Full Text of SB1345 98th General Assembly
SB1345 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB1345 Introduced 2/5/2013, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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415 ILCS 20/7 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7057 |
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Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State's comprehensive solid waste management program.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
| 6 | | (415 ILCS 20/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7057)
| 7 | | Sec. 7. It is the the intent of this Act to provide the | 8 | | framework for a
comprehensive solid waste management program in | 9 | | Illinois.
| 10 | | The Department shall prepare and
submit to the Governor and | 11 | | the General Assembly on or before January 1,
1992, a report | 12 | | evaluating the effectiveness of the programs provided under
| 13 | | this Act and Section 22.14 of the Environmental Protection Act; | 14 | | assessing
the need for a continuation of existing programs, | 15 | | development and
implementation of new programs and appropriate | 16 | | funding mechanisms; and
recommending legislative and | 17 | | administrative action to fully implement a
comprehensive solid | 18 | | waste management program in Illinois.
| 19 | | The Department shall investigate the suitability and | 20 | | advisability of
providing tax incentives for Illinois | 21 | | businesses to use recycled products
and purchase or lease | 22 | | recycling equipment, and shall report to the Governor
and the | 23 | | General Assembly by January 1, 1987, on the results of this
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| 1 | | investigation.
| 2 | | By July 1, 1989, the Department shall
submit to the | 3 | | Governor and members of the General Assembly a waste reduction
| 4 | | report:
| 5 | | (a) that describes various mechanisms that could be | 6 | | utilized to
stimulate and enhance the reduction of | 7 | | industrial and post-consumer waste
in the State, including | 8 | | their advantages and disadvantages. The mechanisms
to be | 9 | | analyzed shall include, but not be limited to, incentives | 10 | | for
prolonging product life, methods for ensuring product | 11 | | recyclability, taxes
for excessive packaging, tax | 12 | | incentives, prohibitions on the use of certain
products, | 13 | | and performance standards for products; and
| 14 | | (b) that includes specific recommendations to | 15 | | stimulate and enhance
waste reduction in the industrial and | 16 | | consumer sector, including, but not
limited to, | 17 | | legislation, financial incentives and disincentives, and | 18 | | public
education.
| 19 | | The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, with | 20 | | the cooperation of the State Board of Education, the Illinois
| 21 | | Environmental Protection Agency, and others as needed, shall | 22 | | develop,
coordinate and conduct an education program for
solid | 23 | | waste management and recycling. The program shall include, but | 24 | | not
be limited to, education for the general public, | 25 | | businesses, government,
educators and students.
| 26 | | The education program shall address, at a minimum, the |
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| 1 | | following topics:
the solid waste management alternatives of | 2 | | recycling, composting, and
source reduction; resource | 3 | | allocation and depletion; solid waste planning;
reuse of | 4 | | materials; pollution prevention; and household hazardous | 5 | | waste.
| 6 | | The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall | 7 | | cooperate with
municipal and county governments,
regional | 8 | | school superintendents, education service centers, local | 9 | | school
districts, and planning agencies and committees to | 10 | | coordinate local and
regional education programs and workshops | 11 | | and to expedite the exchange of
technical information.
| 12 | | By March 1, 1989, the Department shall prepare a report on | 13 | | strategies
for distributing and marketing landscape waste | 14 | | compost from centralized
composting sites operated by units of | 15 | | local government. The report shall,
at a minimum, evaluate the | 16 | | effects of product quality, assured supply, cost
and public | 17 | | education on the availability of compost, free delivery, and
| 18 | | public sales composting program. The evaluation of public sales | 19 | | programs
shall focus on direct retail sale of bagged compost at | 20 | | the site or special
distribution centers and bulk sale of | 21 | | finished compost to wholesalers for
resale.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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