Bill Text: IL SB3069 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Creates the Executive Order 3 (2017) Implementation Act. Implements and supersedes the provisions of Executive Order 3 (2017) concerning transfers from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the Environmental Protection Agency. Transfers various powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities of the Office of Energy and Recycling under the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the Environmental Protection Agency. Makes corresponding changes throughout the statutes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3069 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB3069-Introduced.html


100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB3069

Introduced 2/15/2018, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Executive Order 3 (2017) Implementation Act. Implements and supersedes the provisions of Executive Order 3 (2017) concerning transfers from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the Environmental Protection Agency. Transfers various powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities of the Office of Energy and Recycling under the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the Environmental Protection Agency. Makes corresponding changes throughout the statutes. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Executive Order 3 (2017) Implementation Act.
6 Section 5. Effect. This Act, including all of the
7amendatory provisions of this Act, implements and supersedes
8the provisions of Executive Order 3 (2017) concerning the
9transfer of rights, powers, duties, responsibilities,
10employees, property, funds, and functions from the Department
11of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the Environmental
12Protection Agency.
13 Section 10. Functions transferred. Except as provided in
14Section 15, on the effective date of this Act or as soon
15thereafter as practical, those powers, duties, rights,
16responsibilities, and functions of the Office of Energy and
17Recycling under the Department of Commerce and Economic
18Opportunity that are referenced in this Act are transferred to
19the Environmental Protection Agency as provided in this Act.
20All of the general powers reasonably necessary and convenient
21to implement and administer those functions of the Office of
22Energy and Recycling transferred by this Act are vested in and

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1shall be exercised by the Environmental Protection Agency.
2 Section 15. Functions not transferred. The functions
3associated with the Office of Energy and Recycling that are
4transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency under
5Section 10 do not include any one or more of the following:
6 (1) electric energy efficiency programs administered
7 by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
8 under Section 8-103 of the Public Utilities Act;
9 (2) natural gas efficiency programs administered by
10 the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under
11 Section 8-104 of the Public Utilities Act; or
12 (3) any functions of the Office of Energy and Recycling
13 not transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency by
14 this Act.
15 Section 20. Representation on boards or other entities.
16With respect to the Department of Commerce and Economic
17Opportunity, the transfers under this Act shall not affect:
18 (1) the composition of any multi-member board,
19 commission, or authority, unless otherwise provided in
20 this Act;
21 (2) the manner in which any official is appointed,
22 except that when any provision of an Executive Order or Act
23 provides for the membership of the Department of Commerce
24 and Economic Opportunity on any council, commission,

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1 board, or other entity in relation to any function of the
2 Office of Energy and Recycling transferred to the
3 Environmental Protection Agency under this Act, the
4 Director of the Environmental Protection Agency or his or
5 her designee shall serve in that place; if more than one
6 such person is required by law to serve on any council,
7 commission, board, or other entity, then an equivalent
8 number of representatives of the Environmental Protection
9 Agency shall so serve;
10 (3) whether the nomination or appointment of any
11 official is subject to the advice and consent of the
12 Senate;
13 (4) any eligibility or qualification requirements
14 pertaining to service as an official; or
15 (5) the service or term of any incumbent official
16 serving as of the effective date of this Act.
17 Section 25. Personnel transferred. Personnel and positions
18within the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity that
19are engaged in the performance of functions of the Office of
20Energy and Recycling transferred to the Environmental
21Protection Agency under this Act are transferred to and shall
22continue their service within the Environmental Protection
23Agency. The status and rights of those employees under the
24Personnel Code shall not be affected by this Act. The rights of
25the employees and the State of Illinois and its agencies under

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1the Personnel Code and applicable collective bargaining
2agreements or under any pension, retirement, or annuity plan
3shall not be affected by this Act.
4 Section 30. Books and records transferred. All books,
5records, papers, documents, property (real and personal),
6contracts, causes of action, and pending business, pertaining
7to the powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities
8transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency under this
9Act, including, but not limited to, material in electronic or
10magnetic format and necessary computer hardware and software,
11shall be transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency.
12 Section 35. Successor agency; unexpended moneys
13transferred. With respect to the functions of the Office of
14Energy and Recycling transferred under this Act, the
15Environmental Protection Agency is the successor agency to the
16Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under the
17Successor Agency Act and Section 9b of the State Finance Act.
18All unexpended appropriations and balances and other funds
19available for use by the Office of Energy and Recycling shall,
20pursuant to the direction of the Governor, be transferred for
21use by the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with
22this Act. Unexpended balances so transferred shall be expended
23by the Environmental Protection Agency only for the purpose for
24which the appropriations were originally made.

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1 Section 40. Reports, notices, or papers. Whenever reports
2or notices are required to be made or given or papers or
3documents furnished or served by any person to or upon the
4Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in connection
5with any of the powers, duties, rights, or responsibilities
6transferred by this Act to the Environmental Protection Agency,
7the same shall instead be made, given, furnished, or served in
8the same manner to or upon the Environmental Protection Agency.
9 Section 45. Rules.
10 (a) Any rules that (1) relate to the functions of the
11Office of Energy and Recycling transferred to the Environmental
12Protection Agency by this Act, (2) are in full force on the
13effective date of Executive Order 3 (2017), and (3) have been
14duly adopted by the Department of Commerce and Economic
15Opportunity shall become the rules of the Environmental
16Protection Agency. This Act does not affect the legality of any
17such rules in the Illinois Administrative Code.
18 (b) Any proposed rule filed with the Secretary of State by
19the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity that
20pertains to the functions of the Office of Energy and Recycling
21transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency by this Act,
22and that is pending in the rulemaking process on the effective
23date of Executive Order 3 (2017) shall be deemed to have been
24filed by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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1 (c) On and after the effective date of this Act, the
2Environmental Protection Agency may propose and adopt, under
3the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, other rules that
4relate to the functions of the Office of Energy and Recycling
5transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency by this Act.
6 Section 50. Rights, obligations, and duties unaffected by
7transfer. The transfer of powers, duties, rights, and
8responsibilities to the Environmental Protection Agency under
9this Act does not affect any person's rights, obligations, or
10duties, including any civil or criminal penalties applicable
11thereto, arising out of those transferred powers, duties,
12rights, and responsibilities.
13 Section 55. Acts and actions unaffected by transfer.
14 (a) This Act does not affect any act done, ratified, or
15canceled, or any right accruing or established, before the
16effective date of Executive Order 3 (2017) in connection with
17any function of the Office of Energy and Recycling transferred
18under this Act.
19 This Act does not affect any action or proceeding had or
20commenced before the effective date of Executive Order 3 (2017)
21in an administrative, civil, or criminal cause regarding a
22function of the Office of Energy and Recycling transferred from
23the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, but any
24such action or proceeding may be defended, prosecuted, or

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1continued by the Environmental Protection Agency.
2 Section 60. Exercise of transferred powers; savings
3provisions. The powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities
4related to the functions of the Office of Energy and Recycling
5transferred under this Act are vested in and shall be exercised
6by the Environmental Protection Agency. Each act done in the
7exercise of those powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities
8shall have the same legal effect as if done by the Department
9of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or its divisions,
10officers, or employees.
11 Section 900. The Electric Vehicle Act is amended by
12changing Sections 15 and 20 as follows:
13 (20 ILCS 627/15)
14 Sec. 15. Electric Vehicle Coordinator. The Governor shall
15appoint a person within the Environmental Protection Agency
16Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to serve as the
17Electric Vehicle Coordinator for the State of Illinois. This
18person may be an existing employee with other duties. The
19Coordinator shall act as a point person for electric vehicle
20related policies and activities in Illinois.
21(Source: P.A. 97-89, eff. 7-11-11.)
22 (20 ILCS 627/20)

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1 Sec. 20. Electric vehicle advisory council.
2 (a) There is created the Illinois Electric Vehicle Advisory
3Council. The Council shall investigate and recommend
4strategies that the Governor and the General Assembly may
5implement to promote the use of electric vehicles, including,
6but not limited to, potential infrastructure improvements,
7State and local regulatory streamlining, and changes to
8electric utility rates and tariffs.
9 (b) The Council shall include all of the following members:
10 (1) The Electric Vehicle Coordinator to serve as
11 chairperson.
12 (2) Four members of the General Assembly, one appointed
13 by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one
14 appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
15 Representatives, one appointed by the President of the
16 Senate, and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the
17 Senate.
18 (3) (Blank). The Director of Commerce and Economic
19 Opportunity or his or her designee.
20 (4) The Director of the Environmental Protection
21 Agency or his or her designee.
22 (5) The Executive Director of the Illinois Commerce
23 Commission or his or her designee.
24 (6) The Secretary of the Illinois Department of
25 Transportation or his or her designee.
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1 follows:
2 (A) two representatives of statewide environmental
3 organizations;
4 (B) two representatives of national or regional
5 environmental organizations;
6 (C) one representative of a nonprofit car-sharing
7 organization;
8 (D) two representatives of automobile
9 manufacturers;
10 (E) one representative of the City of Chicago; and
11 (F) two representatives of electric utilities.
12 (c) The Council shall report its findings to the Governor
13and General Assembly by December 31, 2011.
14 (d) The Environmental Protection Agency Department of
15Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide administrative
16and other support to the Council.
17(Source: P.A. 97-89, eff. 7-11-11.)
18 Section 905. The Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and
19Coal Resources Development Law of 1997 is amended by changing
20Sections 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-5.5, and 6-6 as follows:
21 (20 ILCS 687/6-3)
22 (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
23 Sec. 6-3. Renewable energy resources program.
24 (a) The Environmental Protection Agency Department of

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1Commerce and Economic Opportunity, to be called the "Agency"
2"Department" hereinafter in this Law, shall administer the
3Renewable Energy Resources Program to provide grants, loans,
4and other incentives to foster investment in and the
5development and use of renewable energy resources.
6 (b) The Agency may, by administrative rule, Department
7shall establish and adjust eligibility criteria for grants,
8loans, and other incentives to foster investment in and the
9development and use of renewable energy resources. These
10criteria shall be reviewed annually and adjusted as necessary.
11The criteria should promote the goal of fostering investment in
12and the development and use, in Illinois, of renewable energy
13resources.
14 (c) The Agency may Department shall accept applications for
15grants, loans, and other incentives to foster investment in and
16the development and use of renewable energy resources.
17 (d) To the extent that funds are available and
18appropriated, the Agency Department shall provide grants,
19loans, and other incentives to applicants that meet the
20criteria specified by the Agency Department.
21 (e) (Blank). The Department shall conduct an annual study
22on the use and availability of renewable energy resources in
23Illinois. Each year, the Department shall submit a report on
24the study to the General Assembly. This report shall include
25suggestions for legislation which will encourage the
26development and use of renewable energy resources.

