96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0866

 

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 95/1   from Ch. 121, par. 461

    Amends the Junkyard Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning public policy.


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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 Junkyard Act is amended by changing Section
5 1 as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 95/1)  (from Ch. 121, par. 461)
7     Sec. 1. For the the purpose of promoting the public safety,
8 health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of public travel, to
9 protect the public investment in public highways, and to
10 preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering
11 public highways, it is declared to be in the public interest to
12 regulate and restrict the establishment, operation, and
13 maintenance of junkyards or scrap processing facilities in
14 areas adjacent to the Federal-Aid Interstate and Federal-Aid
15 Primary Systems of Highways within this State. Junkyards or
16 scrap processing facilities which do not conform to the
17 requirements of this Act are declared to be public nuisances.
18 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 1927.)