Full Text of HB0460 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning finance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Build Illinois Bond Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 4 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 425/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 2804)
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| Sec. 4. Purposes of Bonds. Bonds shall be issued for the | 8 |
| following
purposes and in the approximate amounts as set forth | 9 |
| below:
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| (a) $2,417,000,000 for the expenses of issuance and
sale of | 11 |
| Bonds, including bond discounts, and for planning, | 12 |
| engineering,
acquisition, construction, reconstruction, | 13 |
| development, improvement and
extension of the public | 14 |
| infrastructure in the State of Illinois, including: the
making | 15 |
| of loans or grants to local governments for waste disposal | 16 |
| systems,
water and sewer line extensions and water distribution | 17 |
| and purification
facilities, rail or air or water port | 18 |
| improvements, gas and electric utility
extensions, publicly | 19 |
| owned industrial and commercial sites, buildings
used for | 20 |
| public administration purposes and other public infrastructure | 21 |
| capital
improvements; the making of loans or grants to units of | 22 |
| local government
for financing and construction of wastewater | 23 |
| facilities , including grants to serve unincorporated areas ; |
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| refinancing or
retiring bonds issued between January 1, 1987 | 2 |
| and January 1,
1990 by home rule municipalities, debt service | 3 |
| on which is provided from a
tax imposed by home rule | 4 |
| municipalities prior to January 1, 1990 on the
sale of food and | 5 |
| drugs pursuant to Section 8-11-1 of the Home Rule
Municipal | 6 |
| Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or Section 8-11-5 of the Home
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| Rule Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act; the making of | 8 |
| deposits not
to exceed $70,000,000 in the aggregate into
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| Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund to provide assistance in
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| accordance with the provisions of Title IV-A of the | 11 |
| Environmental
Protection Act; the planning, engineering, | 12 |
| acquisition,
construction, reconstruction, alteration, | 13 |
| expansion, extension and
improvement of highways, bridges, | 14 |
| structures separating highways and
railroads, rest areas, | 15 |
| interchanges, access
roads to and from any State or local | 16 |
| highway and other transportation
improvement projects which | 17 |
| are related to
economic development activities; the making of | 18 |
| loans or grants for
planning, engineering, rehabilitation, | 19 |
| improvement or construction of rail
and transit facilities; the | 20 |
| planning, engineering, acquisition,
construction, | 21 |
| reconstruction and improvement of watershed, drainage, flood
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| control, recreation and related improvements and facilities, | 23 |
| including
expenses related to land and easement acquisition, | 24 |
| relocation, control
structures, channel work and clearing and | 25 |
| appurtenant work; the making of
grants for improvement and | 26 |
| development of zoos and park district field
houses and related |
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| structures; and the making of grants for improvement and
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| development of Navy Pier and related structures.
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| (b) $186,000,000 for fostering economic development and
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| increased employment and the well being of the citizens of | 5 |
| Illinois, including:
the making of grants for improvement and | 6 |
| development of McCormick Place and
related structures; the
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| planning and construction of a microelectronics research | 8 |
| center, including
the planning, engineering, construction, | 9 |
| improvement, renovation and
acquisition of buildings, | 10 |
| equipment and related utility support systems;
the making of | 11 |
| loans to businesses and investments in small businesses;
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| acquiring real properties for industrial or commercial site | 13 |
| development;
acquiring, rehabilitating and reconveying | 14 |
| industrial and commercial
properties for the purpose of | 15 |
| expanding employment and encouraging private
and other public | 16 |
| sector investment in the economy of Illinois; the payment
of | 17 |
| expenses associated with siting the Superconducting Super | 18 |
| Collider Particle
Accelerator in Illinois and with its | 19 |
| acquisition, construction,
maintenance, operation, promotion | 20 |
| and support; the making of loans for the
planning, engineering, | 21 |
| acquisition, construction, improvement and
conversion of | 22 |
| facilities and equipment which will foster the use of
Illinois | 23 |
| coal; the payment of expenses associated with the
promotion, | 24 |
| establishment, acquisition and operation of small business
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| incubator facilities and agribusiness research facilities, | 26 |
| including the lease,
purchase, renovation, planning, |
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| engineering, construction and maintenance of
buildings, | 2 |
| utility support systems and equipment designated for such
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| purposes and the establishment and maintenance of centralized | 4 |
| support
services within such facilities; and the making of | 5 |
| grants or loans to
units of local government for Urban | 6 |
| Development Action Grant and Housing
Partnership programs.
