Illinois § 5

§ 5.

Definitions. As used in this Act: "Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the State of Illinois. "Bedding" means any mattress, box spring, foundation, or studio couch made in whole or part from new or secondhand fabric, filling material, or other textile product or material and which can be used for sleeping or reclining purposes. "Consumer" means a person who purchases or otherwise acquires bedding for sleeping or reclining purposes in that person's home or business such as a medical facility or lodging establishment, and does not include wholesalers, retailers, or other persons who acquire bedding for purposes of resale or other distribution. "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health. "Manufacturer" means a person who makes any article of bedding in whole or in part using new or secondhand fabric, filling material, or other textile product or material. "New material" means any fabric, filling material, other textile product or material, or article of bedding that has not been previously used for any purpose, and includes by-products of any textile or manufacturing process that are free from dirt, insects, and other contamination. "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, association, trust, and any other entity, and the officers, employees, and agents of any of them. "Renovator", "Rebuilder", and "Repairer" mean a person who repairs, makes over, recovers, restores, sanitizes, germicidally treats, cleans, or renews bedding. "Sanitizer" means any person who sanitizes or germicidally treats or cleans (but does not otherwise alter) any fabric, filling material, other textile product or material, or article of bedding for use in manufacturing or renovating bedding. "Secondhand material" means any fabric, filling material, other textile product or material, or article of bedding that has been previously used for any purpose or that is derived from post-consumer or industrial waste, and that may be used in place of or in addition to new material in manufacturing or renovating bedding. (Source: P.A. 91-164, eff. 7-16-99.)