95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2172

 

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Thomas Holbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/26   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1026

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the adoption of procedural rules.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning safety.
 
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 by
5 changing Section 26 as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 5/26)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1026)
7     Sec. 26. The The Board may adopt such procedural rules as
8 may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act. In
9 adopting such rules the Board shall follow the rulemaking
10 procedures of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
11     Without limiting the generality of this grant of authority,
12 and notwithstanding any requirement that hearings be held in
13 actions brought pursuant to Titles VIII and X of the Act, the
14 Board may adopt procedural rules for resolution of such actions
15 by summary judgment prior to hearing upon motion by either
16 party except as otherwise required by federal law, as well as
17 procedural rules requiring the parties to perfect their
18 pleadings to conform to the evidence as presented to the Board.
19 (Source: P.A. 85-1048.)