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Public Act 093-0932
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LRB093 18314 RCE 44020 b |
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AN ACT concerning the Attorney General.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Asbestos Abatement Authority Act is amended |
by changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 3120/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 3504)
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Sec. 4. Environmental Enforcement-Asbestos Litigation |
Division. There is created within the
office of the Attorney |
General an Environmental Enforcement-Asbestos Litigation |
Division. The
Division, under the supervision and the direction |
of the Attorney General,
shall enforce laws, rules, and |
regulations that protect the State's environment and shall |
investigate and initiate legal
proceedings necessary to ensure |
maximum recovery of asbestos abatement
costs for all State |
entities of this State. All asbestos abatement costs
amounts |
recovered by the
Division, including any award of damages, |
penalties,
those awarded for asbestos abatement and attorney's
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fees, shall be deposited in the Asbestos Abatement Fund in the |
State Treasury.
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(Source: P.A. 85-585.)
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(20 ILCS 3120/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 3505)
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Sec. 5. Asbestos Abatement Fund. There is created in the |
State
Treasury the Asbestos Abatement Fund into which shall be |
deposited all
grants, gifts, attorney's fees and recoveries |
received for the purpose of
asbestos abatement in the State |
governmental buildings. Such funds
shall be expended pursuant |
to appropriations made by the General Assembly
to the Capital |
Development Board for asbestos surveys and abatement
purposes |
and to the Attorney General for the operations of the |
Environmental Enforcement-Asbestos
Litigation Division.
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(Source: P.A. 87-14; 87-633.)
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