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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11-19-15 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-19-15 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-19-15. Municipal Task Force on Recycling | ||||||
| 8 | Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Landfills are useful resources for the disposal of | ||||||
| 10 | discarded materials. Recycling and composting are also useful | ||||||
| 11 | resources to divert materials from landfills and return | ||||||
| 12 | discarded materials to the secondary markets thereby | ||||||
| 13 | generating economic benefits and a reduction in greenhouse gas | ||||||
| 14 | emissions. The most significant greenhouse gas produced from | ||||||
| 15 | waste is methane. Methane is released during the breakdown of | ||||||
| 16 | organic matter in landfills. Waste prevention and recycling | ||||||
| 17 | help address global climate change by decreasing the amount of | ||||||
| 18 | greenhouse gas emissions and saves energy according to the | ||||||
| 19 | United States Environmental Protection Agency. | ||||||
| 20 | (b) For the purposes of this Section, "Task Force" means | ||||||
| 21 | the Municipal Task Force on Recycling Strategies to Reduce | ||||||
| 22 | Greenhouse Gas Emissions. | ||||||
| 23 | (c) The Municipal Task Force on Recycling Strategies to | ||||||
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| 1 | Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions is hereby created to review the | ||||||
| 2 | status of municipal policies and programs that reduce | ||||||
| 3 | greenhouse gas emissions nationally and internationally. The | ||||||
| 4 | goals of the Task Force are to investigate and provide | ||||||
| 5 | recommendations on municipal initiatives to reduce greenhouse | ||||||
| 6 | gas emissions in a manner that protects the environment and | ||||||
| 7 | public health, to promote economic development through | ||||||
| 8 | recycling, and to calculate greenhouse gas reductions based on | ||||||
| 9 | recycling and composting. | ||||||
| 10 | The Task Force's review shall include, but not be limited | ||||||
| 11 | to, initiatives that divert the following materials from | ||||||
| 12 | landfills in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: carpet, | ||||||
| 13 | corrugated containers, office paper, aluminum cans, newspaper, | ||||||
| 14 | magazines, polyethylene terephthalate and high-density | ||||||
| 15 | polyethylene plastics, steel cans, dimensional lumber, and | ||||||
| 16 | food scrap. The review shall consider the amount of greenhouse | ||||||
| 17 | gas that can be reduced by recycling or composting such | ||||||
| 18 | materials. The review shall also evaluate the extent to which | ||||||
| 19 | greenhouse gas reduction projects benefit the public health and | ||||||
| 20 | provide economic value. | ||||||
| 21 | The Task Force shall prepare a report that summarizes its | ||||||
| 22 | work and makes recommendations resulting from its review. The | ||||||
| 23 | Task Force shall submit the report of its findings and | ||||||
| 24 | recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no | ||||||
| 25 | later than one year after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
| 26 | Act of the 100th General Assembly. | ||||||
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| 1 | The Task Force shall consist of the following 14 members: | ||||||
| 2 | (1) the Director of the Environmental Protection | ||||||
| 3 | Agency or his or her representative; | ||||||
| 4 | (2) four persons appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
| 5 | Environmental Protection Agency to represent | ||||||
| 6 | municipalities, one of whom must reside in a municipality | ||||||
| 7 | with a population of more than 1,000,000; | ||||||
| 8 | (3) two persons appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
| 9 | Environmental Protection Agency to represent environmental | ||||||
| 10 | organizations; | ||||||
| 11 | (4) four persons appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
| 12 | Environmental Protection Agency to represent recyclers and | ||||||
| 13 | composters; | ||||||
| 14 | (5) one person appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
| 15 | Environmental Protection Agency to support administrative | ||||||
| 16 | planning and to draft the findings and recommendations of | ||||||
| 17 | the Task Force; | ||||||
| 18 | (6) one person appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
| 19 | Environmental Protection Agency to represent a national | ||||||
| 20 | waste and recycling organization; and | ||||||
| 21 | (7) one person appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
| 22 | Environmental Protection Agency to represent a statewide | ||||||
| 23 | manufacturing trade association.
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| 24 | The Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, or his | ||||||
| 25 | or her representative, shall chair and facilitate the Task | ||||||
| 26 | Force. The members of the Task Force shall be appointed no | ||||||
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| 1 | later than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
| 2 | Act of the 100th General Assembly. Vacancies in the membership | ||||||
| 3 | of the Task Force shall be filled in the same manner as the | ||||||
| 4 | original appointment. The members of the Task Force shall not | ||||||
| 5 | receive compensation for serving as members of the Task Force. | ||||||
| 6 | The Environmental Protection Agency shall provide the Task | ||||||
| 7 | Force with administrative and other support. | ||||||
| 8 | This Section is repealed 2 years after the effective date | ||||||
| 9 | of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
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