Full Text of SJR0063 96th General Assembly
SJ0063 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Clean water is a precious resource that should be | 3 |
| readily available for all of the State's residents; and
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| WHEREAS, Studies conducted on waters in the State indicate | 5 |
| various level of pharmaceutical contamination; therefore, be | 6 |
| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 9 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that, in order to affirm the importance of | 10 |
| clean and safe water in the State, there is hereby created a | 11 |
| Clean Water Commission consisting of the following 17 members: | 12 |
| (1) 2 individuals appointed by the Governor, one of | 13 |
| whom shall serve as co-chair of the Commission; | 14 |
| (2) 2 individuals appointed by the Director of the | 15 |
| Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, one of whom | 16 |
| shall serve as co-chair of the Commission; | 17 |
| (3) one member of the Illinois House of | 18 |
| Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the Illinois | 19 |
| House of Representatives; | 20 |
| (4) one member of the Illinois House of | 21 |
| Representatives, appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 22 |
| Illinois House of Representatives; | 23 |
| (5) one member of the Illinois Senate, appointed by the |
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| President of the Illinois Senate; | 2 |
| (6) one member of the Illinois Senate, appointed by the | 3 |
| Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate; | 4 |
| (7) one individual appointed by the Director of Public | 5 |
| Health;
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| (8) one individual from the Metropolitan Water | 7 |
| Reclamation District, appointed by the co-chairs of the | 8 |
| Commission; | 9 |
| (9) one individual from a Sanitary District in Central | 10 |
| Illinois, appointed by the co-chairs of the Commission; | 11 |
| (10) one individual from a Sanitary District in | 12 |
| Southern Illinois, appointed by the co-chairs of the | 13 |
| Commission; | 14 |
| (11) one individual from the Pharmaceutical Research | 15 |
| and Manufacturers of America, appointed by the co-chairs of | 16 |
| the Commission; | 17 |
| (12) one individual from the Illinois Farm Bureau, | 18 |
| appointed by the co-chairs of the Commission; | 19 |
| (13) one individual from the Illinois Hospital | 20 |
| Association, appointed by the co-chairs of the Commission; | 21 |
| (14) one individual from a consumer protection | 22 |
| organization, appointed by the co-chairs of the | 23 |
| Commission; and | 24 |
| (15) one individual from a solid waste agency, | 25 |
| appointed by the co-chairs of the Commission; and be it | 26 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Clean Water Commission shall, in | 2 |
| cooperation with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, | 3 |
| have select State waters tested quarterly for the presence of | 4 |
| pharmaceuticals and contaminants that may be harmful to human | 5 |
| health or the environment; and be it further | 6 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clean Water Commission shall, when | 7 |
| selecting areas to sample, pay particular attention to areas | 8 |
| where there have been past reports of contamination; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Clean Water Commission shall, on a | 11 |
| quarterly basis, report its findings to the Illinois Department | 12 |
| of Public Health and the Illinois Environmental Protection | 13 |
| Agency and make those findings available online for public | 14 |
| consumption; and be it further | 15 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clean Water Commission shall, within one | 16 |
| year after the adoption of this resolution and as needed | 17 |
| thereafter, report its findings to the General Assembly; and be | 18 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Environmental Protection | 20 |
| Agency shall provide administrative and other support to the | 21 |
| Clean Water Commission.
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