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HB1961 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1961

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Paul Jacobs

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/22.62 new

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, retired creosote-treated railroad ties may be ground or burned for use as a non-waste fuel option.


LRB102 04258 CPF 18903 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1961LRB102 04258 CPF 18903 b

1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5adding Section 22.62 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.62 new)
7    Sec. 22.62. Railroad ties. Notwithstanding any other
8provision of law, retired creosote-treated railroad ties may
9be ground or burned for use as a non-waste fuel option.