Rep. Carol Sente
Filed: 4/26/2018
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4790




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4790 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:




 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by 
5adding Section 45-22 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/45-22 new)
7    Sec. 45-22. Compost-amended soil.
8    (a) As used in this Section:
9        "Compost-amended soil" means soil that has been mixed 
10    with source separated landscape waste or a mixture of both 
11    source separated landscape waste and source separated food 
12    scraps to meet an organic matter content of not less than 
13    25%, where the compost component meets the certification 
14    requirements of the U.S. Composting Council's Seal of 
15    Testing Assurance (STA) program or any other equivalent, 
16    nationally recognized program.
 
 
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1        "State agency" means: all officers, boards, 
2    commissions and agencies created by the Constitution in the 
3    executive branch; all officers, departments, boards, 
4    commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, bodies 
5    politic and corporate of the State; and administrative 
6    units or corporate outgrowths of the State government which 
7    are created by or pursuant to statute, other than 
8    universities, units of local government and their 
9    officers, school districts, and boards of election 
10    commissioners; and all administrative units and corporate 
11    outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive 
12    order of the Governor.
13    (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or any other 
14law to the contrary, any State agency that undertakes a 
15landscaping project requiring the use of new or offsite soil 
16for landscape-related use and that is located within 10 miles 
17of any Illinois Environmental Protection Agency-permitted 
18compost facility shall request a base bid with an alternative 
19for compost-amended soil as a part of that project. The State 
20agency shall consider whether compost-amended soil should be 
21used for that project based upon the costs. The State agency 
22shall incorporate compost-amended soil into a landscaping 
23project if the cost of using compost-amended soil is equal to 
24or less than the cost of using other new offsite soil.
25    The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall 
26maintain a list of the locations of all permitted compost 
 
 
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1facilities in the State and post the list on its website.
2    (c) Prior to December 31, 2019, the Department of 
3Transportation shall conduct 2 pilot demonstration projects 
4using compost-amended soil. The Department shall determine the 
5costs and advantages and disadvantages of using 
6compost-amended soil. Within one year of substantial 
7completion of both projects, the Department shall report to the 
8General Assembly stating the immediate costs of the projects, 
9long-term operational cost savings, and advantages and 
10disadvantages of using compost-amended soil. The report to the 
11General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of 
12Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic 
13form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall 
14direct.
15    (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022.".