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| (c) $1,052,358,100 for the development and
improvement of | 8 |
| educational,
scientific, technical and vocational programs and | 9 |
| facilities and the
expansion of health and human services for | 10 |
| all citizens of Illinois,
including: the making of construction | 11 |
| and improvement grants and loans
to public libraries
and | 12 |
| library systems; the making of grants and loans for planning,
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| engineering, acquisition and construction
of a new State | 14 |
| central library in Springfield; the planning, engineering,
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| acquisition and construction of an animal and dairy sciences | 16 |
| facility; the
planning, engineering, acquisition and | 17 |
| construction of a campus and all
related buildings, facilities, | 18 |
| equipment and materials for Richland
Community College; the | 19 |
| acquisition, rehabilitation and installation of
equipment and | 20 |
| materials for scientific and historical surveys; the making of
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| grants or loans for distribution to eligible vocational | 22 |
| education instructional
programs for the upgrading of | 23 |
| vocational education programs, school shops
and laboratories, | 24 |
| including the acquisition, rehabilitation and
installation of | 25 |
| technical equipment and materials; the making of grants or
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| loans for distribution to eligible local educational agencies |
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| for the
upgrading of math and science instructional programs, | 2 |
| including the
acquisition of instructional equipment and | 3 |
| materials; miscellaneous capital
improvements for universities | 4 |
| and community colleges including the
planning, engineering,
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| construction, reconstruction, remodeling, improvement, repair | 6 |
| and
installation of capital facilities and costs of planning, | 7 |
| supplies,
equipment, materials, services, and all other | 8 |
| required expenses; the
making of grants or loans for repair, | 9 |
| renovation and miscellaneous capital
improvements for | 10 |
| privately operated colleges and universities and community
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| colleges, including the planning, engineering, acquisition, | 12 |
| construction,
reconstruction, remodeling,
improvement, repair | 13 |
| and installation of capital facilities and costs of
planning, | 14 |
| supplies, equipment, materials, services, and all other | 15 |
| required
expenses; and the making of grants or loans for | 16 |
| distribution to local
governments for hospital and other health | 17 |
| care facilities including the
planning, engineering, | 18 |
| acquisition, construction, reconstruction,
remodeling, | 19 |
| improvement, repair and installation of capital facilities and
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| costs of planning, supplies, equipment, materials, services | 21 |
| and all other
required expenses.
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| (d) $150,150,900 for protection, preservation,
restoration | 23 |
| and conservation of environmental and natural resources,
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| including: the making of grants to soil and water conservation | 25 |
| districts
for the planning and implementation of conservation | 26 |
| practices and for
funding contracts with the Soil Conservation |
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| Service for watershed
planning; the making of grants to units | 2 |
| of local government for the
capital development and improvement | 3 |
| of recreation areas, including
planning and engineering costs, | 4 |
| sewer projects, including planning and
engineering costs and | 5 |
| water projects, including planning
and engineering costs, and | 6 |
| for the acquisition of open space lands,
including the | 7 |
| acquisition of easements and other property interests of less
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| than fee simple ownership; the acquisition and related costs | 9 |
| and development
and management of natural heritage lands, | 10 |
| including natural areas and areas
providing habitat for
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| endangered species and nongame wildlife, and buffer area lands; | 12 |
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acquisition and related costs and development and | 13 |
| management of
habitat lands, including forest, wildlife | 14 |
| habitat and wetlands;
and the removal and disposition of | 15 |
| hazardous substances, including the cost of
project | 16 |
| management, equipment, laboratory analysis, and contractual | 17 |
| services
necessary for preventative and corrective actions | 18 |
| related to the preservation,
restoration and conservation of | 19 |
| the environment, including deposits not to
exceed $60,000,000 | 20 |
| in the aggregate into the Hazardous Waste Fund and the
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| Brownfields Redevelopment Fund for improvements in accordance | 22 |
| with the
provisions of Titles V and XVII of the Environmental | 23 |
| Protection Act.
