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90_HB1281

      510 ILCS 77/12 new
          Amends   the   Livestock   Management   Facilities   Act.
      Prohibits the construction or commencement  of  operation  of
      new  livestock  management  or  waste  handling facilities of
      1,000 or  greater  animal  units  (and  the  commencement  of
      operation  of  the  expanded portions of expanded facilities)
      until the Pollution Control Board has  adopted  final  rules.
      Also  requires  approval  of  the appropriate county board or
      municipal corporate authorities.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Livestock Management  Facilities  Act
 2    by adding Section 12.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Livestock Management  Facilities  Act  is
 6    amended by adding Section 12 as follows:
 7        (510 ILCS 77/12 new)
 8        Sec. 12.  Moratorium.
 9        (a)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this Act or
10    any other provision of law, no new  facility  as  defined  in
11    Section 10.45 of 1,000 or greater animal units that was being
12    constructed   on   or   after   May  21,  1996  may  continue
13    construction  or  commence  operations  until  the  Pollution
14    Control Board has adopted the final  rules  authorized  under
15    this Act.
16        (b)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this Act or
17    any other provision of law, no new  facility  as  defined  in
18    Section 10.45 of 1,000 or greater animal units that was being
19    expanded  on or after May 21, 1996 may continue the expansion
20    or  commence  operations  in  the  expanded  portion  of  the
21    facility until the Pollution Control Board  has  adopted  the
22    final rules authorized under this Act.
23        (c)   After  the  Pollution Control Board has adopted the
24    final rules  authorized under this Act, no  new  facility  as
25    defined  in  Section  10.45 of  1,000 or greater animal units
26    that was being constructed on or after May 21,  1996  and  no
27    new  facility as defined in Section 10.45 of 1,000 or greater
28    animal units that was being expanded on or after May 21, 1996
29    may begin  or continue construction, continue  expansion,  or
30    commence  operations    without first obtaining approval from
31    the county board of the county in  which the facility  is  or
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 1    will  be  located  or,  if the facility is or will be located
 2    within the corporate  limits  of  a  municipality,  from  the
 3    corporate authorities  of that municipality.
 4        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 5    becoming law.

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