{"data":{"id":"us-il/415-ilcs-205-20","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"415 ILCS 205/20","heading":"Role of retailers.","body":"(a) Beginning July 1, 2026, a retailer may not sell, offer for sale, distribute, or otherwise make available for sale a covered battery or battery-containing product containing one or more covered batteries unless the producer of the covered battery or battery-containing product is identified as a participant in a battery stewardship organization whose plan has been approved by the Agency.\n(b) A retailer is not in violation of the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section if the website made available by the Agency under Section 55 lists, as of the date a product is made available for retail sale, the producer or brand of covered battery or battery-containing product containing one or more covered batteries sold by the retailer as a participant in an approved plan or the implementer of an approved plan.\n(c) Retailers of covered batteries or battery-containing products containing one or more covered batteries are not required to make retail locations available to serve as collection sites for a stewardship program operated by a battery stewardship organization. Retailers that serve as a collection site must comply with the requirements for collection sites, consistent with Section 40.\n(d) A retailer may not sell, offer for sale, distribute, or otherwise make available for sale covered batteries, unless those batteries are marked consistently with the requirements of Section 65. A producer of a product containing a covered battery must certify to the retailers of its product that the battery contained in the battery-containing product is marked consistently with the requirements of Section 65.\n(e) A retailer selling or offering covered batteries or battery-containing products containing one or more covered batteries for sale in the State may provide information, provided to the retailer by the battery stewardship organization, regarding available end-of-life management options for covered batteries collected by the battery stewardship organization. The information that a battery stewardship organization must make available to retailers for voluntary use by retailers must include, but is not limited to, in-store signage, written materials, and other promotional materials that retailers may use to inform customers of the available end-of-life management options for covered batteries collected by the battery stewardship organization.\n(f) Retailers, producers, or battery stewardship organizations shall not charge a specific point-of-sale fee to consumers to cover the administrative or operational costs of the battery stewardship organization or the battery stewardship program.","path":["CHAPTER 415 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY","Portable and Medium-Format Battery Stewardship Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=4547\u0026ChapterID=36\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:37Z","sha256":"372e1598b316e4750dbfa902af55be3fa6d70b889646b5988f9d683238238143","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/415-ilcs-205-15","next":"us-il/415-ilcs-205-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}