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1 (f) As used in this Law, "renewable energy resources"
2includes energy from wind, solar thermal energy, photovoltaic
3cells and panels, dedicated crops grown for energy production
4and organic waste biomass, hydropower that does not involve new
5construction or significant expansion of hydropower dams, and
6other such alternative sources of environmentally preferable
7energy. "Renewable energy resources" does not include,
8however, energy from the incineration or burning of waste wood,
9tires, garbage, general household, institutional and
10commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or office waste,
11landscape waste, or construction or demolition debris.
12 (g) There is created the Energy Efficiency Investment Fund
13as a special fund in the State Treasury, to be administered by
14the Agency Department to support the development of
15technologies for wind, biomass, and solar power in Illinois.
16The Agency Department may accept private and public funds,
17including federal funds, for deposit into the Fund.
18(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 95-913, eff. 1-1-09.)
19 (20 ILCS 687/6-4)
20 (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
21 Sec. 6-4. Renewable Energy Resources Trust Fund.
22 (a) A fund to be called the Renewable Energy Resources
23Trust Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
24 (b) The Renewable Energy Resources Trust Fund shall be
25administered by the Agency Department to provide grants, loans,

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1and other incentives to foster investment in and the
2development and use of renewable energy resources as provided
3in Section 6-3 of this Law or pursuant to the Illinois
4Renewable Fuels Development Program Act.
5 (c) All funds used by the Agency Department for the
6Renewable Energy Resources Program shall be subject to
7appropriation by the General Assembly.
8(Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
9 (20 ILCS 687/6-5)
10 (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
11 Sec. 6-5. Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
12Development Assistance Charge.
13 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-111 of the
14Public Utilities Act but subject to subsection (e) of this
15Section, each public utility, electric cooperative, as defined
16in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act, and municipal
17utility, as referenced in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities
18Act, that is engaged in the delivery of electricity or the
19distribution of natural gas within the State of Illinois shall,
20effective January 1, 1998, assess each of its customer accounts
21a monthly Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
22Development Assistance Charge. The delivering public utility,
23municipal electric or gas utility, or electric or gas
24cooperative for a self-assessing purchaser remains subject to
25the collection of the fee imposed by this Section. The monthly

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1charge shall be as follows:
2 (1) $0.05 per month on each account for residential
3 electric service as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
4 Assistance Act;
5 (2) $0.05 per month on each account for residential gas
6 service as defined in Section 13 of the Energy Assistance
7 Act;
8 (3) $0.50 per month on each account for nonresidential
9 electric service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
10 Assistance Act, which had less than 10 megawatts of peak
11 demand during the previous calendar year;
12 (4) $0.50 per month on each account for nonresidential
13 gas service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
14 Assistance Act, which had distributed to it less than
15 4,000,000 therms of gas during the previous calendar year;
16 (5) $37.50 per month on each account for nonresidential
17 electric service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
18 Assistance Act, which had 10 megawatts or greater of peak
19 demand during the previous calendar year; and
20 (6) $37.50 per month on each account for nonresidential
21 gas service, as defined in Section 13 of the Energy
22 Assistance Act, which had 4,000,000 or more therms of gas
23 distributed to it during the previous calendar year.
24 (b) The Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology
25Development Assistance Charge assessed by electric and gas
26public utilities shall be considered a charge for public

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1utility service.
2 (c) Fifty percent of the moneys collected pursuant to this
3Section shall be deposited in the Renewable Energy Resources
4Trust Fund by the Department of Revenue. From those funds,
5$2,000,000 may be used annually by the Environmental Protection
6Agency Department to provide grants to the Illinois Green
7Economy Network for the purposes of funding education and
8training for renewable energy and energy efficiency technology
9and for the operation and services of the Illinois Green
10Economy Network. The remaining 50 percent of the moneys
11collected pursuant to this Section shall be deposited in the
12Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund by the Department
13of Revenue for the exclusive purposes of (1) capturing or
14sequestering carbon emissions produced by coal combustion; (2)
15supporting research on the capture and sequestration of carbon
16emissions produced by coal combustion; and (3) improving coal
17miner safety.
18 (d) By the 20th day of the month following the month in
19which the charges imposed by this Section were collected, each
20utility and alternative retail electric supplier collecting
21charges pursuant to this Section shall remit to the Department
22of Revenue for deposit in the Renewable Energy Resources Trust
23Fund and the Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund all
24moneys received as payment of the charge provided for in this
25Section on a return prescribed and furnished by the Department
26of Revenue showing such information as the Department of

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1Revenue may reasonably require.
2 (e) The charges imposed by this Section shall only apply to
3customers of municipal electric or gas utilities and electric
4or gas cooperatives if the municipal electric or gas utility or
5electric or gas cooperative makes an affirmative decision to
6impose the charge. If a municipal electric or gas utility or an
7electric or gas cooperative makes an affirmative decision to
8impose the charge provided by this Section, the municipal
9electric or gas utility or electric or gas cooperative shall
10inform the Department of Revenue in writing of such decision
11when it begins to impose the charge. If a municipal electric or
12gas utility or electric or gas cooperative does not assess this
13charge, its customers shall not be eligible for the Renewable
14Energy Resources Program.
15 (f) The Department of Revenue may establish such rules as
16it deems necessary to implement this Section.
17(Source: P.A. 100-402, eff. 8-25-17.)
18 (20 ILCS 687/6-5.5)
19 (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
20 Sec. 6-5.5. Renewable energy grants.
21 (a) Subject to appropriation, the Agency may Department
22shall establish and operate a renewable energy grant program to
23assist public schools and community colleges with engineering
24studies and feasibility studies and in training green economy
25technology and in the installation, acquisition, construction,

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1and improvement of renewable energy resources, including
2without limitation smart grid technology, solar energy (such as
3solar panels), geothermal energy, and wind energy.
4 (b) Application for a grant under this Section must be in
5the form and manner established by the Department. The schools
6and community colleges may accept private funds for their
7portion of the cost.
8 (c) The Agency Department may adopt any rules that are
9necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this Section.
10(Source: P.A. 96-725, eff. 8-25-09; 97-72, eff. 7-1-11.)
11 (20 ILCS 687/6-6)
12 (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
13 Sec. 6-6. Energy efficiency program.
14 (a) For the year beginning January 1, 1998, and thereafter
15as provided in this Section, each electric utility as defined
16in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act and each
17alternative retail electric supplier as defined in Section
1816-102 of the Public Utilities Act supplying electric power and
19energy to retail customers located in the State of Illinois
20shall contribute annually a pro rata share of a total amount of
21$3,000,000 based upon the number of kilowatt-hours sold by each
22such entity in the 12 months preceding the year of
23contribution. On or before May 1 of each year, the Illinois
24Commerce Commission shall determine and notify the Agency
25Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity of the pro rata

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1share owed by each electric utility and each alternative retail
2electric supplier based upon information supplied annually to
3the Illinois Commerce Commission. On or before June 1 of each
4year, the Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
5Opportunity shall send written notification to each electric
6utility and each alternative retail electric supplier of the
7amount of pro rata share they owe. These contributions shall be
8remitted to the Department of Revenue on or before June 30 of
9each year the contribution is due on a return prescribed and
10furnished by the Department of Revenue showing such information
11as the Department of Revenue may reasonably require. The funds
12received pursuant to this Section shall be subject to the
13appropriation of funds by the General Assembly. The Department
14of Revenue shall place the funds remitted under this Section in
15a trust fund, that is hereby created in the State Treasury,
16called the Energy Efficiency Trust Fund. If an electric utility
17or alternative retail electric supplier does not remit its pro
18rata share to the Department of Revenue, the Department of
19Revenue must inform the Illinois Commerce Commission of such
20failure. The Illinois Commerce Commission may then revoke the
21certification of that electric utility or alternative retail
22electric supplier. The Illinois Commerce Commission may not
23renew the certification of any electric utility or alternative
24retail electric supplier that is delinquent in paying its pro
25rata share.
26 (b) The Agency Department of Commerce and Economic

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1Opportunity shall disburse the moneys in the Energy Efficiency
2Trust Fund to benefit residential electric customers through
3projects which the Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
4Opportunity has determined will promote energy efficiency in
5the State of Illinois. The Agency may Department of Commerce
6and Economic Opportunity shall establish a list of projects
7eligible for grants from the Energy Efficiency Trust Fund
8including, but not limited to, supporting energy efficiency
9efforts for low-income households, replacing energy
10inefficient windows with more efficient windows, replacing
11energy inefficient appliances with more efficient appliances,
12replacing energy inefficient lighting with more efficient
13lighting, insulating dwellings and buildings, using market
14incentives to encourage energy efficiency, and such other
15projects which will increase energy efficiency in homes and
16rental properties.
17 (c) The Agency may, by administrative rule, Department of
18Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish criteria and
19an application process for this grant program.
20 (d) (Blank). The Department of Commerce and Economic
21Opportunity shall conduct a study of other possible energy
22efficiency improvements and evaluate methods for promoting
23energy efficiency and conservation, especially for the benefit
24of low-income customers.
25 (e) (Blank). The Department of Commerce and Economic
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1Assembly evaluating the effectiveness of the projects and
2programs provided in this Section, and recommending further
3legislation which will encourage additional development and
4implementation of energy efficiency projects and programs in
5Illinois and other actions that help to meet the goals of this
6Section.
7(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
8 Section 910. The Illinois Renewable Fuels Development
9Program Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 25, and
1030 as follows:
11 (20 ILCS 689/5)
12 Sec. 5. Findings and State policy. The General Assembly
13recognizes that agriculture is a vital sector of the Illinois
14economy and that an important growth industry for the Illinois
15agricultural sector is renewable fuels production. Renewable
16fuels produced from Illinois agricultural products hold great
17potential for growing the State's economy, reducing our
18dependence on foreign oil supplies, and improving the
19environment by reducing harmful emissions from vehicles.
20Illinois is the nation's leading producer of ethanol, a clean,
21renewable fuel with significant environmental benefits. The
22General Assembly finds that reliable supplies of renewable
23fuels will be integral to the long term energy security of the
24United States. The General Assembly declares that it is the

