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90_HB2905

      510 ILCS 77/17
          Amends the Livestock Management Facilities Act concerning
      financial responsibility.  Makes a technical change.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Livestock Management  Facilities  Act
 2    by changing Section 17.
 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 changing Section 17 as follows:
 7        (510 ILCS 77/17)
 8        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 90-565)
 9        Sec.  17.  Financial  responsibility.   Owners  of new or
10    modified lagoons registered under the provisions of this  Act
11    shall   establish   and   maintain   evidence   of  financial
12    responsibility to provide for the closure of the lagoons  and
13    the  proper  disposal  of  their  contents  within  the  time
14    provisions  outlined  in  this Act.  Financial responsibility
15    may be evidenced by any combination of the following:
16        (1)  Commercial or private insurance;
17        (2)  Guarantee;
18        (3)  Surety bond;
19        (4)  Letter of credit;
20        (5)  Certificate  of  Deposit   or   designated   savings
21    account.
22        The  level of surety required shall be determined by rule
23    and be based upon the volumetric capacity of the lagoon.   By
24    January  1, 1997, the Department shall conduct a study of the
25    availability and cost of commercial  surety  instruments  and
26    report   its   findings  to  the  General  Assembly  for  its
27    consideration and review.  Surety instruments required  under
28    this  Section  shall  be required after the effective date of
29    rules adopted for the implementation of this Act.
30    (Source: P.A. 89-456, eff. 5-21-96.)
31        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 90-565)
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 1        Sec. 17.  Financial  responsibility;  surety  instrument.
 2    Owners  of  new  or  modified  lagoons  registered  under the
 3    provisions of this Act shall establish and maintain  evidence
 4    of financial responsibility to provide for the closure of the
 5    lagoons  and the proper disposal of their contents within the
 6    time   provisions   outlined   in   this   Act.     Financial
 7    responsibility  may  be  evidenced  by any combination of the
 8    following:
 9        (1)  Commercial or private insurance;
10        (2)  Guarantee;
11        (3)  Surety bond;
12        (4)  Letter of credit;
13        (5)  Certificate  of  Deposit   or   designated   savings
14    account;
15        (6)  Participation  in  a  livestock waste lagoon closure
16    fund managed by the Illinois Farm Development Authority.
17        The level of surety required shall be determined by  rule
18    and  be  based  upon  the  volumetric capacity of the lagoon.
19    Surety instruments  required  under  this  Section  shall  be
20    required  after  the  effective date of rules adopted for the
21    implementation of this Act.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-456, eff. 5-21-96; 90-565, eff. 6-1-98.)
23        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
24    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
25    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
26    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
27    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
28    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
29    any other Public Act.

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