Bill Text: IL SB2757 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Removes language providing that the regulation of pesticides by any political subdivision of the State is specifically prohibited except for counties and municipalities with a population over 2,000,000. Provides instead that neither a home rule unit nor any other political subdivision of the State may regulate pesticides in a manner that is less restrictive than the regulation of pesticides by the State under the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-15 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2757 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2757-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pesticide Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3 as follows:
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6 | (415 ILCS 60/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 803) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3. Delegation of Authority. The Illinois Department | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | of Agriculture shall administer "The Illinois Pesticide Act". | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | 1. It shall be the duty of the Department of Agriculture to | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | enforce this Act and such provisions of other Acts intended to | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | control the registration, purchase, use, storage and disposal | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | of pesticides, unless otherwise specified in this Section. | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Also, the Department of Agriculture shall control the purchase | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | and use of pesticides pertaining to the production, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | protection, care, storage, or transportation of agricultural | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | commodities and to control the use of pesticides applied by | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | agricultural equipment. Also, the Department shall establish | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | and implement an Agrichemical Facility Response Action Program | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | as provided in Section 19.3. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | 2. It shall be the duty of the Department of Public Health | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | to enforce such provisions of this Act and other Acts intended | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | to control structural pest pesticides, as defined in | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | subparagraph 37 of Section 4, of this Act. It shall be the duty |
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1 | of the Department of Public Health to enforce such provisions | ||||||
2 | of this Act related to vector control, control of pestiferous | ||||||
3 | and disease carrying insects, rodents and other animals, and | ||||||
4 | control of birds and other mammals that may pose a threat to | ||||||
5 | the health of the public. | ||||||
6 | 3. It shall be the duty of the Environmental Protection | ||||||
7 | Agency to enforce such provisions of this Act and other Acts | ||||||
8 | intended to protect and preserve the quality of air, water, | ||||||
9 | and guard against unreasonable contamination of land | ||||||
10 | resources. | ||||||
11 | 4. Neither a home rule unit nor any other political | ||||||
12 | subdivision of this State may regulate pesticides in a manner | ||||||
13 | that is less restrictive than the regulation of pesticides by | ||||||
14 | the State under this Act. This Section is a limitation under | ||||||
15 | subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of | ||||||
17 | powers and functions exercised by the State. The regulation of | ||||||
18 | pesticides by any political subdivision of this State, | ||||||
19 | including home rule units, is specifically prohibited except | ||||||
20 | for counties and municipalities with a population over | ||||||
21 | 2,000,000. The regulation of pesticides under this Act is an | ||||||
22 | exclusive power and function of the State, except as provided | ||||||
23 | in this paragraph, and is a denial and limitation, under | ||||||
24 | Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Constitution, of the power of a home rule unit to regulate | ||||||
26 | pesticides. |
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