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1public policy of the State of Illinois to promote and encourage
2the production and use of renewable fuels as a means not only
3to improve air quality in the State and the nation, but also to
4grow the agricultural sector of the Illinois economy. To
5achieve these public policy objectives, the General Assembly
6hereby authorizes the creation and implementation of the
7Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program within the Agency
8Department.
9(Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)
10 (20 ILCS 689/10)
11 Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
12 "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
13 "Biodiesel" means a renewable diesel fuel derived from
14biomass that is intended for use in diesel engines.
15 "Biodiesel blend" means a blend of biodiesel with
16petroleum-based diesel fuel in which the resultant product
17contains no less than 1% and no more than 99% biodiesel.
18 "Biomass" means non-fossil organic materials that have an
19intrinsic chemical energy content. "Biomass" includes, but is
20not limited to, soybean oil, other vegetable oils, and ethanol.
21 "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
22Opportunity.
23 "Diesel fuel" means any product intended for use or offered
24for sale as a fuel for engines in which the fuel is injected
25into the combustion chamber and ignited by pressure without

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1electric spark.
2 "Director" means the Director of the Agency Commerce and
3Economic Opportunity.
4 "Ethanol" means a product produced from agricultural
5commodities or by-products used as a fuel or to be blended with
6other fuels for use in motor vehicles.
7 "Fuel" means fuel as defined in Section 1.19 of the Motor
8Fuel Tax Law.
9 "Gasohol" means motor fuel that is no more than 90%
10gasoline and at least 10% denatured ethanol that contains no
11more than 1.25% water by weight.
12 "Gasoline" means all products commonly or commercially
13known or sold as gasoline (including casing head and absorption
14or natural gasoline).
15 "Illinois agricultural product" means any agricultural
16commodity grown in Illinois that is used by a production
17facility to produce renewable fuel in Illinois, including, but
18not limited to, corn, barley, and soy beans.
19 "Labor Organization" means any organization defined as a
20"labor organization" under Section 2 of the National Labor
21Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152).
22 "Majority blended ethanol fuel" means motor fuel that
23contains no less than 70% and no more than 90% denatured
24ethanol and no less than 10% and no more than 30% gasoline.
25 "Motor vehicles" means motor vehicles as defined in the
26Illinois Vehicle Code and watercraft propelled by an internal

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1combustion engine.
2 "Owner" means any individual, sole proprietorship, limited
3partnership, co-partnership, joint venture, corporation,
4cooperative, or other legal entity, including its agents, that
5operates or will operate a plant located within the State of
6Illinois.
7 "Plant" means a production facility that produces a
8renewable fuel. "Plant" includes land, any building or other
9improvement on or to land, and any personal properties deemed
10necessary or suitable for use, whether or not now in existence,
11in the processing of fuel from agricultural commodities or
12by-products.
13 "Renewable fuel" means ethanol, gasohol, majority blended
14ethanol fuel, biodiesel blend fuel, and biodiesel.
15(Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03; 93-618, eff. 12-11-03;
1694-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
17 (20 ILCS 689/15)
18 Sec. 15. Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program.
19 (a) The Agency may Department must develop and administer
20the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program to assist in
21the construction, modification, alteration, or retrofitting of
22renewable fuel plants in Illinois. The recipient of a grant
23under this Section must:
24 (1) be constructing, modifying, altering, or
25 retrofitting a plant in the State of Illinois;

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1 (2) be constructing, modifying, altering, or
2 retrofitting a plant that has annual production capacity of
3 no less than 5,000,000 gallons of renewable fuel per year;
4 and
5 (3) enter into a project labor agreement as prescribed
6 by Section 25 of this Act.
7 (b) Grant applications must be made on forms provided by
8and in accordance with procedures established by the Agency
9Department.
10 (c) The Agency Department must give preference to
11applicants that use Illinois agricultural products in the
12production of renewable fuel at the plant for which the grant
13is being requested.
14(Source: P.A. 96-140, eff. 1-1-10.)
15 (20 ILCS 689/25)
16 Sec. 25. Project labor agreements.
17 (a) The project labor agreement must include the following:
18 (1) provisions establishing the minimum hourly wage
19 for each class of labor organization employee;
20 (2) provisions establishing the benefits and other
21 compensation for each class of labor organization
22 employee; and
23 (3) provisions establishing that no strike or disputes
24 will be engaged in by the labor organization employees.
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1the authority to include other terms and conditions as they
2deem necessary.
3 (b) The project labor agreement shall be filed with the
4Director in accordance with procedures established by the
5Agency Department. At a minimum, the project labor agreement
6must provide the names, addresses, and occupations of the owner
7of the plant and the individuals representing the labor
8organization employees participating in the project labor
9agreement. The agreement must also specify the terms and
10conditions required in subsection (a).
11(Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)
12 (20 ILCS 689/30)
13 Sec. 30. Administration of the Act; rules. The Agency may
14Department shall administer this Act and shall adopt any rules
15necessary for that purpose.
16(Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)
17 Section 915. The Energy Conservation and Coal Development
18Act is amended by changing Sections 1 and 3 as follows:
19 (20 ILCS 1105/1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7401)
20 Sec. 1. Definitions; transfer of duties.
21 (a) For the purposes of this Act, unless the context
22otherwise requires:
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1 Economic Opportunity.
2 "Director" means the Director of Commerce and Economic
3 Opportunity.
4 (b) As provided in Section 80-20 of the Department of
5Natural Resources Act, the Department of Commerce and Community
6Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity)
7shall assume the rights, powers, and duties of the former
8Department of Energy and Natural Resources under this Act,
9except as those rights, powers, and duties are otherwise
10allocated or transferred by this amendatory Act of the 100th
11General Assembly or any other law.
12(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
13 (20 ILCS 1105/3) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7403)
14 Sec. 3. Powers and duties.
15 (a) In addition to its other powers, the Environmental
16Protection Agency Department has the following powers:
17 (1) To administer for the State any energy programs and
18 activities under federal law, regulations or guidelines,
19 and to coordinate such programs and activities with other
20 State agencies, units of local government, and educational
21 institutions.
22 (2) To represent the State in energy matters involving
23 the federal government, other states, units of local
24 government, and regional agencies.
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1 consideration by the Governor and the General Assembly.
2 Such plans may shall include procedures for determining
3 when a foreseeable danger exists of energy shortages,
4 including shortages of petroleum, coal, nuclear power,
5 natural gas, and other forms of energy, and may shall
6 specify the actions to be taken to minimize hardship and
7 maintain the general welfare during such energy shortages.
8 (4) To cooperate with State colleges and universities
9 and their governing boards in energy programs and
10 activities.
11 (5) (Blank).
12 (6) To accept, receive, expend, and administer,
13 including by contracts and grants to other State agencies,
14 any energy-related gifts, grants, cooperative agreement
15 funds, and other funds made available to the Agency
16 Department by the federal government and other public and
17 private sources, as well as any of those funds made
18 available to the Department before the effective date of
19 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
20 (7) To assist the Department of Central Management
21 Services in establishing and maintaining a system to
22 analyze and report energy consumption of facilities leased
23 by the Department of Central Management Services.
24 (a-5) In addition to its other powers, the Department has
25the following powers:
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1 utilize financial assistance, implement studies and
2 conduct research relating to the production, distribution
3 and use of alcohol fuels.
4 (2) (8) To serve as a clearinghouse for information on
5 alcohol production technology; provide assistance,
6 information and data relating to the production and use of
7 alcohol; develop informational packets and brochures, and
8 hold public seminars to encourage the development and
9 utilization of the best available technology.
10 (3) (9) To coordinate with other State agencies in
11 order to promote the maximum flow of information and to
12 avoid unnecessary overlapping of alcohol fuel programs. In
13 order to effectuate this goal, the Director of the
14 Department or his representative shall consult with the
15 Directors, or their representatives, of the Departments of
16 Agriculture, Central Management Services, Transportation,
17 and Revenue, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and the
18 Environmental Protection Agency.
19 (4) (10) To operate, within the Department, an Office
20 of Coal Development and Marketing for the promotion and
21 marketing of Illinois coal both domestically and
22 internationally. The Department may use monies
23 appropriated for this purpose for necessary administrative
24 expenses.
25 The Office of Coal Development and Marketing shall
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1 industry in Illinois to increase its share of the
2 international coal market.
3 (5) (11) To assist the Department of Central Management
4 Services in establishing and maintaining a system to
5 analyze and report energy consumption of facilities leased
6 by the Department of Central Management Services.
7 (6) (12) To consult with the Department Departments of
8 Natural Resources and Transportation and the Illinois
9 Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of
10 developing methods and standards that encourage the
11 utilization of coal combustion by-products as value added
12 products in productive and benign applications.
13 (7) (13) To provide technical assistance and
14 information to sellers and distributors of storage hot
15 water heaters doing business in Illinois, pursuant to
16 Section 1 of the Hot Water Heater Efficiency Act.
17 (b) (Blank).
18 (c) (Blank).
19 (d) The Agency Department shall develop a package of
20educational materials containing information regarding the
21necessity of waste reduction and recycling to reduce dependence
22on landfills and to maintain environmental quality. The Agency
23Department shall make this information available to the public
24on its website and for schools to access for their development
25of materials. Those materials shall be suitable for
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1 (e) (Blank).
2 (f) (Blank).
3 (g) (Blank).
4 (h) (Blank).
5 (i) (Blank).
6(Source: P.A. 98-44, eff. 6-28-13; 98-692, eff. 7-1-14.)
7 Section 920. The Energy Conservation Act is amended by
8changing Section 4 as follows:
9 (20 ILCS 1115/4) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7604)
10 Sec. 4. Technical Assistance Programs.
11 (a) The Environmental Protection Agency may Department of
12Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide to a unit of
13local government, upon request by the unit, technical
14assistance in the development of energy efficiency standards,
15including, but not limited to, thermal efficiency standards and
16lighting efficiency standards to units of local government,
17upon request by such unit.
18 (b) (Blank). The Department shall provide technical
19assistance in the development of a program for energy
20efficiency in procurement to units of local government, upon
21request by such unit.
22 (c) The Technical Assistance Programs provided in this
23Section shall be supported by funds provided to the State
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11975" or other federal acts that provide funds for energy
2conservation efforts through the use of building codes.
3(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
4 (20 ILCS 1115/5 rep.)
5 Section 925. The Energy Conservation Act is amended by
6repealing Section 5.
7 Section 930. The Energy Efficient Building Act is amended
8by changing Sections 10, 15, 25, and 30 as follows:
9 (20 ILCS 3125/10)
10 Sec. 10. Definitions.
11 "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
12 "Board" means the Capital Development Board.
13 "Building" includes both residential buildings and
14commercial buildings.
15 "Code" means the latest published edition of the
16International Code Council's International Energy Conservation
17Code as adopted by the Board, excluding published supplements
18but including the amendments and adaptations to the Code that
19are made by the Board.
20 "Commercial building" means any building except a building
21that is a residential building, as defined in this Section.
22 "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
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1 "Municipality" means any city, village, or incorporated
2town.
3 "Residential building" means (i) a detached one-family or
42-family dwelling or (ii) any building that is 3 stories or
5less in height above grade that contains multiple dwelling
6units, in which the occupants reside on a primarily permanent
7basis, such as a townhouse, a row house, an apartment house, a
8convent, a monastery, a rectory, a fraternity or sorority
9house, a dormitory, and a rooming house; provided, however,
10that when applied to a building located within the boundaries
11of a municipality having a population of 1,000,000 or more, the
12term "residential building" means a building containing one or
13more dwelling units, not exceeding 4 stories above grade, where
14occupants are primarily permanent.
15(Source: P.A. 96-778, eff. 8-28-09; 97-1033, eff. 8-17-12.)
16 (20 ILCS 3125/15)
17 Sec. 15. Energy Efficient Building Code. The Board, in
18consultation with the Agency Department, shall adopt the Code
19as minimum requirements for commercial buildings, applying to
20the construction of, renovations to, and additions to all
21commercial buildings in the State. The Board, in consultation
22with the Agency Department, shall also adopt the Code as the
23minimum and maximum requirements for residential buildings,
24applying to the construction of all residential buildings in
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1The Board may appropriately adapt the International Energy
2Conservation Code to apply to the particular economy,
3population distribution, geography, and climate of the State
4and construction therein, consistent with the public policy
5objectives of this Act.
6(Source: P.A. 96-778, eff. 8-28-09.)
7 (20 ILCS 3125/25)
8 Sec. 25. Technical assistance.
9 (a) The Agency Department shall make available to builders,
10designers, engineers, and architects implementation materials
11and training to explain the requirements of the Code and
12describe methods of compliance acceptable to Code Enforcement
13Officials.
14 (b) The materials shall include software tools, simplified
15prescriptive options, and other materials as appropriate. The
16simplified materials shall be designed for projects in which a
17design professional may not be involved.
18 (c) The Agency Department shall provide local
19jurisdictions with technical assistance concerning
20implementation and enforcement of the Code.
21(Source: P.A. 97-1033, eff. 8-17-12.)
22 (20 ILCS 3125/30)
23 Sec. 30. Enforcement. The Board, in consultation with the
24Agency Department, shall determine procedures for compliance

