93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4800


 
Introduced 02/04/04, by Frank J. Mautino
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		


















225 ILCS 225/1
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.301


225 ILCS 225/2
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.302


225 ILCS 225/3
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.303







    Amends the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act.  Makes technical changes in Sections concerning the short title, the purpose of the Act, and the definitions.
















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    AN ACT concerning professional regulation.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act is 
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amended  by changing Sections 1, 2, and 3 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 225/1)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.301)



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    Sec. 1. Short title.
This Act shall be known and may be 
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cited as the "Private Sewage Disposal
Licensing Act".

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(Source: P.A. 78-812.)

 



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    (225 ILCS 225/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.302)



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    Sec. 2. Purpose of Act.
It is hereby declared that there 
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exists, and may in the future exist,
within the State of 
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Illinois, private sewage disposal systems which are
designed, 
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constructed, operated, maintained or serviced or which may be

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designed, constructed, operated, maintained, or serviced in 
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such a manner
as to cause spread of infectious or contagious 
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disease and such conditions
adversely affect the public health, 
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safety and general welfare of persons.
Therefore, the purpose 
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of this Act is to protect, promote and preserve the
public 
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health, safety and general welfare by providing for the 
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licensing of
private sewage disposal contractors and the 
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establishment and enforcement
of a minimum code of standards 
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for design, construction, materials,
operation and maintenance 
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of private sewage disposal systems, for the
transportation and 
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disposal of wastes therefrom, and for private sewage
disposal 
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servicing equipment.

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(Source: P.A. 78-812.)

 



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    (225 ILCS 225/3)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.303)



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    Sec. 3. Definitions.
As used in this Act, unless the 
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context otherwise requires: 

 


 






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    (1) "Domestic Sewage" means waste water derived 
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principally from
dwellings, business or office buildings, 
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institutions, food service
establishments, and similar 
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facilities.

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    (2) "Director" means Director of the Illinois Department of 
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Public Health.

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    (3) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public 
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Health.

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    (4) "Human Wastes" means undigested food and by-products of 
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metabolism
which are passed out of the human body.

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    (5) "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, 
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association,
trust, partnership, corporation, person doing 
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business under an assumed
name, the State of Illinois or any 
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Department thereof, or any other entity.

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    (6) "Population Equivalent" means an average waste loading 
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equivalent to
that produced by one person which is defined as 
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100 gallons per day.

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    (7) "Private Sewage Disposal System" means any sewage 
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handling or
treatment facility receiving domestic sewage from 
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less than 15 people or
population equivalent and having a 
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ground surface discharge or any sewage
handling or treatment 
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facility receiving domestic sewage and having no
ground surface 
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discharge.

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    (8) "Private Sewage Disposal System Installation 
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Contractor" means
any person constructing, installing, 
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repairing, modifying, or
maintaining private sewage disposal 
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systems.

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    (9) "Property Owner" means the person in whose name legal 
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title to the
real estate is recorded.

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    (10) "Waste" means either human waste or domestic sewage or 
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both.

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    (11) "Private Sewage Disposal System Pumping Contractor" 
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means any
person who cleans or pumps waste from a private 
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sewage disposal system or
hauls or disposes of wastes removed 
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therefrom.

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(Source: P.A. 84-670.)