Full Text of HJR0039 96th General Assembly
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 39
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| AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution 39 as | 3 |
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| on page 1, line 21, immediately after "has", by inserting | 5 |
| "twice"; and
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| on page 2, by replacing line 1 with the following: | 7 |
| "funding shortages, the current shortage requiring applicants | 8 |
| for"; and
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| on page 2, by replacing lines 15 through 17 with the following: | 10 |
| "WHEREAS, The cost of an average leaking underground | 11 |
| storage tank site where costs are reimbursed from the Fund is"; | 12 |
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| on page 2, immediately below line 18 by inserting the | 14 |
| following:
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| "WHEREAS, Current law does not contain adequate methods for | 2 |
| monitoring and controlling costs at leaking underground | 3 |
| storage tank sites where costs are reimbursed from the Fund; | 4 |
| and"; and
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| on page 3, by replacing line 10 with the following: | 6 |
| "costs of clean-up of leaking underground storage tank sites; | 7 |
| and be it further"; and
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| on page 4, lines 3, 5, 8, and 10, by inserting "of the Illinois | 9 |
| Environmental Protection Agency" immediately after "Director" | 10 |
| each time it appears; and
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| on page 4, by inserting the following after line 12:
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| "RESOLVED, That the approaches studied by the Task Force | 13 |
| shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
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| (1) In order to prevent the recurrence of a backlog of | 15 |
| unpaid claims, requiring that the total costs approved for | 16 |
| reimbursement from the Fund not exceed the monies in the | 17 |
| Fund available to pay the costs;
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| (2) Requiring that costs reimbursed from the Fund be | 19 |
| minimized to the greatest extent practicable, including, | 20 |
| but not limited to, utilization of the Illinois Pollution | 21 |
| Control Board's risk-based corrective action rules to the | 22 |
| greatest extent practicable;
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| (3) Requiring that costs that will be reimbursed from |
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| the Fund be pre-approved by the State before they are | 2 |
| incurred;
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| (4) Prioritizing approvals of costs that will be | 4 |
| reimbursed from the Fund so that (1) sites posing a greater | 5 |
| threat to human health and the environment receive higher | 6 |
| priority than sites posing a lesser threat to human health | 7 |
| and the environment, and (2) sites with operating | 8 |
| underground storage tanks at the time of the release | 9 |
| receive higher priority than sites without operating | 10 |
| underground storage tanks at the time of the release;
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| (5) Competitive bidding of costs that will be | 12 |
| reimbursed from the Fund, with such bidding including, but | 13 |
| not being limited to, public notice of bid proposals; and | 14 |
| be it further".
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