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1with the Code. These procedures may include but need not be
2limited to certification by a national, State, or local
3accredited energy conservation program or inspections from
4private Code-certified inspectors using the Code.
5(Source: P.A. 93-936, eff. 8-13-04.)
6 Section 935. The Green Governments Illinois Act is amended
7by changing Section 20 as follows:
8 (20 ILCS 3954/20)
9 Sec. 20. Responsibilities of the Council. The Council is
10responsible for the development and dissemination of programs,
11plans, and policies to reduce the environmental footprint of
12State government and for improving the implementation of
13greening the government initiatives in other institutions,
14thereby reducing costs to taxpayers and improving efficiency in
15operations. The Council shall convene on a quarterly basis and
16shall be responsible for the following:
17 (a) Establishing long-term environmental
18 sustainability goals that the State will strive to achieve
19 within a period of 3, 5, and 10 years to improve the energy
20 and environmental performance of State buildings,
21 consistent with efficiency and economic objectives. These
22 goals shall, at a minimum, include the following:
23 broad-based performance goals for energy efficiency; use
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1 paper consumption; and solid waste generation. These goals
2 can be met through increased efficiency, operational
3 changes, and improved maintenance and use of
4 cost-effective alternative technologies, raw materials,
5 and fuels.
6 The Council shall:
7 (1) communicate the environmental sustainability
8 goals to all State agencies;
9 (2) establish an electronic system to track and
10 report on environmental progress;
11 (3) monitor improvement activities; and
12 (4) propose new goals as appropriate.
13 (b) Coordinating an awards program that recognizes
14 units of State and local government and educational
15 institutions for developing, adopting, and implementing
16 innovative or exemplary environmental sustainability plans
17 in conformance with this Act.
18 (c) Creating specific guidance materials for State
19 agencies, educational institutions, and units of local
20 government on how to integrate environmental
21 sustainability into existing management systems, planning,
22 and operational practices, while still providing necessary
23 services and ensuring efficient and effective operations.
24 These guidance materials must include a list of
25 environmental and energy best practices, case studies,
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1 information. These materials must be made available on a
2 website devoted to the Green Governments Illinois program.
3 (d) Developing and implementing, to the extent
4 fiscally feasible, training programs designed to instill
5 the importance and value of environmental sustainability.
6 (e) Providing new ways for State government to build
7 markets for environmentally preferable products and
8 services without compromising price, competition, and
9 availability. The Council shall initially focus on
10 integrated pest management, bio-based products, recycled
11 content paper, energy efficiency, renewable energy,
12 alternative fuel vehicles, and green cleaning supplies.
13 Within existing resources, and within 60 days after the
14 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
15 Assembly, the Department of Central Management Services,
16 with the approval of the council, shall designate a single
17 point of contact for State agencies, suppliers, and other
18 interested parties to contact regarding environmentally
19 preferable purchasing issues.
20 (f) Working collaboratively with State agencies, units
21 of local government, educational institutions, and the
22 legislative branches of government to promote
23 benchmarking, commissioning, and retro-commissioning to
24 make government and institutional buildings more
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1 (g) Reviewing budgetary policy and making
2 recommendations to the Governor on incentives for State
3 agencies to undertake environmental improvements that
4 result in long-term cost-savings, productivity
5 enhancements, or other outcomes deemed appropriate to the
6 State's sustainability goals.
7 (h) Reporting annually to the Governor and the General
8 Assembly on the results of environmental sustainability
9 actions taken by State agencies, educational institutions
10 and units of local government during the prior fiscal year.
11 The report must include the environmental and economic
12 benefits of the environmental sustainability actions,
13 where feasible, the consumption of those actions, and
14 provide recommendations for future environmental
15 improvement activities during the following year. The
16 report shall be filed by September 1, 2008, and November 1
17 of each subsequent year.
18 (h-5) Participating in the proposal review and
19 subgrant award processes conducted by the Environmental
20 Protection Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
21 Opportunity to distribute the portion of funds eligible for
22 State government use under the federal Energy Independence
23 and Security Act of 2007, H.R. 6, Title V, Subtitle E
24 (Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants). A
25 designee of the Governor shall also participate in these
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1 Governor's designee first approves that subgrant.
2 (i) The chairman of the Council shall determine whether
3 or not the I-Cycle program is operating effectively and
4 make recommendations concerning management of the I-Cycle
5 program. The chairman has the authority to dissolve the
6 I-Cycle program if the program is found to be ineffective.
7(Source: P.A. 95-657, eff. 10-10-07; 96-74, eff. 7-24-09.)
8 Section 940. The School Code is amended by changing
9Sections 10-20.19c and 34-18.15 as follows:
10 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.19c) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.19c)
11 Sec. 10-20.19c. Recycled paper and paper products and solid
12waste management.
13 (a) Definitions. As used in this Section, the following
14terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless the context
15otherwise requires:
16 "Deinked stock" means paper that has been processed to
17remove inks, clays, coatings, binders and other contaminants.
18 "High grade printing and writing papers" includes offset
19printing paper, duplicator paper, writing paper (stationery),
20tablet paper, office paper, note pads, xerographic paper,
21envelopes, form bond including computer paper and carbonless
22forms, book papers, bond papers, ledger paper, book stock and
23cotton fiber papers.
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1writing papers, tissue products, newsprint, unbleached
2packaging and recycled paperboard.
3 "Postconsumer material" means only those products
4generated by a business or consumer which have served their
5intended end uses, and which have been separated or diverted
6from solid waste; wastes generated during the production of an
7end product are excluded.
8 "Recovered paper material" means paper waste generated
9after the completion of the papermaking process, such as
10postconsumer materials, envelope cuttings, bindery trimmings,
11printing waste, cutting and other converting waste, butt rolls,
12and mill wrappers, obsolete inventories, and rejected unused
13stock. "Recovered paper material", however, does not include
14fibrous waste generated during the manufacturing process such
15as fibers recovered from waste water or trimmings of paper
16machine rolls (mill broke), or fibrous byproducts of
17harvesting, extraction or woodcutting processes, or forest
18residues such as bark.
19 "Recycled paperboard" includes paperboard products,
20folding cartons and pad backings.
21 "Tissue products" includes toilet tissue, paper towels,
22paper napkins, facial tissue, paper doilies, industrial
23wipers, paper bags and brown papers. These products shall also
24be unscented and shall not be colored.
25 "Unbleached packaging" includes corrugated and fiber
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1 (a-5) Each school district shall periodically review its
2procurement procedures and specifications related to the
3purchase of products and supplies. Those procedures and
4specifications must be modified as necessary to require the
5school district to seek out products and supplies that contain
6recycled materials and to ensure that purchased products and
7supplies are reusable, durable, or made from recycled
8materials, if economically and practically feasible. In
9selecting products and supplies that contain recycled
10material, preference must be given to products and supplies
11that contain the highest amount of recycled material and that
12are consistent with the effective use of the product or supply,
13if economically and practically feasible.
14 (b) Wherever economically and practically feasible, as
15determined by the school board, the school board, all public
16schools and attendance centers within a school district, and
17their school supply stores shall procure recycled paper and
18paper products as follows:
19 (1) Beginning July 1, 2008, at least 10% of the total
20 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by
21 school boards, public schools and attendance centers, and
22 their school supply stores shall be recycled paper and
23 paper products.
24 (2) Beginning July 1, 2011, at least 25% of the total
25 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by
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1 their school supply stores shall be recycled paper and
2 paper products.
3 (3) Beginning July 1, 2014, at least 50% of the total
4 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by
5 school boards, public schools and attendance centers, and
6 their school supply stores shall be recycled paper and
7 paper products.
8 (4) Beginning July 1, 2020, at least 75% of the total
9 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by
10 school boards, public schools and attendance centers, and
11 their school supply stores shall be recycled paper and
12 paper products.
13 (5) Beginning upon the effective date of this
14 amendatory Act of 1992, all paper purchased by the board of
15 education, public schools and attendance centers for
16 publication of student newspapers shall be recycled
17 newsprint. The amount purchased shall not be included in
18 calculating the amounts specified in paragraphs (1)
19 through (4).
20 (c) Paper and paper products purchased from private sector
21vendors pursuant to printing contracts are not considered paper
22and paper products for the purposes of subsection (b), unless
23purchased under contract for the printing of student
24newspapers.
25 (d)(1) Wherever economically and practically feasible, the
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1shall contain postconsumer or recovered paper materials as
2specified by paper category in this subsection:
3 (i) Recycled high grade printing and writing paper
4 shall contain at least 50% recovered paper material. Such
5 recovered paper material, until July 1, 2008, shall consist
6 of at least 20% deinked stock or postconsumer material; and
7 beginning July 1, 2008, shall consist of at least 25%
8 deinked stock or postconsumer material; and beginning July
9 1, 2010, shall consist of at least 30% deinked stock or
10 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 2012, shall
11 consist of at least 40% deinked stock or postconsumer
12 material; and beginning July 1, 2014, shall consist of at
13 least 50% deinked stock or postconsumer material.
14 (ii) Recycled tissue products, until July 1, 1994,
15 shall contain at least 25% postconsumer material; and
16 beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 30%
17 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall
18 contain at least 35% postconsumer material; and beginning
19 July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 40% postconsumer
20 material; and beginning July 1, 2000, shall contain at
21 least 45% postconsumer material.
22 (iii) Recycled newsprint, until July 1, 1994, shall
23 contain at least 40% postconsumer material; and beginning
24 July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 50% postconsumer
25 material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall contain at
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1 1998, shall contain at least 70% postconsumer material; and
2 beginning July 1, 2000, shall contain at least 80%
3 postconsumer material.
4 (iv) Recycled unbleached packaging, until July 1,
5 1994, shall contain at least 35% postconsumer material; and
6 beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 40%
7 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall
8 contain at least 45% postconsumer material; and beginning
9 July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 50% postconsumer
10 material; and beginning July 1, 2000, shall contain at
11 least 55% postconsumer material.
12 (v) Recycled paperboard, until July 1, 1994, shall
