92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB6013
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House Sponsors:
MAY-SLONE-HOWARD-COULSON-DAVIS,MONIQUE, FEIGENHOLTZ, 
   SAVIANO, CURRIE, SIMPSON, ERWIN, HOEFT, COWLISHAW, 
   WINTERS, MCKEON, CROTTY, LYONS,JOSEPH, YOUNGE AND OSTERMAN.

Short description: 
WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT                                                    

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates  the  Wetlands   Protection   Act.    Regulates   certain      
   activities  in  areas  that are designated as wetlands but that are no      
   longer protected by the U.S. Army  Corps  of  Engineers.   Establishes      
   criteria for issuing both general and individual permits for regulated      
   activities.    Provides   for   permit  fees  and  for  penalties  and      
   enforcement of the Act.  Creates the Wetlands Protection Fund.  Amends      
   the State Finance Act to establish the Fund.  Effective immediately.        
          HOME RULE NOTE                                                       
          (Department of Commerce and Community Affairs)                       
          HB 6013 states that its provisions shall not be construed as a       
          limitation or pre-emption of any statutory or regulatory auth-       
          ority arising under the Environmental Protection Act or Section      
          5-1062 of the Counties Code. Therefore, in the opinion of DCCA,      
          HB 6013 does not limit home rule powers and functions.               
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the            
   bill as introduced with the following changes.   Makes                      
   changes to the Section concerning the findings.  Limits the                 
   scope of the Wetlands Protection Act.   Removes  the  definitions  and      
   references  to  "county  stormwater management planning committee" and      
   "county wetlands protection body".  Provides  that  the  Environmental      
   Protection  Agency  shall propose water quality standards for wetlands      
   to  the  Illinois  Pollution  Control  Board  and  that  the  Illinois      
   Pollution Control Board shall adopt water quality standards.   Removes      
   language   concerning   permit  fee  amounts  and  provides  that  the      
   Department of Natural Resources  shall  establish  permit  application      
   fees  by  rule.   Provides  that  the Department shall issue a general      
   permit for regulated activities for which a permit has  been  obtained      
   pursuant  to  a  program  established  under specified Sections of the      
   Counties Code and  that  the  Department  has  determined  equals  the      
   overall  protection  of  wetland functions provided by the Department.      
   Removes the Section concerning county wetland protection by regulation      
   of wetlands.  Changes the penalties for violation of the Act.               
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Department of Natural Resources)                
          The cost to the State is estimated to be in excess of $500,000       
          for 8 staff and support costs. One time equipment start-up           
          costs are expected to be $85,000. It is not possible to esti-        
          mate the revenue to be generated because of uncertainty of the       
          volume of activity and the fees that are to be established by        
          Administrative Rule.                                                 
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Environmental Protection Agency)                
          HB 6013, as amended by H-am 1, will have a limited financial         
          impact on EPA based upon the staff time that would be required.      
          However, this impact will be spread out over a long period of        
          time due to the deadline for the proposed rules being 2006.          
          Therefore, IEPA believes it can implement HB 6013 with its           
          existing resources.                                                  
          LAND CONVEYANCE APPRAISAL NOTE, H-AM 1                               
          (Department of Transportation)                                       
          This legislation does ont transfer any parcels of IDOT               
          property. Therefore, there are no IDOT land conveyance               
          appraisals associated with this legislation.                         
          STATE MANDATES NOTE, H-AM 1                                          
          (Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs)              
          In the opinion of DCCA, HB 6013 (H-am 1) creates a service man-      
          date for which reimbursement of 50% to 100% of the increased         
          costs to units of local government is required under the State       
          Mandates Act. Due to the nature of the bill, an estimate of the      
          increased cost to units of local government cannot be deter-         
          mined.                                                               
 
Last action on Bill: THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/LOST          031-055-029

   Last action date: APR-05-2002

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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