Bill Text: IL HB1654 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Water Use Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1654 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1654-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1654 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
525 ILCS 45/2 from Ch. 5, par. 1602
Amends the Water Use Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning conservation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Water Use Act of 1983 is amended by changing
Section 2 as follows:
(525 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 5, par. 1602)
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. The The General Assembly
declares it to be in the public interest to better manage and
conserve water, to establish a mechanism for restricting
withdrawals of groundwater in emergencies, and to provide for
public notice of planned substantial withdrawals of water after
the effective date of this Act from new points of withdrawal
before water is withdrawn.
(Source: P.A. 85-483.)