SB3352 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3352

Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Laura Ellman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/11-13-28 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, in exercising its zoning powers, a municipality may regulate the storage of hazardous materials that are to be transported in compliance with the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. Provides that, if an entity, or agent of the entity, engaged in the business of transporting hazardous material has filed a petition for a variance or special use, a municipality shall require the entity or agent to disclose the types of hazardous materials to be transported into and stored in a facility and an estimate of the number of freight vehicles expected to enter and exit the site on a regular basis.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 11-13-28 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-13-28 new)

Sec. 11-13-28. Storage of hazardous material.

(a) As used in this Section, "hazardous material" and "transportation" have the meanings given to those terms in Section 3 of the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act.

(b) In exercising the powers under this Division, a municipality may regulate the storage of hazardous materials that are to be transported in compliance with the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. If an entity, or agent of the entity, engaged in the business of transporting hazardous material has filed a petition for a variance or special use, a municipality shall require the entity or agent to disclose the types of hazardous materials to be transported into and stored in a facility and an estimate of the number of freight vehicles expected to enter and exit the site on a regular basis.