104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3324
 
Introduced 2/3/2026, by Sen. Adriane Johnson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/7.5  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1007.5
    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In provisions concerning filing fees collected by the Pollution Control Board, provides that the Board may amend the filing fees through a rulemaking proceeding under Title VII of the Act.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by 
5changing Section 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/7.5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1007.5)
7    Sec. 7.5. Filing fees. 
8    (a) The Board shall collect filing fees as prescribed in 
9this Act. The fees shall be deposited in the Pollution Control 
10Board Fund. The filing fees shall be as follows:
11        Petition for site-specific regulation, $75.
12        Petition for variance, $75.
13        Petition for review of permit, $75.
14        Petition to contest local government decision pursuant 
15    to Section 40.1, $75.
16        Petition for an adjusted standard, pursuant to Section 
17    28.1, $75.
18        Petition for a time-limited water quality standard, 
19    $75 per petitioner.
20    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 
21the 104th General Assembly, the Board may amend the filing 
22fees through a rulemaking proceeding under Title VII of this 
23Act.
 
 
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1    (b) A person who has filed a petition for a variance from a 
2water quality standard and paid the filing fee set forth in 
3subsection (a) of this Section for that petition and whose 
4variance petition is thereafter converted into a petition for 
5a time-limited water quality standard under Section 38.5 of 
6this Act shall not be required to pay a separate filing fee 
7upon the conversion of the variance petition into a petition 
8for a time-limited water quality standard. 
9(Source: P.A. 99-937, eff. 2-24-17.)