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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3207
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Patrick Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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20 ILCS 3120/4 |
from Ch. 127, par. 3504 |
20 ILCS 3120/5 |
from Ch. 127, par. 3505 |
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Amends the Asbestos Abatement Authority Act. Renames the Attorney General's Asbestos Litigation Division as the Environmental Enforcement-Asbestos Litigation Division. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB3207 |
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LRB093 18314 RCE 44020 b |
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| AN ACT concerning the Attorney General
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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 Asbestos Abatement Authority Act is amended |
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| by changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3120/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 3504)
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| Sec. 4. Environmental Enforcement-Asbestos Litigation |
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| Division. There is created within the
office of the Attorney |
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| General an Environmental Enforcement-Asbestos Litigation |
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| Division. The
Division, under the supervision and the direction |
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| of the Attorney General,
shall investigate and initiate legal
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| proceedings necessary to ensure maximum recovery of asbestos |
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| abatement
costs for all State entities of this State. All |
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| amounts recovered by the
Division, including those awarded for |
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| asbestos abatement and attorney's
fees, shall be deposited in |
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| the Asbestos Abatement Fund in the State Treasury.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-585.)
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| (20 ILCS 3120/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 3505)
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| Sec. 5. Asbestos Abatement Fund. There is created in the |
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| State
Treasury the Asbestos Abatement Fund into which shall be |
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| deposited all
grants, gifts, attorney's fees and recoveries |
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| received for the purpose of
asbestos abatement in the State |
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| governmental buildings. Such funds
shall be expended pursuant |
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| to appropriations made by the General Assembly
to the Capital |
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| Development Board for asbestos surveys and abatement
purposes |
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| and to the Attorney General for the operations of the |
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| Environmental Enforcement-Asbestos
Litigation Division.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-14; 87-633.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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