SB1561 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1561

Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. David Koehler

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 15/9.5 new

Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to permit a county with a population of less than 2,000,000 residents the power to regulate the operations of pollution control facilities or recycling centers. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act is amended by adding Section 9.5 as follows:

(415 ILCS 15/9.5 new)

Sec. 9.5. Regulation of pollution control facilities, recycling centers. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to confer upon any county with a population of less than 2,000,000 residents the power to impose regulations or operational requirements on a pollution control facility, as defined in Section 3.330 of the Environmental Protection Act, or recycling center.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.