Sen. Scott M. Bennett
Filed: 5/27/2016
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 325 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 325 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force Act.
 
6    Section 5. Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force created.  
7There is created the Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force to 
8address the issue of maintaining the clean drinking water of 
9the Mahomet Aquifer, the principal aquifer in east-central 
10Illinois.  The Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force shall 
11consist of the following persons:
12        (1) one member of the Senate, appointed by the 
13    President of the Senate;
14        (2) one member of the House of Representatives, 
15    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
16        (3) one member of the Senate, appointed by the Minority 
 
 
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1    Leader of the Senate;
2        (4) one member of the House of Representatives, 
3    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
4    Representatives;
5        (5) one member representing the Illinois Environmental 
6    Protection Agency, appointed by the Director of the 
7    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency;
8        (6) one member representing a national waste and 
9    recycling organization, appointed by the Governor;
10        (7) one member representing a statewide environmental 
11    organization, appointed by the Governor;
12        (8) three members representing a non-profit consortium 
13    dedicated to the sustainability of the Mahomet Aquifer, 
14    appointed by the Governor;
15        (9) one member representing the Illinois State Water 
16    Survey of the Prairie Research Institute of the University 
17    of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, appointed by the 
18    Governor;
19        (10) one member representing a community health care 
20    organization located over the Mahomet Aquifer, appointed 
21    by the Governor; and
22        (11) three members representing municipal or county 
23    governments located over the Mahomet Aquifer, appointed by 
24    the Governor.
25    Members shall be appointed within 90 days after the 
26effective date of this Act. The members of the Mahomet Aquifer 
 
 
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1Protection Task Force shall serve without compensation.
 
2    Section 10. Administrative support. The Illinois 
3Environmental Protection Agency shall provide administrative 
4and other support to the Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force.
 
5    Section 15. Duties of Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task 
6Force.  The Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force shall conduct 
7a study of the Mahomet Aquifer in furtherance of:
8        (1) developing a State plan to maintain the groundwater 
9    quality of the  Mahomet Aquifer;
10        (2) maintaining safe levels of toxic chemicals in the 
11    groundwater of the Mahomet Aquifer;
12        (3) identifying potential and current contamination 
13    threats to the water quality of the Mahomet Aquifer; and
14        (4) making legislative recommendations for future 
15    protection of the Mahomet Aquifer.
 
16    Section 20. Report. On or before January 1, 2017 the 
17Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force shall report its findings 
18and recommendations to the General Assembly, by filing copies 
19of its report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General 
20Assembly Organization Act, and to the Governor.
 
21    Section 90. Expiration.  This Act is repealed on April 1, 
222017.
 

 
 
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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
2becoming law.".