102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1550

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/26  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1026

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the adoption of procedural rules.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5changing Section 26 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/26)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1026)
7    Sec. 26. The The Board may adopt such procedural rules as
8may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act. In
9adopting such rules the Board shall follow the rulemaking
10procedures of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
11    Without limiting the generality of this grant of
12authority, and notwithstanding any requirement that hearings
13be held in actions brought pursuant to Titles VIII and X of the
14Act, the Board may adopt procedural rules for resolution of
15such actions by summary judgment prior to hearing upon motion
16by either party except as otherwise required by federal law,
17as well as procedural rules requiring the parties to perfect
18their pleadings to conform to the evidence as presented to the
19Board.
20(Source: P.A. 85-1048.)