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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2622 Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 70 ILCS 805/18.6a | from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6340a |
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Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Removes provisions requiring a forest preserve district's Landfill Expense Fund to be maintained for a period not to exceed 40 years from the date of closure of the facility.
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| | HB2622 | | LRB103 29775 AWJ 56181 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 18.6a as follows:
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| 6 | | (70 ILCS 805/18.6a) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6340a)
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| 7 | | Sec. 18.6a.
Each forest preserve district which has on its |
| 8 | | property a
sanitary landfill or pollution control facility may |
| 9 | | create,
maintain and increase a separate fund to be known as |
| 10 | | the "Landfill Expense
Fund" for the purpose of paying all |
| 11 | | costs and expenses incurred by said
forest preserve district |
| 12 | | for or as a result of that sanitary landfill or pollution |
| 13 | | control facility either during its operation or after
its |
| 14 | | closure, including but not limited to the cost of maintenance,
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| 15 | | monitoring, sampling or testing of groundwater or landfill |
| 16 | | gas, fencing,
erosion control, improvements, restoration, |
| 17 | | filling,
covering, revegetation, seeding, regrading, |
| 18 | | compacting, excavating or
removal of materials, remedial |
| 19 | | action, response, the collection, treatment
or disposal of |
| 20 | | leachate and landfill gas, preventive and corrective actions
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| 21 | | necessary or appropriate in circumstances which will or may |
| 22 | | cause an
immediate or long-term danger to the environment or |
| 23 | | the public health or
which will or may prevent or delay public |