Bill Text: IL HB4986 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Changes the categories of waste that qualify for exemptions from State and local tipping fees and Subtitle D management fees. Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Requires each county to report its recycling and composting rate and its disposal rate to the Environmental Protection Agency. Establishes a recycling and composting goal that each county waste management plan must satisfy. Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to prepare a resource management plan that contains certain information about recycling and composting in the State. Authorizes the Department to provide grants to counties, municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or more, and municipal joint action agencies in order to help achieve the recycling and composting goals. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0853 [HB4986 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB4986-Amended.html

Rep. Karen May

Filed: 3/21/2012

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4986
2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4986, AS AMENDED,
3with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No.
41, on page 2, by replacing lines 2 and 3 with "used to track
5recycling, reuse, and composting rates; source reduction,
6recycling,"; and
7by replacing line 20 on page 2 through line 1 on page 3 with the
8following:
9 "(4) one person designated by the Director of Commerce
10 and Economic Opportunity to represent a local government;
11 (5) two persons designated by the Director of the
12 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to represent
13 local governmental solid waste management agencies;
14 (6) one person designated by the Director of Commerce
15 and Economic Opportunity to represent the solid waste
16 management industry;
17 (7) one person designated by the Director of Commerce

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1 and Economic Opportunity to represent the recycling
2 industry;
3 (8) one person designated by the Director of the
4 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to represent a
5 statewide manufacturing trade association;
6 (9) one person designated by the Director of Commerce
7 and Economic Opportunity to represent a statewide business
8 association; and"; and
9on page 3, line 2, by replacing "(7)" with "(10)".
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