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Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
Filed: 4/3/2014
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4077
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4077 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 5. The Junkyard Act is amended by adding Section |
5 | | 3.5 and changing Section 7 as follows: |
6 | | (415 ILCS 95/3.5 new) |
7 | | Sec. 3.5. |
8 | | (a) For the purpose of this Section: |
9 | | "Place of worship" means a church, synagogue, mosque, |
10 | | temple, or other building, structure, or place used |
11 | | primarily for religious worship and includes the grounds of |
12 | | a place of worship. |
13 | | "School" means a public or private primary or secondary |
14 | | school; a primary or secondary school operated by a
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15 | | religious institution; or
a public, private, or religious |
16 | | nursery school. |
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1 | | (b) Within a municipality with a population of 2,000,000 or |
2 | | more, no person shall establish, maintain, or operate a |
3 | | junkyard or scrap processing facility within 2,640 feet of a |
4 | | school or place of worship. This Section does not apply to |
5 | | junkyards or scrap processing facilities established and in |
6 | | operation on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
7 | | 98th General Assembly.
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8 | | (415 ILCS 95/7) (from Ch. 121, par. 467)
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9 | | Sec. 7.
(a) The Department may, in addition to any other |
10 | | remedies,
initiate an appropriate action in the circuit court |
11 | | of the county in
which a junkyard or scrap processing facility |
12 | | is located, to prevent the
unlawful establishment, operation or |
13 | | maintenance of a junkyard or scrap
processing facility which is |
14 | | not in compliance with this Act, or to
restrain, correct or |
15 | | abate a violation of this Act, or to prevent any
illegal Act, |
16 | | conduct, business or use in or about the premises of such
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17 | | junkyard or scrap processing facility. This subsection (a) does |
18 | | not apply to violations of Section 3.5 of this Act.
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19 | | (a-5) A municipality with a population of 2,000,000 or more |
20 | | may, in addition to any other remedies, initiate an appropriate |
21 | | action in the circuit court of the county in which a junkyard |
22 | | or scrap processing facility is located, to prevent the |
23 | | unlawful establishment, operation or maintenance of a junkyard |
24 | | or scrap processing facility which is not in compliance with |
25 | | Section 3.5 of this Act, or to restrain, correct or abate a |