|
Rep. Gregory Harris
Filed: 5/20/2019
| | 10100SB2140ham001 | | LRB101 09757 WGH 60905 a |
|
|
| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2140
|
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2140 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
|
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Kyoto Protocol Act of 1998 is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 15 as follows:
|
| 6 | | (415 ILCS 140/15)
|
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Restrictions on State rules related to greenhouse |
| 8 | | gas emissions.
|
| 9 | | (a) Effective immediately, the
the Environmental |
| 10 | | Protection Agency and the
Pollution Control Board shall not |
| 11 | | propose or adopt any new rule
for the intended purpose of |
| 12 | | addressing the adverse effects of climate change
which in whole |
| 13 | | or in
part reduces emissions of greenhouse gases, as those |
| 14 | | gases are defined by the
Kyoto Protocol, from the residential, |
| 15 | | commercial, industrial, electric utility,
or transportation |
| 16 | | sectors.
In the absence of an Act of the General Assembly |
|
| | 10100SB2140ham001 | - 2 - | LRB101 09757 WGH 60905 a |
|
|
| 1 | | approving such rules, the
Director of the Environmental |
| 2 | | Protection Agency shall not submit to the U.S.
Environmental |
| 3 | | Protection Agency or to any other agency of the federal
|
| 4 | | government any legally enforceable commitments related to the |
| 5 | | reduction of
greenhouse gases, as those gases are defined by |
| 6 | | the Kyoto Protocol. |
| 7 | | (b) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to (i) limit |
| 8 | | or impede the
authority of the Illinois Environmental |
| 9 | | Protection Agency and Illinois
Pollution Control Board to |
| 10 | | propose, adopt, or enforce rules and laws which
implement the |
| 11 | | federal Clean Air Act or are intended to attain or maintain
|
| 12 | | national ambient air quality standards; or (ii) limit or impede |
| 13 | | State or
private participation in any on-going voluntary |
| 14 | | initiatives to reduce emissions
of greenhouse gases, |
| 15 | | including, but not limited to, the U.S. Environmental
|
| 16 | | Protection Agency's Green Lights
program, the U.S. Department |
| 17 | | of Energy's Climate Challenge program, and similar
State and |
| 18 | | federal initiatives relying on voluntary participation, |
| 19 | | provided,
however, that said rule-making or participation does |
| 20 | | not involve any allocation
or other distribution of greenhouse |
| 21 | | gas emission entitlements pursuant to or
under color of the |
| 22 | | Kyoto Protocol.
|
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 90-797, eff. 12-15-98.)".
|