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Sen. Mike Jacobs
Filed: 5/3/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 594
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 594 on page 1, |
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| between lines 11 and 12, by inserting the following: |
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| ""Emergency" or "response to an emergency" means a |
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| situation or an immediate response to a situation to protect |
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| public health or safety. "Emergency" or "response to an |
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| emergency" does not mean removal of contaminated soils, |
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| recovery of free product, or financial hardship. An "emergency" |
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| or "response to an emergency" would normally be expected to be |
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| directly related to a sudden event or discovery and would last |
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| until the threat to public health is mitigated."; and
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| by replacing line 33 on page 2 through line 3 on page 3 with the |
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| following:
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| "(50 ILCS 748/20)
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| Sec. 20. Applicability. This Act applies only to public and |
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| private employers that employ at least 50 or more individuals |
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| in Illinois, and to their employees who are volunteer emergency |
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| workers for a municipality
municipalities with a population of |
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| 3,500 or less.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1027, eff. 8-25-04.)".
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