Full Text of HB3671 95th General Assembly
HB3671 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB3671
Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. James H. Meyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 805/805-15 |
was 20 ILCS 805/63a37 |
20 ILCS 2705/2705-20 new |
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20 ILCS 2905/2 |
from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 2 |
415 ILCS 5/28.7 new |
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Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law, the Department of Transportation Law, the State Fire Marshal Act, and the Environmental Protection Act. Requires that the rulemaking processes of the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation, the State Fire Marshal, the Pollution Control Board, and the Environmental Protection Agency include a process for expediting the issuance of permits and licenses for oil refineries. Authorizes these State agencies to engage the experts and additional resources that are reasonably necessary for implementing this expedited process. Sets forth that the applicant must request the use of the expedited process and that any additional costs shall be borne by the applicant. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3671 |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources | 5 |
| (Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | 6 |
| is amended by changing Section 805-15 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 805/805-15) (was 20 ILCS 805/63a37)
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| Sec. 805-15. Rules and regulations . | 9 |
| (a) The Department has the power
to adopt and enforce rules | 10 |
| and regulations necessary to
the performance of its statutory | 11 |
| duties. | 12 |
| (b) These rules must include a process for expediting the | 13 |
| issuance of permits and licenses for oil refineries. The | 14 |
| Department may engage the experts and additional resources that | 15 |
| are reasonably necessary for implementing this process. An | 16 |
| applicant must request the use of an expedited process, and any | 17 |
| additional costs for using that process shall be borne by the | 18 |
| applicant.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| Section 15. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | 22 |
| Section 2705-20 as follows: |
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| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-20 new)
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| Sec. 2705-20. Administrative rules. | 3 |
| (a) The Department has the power
to adopt and enforce rules | 4 |
| necessary to
the performance of its statutory duties. | 5 |
| (b) These rules must include a process for expediting the | 6 |
| issuance of permits and licenses for oil refineries. The | 7 |
| Department may engage the experts and additional resources that | 8 |
| are reasonably necessary for implementing this process. An | 9 |
| applicant must request the use of an expedited process, and any | 10 |
| additional costs for using that process shall be borne by the | 11 |
| applicant.
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| Section 20. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by | 13 |
| changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2905/2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 2)
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| Sec. 2. The Office shall have the following powers and | 16 |
| duties:
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| 1. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have | 18 |
| been vested
by law in the Department of State Police as the | 19 |
| successor of the
Department of Public Safety, State Fire | 20 |
| Marshal, inspectors, officers and employees of the State Fire | 21 |
| Marshal,
including arson investigation.
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| 2. To keep a record, as may be required by law, of all | 23 |
| fires
occurring in the State, together with all facts, |
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| statistics and
circumstances, including the origin of fires.
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| 3. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have | 3 |
| been vested
in the Department of State Police by the "Boiler | 4 |
| and Pressure Vessel
Safety Act", approved August 7, 1951, as | 5 |
| amended.
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| 4. To administer the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act.
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| 5. To aid in the establishment and maintenance of the | 8 |
| training facilities
and programs of the Illinois Fire Service | 9 |
| Institute.
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| 6. To disburse Federal grants for fire protection purposes | 11 |
| to units of
local government.
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| 7. To pay to or in behalf of the City of Chicago for the | 13 |
| maintenance,
expenses, facilities and structures directly | 14 |
| incident to the Chicago Fire
Department training program. Such | 15 |
| payments may be made either as
reimbursements for expenditures | 16 |
| previously made by the City, or as payments at the time
the | 17 |
| City has incurred an obligation which is then due and payable | 18 |
| for such
expenditures. Payments for the Chicago Fire Department | 19 |
| training program
shall be made only for those expenditures | 20 |
| which are not claimable by the
City under "An Act relating to | 21 |
| fire protection training", certified November
9, 1971, as | 22 |
| amended.
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| 8. To administer General Revenue Fund grants to areas not | 24 |
| located in a
fire protection district or in a municipality | 25 |
| which provides fire
protection services, to defray
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| organizational expenses of forming a fire protection district.
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| 9. In cooperation with the Illinois Environmental | 2 |
| Protection Agency,
to administer the Illinois Leaking | 3 |
| Underground Storage Tank program in
accordance with Section 4 | 4 |
| of this Act and Section 22.12 of the
Environmental Protection | 5 |
| Act.
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| 10. To expend state and federal funds as appropriated by | 7 |
| the General Assembly.
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| 11. To provide technical assistance, to areas not located | 9 |
| in a fire
protection district or in a municipality which | 10 |
| provides fire protection
service, to form a fire protection | 11 |
| district, to join an existing district,
or to establish a | 12 |
| municipal fire department, whichever is applicable.
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| 12. To exercise such other powers and duties as may be
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| vested in the Office by law. | 15 |
| 13. To adopt all administrative
rules that may be necessary | 16 |
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the effective administration, enforcement, and regulation | 17 |
| of all matters
for which the Department has jurisdiction or | 18 |
| responsibility. These rules must include a process for | 19 |
| expediting the issuance of permits and licenses for oil | 20 |
| refineries. The Office may engage the experts and additional | 21 |
| resources that are reasonably necessary for implementing this | 22 |
| process. An applicant must request the use of an expedited | 23 |
| process, and any additional costs for using that process shall | 24 |
| be borne by the applicant.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-178, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| Section 30. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | 2 |
| adding Section 28.7 as follows: | 3 |
| (415 ILCS 5/28.7 new) | 4 |
| Sec. 28.7. Expedited process. The rules of the Agency and | 5 |
| Board must include a process for expediting the issuance of | 6 |
| permits and licenses for oil refineries. The Agency and Board | 7 |
| may engage the experts and additional resources that are | 8 |
| reasonably necessary for implementing this process. An | 9 |
| applicant must request the use of an expedited process, and any | 10 |
| additional costs for using that process shall be borne by the | 11 |
| applicant.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 |
| becoming law.
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