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

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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-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is
amended by adding Section 10 as follows:
(415 ILCS 20/10 new)
Sec. 10. The Task Force on the Advancement of Materials
Recycling.
(a) The Task Force on the Advancement of Materials
Recycling is hereby created to review the status of recycling
and solid waste management planning in Illinois. The goal of
the Task Force is to investigate and provide recommendations
for expanding waste reduction, recycling, reuse, and
composting in Illinois in a manner that protects the
environment, as well as public health and safety, and promotes
economic development.
The Task Force's review shall include, but not be limited
to, the following topics: county recycling and waste management
planning; current and potential policies and initiatives in
Illinois for waste reduction, recycling, composting, and
reuse; funding for State and local oversight and regulation of
solid waste activities; funding for State and local support of
projects that advance solid waste reduction, recycling, reuse,

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and composting efforts; and the proper management of household
hazardous waste. The review shall also evaluate the extent to
which materials with economic value are lost to landfilling,
and it shall also recommend ways to maximize the productive use
of waste materials through efforts such as materials recycling
and composting.
(b) The Task Force on the Advancement of Materials
Recycling shall consist of the following 21 members appointed
as follows:
(1) four legislators, appointed one each by the
President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate,
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;
(2) the Director of the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency, or his or her representative;
(3) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity,
or his or her representative;
(4) two persons appointed by the Director of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity to represent local governments;
(5) two persons appointed by the Director of the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to represent a
local solid waste management agency;
(6) two persons appointed by the Director of the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to represent the
solid waste management industry;
(7) one person appointed by the Director of Commerce

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and Economic Opportunity to represent non-profit
organizations that provide recycling services;
(8) one person appointed by the Director of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity to represent recycling collection
and processing services;
(9) one person appointed by the Director of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity to represent construction and
demolition debris recycling services;
(10) one person appointed by the Director of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity to represent organic composting
services;
(11) one person appointed by the Director of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity to represent general recycling
interests;
(12) one person appointed by the Director of the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to represent
environmental interest groups;
(13) one person appointed by the Director of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity to represent environmental
interest groups;
(14) one person appointed by the Director of the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to represent a
statewide manufacturing trade association; and
(15) one person appointed by the Director of the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to represent a
statewide business association.

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(c) The Directors of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and
the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, or their
representatives, shall co-chair and facilitate the Task Force.
(d) The members of the Task Force shall be appointed no
later than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 97th General Assembly. The members of the Task Force
shall not receive compensation for serving as members of the
Task Force.
(e) The Task Force shall seek assistance from the Illinois
Department of Central Management Services, the Illinois Green
Economy Network, and the Illinois Green Governments
Coordinating Council to help facilitate the Task Force, using
technology, such as video conferencing and meeting space, with
the goal of reducing costs and greenhouse gas emissions
associated with travel.
(f) The Task Force shall prepare a report that summarizes
its work and makes recommendations resulting from its study,
and it shall submit a report of its findings and
recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no
later than 2 years after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 97th General Assembly.
(g) The Task Force, upon issuing the report described in
subsection (f) of this Section, is dissolved and this Section
is repealed.