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| (e) The amount specified in paragraph (a) above
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| include an amount necessary to pay reasonable expenses of each
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| issuance and sale of the Bonds, as specified in the related |
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| Bond Sale Order
(hereinafter defined).
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| (f) Any unexpended proceeds from any sale of
Bonds which | 3 |
| are held in the Build Illinois Bond Fund may be used to redeem,
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| purchase, advance refund, or defease any Bonds outstanding.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-39, eff. 6-15-99; 91-53, eff. 6-30-99; 91-709, | 6 |
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5-17-00; 92-9, eff. 6-11-01; 92-598, eff. 6-28-02.)
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| Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | 8 |
| changing Section 4 as follows:
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| (415 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1004)
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| Sec. 4. Environmental Protection Agency; establishment; | 11 |
| duties.
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| (a) There is established in the Executive Branch of the | 13 |
| State Government an
agency to be known as the Environmental | 14 |
| Protection Agency. This Agency shall
be under the supervision | 15 |
| and direction of a Director who shall be appointed by
the | 16 |
| Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The term of | 17 |
| office
of the Director shall expire on the third Monday of | 18 |
| January in odd numbered
years, provided that he or she shall | 19 |
| hold office until a successor is appointed
and has qualified. | 20 |
| The Director shall
receive an annual salary as set by the | 21 |
| Governor from time to time or as set by
the Compensation Review | 22 |
| Board, whichever is greater. If set by the Governor,
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| Director's annual salary may not exceed 85% of the Governor's | 24 |
| annual
salary. The Director, in accord with the Personnel Code, |
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| shall employ and
direct such personnel, and shall provide for | 2 |
| such laboratory and other
facilities, as may be necessary to | 3 |
| carry out the purposes of this Act. In
addition, the Director | 4 |
| may by agreement secure such services as he or she
may deem | 5 |
| necessary from any other department, agency, or unit of the | 6 |
| State
Government, and may employ and compensate such | 7 |
| consultants and technical
assistants as may be required.
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| (b) The Agency shall have the duty to collect and | 9 |
| disseminate such
information, acquire such technical data, and | 10 |
| conduct such experiments
as may be required to carry out the | 11 |
| purposes of this Act, including
ascertainment of the quantity | 12 |
| and nature of discharges from any
contaminant source and data | 13 |
| on those sources, and to operate and arrange
for the operation | 14 |
| of devices for the monitoring of environmental quality.
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| (c) The Agency shall have authority to conduct a program of
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| continuing surveillance and of regular or periodic inspection | 17 |
| of actual
or potential contaminant or noise sources, of public | 18 |
| water supplies, and
of refuse disposal sites.
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| (d) In accordance with constitutional limitations,
the | 20 |
| Agency shall have authority to enter at all reasonable times
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| upon any private or public property for the purpose of:
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| (1) Inspecting and investigating to ascertain possible | 23 |
| violations of
this Act, any rule or regulation adopted | 24 |
| under this Act, any permit or
term or condition of a | 25 |
| permit, or any Board order; or
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| (2) In accordance with the provisions of this Act, |
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| taking whatever
preventive or corrective action, including | 2 |
| but not limited to removal or
remedial action, that is | 3 |
| necessary or appropriate whenever there is a
release or a | 4 |
| substantial threat of a release of (A) a hazardous
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| substance or pesticide or (B) petroleum from an underground | 6 |
| storage tank.
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| (e) The Agency shall have the duty to investigate | 8 |
| violations of this
Act, any rule or regulation adopted under | 9 |
| this Act, any permit or
term or condition of a permit, or any | 10 |
| Board order;
to issue administrative citations as provided in | 11 |
| Section 31.1 of this
Act; and to take such summary enforcement | 12 |
| action as is provided
for by Section 34 of this Act.
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| (f) The Agency shall appear before the Board in any hearing | 14 |
| upon a
petition for variance, the denial of a permit, or the | 15 |
| validity or effect
of a rule or regulation of the Board, and | 16 |
| shall have the authority to
appear before the Board in any | 17 |
| hearing under the Act.
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| (g) The Agency shall have the duty to administer, in accord | 19 |
| with
Title X of this Act, such permit and certification systems | 20 |
| as may be
established by this Act or by regulations adopted | 21 |
| thereunder.
