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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4792 Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Dave Vella SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Illinois Water Well Construction Code. Provides that the minimum lateral setback distance between a closed-loop well and a storm sewer, sanitary sewer, combined sewer, or any other potential source of contamination is 5 feet. Specifies that setbacks from footing drains and pits, crawl spaces, and basements do not apply to closed-loop wells. |
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| | HB4792 | | LRB103 38824 BDA 68961 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Water Well Construction Code is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 9.3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 30/9.3 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 9.3. Closed-loop well setbacks. |
| 8 | | (a) The minimum lateral setback distance between a |
| 9 | | closed-loop well and a storm sewer, sanitary sewer, combined |
| 10 | | sewer, or any other potential source of contamination is 5 |
| 11 | | feet. |
| 12 | | (b) Setbacks from footing drains and pits, crawl spaces, |
| 13 | | and basements do not apply to closed-loop wells. |