102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5386

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Michael Halpin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
615 ILCS 5/26a  from Ch. 19, par. 74
615 ILCS 60/Act rep.

    Amends the Rivers, Lakes and Streams Act. Provides that any person who violates the Act shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 (instead of $5,000) for a violation not resulting in the potential for loss of life or not associated with dam or floodway construction reasonably valued over $250,000 that continues past a Department of Natural Resources-ordered remediation deadline. Provides that any person who violates the Act shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to 10 times the applicable permit application review fee, but not to exceed $50,000, plus an additional civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each day the violation continues past a Department-ordered remediation deadline, for any violation resulting in the potential for loss of life or associated with dam or floodway construction reasonably valued over $250,000. Provides that payment of such penalties does not discharge the required remediation of the violation. Provides that a penalty shall (instead of "may") be paid to the Department and deposited into the State Boating Act Fund. Repeals the Des Plaines and Illinois Rivers Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning natural resources.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended
5by changing Section 26a as follows:
 
6    (615 ILCS 5/26a)  (from Ch. 19, par. 74)
7    Sec. 26a. The Department of Natural Resources may issue
8orders requiring all necessary remedial actions to correct
9violations of this Act and impose the civil penalties provided
10in this Section. All orders entered by the Department of
11Natural Resources shall be made only upon giving reasonable
12notice to persons to be affected by such orders; or having any
13interest in the subject matter of such orders and after a
14hearing in relation thereto. Any person who violates any
15provision of this Act; any rule or regulation adopted by the
16Department under this Act; any permit, term, or condition of
17this Act; or any order of the Department under this Act, shall
18be liable for a civil penalty of up to 2 times the applicable
19permit application review fee, but not to exceed $10,000
20$5,000 for a violation not resulting in the potential for loss
21of life or not associated with dam or floodway construction
22reasonably valued over $250,000 that continues past a
23Department-ordered remediation deadline. Any person who

 

 

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1violates any provision of this Act; any rule or regulation
2adopted by the Department; any permit term or condition of
3this Act; or any order of the Department under this Act for a
4violation resulting in the potential for loss of life or
5associated with dam or floodway construction reasonably valued
6over $250,000, shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to 10
7times the applicable permit application review fee, but not to
8exceed $50,000, plus an additional civil penalty not to exceed
9$1,000 for each day the violation continues past a
10Department-ordered remediation deadline. Payment of such
11penalties does not discharge the required remediation of the
12violation. The penalty fee shall may, upon order of the
13Department of Natural Resources or a court of competent
14jurisdiction, be made payable to the Department and deposited
15into the State Boating Act Fund for use by the Department for
16ordinary and contingent expenses.
17(Source: P.A. 99-73, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
18    (615 ILCS 60/Act rep.)
19    Section 10. The Des Plaines and Illinois Rivers Act is
20repealed.
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.