The Agency may enter into written delegation | 22 |
| agreements with any department,
agency, or unit of State or | 23 |
| local government under which all or portions
of this duty may | 24 |
| be delegated for public water supply storage and transport
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| systems, sewage collection and transport systems, air | 26 |
| pollution control
sources with uncontrolled emissions of 100 |
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| tons per year or less and
application of algicides to waters of | 2 |
| the State. Such delegation
agreements will require that the | 3 |
| work to be performed thereunder will be
in accordance with | 4 |
| Agency criteria, subject to Agency review, and shall
include | 5 |
| such financial and program auditing by the Agency as may be | 6 |
| required.
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| (h) The Agency shall have authority to require the | 8 |
| submission of
complete plans and specifications from any | 9 |
| applicant for a permit
required by this Act or by regulations | 10 |
| thereunder, and to require the
submission of such reports | 11 |
| regarding actual or potential violations of
this Act, any rule | 12 |
| or regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or
term or | 13 |
| condition of a permit, or any Board order, as may be necessary | 14 |
| for the purposes of
this Act.
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| (i) The Agency shall have authority to make recommendations | 16 |
| to the
Board for the adoption of regulations under Title VII of | 17 |
| the Act.
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| (j) The Agency shall have the duty to represent the State | 19 |
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Illinois in any and all matters pertaining to plans, | 20 |
| procedures, or
negotiations for interstate compacts or other | 21 |
| governmental arrangements
relating to environmental | 22 |
| protection.
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| (k) The Agency shall have the authority to accept, receive, | 24 |
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administer on behalf of the State any grants, gifts, loans, | 25 |
| indirect cost
reimbursements, or other funds made available to | 26 |
| the State from any source
for purposes of this Act or for air |
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| or water pollution control, public water
supply, solid waste | 2 |
| disposal, noise abatement, or other environmental
protection | 3 |
| activities, surveys, or programs. Any federal funds received by | 4 |
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Agency pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in a | 5 |
| trust fund with the
State Treasurer and held and disbursed by | 6 |
| him in accordance with Treasurer as
Custodian of Funds Act, | 7 |
| provided that such monies shall be used only for the
purposes | 8 |
| for which they are contributed and any balance remaining shall | 9 |
| be
returned to the contributor.
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| The Agency is authorized to promulgate such regulations and | 11 |
| enter
into such contracts as it may deem necessary for carrying | 12 |
| out the
provisions of this subsection.
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| (l) The Agency is hereby designated as water pollution | 14 |
| agency for
the state for all purposes of the Federal Water | 15 |
| Pollution Control Act, as
amended; as implementing agency for | 16 |
| the State for all purposes of the Safe
Drinking Water Act, | 17 |
| Public Law 93-523, as now or hereafter amended, except
Section | 18 |
| 1425 of that Act; as air pollution agency for the state for all
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| purposes of the Clean Air Act of 1970, Public Law 91-604, | 20 |
| approved December 31,
1970, as amended; and as solid waste | 21 |
| agency for the state for all purposes of
the Solid Waste | 22 |
| Disposal Act, Public Law 89-272, approved October 20, 1965,
and | 23 |
| amended by the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, Public Law | 24 |
| 91-512, approved
October 26, 1970, as amended, and amended by | 25 |
| the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976, (P.L. | 26 |
| 94-580) approved October 21, 1976, as amended; as
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| agency for the state for all purposes of the Noise Control Act | 2 |
| of
1972, Public Law 92-574, approved October 27, 1972, as | 3 |
| amended; and as
implementing agency for the State for all | 4 |
| purposes of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, | 5 |
| Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-510),
as | 6 |
| amended; and otherwise as pollution control agency for the | 7 |
| State pursuant
to federal laws integrated with the foregoing | 8 |
| laws, for financing purposes or
otherwise. The Agency is hereby | 9 |
| authorized to take all action necessary or
appropriate to | 10 |
| secure to the State the benefits of such federal Acts, provided
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| that the Agency shall transmit to the United States without | 12 |
| change any
standards adopted by the Pollution Control Board | 13 |
| pursuant to Section 5(c) of
this Act. This subsection (l) of | 14 |
| Section 4 shall not be construed to bar or
prohibit the | 15 |
| Environmental Protection Trust Fund Commission from accepting,
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| receiving, and administering on behalf of the State any grants, | 17 |
| gifts,
loans or other funds for which the Commission is | 18 |
| eligible pursuant to the
Environmental Protection Trust Fund | 19 |
| Act. The Agency is hereby designated as
the State agency for | 20 |
| all purposes of administering the requirements of Section
313 | 21 |
| of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know | 22 |
| Act of 1986.