13 contain at least 80% postconsumer material; and beginning
14 July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 85% postconsumer
15 material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall contain at
16 least 90% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1,
17 1998, shall contain at least 95% postconsumer material.
18 (2) For the purposes of this Section, "postconsumer
19 material" includes:
20 (i) paper, paperboard, and fibrous waste from
21 retail stores, office buildings, homes and so forth,
22 after the waste has passed through its end usage as a
23 consumer item, including used corrugated boxes, old
24 newspapers, mixed waste paper, tabulating cards, and
25 used cordage; and
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1 that are diverted or separated from the municipal waste
2 stream.
3 (3) For the purposes of this Section, "recovered paper
4 material" includes:
5 (i) postconsumer material;
6 (ii) dry paper and paperboard waste generated
7 after completion of the papermaking process (that is,
8 those manufacturing operations up to and including the
9 cutting and trimming of the paper machine reel into
10 smaller rolls or rough sheets), including envelope
11 cuttings, bindery trimmings, and other paper and
12 paperboard waste resulting from printing, cutting,
13 forming and other converting operations, or from bag,
14 box and carton manufacturing, and butt rolls, mill
15 wrappers, and rejected unused stock; and
16 (iii) finished paper and paperboard from obsolete
17 inventories of paper and paperboard manufacturers,
18 merchants, wholesalers, dealers, printers, converters
19 or others.
20 (e) Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to apply to art
21materials, nor to any newspapers, magazines, text books,
22library books or other copyrighted publications which are
23purchased or used by any school board or any public school or
24attendance center within a school district, or which are sold
25in any school supply store operated by or within any such
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1edited or produced by students enrolled in the school district,
2public school or attendance center.
3 (e-5) Each school district shall periodically review its
4procedures on solid waste reduction regarding the management of
5solid waste generated by academic, administrative, and other
6institutional functions. Those waste reduction procedures must
7be designed to, when economically and practically feasible,
8recycle the school district's waste stream, including without
9limitation landscape waste, computer paper, and white office
10paper. School districts are encouraged to have procedures that
11provide for the investigation of potential markets for other
12recyclable materials that are present in the school district's
13waste stream. The waste reduction procedures must be designed
14to achieve, before July 1, 2020, at least a 50% reduction in
15the amount of solid waste that is generated by the school
16district.
17 (f) The State Board of Education, in coordination with the
18Department Departments of Central Management Services and
19Commerce and Economic Opportunity, may adopt such rules and
20regulations as it deems necessary to assist districts in
21carrying out the provisions of this Section.
22(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 95-741, eff. 7-18-08.)
23 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.15) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.15)
24 Sec. 34-18.15. Recycled paper and paper products and solid
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1 (a) Definitions. As used in this Section, the following
2terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless the context
3otherwise requires:
4 "Deinked stock" means paper that has been processed to
5remove inks, clays, coatings, binders and other contaminants.
6 "High grade printing and writing papers" includes offset
7printing paper, duplicator paper, writing paper (stationery),
8tablet paper, office paper, note pads, xerographic paper,
9envelopes, form bond including computer paper and carbonless
10forms, book papers, bond papers, ledger paper, book stock and
11cotton fiber papers.
12 "Paper and paper products" means high grade printing and
13writing papers, tissue products, newsprint, unbleached
14packaging and recycled paperboard.
15 "Postconsumer material" means only those products
16generated by a business or consumer which have served their
17intended end uses, and which have been separated or diverted
18from solid waste; wastes generated during the production of an
19end product are excluded.
20 "Recovered paper material" means paper waste generated
21after the completion of the papermaking process, such as
22postconsumer materials, envelope cuttings, bindery trimmings,
23printing waste, cutting and other converting waste, butt rolls,
24and mill wrappers, obsolete inventories, and rejected unused
25stock. "Recovered paper material", however, does not include
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1fibers recovered from waste water or trimmings of paper machine
2rolls (mill broke), or fibrous byproducts of harvesting,
3extraction or woodcutting processes, or forest residues such as
4bark.
5 "Recycled paperboard" includes paperboard products,
6folding cartons and pad backings.
7 "Tissue products" includes toilet tissue, paper towels,
8paper napkins, facial tissue, paper doilies, industrial
9wipers, paper bags and brown papers. These products shall also
10be unscented and shall not be colored.
11 "Unbleached packaging" includes corrugated and fiber
12storage boxes.
13 (a-5) The school district shall periodically review its
14procurement procedures and specifications related to the
15purchase of products and supplies. Those procedures and
16specifications must be modified as necessary to require the
17school district to seek out products and supplies that contain
18recycled materials and to ensure that purchased products and
19supplies are reusable, durable, or made from recycled
20materials, if economically and practically feasible. In
21selecting products and supplies that contain recycled
22material, preference must be given to products and supplies
23that contain the highest amount of recycled material and that
24are consistent with the effective use of the product or supply,
25if economically and practically feasible.
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1determined by the board of education, the board of education,
2all public schools and attendance centers within the school
3district, and their school supply stores shall procure recycled
4paper and paper products as follows:
5 (1) Beginning July 1, 2008, at least 10% of the total
6 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
7 board of education, public schools and attendance centers,
8 and their school supply stores shall be recycled paper and
9 paper products.
10 (2) Beginning July 1, 2011, at least 25% of the total
11 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
12 board of education, public schools and attendance centers,
13 and their school supply stores shall be recycled paper and
14 paper products.
15 (3) Beginning July 1, 2014, at least 50% of the total
16 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
17 board of education, public schools and attendance centers,
18 and their school supply stores shall be recycled paper and
19 paper products.
20 (4) Beginning July 1, 2020, at least 75% of the total
21 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
22 board of education, public schools and attendance centers,
23 and their school supply stores shall be recycled paper and
24 paper products.
25 (5) Beginning upon the effective date of this
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1 education, public schools and attendance centers for
2 publication of student newspapers shall be recycled
3 newsprint. The amount purchased shall not be included in
4 calculating the amounts specified in paragraphs (1)
5 through (4).
6 (c) Paper and paper products purchased from private sector
7vendors pursuant to printing contracts are not considered paper
8and paper products for the purposes of subsection (b), unless
9purchased under contract for the printing of student
10newspapers.
11 (d)(1) Wherever economically and practically feasible, the
12recycled paper and paper products referred to in subsection (b)
13shall contain postconsumer or recovered paper materials as
14specified by paper category in this subsection:
15 (i) Recycled high grade printing and writing paper
16 shall contain at least 50% recovered paper material. Such
17 recovered paper material, until July 1, 2008, shall consist
18 of at least 20% deinked stock or postconsumer material; and
19 beginning July 1, 2008, shall consist of at least 25%
20 deinked stock or postconsumer material; and beginning July
21 1, 2010, shall consist of at least 30% deinked stock or
22 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 2012, shall
23 consist of at least 40% deinked stock or postconsumer
24 material; and beginning July 1, 2014, shall consist of at
25 least 50% deinked stock or postconsumer material.
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1 shall contain at least 25% postconsumer material; and
2 beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 30%
3 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall
4 contain at least 35% postconsumer material; and beginning
5 July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 40% postconsumer
6 material; and beginning July 1, 2000, shall contain at
7 least 45% postconsumer material.
8 (iii) Recycled newsprint, until July 1, 1994, shall
9 contain at least 40% postconsumer material; and beginning
10 July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 50% postconsumer
11 material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall contain at
12 least 60% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1,
13 1998, shall contain at least 70% postconsumer material; and
14 beginning July 1, 2000, shall contain at least 80%
15 postconsumer material.
16 (iv) Recycled unbleached packaging, until July 1,
17 1994, shall contain at least 35% postconsumer material; and
18 beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 40%
19 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall
20 contain at least 45% postconsumer material; and beginning
21 July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 50% postconsumer
22 material; and beginning July 1, 2000, shall contain at
23 least 55% postconsumer material.
24 (v) Recycled paperboard, until July 1, 1994, shall
25 contain at least 80% postconsumer material; and beginning
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1 material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall contain at
2 least 90% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1,
3 1998, shall contain at least 95% postconsumer material.
4 (2) For the purposes of this Section, "postconsumer
5 material" includes:
6 (i) paper, paperboard, and fibrous waste from
7 retail stores, office buildings, homes and so forth,
8 after the waste has passed through its end usage as a
9 consumer item, including used corrugated boxes, old
10 newspapers, mixed waste paper, tabulating cards, and
11 used cordage; and
12 (ii) all paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes
13 that are diverted or separated from the municipal waste
14 stream.
15 (3) For the purpose of this Section, "recovered paper
16 material" includes:
17 (i) postconsumer material;
18 (ii) dry paper and paperboard waste generated
19 after completion of the papermaking process (that is,
20 those manufacturing operations up to and including the
21 cutting and trimming of the paper machine reel into
22 smaller rolls or rough sheets), including envelope
23 cuttings, bindery trimmings, and other paper and
24 paperboard waste resulting from printing, cutting,
25 forming and other converting operations, or from bag,
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1 wrappers, and rejected unused stock; and
2 (iii) finished paper and paperboard from obsolete
3 inventories of paper and paperboard manufacturers,
4 merchants, wholesalers, dealers, printers, converters
5 or others.
6 (e) Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to apply to art
7materials, nor to any newspapers, magazines, text books,
8library books or other copyrighted publications which are
9purchased or used by the board of education or any public
10school or attendance center within the school district, or
11which are sold in any school supply store operated by or within
12any such school or attendance center, other than newspapers
13written, edited or produced by students enrolled in the school
14district, public school or attendance center.
15 (e-5) The school district shall periodically review its
16procedures on solid waste reduction regarding the management of
17solid waste generated by academic, administrative, and other
18institutional functions. Those waste reduction procedures must
19be designed to, when economically and practically feasible,
20recycle the school district's waste stream, including without
