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                                             LRB9000098DJcdam
 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 689
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 689 as follows:
 3    on page 1, by replacing line 2 with the following:
 4    "changing Sections 3, 4, 5, 5.07, 5.09, 6, 8, 8.02, and 8.03,
 5    by adding  Section 5.11, and by"; and
 6    by replacing lines 7 and 8 with the following:
 7    "amended by changing Sections 3, 4,  5,  5.07,  5.09,  6,  8,
 8    8.02, and 8.03 and  by adding Section 5.11 as follows:"; and
 9    on line 18, by replacing "placarding" with the following:
10    "hazard signage systems applicable to placarding"; and
11    on line 20, by replacing "State" with the following:
12    "hazard signage system or State"; and
13    on  page  2,  line  14,  by  inserting  the  following  after
14    "requirements":
15    "or  hazard  signage  requirements  adopted  pursuant to this
16    Act"; and
17    on page 5, line  11,  by  replacing  "placarding,"  with  the
18    following:
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 1    "placarding  in  transportation,  hazard signage systems, the
 2    training of"; and
 3    by replacing lines 32 through  34  on  page  5  and  lines  1
 4    through 10 on page 6  with the following:
 5        "By  January  1,  1978,  the  Board shall determine which
 6    persons involved in  the  use,  storage,  transportation,  or
 7    manufacture  of  hazardous  materials  can  be  inspected for
 8    compliance with the placarding provisions of this Act  within
 9    the  current  statutory scope of each agency or department of
10    State government.  If the Board  determines  that  there  are
11    specific  categories  of  persons  regulated  by this Act who
12    cannot readily be inspected by existing personnel within  the
13    statutory  authority  of  the departments and agencies, or if
14    the Board determines that the purpose of  this   Act  can  be
15    better served by a centralized inspection responsibility, the
16    Board shall propose statutory changes to the General Assembly
17    to provide for the inspection."; and
18    on page 6, by inserting the following below line 11:
19        "(430 ILCS 50/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 1255)
20        Sec.  5.  The Agency or the Department shall exercise the
21    applicable powers and duties granted in Sections 5.01 through
22    5.10.  Units of local  government  may  exercise  the  powers
23    granted in Section 5.11.:
24    (Source: P.A. 79-1442.)"; and
25    on line 18, by changing "existing" to "applicable"; and
26    on line 23, by replacing "hazard placarding system," with the
27    following:
28    "placarding system applicable to transportation,"; and
29    by replacing lines 26 through 30 with the following:
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 1    "manufacture  of  hazardous  materials or any local emergency
 2    response  agency shall take the  necessary  steps  to  comply
 3    with  such  placarding   system applicable to transportation,
 4    communication system or any other  regulation or requirement.
 5    Copies   of   any   placarding    systems    applicable    to
 6    transportation, communication systems or any other"; and
 7    on page 7, by inserting the following below line 2:
 8        "(430 ILCS 50/5.11 new)
 9        Sec.  5.11.   Units  of  local government; hazard signage
10    systems.
11        (a)  A unit of local government may adopt  ordinances  or
12    regulations   requiring a hazard signage system applicable to
13    equipment, facilities,  structures, or locations involved  in
14    the  use,  storage,  or  manufacture of  hazardous materials.
15    The hazard signage system (such as, but not limited  to,  the
16    National  Fire  Protection  Association  standard  "NFPA 704"
17    system  as    specified  in  its  Standard  System  for   the
18    Identification   of  the  Fire  Hazards  of    Materials  for
19    Emergency  Response)  shall  be  consistent  with  any   such
20    signage required by federal law or regulation.
21        (b)   An  ordinance  or  regulation  adopted by a unit of
22    local government   under  this  Section  requiring  a  hazard
23    signage system may not take effect  sooner than 90 days after
24    its adoption by the unit of local government.
25        (c)   A  home  rule  unit may not regulate hazard signage
26    systems in a  manner  inconsistent  with  the  regulation  of
27    those  systems by the State under  this Act or by the federal
28    government.  This Section is a limitation under    subsection
29    (i)  of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution
30    on the  concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers  and
31    functions exercised  by the State."; and
32    by replacing lines 3 through 20 with the following:
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 1        "(430 ILCS 50/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 1256)
 2        Sec.  6.   It  is  the  responsibility  of any person who
 3    leases, operates or controls any  facilities,  or  equipment,
 4    structures,    or    locations    for   the   use,   storage,
 5    transportation, or  manufacture  of  hazardous  materials  to
 6    display   on  such  facility,  or  equipment,  structure,  or
 7    location appropriate placards or hazard signage as  described
 8    and  in  such manner as provided by regulation promulgated by
 9    the Agency or the Department pursuant to Section  5  of  this
10    Act  or  as  provided by ordinance or regulation adopted by a
11    unit of local government pursuant to Section 5.11.
12    (Source: P.A. 79-1442.)
13        (430 ILCS 50/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 1258)
14        Sec.  8.   Any  person  who  fails  to  comply  with  the
15    requirements of or violates any of the provisions of  Section
16    6  of  this  Act or the rules and regulations  promulgated by
17    the Agency or the Department pursuant to  those  Sections  or
18    who  fails to comply with the requirements of or violates any
19    of the provisions of an ordinance or regulation adopted by  a
20    unit  of  local government pursuant to Section 5.11, shall be
21    guilty of a Class C misdemeanor for the first  offense  or  a
22    Class B misdemeanor for second and subsequent offenses.
23    (Source: P.A. 81-384.)"; and
24    on page 8, by inserting the following below line 9:
25        "(430 ILCS 50/8.03) (from Ch. 127, par. 1258.03)
26        Sec.   8.03.  Any  person  or  entity  who  violates  any
27    provision of this Act, or any ordinance, rule, regulation  or
28    order  made pursuant to this Act, shall be liable for a civil
29    penalty of not to exceed $10,000 for each violation,  and  an
30    additional civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for each day
31    during which violation continues.
32    (Source: P.A. 84-852.)".

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