Bill Text: IL SB0247 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the filing fees for specified petitions shall be $250 (rather than $75).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - Referred to Assignments [SB0247 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB0247-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0247 Introduced 1/22/2025, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 5/7.5 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1007.5
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the filing fees for specified petitions shall be $250 (rather than $75).
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A BILL FOR
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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 Environmental Protection Act is amended by
changing Section 7.5 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/7.5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1007.5)
Sec. 7.5. Filing fees.
(a) The Board shall collect filing fees as prescribed in
this Act. The fees shall be deposited in the Pollution Control
Board Fund. The filing fees shall be as follows:
Petition for site-specific regulation, $250 $75.
Petition for variance, $250 $75.
Petition for review of permit, $250 $75.
Petition to contest local government decision pursuant
to Section 40.1, $250 $75.
Petition for an adjusted standard, pursuant to Section
28.1, $250 $75.
Petition for a time-limited water quality standard,
$250 $75 per petitioner.
(b) A person who has filed a petition for a variance from a
water quality standard and paid the filing fee set forth in
subsection (a) of this Section for that petition and whose
variance petition is thereafter converted into a petition for

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