Sen. Don Harmon
Filed: 5/9/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3881




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3881 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 22.43a as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.43a new)
7    Sec. 22.43a. Establishment and expansion of landfills; ban 
8in counties with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants. 
9    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person 
10shall establish, nor shall the Agency issue a permit for the 
11establishment of, a new municipal solid waste landfill unit or 
12a new sanitary landfill in a county of more than 2,000,000 
13inhabitants on or after the effective date of this amendatory 
14Act of the 97th General Assembly.
15    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person 
16shall laterally expand, nor shall the Agency issue a permit for 
 
 
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1the lateral expansion of, a municipal solid waste landfill unit 
2or the expansion of a sanitary landfill in a county of more 
3than 2,000,000 inhabitants on or after the effective date of 
4this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. 
 

5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
6becoming law.".