or before the imminence of such danger can 
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    be eliminated through the enforcement procedures otherwise

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    provided by this Act and the Health and Safety Act, the 
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    Director may file a complaint in the circuit court for 
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    appropriate relief against an employer and employee, 
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    including an order that may require such steps to be taken 
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    as may be necessary to abate, avoid, correct, or remove the 
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    imminent danger and prohibit the employment or presence of 
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    any individual in locations or under conditions where such 
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    imminent danger exists, except those individuals whose 
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    presence is necessary to abate, avoid, correct, or remove 
 


 






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    the imminent danger or to maintain the capacity of a 
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    continuous process operation to assume normal operations 
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    without a complete cessation of operations, or where a 
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    cessation of operations is necessary to permit the 
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    cessation to be accomplished in a safe and orderly manner

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    directing the employer or employee to cease and desist from 
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    the practice creating the imminent danger and to obtain 
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    immediate abatement of the hazard."; and

 
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on page 34, line 11, by replacing "via" with "in"; and
 
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on page 42, by replacing lines 8 through 21 with the following:
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    "(b) If at any time the Occupational Safety and Health 
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Administration Hazard Communication standard at 29 CFR 
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1910.1200 is repealed or revoked, the Director of Labor shall 
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adopt a rule setting forth a determination that this Act should  
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be reviewed and reinstated in order to protect the health and 
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safety of Illinois' public sector workers.  On the date such a 
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rule is adopted, this Act shall again become operative.".