Full Text of SB0009 95th General Assembly
SB0009eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning the environment.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Illinois Climate Change Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Findings; declarations. The General Assembly | 7 |
| finds that: | 8 |
| (a) marketing Illinois agricultural products generates | 9 |
| more than 9 billion dollars annually and additional revenue | 10 |
| in agricultural related industries;
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| (b) Illinois' food and fiber industry employs nearly | 12 |
| 1,000,000 people;
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| (c) a 2001 National Academy of Sciences report stated | 14 |
| that greenhouse gases are accumulating in the Earth's | 15 |
| atmosphere as a result of human activities and causing | 16 |
| surface air and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise;
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| (d) greenhouse gas emissions contribute to global | 18 |
| warming;
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| (e) increases in the Earth's surface air and subsurface | 20 |
| ocean temperatures will change Illinois' weather patterns | 21 |
| leading to hotter summers, more frequent droughts, and more | 22 |
| severe rainfalls;
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| (f) changing weather patterns due to global warming |
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| will have a significant impact on the State's agricultural | 2 |
| economy, watersheds, aquifers, and public works | 3 |
| infrastructure;
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| (g) several hundred thousand Illinois residents depend | 5 |
| on private wells for their water;
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| (h) the State has an obligation to protect the health | 7 |
| and safety of its citizens as well as an obligation to | 8 |
| protect the State's natural resources and environment; and
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| (i) it is in the State's interest to reduce greenhouse | 10 |
| gas emissions within its borders. | 11 |
| Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 12 |
| "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection | 13 |
| Agency.
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| "Greenhouse gas" or "greenhouse gases" include the | 15 |
| following gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, | 16 |
| hydroflourocarbons, perflourocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
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| "Greenhouse gas emissions level" means the total annual | 18 |
| emissions of greenhouse gases in the State expressed in tons of | 19 |
| carbon dioxide equivalents.
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| "Greenhouse gas emission source" or "source" means any | 21 |
| person who generates a greenhouse gas within the State whose | 22 |
| emissions are at a level of significance, as determined by the | 23 |
| Agency, that impact the greenhouse gas emissions level.
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| "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, | 25 |
| limited liability company, sole proprietorship, firm, |
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| enterprise, franchise, association, State agency, political | 2 |
| subdivision of the State, or any other entity.
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| Section 15. Deputy Director. The Governor, subject to the | 4 |
| advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint to the Agency a | 5 |
| Deputy Director for Climate Change. The Deputy Director shall | 6 |
| supervise Agency programs designed to reduce the greenhouse gas | 7 |
| emissions level. | 8 |
| Section 20. Inventory; reports. | 9 |
| (a) Subject to appropriations, the Agency shall conduct an | 10 |
| inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in the State. The | 11 |
| Department of Natural Resources, upon a request from the | 12 |
| Agency, shall provide technical assistance to the Agency in | 13 |
| conducting this inventory.
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| The Agency shall report its findings to the Governor and | 15 |
| General Assembly by January 1, 2008. This report shall compare | 16 |
| inventoried levels with inventoried levels of greenhouse gas | 17 |
| emissions in the State taken in 1990. The report shall provide | 18 |
| emissions information by categories of sources that the Agency | 19 |
| determines are significant emitters of greenhouse gases. The | 20 |
| Agency shall annually update and report to the Governor and | 21 |
| General Assembly the inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in | 22 |
| the State.
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| (b) By July 1, 2008, the Agency shall present to the | 24 |
| Governor and General Assembly a plan to significantly reduce |
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| the greenhouse gas emissions level, as reported by the Agency, | 2 |
| by the year 2020. In developing the plan, the Agency shall hold | 3 |
| 3 public hearings on the issue in different regions of the | 4 |
| State. In addition, the Agency shall take into account | 5 |
| projected reductions in greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to | 6 |
| other State regulations or programs.
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| Section 25. Consultation. The Agency shall consult with | 8 |
| other states and the federal government to identify the most | 9 |
| effective strategies and methods to reduce greenhouse gases and | 10 |
| facilitate a regional and national greenhouse gas reduction | 11 |
| program.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 |
| becoming law.
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