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91_HB1364
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1 AN ACT to amend the Environmental Protection Act by
2 changing Section 55.6.
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 55.6 as follows:
7 (415 ILCS 5/55.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.6)
8 Sec. 55.6. Used Tire Management Fund; allocation of funds
9 .
10 (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a
11 special fund to be known as the Used Tire Management Fund.
12 There shall be deposited into the Fund all monies received as
13 (1) recovered costs or proceeds from the sale of used tires
14 under Section 55.3 of this Act, (2) repayment of loans from
15 the Used Tire Management Fund, or (3) penalties or punitive
16 damages for violations of this Title, except as provided by
17 subdivision (b)(4) of Section 42.
18 (b) Beginning January 1, 1992, in addition to any other
19 fees required by law, the owner or operator of each site
20 required to be registered under subsection (d) of Section 55
21 shall pay to the Agency an annual fee of $100. Fees collected
22 under this subsection shall be deposited into the
23 Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund.
24 (c) Until July 1, 2000, pursuant to appropriation,
25 monies up to an amount of $2 million per fiscal year from the
26 Used Tire Management Fund shall be allocated as follows:
27 (1) 38% shall be available to the Agency for the
28 following purposes, provided that priority shall be given
29 to item (i):
30 (i) To undertake preventive, corrective or
31 removal action as authorized by and in accordance
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1 with Section 55.3, and to recover costs in
2 accordance with Section 55.3.
3 (ii) For the performance of inspection and
4 enforcement activities for used and waste tire
5 sites.
6 (iii) To assist with marketing of used tires
7 by augmenting the operations of an industrial
8 materials exchange service.
9 (iv) To provide financial assistance to units
10 of local government for the performance of
11 inspecting, investigating and enforcement activities
12 pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 4 at used and
13 waste tire sites.
14 (v) To provide financial assistance for used
15 and waste tire collection projects sponsored by
16 local government or not-for-profit corporations.
17 (vi) For the costs of fee collection and
18 administration relating to used and waste tires, and
19 to accomplish such other purposes as are authorized
20 by this Act and regulations thereunder.
21 (2) 23% shall be available to the Department of
22 Commerce and Community Affairs for the following
23 purposes, provided that priority shall be given to item
24 (A):
25 (A) To provide grants or loans for the
26 purposes of:
27 (i) assisting units of local government
28 and private industry in the establishment of
29 facilities and programs to collect, process and
30 utilize used and waste tires and tire derived
31 materials;
32 (ii) demonstrating the feasibility of
33 innovative technologies as a means of
34 collecting, storing, processing and utilizing
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1 used and waste tires and tire derived
2 materials; and
3 (iii) applying demonstrated technologies
4 as a means of collecting, storing, processing,
5 and utilizing used and waste tires and tire
6 derived materials.
7 (B) To develop educational material for use by
8 officials and the public to better understand and
9 respond to the problems posed by used tires and
10 associated insects.
11 (C) (Blank).
12 (D) To perform such research as the Director
13 deems appropriate to help meet the purposes of this
14 Act.
15 (E) To pay the costs of administration of its
16 activities authorized under this Act.
17 (3) 25% shall be available to the Illinois
18 Department of Public Health for the following purposes:
19 (A) To investigate threats or potential
20 threats to the public health related to mosquitoes
21 and other vectors of disease associated with the
22 improper storage, handling and disposal of tires,
23 improper waste disposal, or natural conditions.
24 (B) To conduct surveillance and monitoring
25 activities for mosquitoes and other arthropod
26 vectors of disease, and surveillance of animals
27 which provide a reservoir for disease-producing
28 organisms.
29 (C) To conduct training activities to promote
30 vector control programs and integrated pest
31 management as defined in the Vector Control Act.
32 (D) To respond to inquiries, investigate
33 complaints, conduct evaluations and provide
34 technical consultation to help reduce or eliminate
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1 public health hazards and nuisance conditions
2 associated with mosquitoes and other vectors.
3 (E) To provide financial assistance to units
4 of local government for training, investigation and
5 response to public nuisances associated with
6 mosquitoes and other vectors of disease.
7 (4) 2% shall be available to the Department of
8 Agriculture for its activities under the Illinois
9 Pesticide Act relating to used and waste tires.
10 (5) 2% shall be available to the Pollution Control
11 Board for administration of its activities relating to
12 used and waste tires.
13 (6) 10% shall be available to the Department of
14 Natural Resources for the Illinois Natural History Survey
15 to perform research to study the biology, distribution,
16 population ecology, and biosystematics of tire-breeding
17 arthropods, especially mosquitoes, and the diseases they
18 spread.
19 The allocations provided by this subsection (c) do not apply
20 to State fiscal year 2001 or thereafter.
21 (d) By January 1, 1998, and biennially thereafter, each
22 State agency receiving an appropriation from the Used Tire
23 Management Fund shall report to the Governor and the General
24 Assembly on its activities relating to the Fund.
25 (e) Any monies appropriated from the Used Tire
26 Management Fund, but not obligated, shall revert to the Fund.
27 (f) In administering the provisions of subdivisions (1),
28 (2) and (3) of subsection (c) of this Section, the Agency,
29 the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, and the
30 Illinois Department of Public Health shall ensure that
31 appropriate funding assistance is provided to any
32 municipality with a population over 1,000,000 or to any
33 sanitary district which serves a population over 1,000,000.
34 (g) Pursuant to appropriation, monies in excess of $2
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1 million per fiscal year from the Used Tire Management Fund
2 shall be used as follows:
3 (1) 55% shall be available to the Agency to
4 undertake preventive, corrective or renewed action as
5 authorized by and in accordance with Section 55.3 and to
6 recover costs in accordance with Section 55.3.
7 (2) 45% shall be available to the Department of
8 Commerce and Community Affairs to provide grants or loans
9 for the purposes of:
10 (i) assisting units of local government and
11 private industry in the establishment of facilities
12 and programs to collect, process and utilize waste
13 tires and tire derived material;
14 (ii) demonstrating the feasibility of
15 innovative technologies as a means of collecting,
16 storing, processing, and utilizing used and waste
17 tires and tire derived materials; and
18 (iii) applying demonstrated technologies as a
19 means of collecting, storing, processing, and
20 utilizing used and waste tires and tire derived
21 materials.
22 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 89-499, eff. 6-28-96.)