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| Any municipality, sanitary district, or other political | 24 |
| subdivision,
or any Agency of the State or interstate Agency, | 25 |
| which makes application
for loans or grants under such federal | 26 |
| Acts shall notify the Agency of
such application; the Agency |
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| may participate in proceedings under such
federal Acts.
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| (m) The Agency shall have authority, consistent with | 3 |
| Section 5(c)
and other provisions of this Act, and for purposes | 4 |
| of Section 303(e) of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, | 5 |
| as now or hereafter amended,
to engage in planning processes | 6 |
| and activities and to develop
plans in cooperation with units | 7 |
| of local government, state agencies and
officers, and other | 8 |
| appropriate persons in connection with the
jurisdiction or | 9 |
| duties of each such unit, agency, officer or person.
Public | 10 |
| hearings shall be held on the planning process, at which any
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| person shall be permitted to appear and be heard, pursuant to | 12 |
| procedural
regulations promulgated by the Agency.
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| (n) In accordance with the powers conferred upon the Agency | 14 |
| by
Sections 10(g), 13(b), 19, 22(d) and 25 of this Act, the | 15 |
| Agency shall
have authority to establish and enforce minimum | 16 |
| standards for the
operation of laboratories relating to | 17 |
| analyses and laboratory tests for
air pollution, water | 18 |
| pollution, noise emissions, contaminant discharges
onto land | 19 |
| and sanitary, chemical, and mineral quality of water
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| distributed by a public water supply. The Agency may enter into | 21 |
| formal
working agreements with other departments or agencies of | 22 |
| state
government under which all or portions of this authority | 23 |
| may be
delegated to the cooperating department or agency.
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| (o) The Agency shall have the authority to issue | 25 |
| certificates of
competency to persons and laboratories meeting | 26 |
| the minimum standards
established by the Agency in accordance |
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| with Section 4(n) of this Act
and to promulgate and enforce | 2 |
| regulations relevant to the issuance and
use of such | 3 |
| certificates. The Agency may enter into formal working
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| agreements with other departments or agencies of state | 5 |
| government under
which all or portions of this authority may be | 6 |
| delegated to the
cooperating department or agency.
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| (p) Except as provided in Section 17.7, the Agency shall | 8 |
| have the
duty to analyze samples as required
from each public | 9 |
| water supply to determine compliance with the
contaminant | 10 |
| levels specified by the Pollution Control Board. The maximum
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| number of samples which the Agency shall be required to analyze | 12 |
| for
microbiological quality shall be 6 per month, but the | 13 |
| Agency may, at its
option, analyze a larger number each month | 14 |
| for any supply. Results of
sample analyses for additional | 15 |
| required bacteriological testing,
turbidity, residual chlorine | 16 |
| and radionuclides are to be provided to the
Agency in | 17 |
| accordance with Section 19. Owners of water supplies may enter
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| into agreements with the Agency to provide for reduced Agency
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| participation in sample analyses.
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| (q) The Agency shall have the authority to provide notice | 21 |
| to any
person who may be liable pursuant to Section 22.2(f) of | 22 |
| this Act for a
release or a substantial threat of a release of | 23 |
| a hazardous substance or
pesticide. Such notice shall include | 24 |
| the identified response action and an
opportunity for such | 25 |
| person to perform the response action.
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| (r) The Agency may enter into written delegation agreements |
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| with any
unit of local government under which it may delegate | 2 |
| all or portions of its
inspecting, investigating and | 3 |
| enforcement functions. Such delegation
agreements shall | 4 |
| require that work performed thereunder be in accordance
with | 5 |
| Agency criteria and subject to Agency review.
