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91_HB0766
LRB9103296ACtm
1 AN ACT to amend the Environmental Protection Act by
2 changing Section 32.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended
6 by changing Section 32 as follows:
7 (415 ILCS 5/32) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1032)
8 Sec. 32. Hearings. All hearings under this Title shall be
9 held before a qualified hearing officer, who may be attended
10 by at least one member of the Board, designated by the
11 Chairman. All such hearings shall be open to the public, and
12 any person may submit written statements to the Board in
13 connection with the subject thereof. In addition, the Board
14 may permit any person to offer oral testimony.
15 Any party to a hearing under this subsection may be
16 represented by counsel, may make oral or written argument,
17 offer testimony, cross-examine witnesses, or take any
18 combination of such actions. All testimony taken before the
19 Board shall be recorded stenographically. The transcript so
20 recorded, and any additional matter accepted for the record,
21 shall be open to public inspection, and copies thereof shall
22 be made available to any person upon payment of the actual
23 cost of reproducing the original.
24 (Source: P.A. 76-2429.)