Environment & Energy Committee
Filed: 3/5/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4762 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4762 on page 11, by 
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replacing lines 25 and 26 as follows:
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    "(o) A majority of Board members constitutes a quorum.  A 
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quorum is required for all Board"; and


 
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on page 17, lines 2 and 3, by deleting "as established by 
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rule,"; and
 
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on page 18, immediately below line 5, by inserting the 
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following:
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    "(d) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that 
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may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head 
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under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to 
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make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions 
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of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.  If, 
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however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to 
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implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of 
 


 






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the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to 
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the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House 
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and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the 
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General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those 
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suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action 
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in the General Assembly's discretion.   Nothing contained in this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be 
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interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other 
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Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise 
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explicitly given.  For the purposes of this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning 
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contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative 
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Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the 
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meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois 
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Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such 
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definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the 
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jurisdiction of the Governor."; and
 
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on page 20, by replacing lines 11 through 14 with "application 
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and by paying the required fee.".