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92_HB0574

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to drycleaners.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust
 5    Fund Act is amended by changing Section 75 as follows:

 6        (415 ILCS 135/75)
 7        Sec. 75. Adjustment of fees and taxes.  Beginning January
 8    1, 2000, and annually after  that  date,  the  Council  shall
 9    adjust  the copayment obligation of subsection (e) of Section
10    40, the drycleaning solvent taxes of Section 65, the  license
11    fees  of Section 60, or both any combination of adjustment of
12    each, after notice and opportunity for public comment,  in  a
13    manner   determined   necessary  and  appropriate  to  ensure
14    viability of the Fund.  Viability of the Fund shall  consider
15    the   settlement   of   all   current   claims   subject   to
16    prioritization  of  benefits  under subsection (c) of Section
17    25, consistent with the purposes of this  Act.   The  Council
18    may  not  adjust  the drycleaning solvent taxes of Section 65
19    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of  the  92nd
20    General Assembly.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-502, eff. 8-19-97; 91-453, eff. 8-6-99.)

22        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
23    becoming law.

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