103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1370

 

Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 15/10.2 new

    Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Large Event Waste Law. Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2025, an owner or operator of an event facility that has a maximum legal capacity or occupancy of at least 3,000 persons and that receives funding from the State of Illinois shall participate in the recycling program established by the county in which the event facility is located and shall send recyclable materials to a recycling center. Defines "event facility".


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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 1. References to Act. This Act may be referred to
5as the Large Event Waste Law.
 
6    Section 5. The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act is
7amended by adding Section 10.2 as follows:
 
8    (415 ILCS 15/10.2 new)
9    Sec. 10.2. Event facilities.
10    (a) On and after January 1, 2025, an owner or operator of
11an event facility that has a maximum legal capacity or
12occupancy of at least 3,000 persons and that receives funding
13from the State of Illinois shall participate in the recycling
14program established under Section 6 by the county in which the
15event facility is located and shall send recyclable materials
16to a recycling center.
17    (b) In this Section, "event facility" means a structure or
18location for holding public meetings or public events,
19including, but not limited to, baseball games, football games,
20hockey games, automobile races, or other musical, dramatic,
21artistic, social, and athletic events. "Event facility"
22includes a convention center.