093_HB0910

 
                                     LRB093 05414 AMC 05504 b

 1        AN ACT concerning environmental protection.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Environmental Protection Act is amended
 5    by changing Section 8 as follows:

 6        (415 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1008)
 7        Sec. 8.  Legislative declaration.  The  General  Assembly
 8    finds  that  pollution of the air of this State constitutes a
 9    menace  to  public  health  and   welfare,   creates   public
10    nuisances,   adds   to   cleaning   costs,   accelerates  the
11    deterioration of materials,  adversely  affects  agriculture,
12    business,  industry,  recreation,  climate,  and  visibility,
13    depresses property values, and offends the senses.
14        It is the purpose of this Title to restore, maintain, and
15    enhance  the  purity  of  the  air  of this State in order to
16    protect health, welfare, property, and the  quality  of  life
17    and  to  assure  that no air contaminants are discharged into
18    the atmosphere without being given the degree of treatment or
19    control necessary to prevent pollution.
20    (Source: P.A. 76-2429.)