Sen. Karina Villa
Filed: 3/8/2024
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2876 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2876 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
4 | "Section 5. The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 10.2 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (415 ILCS 15/10.2 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 10.2. Event facilities. | ||||||
8 | (a) On and after January 1, 2025, an owner or operator of | ||||||
9 | an event facility that has a maximum legal capacity or | ||||||
10 | occupancy of at least 3,500 persons shall provide for (i) the | ||||||
11 | recycling of items that are generated at a public meeting or | ||||||
12 | public event held at the event facility, including, but not | ||||||
13 | limited to, glass, aluminum cans, cardboard, paper, and | ||||||
14 | plastic beverage cups or bottles, (ii) the transfer of these | ||||||
15 | recyclable materials to a recycling center for processing, and | ||||||
16 | (iii) the composting of organic waste, which shall be |
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1 | collected separately from the collection of recyclable | ||||||
2 | materials. | ||||||
3 | (b) In this Section, "event facility" means a structure | ||||||
4 | for holding public meetings or public events, including, but | ||||||
5 | not limited to, baseball games, football games, hockey games, | ||||||
6 | automobile races, or other musical, dramatic, artistic, | ||||||
7 | social, or athletic events. "Event facility" includes a | ||||||
8 | convention center. "Event facility" does not include a school | ||||||
9 | stadium or a hotel. ". |