21limitation landscape waste, computer paper, and white office
22paper. The school district is encouraged to have procedures
23that provide for the investigation of potential markets for
24other recyclable materials that are present in the school
25district's waste stream. The waste reduction procedures must be
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1reduction in the amount of solid waste that is generated by the
2school district.
3 (f) The State Board of Education, in coordination with the
4Department Departments of Central Management Services and
5Commerce and Economic Opportunity, may adopt such rules and
6regulations as it deems necessary to assist districts in
7carrying out the provisions of this Section.
8(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 95-741, eff. 7-18-08.)
9 Section 945. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
10changing Sections 21.6, 22.15, 22.16b, 22.23, 55.3, 55.7,
1158.14a, and 58.15 as follows:
12 (415 ILCS 5/21.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.6)
13 Sec. 21.6. Materials disposal ban.
14 (a) Beginning July 1, 1996, no person may knowingly mix
15liquid used oil with any municipal waste that is intended for
16collection and disposal at a landfill.
17 (b) Beginning July 1, 1996, no owner or operator of a
18sanitary landfill shall accept for final disposal liquid used
19oil that is discernible in the course of prudent business
20operation.
21 (c) For purposes of this Section, "liquid used oil" does
22not include used oil filters, rags, absorbent material used to
23collect spilled oil or other materials incidentally
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1previously contained virgin oil, re-refined oil, or used oil.
2 (d) The Agency and the Department of Commerce and Economic
3Opportunity shall investigate the manner in which liquid used
4oil is currently being utilized and potential prospects for
5future use.
6(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
7 (415 ILCS 5/22.15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.15)
8 Sec. 22.15. Solid Waste Management Fund; fees.
9 (a) There is hereby created within the State Treasury a
10special fund to be known as the "Solid Waste Management Fund",
11to be constituted from the fees collected by the State pursuant
12to this Section, from repayments of loans made from the Fund
13for solid waste projects, from registration fees collected
14pursuant to the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act, and from
15amounts transferred into the Fund pursuant to Public Act
16100-433 this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
17Moneys received by either the Agency or the Department of
18Commerce and Economic Opportunity in repayment of loans made
19pursuant to the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act shall be
20deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
21 (b) The Agency shall assess and collect a fee in the amount
22set forth herein from the owner or operator of each sanitary
23landfill permitted or required to be permitted by the Agency to
24dispose of solid waste if the sanitary landfill is located off
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1landfill is owned, controlled, and operated by a person other
2than the generator of such waste. The Agency shall deposit all
3fees collected into the Solid Waste Management Fund. If a site
4is contiguous to one or more landfills owned or operated by the
5same person, the volumes permanently disposed of by each
6landfill shall be combined for purposes of determining the fee
7under this subsection.
8 (1) If more than 150,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous
9 solid waste is permanently disposed of at a site in a
10 calendar year, the owner or operator shall either pay a fee
11 of 95 cents per cubic yard or, alternatively, the owner or
12 operator may weigh the quantity of the solid waste
13 permanently disposed of with a device for which
14 certification has been obtained under the Weights and
15 Measures Act and pay a fee of $2.00 per ton of solid waste
16 permanently disposed of. In no case shall the fee collected
17 or paid by the owner or operator under this paragraph
18 exceed $1.55 per cubic yard or $3.27 per ton.
19 (2) If more than 100,000 cubic yards but not more than
20 150,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous waste is permanently
21 disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the owner or
22 operator shall pay a fee of $52,630.
23 (3) If more than 50,000 cubic yards but not more than
24 100,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous solid waste is
25 permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the
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1 (4) If more than 10,000 cubic yards but not more than
2 50,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous solid waste is
3 permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the
4 owner or operator shall pay a fee of $7,260.
5 (5) If not more than 10,000 cubic yards of
6 non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at a
7 site in a calendar year, the owner or operator shall pay a
8 fee of $1050.
9 (c) (Blank).
10 (d) The Agency shall establish rules relating to the
11collection of the fees authorized by this Section. Such rules
12shall include, but not be limited to:
13 (1) necessary records identifying the quantities of
14 solid waste received or disposed;
15 (2) the form and submission of reports to accompany the
16 payment of fees to the Agency;
17 (3) the time and manner of payment of fees to the
18 Agency, which payments shall not be more often than
19 quarterly; and
20 (4) procedures setting forth criteria establishing
21 when an owner or operator may measure by weight or volume
22 during any given quarter or other fee payment period.
23 (e) Pursuant to appropriation, all monies in the Solid
24Waste Management Fund shall be used by the Agency and the
25Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the
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1Waste Management Act, including for the costs of fee collection
2and administration, and for the administration of (1) the
3Consumer Electronics Recycling Act and (2) until January 1,
42020, the Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act.
5 (f) The Agency is authorized to enter into such agreements
6and to promulgate such rules as are necessary to carry out its
7duties under this Section and the Illinois Solid Waste
8Management Act.
9 (g) On the first day of January, April, July, and October
10of each year, beginning on July 1, 1996, the State Comptroller
11and Treasurer shall transfer $500,000 from the Solid Waste
12Management Fund to the Hazardous Waste Fund. Moneys transferred
13under this subsection (g) shall be used only for the purposes
14set forth in item (1) of subsection (d) of Section 22.2.
15 (h) The Agency is authorized to provide financial
16assistance to units of local government for the performance of
17inspecting, investigating and enforcement activities pursuant
18to Section 4(r) at nonhazardous solid waste disposal sites.
19 (i) The Agency is authorized to conduct household waste
20collection and disposal programs.
21 (j) A unit of local government, as defined in the Local
22Solid Waste Disposal Act, in which a solid waste disposal
23facility is located may establish a fee, tax, or surcharge with
24regard to the permanent disposal of solid waste. All fees,
25taxes, and surcharges collected under this subsection shall be
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1long-term monitoring and maintenance of landfills, planning,
2implementation, inspection, enforcement and other activities
3consistent with the Solid Waste Management Act and the Local
4Solid Waste Disposal Act, or for any other environment-related
5purpose, including but not limited to an environment-related
6public works project, but not for the construction of a new
7pollution control facility other than a household hazardous
8waste facility. However, the total fee, tax or surcharge
9imposed by all units of local government under this subsection
10(j) upon the solid waste disposal facility shall not exceed:
11 (1) 60¢ per cubic yard if more than 150,000 cubic yards
12 of non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at
13 the site in a calendar year, unless the owner or operator
14 weighs the quantity of the solid waste received with a
15 device for which certification has been obtained under the
16 Weights and Measures Act, in which case the fee shall not
17 exceed $1.27 per ton of solid waste permanently disposed
18 of.
19 (2) $33,350 if more than 100,000 cubic yards, but not
20 more than 150,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous waste is
21 permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year.
22 (3) $15,500 if more than 50,000 cubic yards, but not
23 more than 100,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous solid waste
24 is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year.
25 (4) $4,650 if more than 10,000 cubic yards, but not
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1 is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year.
2 (5) $$650 if not more than 10,000 cubic yards of
3 non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at the
4 site in a calendar year.
5 The corporate authorities of the unit of local government
6may use proceeds from the fee, tax, or surcharge to reimburse a
7highway commissioner whose road district lies wholly or
8partially within the corporate limits of the unit of local
9government for expenses incurred in the removal of
10nonhazardous, nonfluid municipal waste that has been dumped on
11public property in violation of a State law or local ordinance.
12 A county or Municipal Joint Action Agency that imposes a
13fee, tax, or surcharge under this subsection may use the
14proceeds thereof to reimburse a municipality that lies wholly
15or partially within its boundaries for expenses incurred in the
16removal of nonhazardous, nonfluid municipal waste that has been
17dumped on public property in violation of a State law or local
18ordinance.
19 If the fees are to be used to conduct a local sanitary
20landfill inspection or enforcement program, the unit of local
21government must enter into a written delegation agreement with
22the Agency pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 4. The unit of
23local government and the Agency shall enter into such a written
24delegation agreement within 60 days after the establishment of
25such fees. At least annually, the Agency shall conduct an audit
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1funds granted by the Agency to the units of local government
2for purposes of local sanitary landfill inspection and
3enforcement programs, to ensure that the funds have been
4expended for the prescribed purposes under the grant.
5 The fees, taxes or surcharges collected under this
6subsection (j) shall be placed by the unit of local government
7in a separate fund, and the interest received on the moneys in
8the fund shall be credited to the fund. The monies in the fund
9may be accumulated over a period of years to be expended in
10accordance with this subsection.
11 A unit of local government, as defined in the Local Solid
12Waste Disposal Act, shall prepare and distribute to the Agency,
13in April of each year, a report that details spending plans for
14monies collected in accordance with this subsection. The report
15will at a minimum include the following:
16 (1) The total monies collected pursuant to this
17 subsection.
18 (2) The most current balance of monies collected
19 pursuant to this subsection.
20 (3) An itemized accounting of all monies expended for
21 the previous year pursuant to this subsection.
22 (4) An estimation of monies to be collected for the
23 following 3 years pursuant to this subsection.
24 (5) A narrative detailing the general direction and
25 scope of future expenditures for one, 2 and 3 years.
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1under subsection (k) of this Section, shall be applicable to
2any fee, tax or surcharge imposed under this subsection (j);
3except that the fee, tax or surcharge authorized to be imposed
4under this subsection (j) may be made applicable by a unit of
5local government to the permanent disposal of solid waste after
6December 31, 1986, under any contract lawfully executed before
7June 1, 1986 under which more than 150,000 cubic yards (or
850,000 tons) of solid waste is to be permanently disposed of,
9even though the waste is exempt from the fee imposed by the
10State under subsection (b) of this Section pursuant to an
11exemption granted under Section 22.16.
12 (k) In accordance with the findings and purposes of the
13Illinois Solid Waste Management Act, beginning January 1, 1989
14the fee under subsection (b) and the fee, tax or surcharge
15under subsection (j) shall not apply to:
16 (1) waste Waste which is hazardous waste; or
17 (2) waste Waste which is pollution control waste; or
18 (3) waste Waste from recycling, reclamation or reuse
19 processes which have been approved by the Agency as being
