Full Text of SB0611 100th General Assembly
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force created. | 7 | | There is created the Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force to | 8 | | address the issue of maintaining the clean drinking water of | 9 | | the Mahomet Aquifer, the principal aquifer in east-central | 10 | | Illinois. The Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force shall | 11 | | consist of the following persons: | 12 | | (1) one member of the Senate, appointed by the | 13 | | President of the Senate; | 14 | | (2) one member of the House of Representatives, | 15 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | 16 | | (3) one member of the Senate, appointed by the Minority | 17 | | Leader of the Senate; | 18 | | (4) one member of the House of Representatives, | 19 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | 20 | | Representatives; | 21 | | (5) one member representing the Illinois Environmental | 22 | | Protection Agency, appointed by the Director of the | 23 | | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; |
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| 1 | | (6) two members representing a national waste and | 2 | | recycling organization, appointed by the Governor; | 3 | | (7) one member representing a statewide environmental | 4 | | organization, appointed by the Governor; | 5 | | (8) three members representing a non-profit consortium | 6 | | dedicated to the sustainability of the Mahomet Aquifer, | 7 | | appointed by the Governor; | 8 | | (9) one member representing the Illinois State Water | 9 | | Survey of the Prairie Research Institute of the University | 10 | | of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, appointed by the | 11 | | Governor; | 12 | | (10) one member representing a statewide association | 13 | | representing the pipe trades, appointed by the Governor; | 14 | | (11) one member representing the State's largest | 15 | | general farm organization, appointed by the Governor; | 16 | | (12) one member representing a statewide trade | 17 | | association representing manufacturers, appointed by the | 18 | | Governor; | 19 | | (13) one member representing a community health care | 20 | | organization located over the Mahomet Aquifer, appointed | 21 | | by the Governor; | 22 | | (14) seven members representing local government | 23 | | bodies located over the Mahomet Aquifer, appointed by the | 24 | | Governor; | 25 | | (15) one member representing a State labor | 26 | | organization that represents employees in the solid waste, |
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| 1 | | recycling, and related industries, appointed by the | 2 | | Governor; and | 3 | | (16) one member representing a statewide business | 4 | | association with a focus on environmental issues, | 5 | | appointed by the Governor. | 6 | | Members shall be appointed within 90 days after the | 7 | | effective date of this Act. The members of the Mahomet Aquifer | 8 | | Protection Task Force shall serve without compensation. | 9 | | Section 10. Administrative support. The Illinois | 10 | | Environmental Protection Agency shall provide administrative | 11 | | and other support to the Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force. | 12 | | Section 15. Duties of Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task | 13 | | Force. The Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force shall conduct | 14 | | a study of the Mahomet Aquifer in furtherance of: | 15 | | (1) developing a State plan to maintain the groundwater | 16 | | quality of the Mahomet Aquifer; | 17 | | (2) identifying potential and current contamination | 18 | | threats to the water quality of the Mahomet Aquifer; | 19 | | (3) identifying actions that might be taken to ensure | 20 | | the long-term protection of the Mahomet Aquifer; and | 21 | | (4) making legislative recommendations for future | 22 | | protection of the Mahomet Aquifer. | 23 | | Section 20. Report. On or before July 1, 2018, the Mahomet |
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| 1 | | Aquifer Protection Task Force shall report its findings and | 2 | | recommendations to the General Assembly, by filing copies of | 3 | | its report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly | 4 | | Organization Act, and to the Governor. | 5 | | Section 90. Expiration. This Act is repealed on July 1, | 6 | | 2019.
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 | | becoming law.
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