Notwithstanding | 6 |
| any other provision of law to the contrary, no unit of
local | 7 |
| government shall be liable for any injury resulting from the | 8 |
| exercise
of its authority pursuant to such a delegation | 9 |
| agreement unless the injury
is proximately caused by the | 10 |
| willful and wanton negligence of an agent or
employee of the | 11 |
| unit of local government, and any policy of insurance
coverage | 12 |
| issued to a unit of local government may provide for the denial | 13 |
| of
liability and the nonpayment of claims based upon injuries | 14 |
| for which the unit
of local government is not liable pursuant | 15 |
| to this subsection (r).
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| (s) The Agency shall have authority to take whatever | 17 |
| preventive or
corrective action is necessary or appropriate, | 18 |
| including but not limited to
expenditure of monies appropriated | 19 |
| from the Build Illinois Bond Fund and
the Build Illinois | 20 |
| Purposes Fund for removal or remedial action, whenever
any | 21 |
| hazardous substance or pesticide is released or
there is a | 22 |
| substantial threat of such a release into the environment. The
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| State, the Director, and any State employee shall be | 24 |
| indemnified for any
damages or injury arising out of or | 25 |
| resulting from any action taken under
this subsection. The | 26 |
| Director of the Agency is authorized to enter into
such |
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| contracts and agreements as are necessary
to carry out the | 2 |
| Agency's duties under this subsection.
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| (t) The Agency shall have authority to distribute grants, | 4 |
| subject to
appropriation by the General Assembly, to units of | 5 |
| local government for financing and construction of
municipal | 6 |
| wastewater facilities in both incorporated and unincorporated | 7 |
| areas . With respect to all monies appropriated
from the Build | 8 |
| Illinois Bond Fund and the Build Illinois Purposes
Fund for | 9 |
| wastewater facility grants, the Agency shall make
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| distributions in conformity with the rules and regulations | 11 |
| established
pursuant to the Anti-Pollution Bond Act, as now or | 12 |
| hereafter amended.
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| (u) Pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, | 14 |
| the
Agency shall have the authority to adopt such rules as are | 15 |
| necessary or
appropriate for the Agency to implement Section | 16 |
| 31.1 of this Act.
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| (v) (Blank.)
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| (w) Neither the State, nor the Director, nor the Board, nor | 19 |
| any State
employee shall be liable for any damages or injury | 20 |
| arising out of or
resulting from any action taken under | 21 |
| subsection (s).
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| (x)(1) The Agency shall have authority to distribute | 23 |
| grants, subject to
appropriation by the General Assembly, | 24 |
| to units of local government for
financing and construction | 25 |
| of public water supply facilities. With respect
to all | 26 |
| monies appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund or |
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| the Build
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| grants, such grants shall be
made in accordance with rules | 3 |
| promulgated by the Agency.
Such rules shall include a | 4 |
| requirement for a local match of 30% of the
total project | 5 |
| cost for projects funded through such grants.
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| (2) The Agency shall not terminate a grant to a unit of | 7 |
| local government
for the financing and construction of | 8 |
| public water supply facilities unless
and until the Agency | 9 |
| adopts rules that set forth precise and complete
standards, | 10 |
| pursuant to Section 5-20 of the Illinois Administrative
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| Procedure Act, for the termination of such grants. The | 12 |
| Agency shall not
make determinations on whether specific | 13 |
| grant conditions are necessary to
ensure the integrity of a | 14 |
| project or on whether subagreements shall be
awarded, with | 15 |
| respect to grants for the financing and construction of
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| public water supply facilities, unless and until the Agency | 17 |
| adopts rules
that set forth precise and complete standards, | 18 |
| pursuant to Section 5-20
of the Illinois Administrative | 19 |
| Procedure Act, for making such
determinations. The Agency | 20 |
| shall not issue a stop-work order in relation to
such | 21 |
| grants unless and until the Agency adopts precise and | 22 |
| complete standards,
pursuant to Section 5-20 of the | 23 |
| Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, for
determining | 24 |
| whether to issue a stop-work order.
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| (y) The Agency shall have authority to release any person | 26 |
| from further
responsibility for preventive or corrective |
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| action under this Act following
successful completion of | 2 |
| preventive or corrective action undertaken by such
person upon | 3 |
| written request by the person.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02; 93-152, eff. 7-10-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 |
| becoming law. |
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