SB2928enr 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2928 Enrolled LRB098 16874 JLK 51947 b

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by changing Section 17.9A as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/17.9A)

Sec. 17.9A. Collection, storage, and transportation of pharmaceuticals by law enforcement agencies.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, to the extent allowed by federal law, a law enforcement agency may collect pharmaceuticals, including but not limited to controlled substances, from residential sources, store them, and transport them to a site or facility an incinerator permitted by the Agency to be incinerated in accordance with the permit, permit conditions, this Act, and rules adopted under this Act.

(b) Pharmaceuticals that have been transported to a permitted site or facility by a law enforcement agency under subsection (a) of this Section must be managed in accordance with this Act, rules adopted under this Act, and permits issued under this Act. If those pharmaceuticals are controlled substances, they must also be managed in accordance with federal and State laws and regulations governing controlled substances.

(c) For the purposes of this Section, "law enforcement agency" means an agency of the State or of a unit of local of government which is vested by law or ordinance with the duty to maintain public order and to enforce criminal laws.

(Source: P.A. 97-545, eff. 1-1-12.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.