20 designed to remove any contaminant from wastes so as to
21 render such wastes reusable, provided that the process
22 renders at least 50% of the waste reusable; or
23 (4) non-hazardous Non-hazardous solid waste that is
24 received at a sanitary landfill and composted or recycled
25 through a process permitted by the Agency; or
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1 to receive only demolition or construction debris or
2 landscape waste.
3(Source: P.A. 100-103, eff. 8-11-17; 100-433, eff. 8-25-17;
4revised 9-29-17.)
5 (415 ILCS 5/22.16b) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.16b)
6 Sec. 22.16b. (a) Beginning January 1, 1991, the Agency
7shall assess and collect a fee from the owner or operator of
8each new municipal waste incinerator. The fee shall be
9calculated by applying the rates established from time to time
10for the disposal of solid waste at sanitary landfills under
11subdivision (b)(1) of Section 22.15 to the total amount of
12municipal waste accepted for incineration at the new municipal
13waste incinerator. The exemptions provided by this Act to the
14fees imposed under subsection (b) of Section 22.15 shall not
15apply to the fee imposed by this Section.
16 The owner or operator of any new municipal waste
17incinerator permitted after January 1, 1990, but before July 1,
181990 by the Agency for the development or operation of a new
19municipal waste incinerator shall be exempt from this fee, but
20shall include the following conditions:
21 (1) The owner or operator shall provide information
22 programs to those communities serviced by the owner or
23 operator concerning recycling and separation of waste not
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1 programs to those communities serviced by the owner or
2 operator concerning the Agency's household hazardous waste
3 collection program and participation in that program.
4 For the purposes of this Section, "new municipal waste
5incinerator" means a municipal waste incinerator initially
6permitted for development or construction on or after January
71, 1990.
8 Amounts collected under this subsection shall be deposited
9into the Municipal Waste Incinerator Tax Fund, which is hereby
10established as an interest-bearing special fund in the State
11Treasury. Monies in the Fund may be used, subject to
12appropriation:
13 (1) by the Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
14 Opportunity to fund its public information programs on
15 recycling in those communities served by new municipal
16 waste incinerators; and
17 (2) by the Agency to fund its household hazardous waste
18 collection activities in those communities served by new
19 municipal waste incinerators.
20 (b) Any permit issued by the Agency for the development or
21operation of a new municipal waste incinerator shall include
22the following conditions:
23 (1) The incinerator must be designed to provide
24 continuous monitoring while in operation, with direct
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1 for monitoring the data. The Agency shall establish the
2 test methods, procedures and averaging periods, as
3 certified by the USEPA for solid waste incinerator units,
4 and the form and frequency of reports containing results of
5 the monitoring. Compliance and enforcement shall be based
6 on such reports. Copies of the results of such monitoring
7 shall be maintained on file at the facility concerned for
8 one year, and copies shall be made available for inspection
9 and copying by interested members of the public during
10 business hours.
11 (2) The facility shall comply with the emission limits
12 adopted by the Agency under subsection (c).
13 (3) The operator of the facility shall take reasonable
14 measures to ensure that waste accepted for incineration
15 complies with all legal requirements for incineration. The
16 incinerator operator shall establish contractual
17 requirements or other notification and inspection
18 procedures sufficient to assure compliance with this
19 subsection (b)(3) which may include, but not be limited to,
20 routine inspections of waste, lists of acceptable and
21 unacceptable waste provided to haulers and notification to
22 the Agency when the facility operator rejects and sends
23 loads away. The notification shall contain at least the
24 name of the hauler and the site from where the load was
25 hauled.
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1 waste generated or collected in a municipality that has not
2 implemented a recycling plan or is party to an implemented
3 county plan, consistent with State goals and objectives.
4 Such plans shall include provisions for collecting,
5 recycling or diverting from landfills and municipal
6 incinerators landscape waste, household hazardous waste
7 and batteries. Such provisions may be performed at the site
8 of the new municipal incinerator.
9 The Agency, after careful scrutiny of a permit application
10for the construction, development or operation of a new
11municipal waste incinerator, shall deny the permit if (i) the
12Agency finds in the permit application noncompliance with the
13laws and rules of the State or (ii) the application indicates
14that the mandated air emissions standards will not be reached
15within six months of the proposed municipal waste incinerator
16beginning operation.
17 (c) The Agency shall adopt specific limitations on the
18emission of mercury, chromium, cadmium and lead, and good
19combustion practices, including temperature controls from
20municipal waste incinerators pursuant to Section 9.4 of the
21Act.
22 (d) The Agency shall establish household hazardous waste
23collection centers in appropriate places in this State. The
24Agency may operate and maintain the centers itself or may
25contract with other parties for that purpose. The Agency shall
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1collection centers may charge fees for their services, not to
2exceed the costs incurred. Such collection centers shall not
3(i) be regulated as hazardous waste facilities under RCRA nor
4(ii) be subject to local siting approval under Section 39.2 if
5the local governing authority agrees to waive local siting
6approval procedures.
7(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
8 (415 ILCS 5/22.23) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.23)
9 Sec. 22.23. Batteries.
10 (a) Beginning September 1, 1990, any person selling
11lead-acid batteries at retail or offering lead-acid batteries
12for retail sale in this State shall:
13 (1) accept for recycling used lead-acid batteries from
14 customers, at the point of transfer, in a quantity equal to
15 the number of new batteries purchased; and
16 (2) post in a conspicuous place a written notice at
17 least 8.5 by 11 inches in size that includes the universal
18 recycling symbol and the following statements: "DO NOT put
19 motor vehicle batteries in the trash."; "Recycle your used
20 batteries."; and "State law requires us to accept motor
21 vehicle batteries for recycling, in exchange for new
22 batteries purchased.".
23 (b) Any person selling lead-acid batteries at retail in
24this State may either charge a recycling fee on each new
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1used battery to the retailer, or provide a recycling credit to
2each customer who returns a used battery for recycling at the
3time of purchasing a new one.
4 (c) Beginning September 1, 1990, no lead-acid battery
5retailer may dispose of a used lead-acid battery except by
6delivering it (1) to a battery wholesaler or its agent, (2) to
7a battery manufacturer, (3) to a collection or recycling
8facility, or (4) to a secondary lead smelter permitted by
9either a state or federal environmental agency.
10 (d) Any person selling lead-acid batteries at wholesale or
11offering lead-acid batteries for sale at wholesale shall accept
12for recycling used lead-acid batteries from customers, at the
13point of transfer, in a quantity equal to the number of new
14batteries purchased. Such used batteries shall be disposed of
15as provided in subsection (c).
16 (e) A person who accepts used lead-acid batteries for
17recycling pursuant to subsection (a) or (d) shall not allow
18such batteries to accumulate for periods of more than 90 days.
19 (f) Beginning September 1, 1990, no person may knowingly
20cause or allow:
21 (1) the placing of a lead-acid battery into any
22 container intended for collection and disposal at a
23 municipal waste sanitary landfill; or
24 (2) the disposal of any lead-acid battery in any
25 municipal waste sanitary landfill or incinerator.
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1Opportunity shall identify and assist in developing
2alternative processing and recycling options for used
3batteries.
4 (h) For the purpose of this Section:
5 "Lead-acid battery" means a battery containing lead and
6sulfuric acid that has a nominal voltage of at least 6 volts
7and is intended for use in motor vehicles.
8 "Motor vehicle" includes automobiles, vans, trucks,
9tractors, motorcycles and motorboats.
10 (i) (Blank.)
11 (j) Knowing violation of this Section shall be a petty
12offense punishable by a fine of $100.
13(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
14 (415 ILCS 5/55.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.3)
15 Sec. 55.3. (a) Upon finding that an accumulation of used or
16waste tires creates an immediate danger to health, the Agency
17may take action pursuant to Section 34 of this Act.
18 (b) Upon making a finding that an accumulation of used or
19waste tires creates a hazard posing a threat to public health
20or the environment, the Agency may undertake preventive or
21corrective action in accordance with this subsection. Such
22preventive or corrective action may consist of any or all of
23the following:
24 (1) Treating and handling used or waste tires and other
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1 mosquitoes and other disease vectors.
2 (2) Relocation of ignition sources and any used or
3 waste tires within the area for control and prevention of
4 tire fires.
5 (3) Removal of used and waste tire accumulations from
6 the area.
7 (4) Removal of soil and water contamination related to
8 tire accumulations.
9 (5) Installation of devices to monitor and control
10 groundwater and surface water contamination related to
11 tire accumulations.
12 (6) Such other actions as may be authorized by Board
13 regulations.
14 (c) The Agency may, subject to the availability of
15appropriated funds, undertake a consensual removal action for
16the removal of up to 1,000 used or waste tires at no cost to the
17owner according to the following requirements:
18 (1) Actions under this subsection shall be taken
19 pursuant to a written agreement between the Agency and the
20 owner of the tire accumulation.
21 (2) The written agreement shall at a minimum specify:
22 (i) that the owner relinquishes any claim of an
23 ownership interest in any tires that are removed, or in
24 any proceeds from their sale;
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1 (iii) that the owner will hold harmless the Agency
2 or any employee or contractor utilized by the Agency to
3 effect the removal, for any damage to property incurred
4 during the course of action under this subsection,
5 except for gross negligence or intentional misconduct;
6 and
7 (iv) any conditions upon or assistance required
8 from the owner to assure that the tires are so located
9 or arranged as to facilitate their removal.
10 (3) The Agency may by rule establish conditions and
11 priorities for removal of used and waste tires under this
12 subsection.
13 (4) The Agency shall prescribe the form of written
14 agreements under this subsection.
15 (d) The Agency shall have authority to provide notice to
16the owner or operator, or both, of a site where used or waste
17tires are located and to the owner or operator, or both, of the
18accumulation of tires at the site, whenever the Agency finds
19that the used or waste tires pose a threat to public health or
20the environment, or that there is no owner or operator
21proceeding in accordance with a tire removal agreement approved
22under Section 55.4.
23 The notice provided by the Agency shall include the
24identified preventive or corrective action, and shall provide
25an opportunity for the owner or operator, or both, to perform
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1 For sites with more than 250,000 passenger tire
2equivalents, following the notice provided for by this
3subsection (d), the Agency may enter into a written
4reimbursement agreement with the owner or operator of the site.
5The agreement shall provide a schedule for the owner or
6operator to reimburse the Agency for costs incurred for
7preventive or corrective action, which shall not exceed 5 years
8in length. An owner or operator making payments under a written
9reimbursement agreement pursuant to this subsection (d) shall
10not be liable for punitive damages under subsection (h) of this
11Section.
12 (e) In accordance with constitutional limitations, the
13Agency shall have authority to enter at all reasonable times
14upon any private or public property for the purpose of taking
