Public Act 100-0848
 
HB4135 EnrolledLRB100 15276 RJF 30198 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Task Force 
Act is amended  by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 5120/10)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019)

    Sec. 10. The FGD Task Force.
    (a) The FGD Task Force is hereby created to increase the 
amount of Illinois Basin coal use in generation  units. The FGD 
Task Force shall identify and evaluate the costs, benefits, and 
barriers of new and modified FGD, or other post-combustion 
sulfur dioxide emission control technologies, and other 
capital improvements, that would be necessary for generation 
units to comply with the sulfur dioxide National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards (NAAQS) while improving the ability of those 
generation units to meet the effluent limitation guidelines 
(ELGs) for wastewater discharges and enhancing the 
marketability of the generation units'  FGD byproducts.
    (b) The membership of the Task Force shall be as follows:
        (1) Two members of the Senate appointed by the 
    President of the Senate.
        (2) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Minority 
    Leader of the Senate.

        (3) Two members of the House of appointed by the 
    Speaker of the House of Representatives.
        (4) Two members of the House of Representatives 
    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
    Representatives.
        (5) Three members appointed by the Governor, two with 
    expertise in Illinois coal, coal mining, emission 
    reduction, or energy production; and one representative of 
    an electricity generator that owns multiple coal-fueled 
    electric generation plants with FGD or similar 
    technologies.
        (6) The Director of Natural Resources, or his or her 
    designee.
        (7) The Director of the Environmental Protection 
    Agency, or his or her designee.
    (c) Task Force members shall serve without compensation but 
shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in performing 
their duties.
    (d) The Task Force shall report their findings and 
recommendations to the General Assembly by December 31, 2018 
2017.


(Source: P.A. 100-499, eff. 9-8-17.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.