Rep. Frank J. Mautino
Filed: 4/12/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1421 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1421 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 11-10 as follows:
 



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    (35 ILCS 200/11-10)



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    Sec. 11-10. Definition of pollution control facilities. 
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"Pollution control
facilities" means any system, method, 
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construction, device or appliance
appurtenant thereto, or any 
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portion of any building or equipment, that is
designed, 
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constructed, installed or operated for the primary purpose of:

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    (a) eliminating, preventing, or reducing air or water 
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pollution, as the
terms "air pollution" and "water pollution" 
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are defined in the Environmental
Protection Act; or

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    (b) treating, pretreating, modifying or disposing of any 
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potential solid,
liquid or gaseous pollutant which if released 
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without treatment, pretreatment,
modification or disposal 
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might be harmful, detrimental or offensive to human,
plant or 
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animal life, or to property. "Pollution control facilities" 
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shall not
include, however,


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        (1) any facility with the primary purpose of (i) 
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    eliminating, containing,
preventing or reducing 
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    radioactive contaminants or energy, or (ii) treating
waste 
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    water produced by the nuclear generation of electric power,


 


 






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        (2) any large diameter pipes or piping systems used to 
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    remove and disperse
heat from water involved in the nuclear 
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    generation of electric power,


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        (3) any facility operated by any person other than a 
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    unit of government,
whether within or outside of the 
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    territorial boundaries of a unit of local
government, for 
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    sewage disposal or treatment, or


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        (4) land underlying a cooling pond; or
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    (c) providing electric power through the use of wind driven 
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power generating facilities.


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(Source: P.A. 83-883; 88-455.)".