Bill Text: IL HB5421 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed


Bill Title: Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning investigations by the Department of Natural Resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-12-22 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB5421 Detail]

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1 AN ACT concerning transportation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended
5by changing Section 14a as follows:
6 (615 ILCS 5/14a) (from Ch. 19, par. 61a)
7 Sec. 14a. It is the express intention of this legislation
8that close cooperation shall exist between the Pollution
9Control Board, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the
10Department of Natural Resources and that every resource of
11State government shall be applied to the proper preservation
12and utilization of the waters of Lake Michigan.
13 The Environmental Protection Agency shall work in close
14cooperation with the City of Chicago and other affected units
15of government to: (1) terminate discharge of pollutional waste
16materials to Lake Michigan from vessels in both intra-state
17and inter-state navigation, and (2) abate domestic,
18industrial, and other pollution to assure that Lake Michigan
19beaches in Illinois are suitable for full body contact sports,
20meeting criteria of the Pollution Control Board.
21 The Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly
22monitor conduct water quality from nearshores, harbors, and
23public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an

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