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91_HB4481
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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.
9 (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a
10 special fund to be known as the Used Tire Management Fund.
11 There shall be deposited into the Fund all monies received as
12 (1) recovered costs or proceeds from the sale of used tires
13 under Section 55.3 of this Act, (2) repayment of loans from
14 the Used Tire Management Fund, or (3) penalties or punitive
15 damages for violations of this Title, except as provided by
16 subdivision (b)(4) of Section 42.
17 (b) Beginning January 1, 1992, in addition to any other
18 fees required by law, the owner or operator of each site
19 required to be registered under subsection (d) of Section 55
20 shall pay to the Agency an annual fee of $100. Fees collected
21 under this subsection shall be deposited into the
22 Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund.
23 (c) Until July 1, 2000, Pursuant to appropriation,
24 monies up to an amount of $2 million per fiscal year from the
25 Used Tire Management Fund shall be allocated as follows:
26 (1) 38% shall be available to the Agency for the
27 following purposes, provided that priority shall be given
28 to item (i):
29 (i) To undertake preventive, corrective or
30 removal action as authorized by and in accordance
31 with Section 55.3, and to recover costs in
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1 accordance with Section 55.3.
2 (ii) For the performance of inspection and
3 enforcement activities for used and waste tire
4 sites.
5 (iii) To assist with marketing of used tires
6 by augmenting the operations of an industrial
7 materials exchange service.
8 (iv) To provide financial assistance to units
9 of local government for the performance of
10 inspecting, investigating and enforcement activities
11 pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 4 at used and
12 waste tire sites.
13 (v) To provide financial assistance for used
14 and waste tire collection projects sponsored by
15 local government or not-for-profit corporations.
16 (vi) For the costs of fee collection and
17 administration relating to used and waste tires, and
18 to accomplish such other purposes as are authorized
19 by this Act and regulations thereunder.
20 (2) 23% shall be available to the Department of
21 Commerce and Community Affairs for the following
22 purposes, provided that priority shall be given to item
23 (A):
24 (A) To provide grants or loans for the
25 purposes of:
26 (i) assisting units of local government
27 and private industry in the establishment of
28 facilities and programs to collect, process and
29 utilize used and waste tires and tire derived
30 materials;
31 (ii) demonstrating the feasibility of
32 innovative technologies as a means of
33 collecting, storing, processing and utilizing
34 used and waste tires and tire derived
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1 materials; and
2 (iii) applying demonstrated technologies
3 as a means of collecting, storing, processing,
4 and utilizing used and waste tires and tire
5 derived materials.
6 (B) To develop educational material for use by
7 officials and the public to better understand and
8 respond to the problems posed by used tires and
9 associated insects.
10 (C) (Blank).
11 (D) To perform such research as the Director
12 deems appropriate to help meet the purposes of this
13 Act.
14 (E) To pay the costs of administration of its
15 activities authorized under this Act.
16 (3) 25% shall be available to the Illinois
17 Department of Public Health for the following purposes:
18 (A) To investigate threats or potential
19 threats to the public health related to mosquitoes
20 and other vectors of disease associated with the
21 improper storage, handling and disposal of tires,
22 improper waste disposal, or natural conditions.
23 (B) To conduct surveillance and monitoring
24 activities for mosquitoes and other arthropod
25 vectors of disease, and surveillance of animals
26 which provide a reservoir for disease-producing
27 organisms.
28 (C) To conduct training activities to promote
29 vector control programs and integrated pest
30 management as defined in the Vector Control Act.
31 (D) To respond to inquiries, investigate
32 complaints, conduct evaluations and provide
33 technical consultation to help reduce or eliminate
34 public health hazards and nuisance conditions
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1 associated with mosquitoes and other vectors.
2 (E) To provide financial assistance to units
3 of local government for training, investigation and
4 response to public nuisances associated with
5 mosquitoes and other vectors of disease.
6 (4) 2% shall be available to the Department of
7 Agriculture for its activities under the Illinois
8 Pesticide Act relating to used and waste tires.
9 (5) 2% shall be available to the Pollution Control
10 Board for administration of its activities relating to
11 used and waste tires.
12 (6) 10% shall be available to the Department of
13 Natural Resources for the Illinois Natural History Survey
14 to perform research to study the biology, distribution,
15 population ecology, and biosystematics of tire-breeding
16 arthropods, especially mosquitoes, and the diseases they
17 spread.
18 The allocations provided by this subsection (c) do not apply
19 to State fiscal year 2001 or thereafter.
20 (d) By January 1, 1998, and biennially thereafter, each
21 State agency receiving an appropriation from the Used Tire
22 Management Fund shall report to the Governor and the General
23 Assembly on its activities relating to the Fund.
24 (e) Any monies appropriated from the Used Tire
25 Management Fund, but not obligated, shall revert to the Fund.
26 (f) In administering the provisions of subdivisions (1),
27 (2) and (3) of subsection (c) of this Section, the Agency,
28 the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, and the
29 Illinois Department of Public Health shall ensure that
30 appropriate funding assistance is provided to any
31 municipality with a population over 1,000,000 or to any
32 sanitary district which serves a population over 1,000,000.
33 (g) Pursuant to appropriation, monies in excess of $2
34 million per fiscal year from the Used Tire Management Fund
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1 shall be used as follows:
2 (1) 55% shall be available to the Agency to
3 undertake preventive, corrective or renewed action as
4 authorized by and in accordance with Section 55.3 and to
5 recover costs in accordance with Section 55.3.
6 (2) 45% shall be available to the Department of
7 Commerce and Community Affairs to provide grants or loans
8 for the purposes of:
9 (i) assisting units of local government and
10 private industry in the establishment of facilities
11 and programs to collect, process and utilize waste
12 tires and tire derived material;
13 (ii) demonstrating the feasibility of
14 innovative technologies as a means of collecting,
15 storing, processing, and utilizing used and waste
16 tires and tire derived materials; and
17 (iii) applying demonstrated technologies as a
18 means of collecting, storing, processing, and
19 utilizing used and waste tires and tire derived
20 materials.
21 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 89-499, eff. 6-28-96.)
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.