15whatever preventive or corrective action is necessary and
16appropriate in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
17including but not limited to removal, processing or treatment
18of used or waste tires, whenever the Agency finds that used or
19waste tires pose a threat to public health or the environment.
20 (f) In undertaking preventive, corrective or consensual
21removal action under this Section the Agency may consider use
22of the following: rubber reuse alternatives, shredding or other
23conversion through use of mobile or fixed facilities, energy
24recovery through burning or incineration, and landfill
25disposal. To the extent practicable, the Agency shall consult
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1regarding the availability of alternatives to landfilling used
2and waste tires, and shall make every reasonable effort to
3coordinate tire cleanup projects with applicable programs that
4relate to such alternative practices.
5 (g) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the owner
6or operator of any site or accumulation of used or waste tires
7at which the Agency has undertaken corrective or preventive
8action under this Section shall be liable for all costs thereof
9incurred by the State of Illinois, including reasonable costs
10of collection. Any monies received by the Agency hereunder
11shall be deposited into the Used Tire Management Fund. The
12Agency may in its discretion store, dispose of or convey the
13tires that are removed from an area at which it has undertaken
14a corrective, preventive or consensual removal action, and may
15sell or store such tires and other items, including but not
16limited to rims, that are removed from the area. The net
17proceeds of any sale shall be credited against the liability
18incurred by the owner or operator for the costs of any
19preventive or corrective action.
20 (h) Any person liable to the Agency for costs incurred
21under subsection (g) of this Section may be liable to the State
22of Illinois for punitive damages in an amount at least equal
23to, and not more than 2 times, the costs incurred by the State
24if such person failed without sufficient cause to take
25preventive or corrective action pursuant to notice issued under
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1 (i) There shall be no liability under subsection (g) of
2this Section for a person otherwise liable who can establish by
3a preponderance of the evidence that the hazard created by the
4tires was caused solely by:
5 (1) an act of God;
6 (2) an act of war; or
7 (3) an act or omission of a third party other than an
8 employee or agent, and other than a person whose act or
9 omission occurs in connection with a contractual
10 relationship with the person otherwise liable.
11 For the purposes of this subsection, "contractual
12relationship" includes, but is not limited to, land contracts,
13deeds and other instruments transferring title or possession,
14unless the real property upon which the accumulation is located
15was acquired by the defendant after the disposal or placement
16of used or waste tires on, in or at the property and one or more
17of the following circumstances is also established by a
18preponderance of the evidence:
19 (A) at the time the defendant acquired the
20 property, the defendant did not know and had no reason
21 to know that any used or waste tires had been disposed
22 of or placed on, in or at the property, and the
23 defendant undertook, at the time of acquisition, all
24 appropriate inquiries into the previous ownership and
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1 (B) the defendant is a government entity which
2 acquired the property by escheat or through any other
3 involuntary transfer or acquisition, or through the
4 exercise of eminent domain authority by purchase or
5 condemnation; or
6 (C) the defendant acquired the property by
7 inheritance or bequest.
8 (j) Nothing in this Section shall affect or modify the
9obligations or liability of any person under any other
10provision of this Act, federal law, or State law, including the
11common law, for injuries, damages or losses resulting from the
12circumstances leading to Agency action under this Section.
13 (k) The costs and damages provided for in this Section may
14be imposed by the Board in an action brought before the Board
15in accordance with Title VIII of this Act, except that
16subsection (c) of Section 33 of this Act shall not apply to any
17such action.
18 (l) The Agency shall, when feasible, consult with the
19Department of Public Health prior to taking any action to
20remove or treat an infested tire accumulation for control of
21mosquitoes or other disease vectors. The Agency may by contract
22or agreement secure the services of the Department of Public
23Health, any local public health department, or any other
24qualified person in treating any such infestation as part of an
25emergency or preventive action.
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1nor any State employee shall be liable for any damage or injury
2arising out of or resulting from any action taken under this
3Section.
4(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
5 (415 ILCS 5/55.7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.7)
6 Sec. 55.7. The Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
7Opportunity may adopt regulations as necessary for the
8administration of the grant and loan programs funded from the
9Used Tire Management Fund, including but not limited to
10procedures and criteria for applying for, evaluating, awarding
11and terminating grants and loans. The Agency Department of
12Commerce and Economic Opportunity may by rule specify criteria
13for providing grant assistance rather than loan assistance;
14such criteria shall promote the expeditious development of
15alternatives to the disposal of used tires, and the efficient
16use of monies for assistance. Evaluation criteria may be
17established by rule, considering such factors as:
18 (1) the likelihood that a proposal will lead to the
19 actual collection and processing of used tires and
20 protection of the environment and public health in
21 furtherance of the purposes of this Act;
22 (2) the feasibility of the proposal;
23 (3) the suitability of the location for the proposed
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1 recycling and reuse of resources; and
2 (5) the potential for development of new technologies
3 consistent with the purposes of this Act.
4(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
5 (415 ILCS 5/58.14a)
6 Sec. 58.14a. River Edge Redevelopment Zone Site
7Remediation Tax Credit Review.
8 (a) Prior to applying for the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
9site remediation tax credit under subsection (n) of Section 201
10of the Illinois Income Tax Act, a Remediation Applicant must
11first submit to the Agency an application for review of
12remediation costs. The Agency shall review the application in
13consultation with the Department of Commerce and Economic
14Opportunity. The application and review process must be
15conducted in accordance with the requirements of this Section
16and the rules adopted under subsection (g). A preliminary
17review of the estimated remediation costs for development and
18implementation of the Remedial Action Plan may be obtained in
19accordance with subsection (d).
20 (b) No application for review may be submitted until a No
21Further Remediation Letter has been issued by the Agency and
22recorded in the chain of title for the site in accordance with
23Section 58.10. The Agency shall review the application to
24determine whether the costs submitted are remediation costs and
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1be on forms prescribed and provided by the Agency. At a
2minimum, the application must include the following:
3 (1) information identifying the Remediation Applicant,
4 the site for which the tax credit is being sought, and the
5 date of acceptance of the site into the Site Remediation
6 Program;
7 (2) a copy of the No Further Remediation Letter with
8 official verification that the letter has been recorded in
9 the chain of title for the site and a demonstration that
10 the site for which the application is submitted is the same
11 site as the one for which the No Further Remediation Letter
12 is issued;
13 (3) a demonstration that the release of the regulated
14 substances of concern for which the No Further Remediation
15 Letter was issued were not caused or contributed to in any
16 material respect by the Remediation Applicant.
17 Determinations as to credit availability shall be made
18 consistent with the Pollution Control Board rules for the
19 administration and enforcement of Section 58.9 of this Act;
20 (4) an itemization and documentation, including
21 receipts, of the remediation costs incurred;
22 (5) a demonstration that the costs incurred are
23 remediation costs as defined in this Act and its rules;
24 (6) a demonstration that the costs submitted for review
25 were incurred by the Remediation Applicant who received the
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1 (7) an application fee in the amount set forth in
2 subsection (e) for each site for which review of
3 remediation costs is requested and, if applicable,
4 certification from the Department of Commerce and Economic
5 Opportunity that the site is located in a River Edge
6 Redevelopment Zone; and
7 (8) any other information deemed appropriate by the
8 Agency.
9 (c) Within 60 days after receipt by the Agency of an
10application meeting the requirements of subsection (b), the
11Agency shall issue a letter to the applicant approving,
12disapproving, or modifying the remediation costs submitted in
13the application. If the remediation costs are approved as
14submitted, then the Agency's letter must state the amount of
15the remediation costs to be applied toward the River Edge
16Redevelopment Zone site remediation tax credit. If an
17application is disapproved or approved with modification of
18remediation costs, then the Agency's letter must set forth the
19reasons for the disapproval or modification and must state the
20amount of the remediation costs, if any, to be applied toward
21the River Edge Redevelopment Zone site remediation tax credit.
22 If a preliminary review of a budget plan has been obtained
23under subsection (d), then the Remediation Applicant may
24submit, with the application and supporting documentation
25under subsection (b), a copy of the Agency's final
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1remediation costs incurred for the development and
2implementation of the Remedial Action Plan are equal to or less
3than the costs approved in the Agency's final determination on
4the budget plan. The certification must be signed by the
5Remediation Applicant and notarized. Based on that submission,
6the Agency is not required to conduct further review of the
7costs incurred for development and implementation of the
8Remedial Action Plan, and it may approve the costs as
9submitted. Within 35 days after the receipt of an Agency letter
10disapproving or modifying an application for approval of
11remediation costs, the Remediation Applicant may appeal the
12Agency's decision to the Board in the manner provided for the
13review of permits under Section 40 of this Act.
14 (d) A Remediation Applicant may obtain a preliminary review
15of estimated remediation costs for the development and
16implementation of the Remedial Action Plan by submitting a
17budget plan along with the Remedial Action Plan. The budget
18plan must be set forth on forms prescribed and provided by the
19Agency and must include, without limitation, line-item
20estimates of the costs associated with each line item (such as
21personnel, equipment, and materials) that the Remediation
22Applicant anticipates will be incurred for the development and
23implementation of the Remedial Action Plan. The Agency shall
24review the budget plan along with the Remedial Action Plan to
25determine whether the estimated costs submitted are
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1activities are reasonable.
2 If the Remedial Action Plan is amended by the Remediation
3Applicant or as a result of Agency action, then the
4corresponding budget plan must be revised accordingly and
5resubmitted for Agency review.
6 The budget plan must be accompanied by the applicable fee
7as set forth in subsection (e).
8 The submittal of a budget plan is deemed to be an automatic
960-day waiver of the Remedial Action Plan review deadlines set
10forth in this Section and its rules.
11 Within the applicable period of review, the Agency shall
12issue a letter to the Remediation Applicant approving,
13disapproving, or modifying the estimated remediation costs
14submitted in the budget plan. If a budget plan is disapproved
15or approved with modification of estimated remediation costs,
16then the Agency's letter must set forth the reasons for the
17disapproval or modification.
18 Within 35 days after receipt of an Agency letter
19disapproving or modifying a budget plan, the Remediation
20Applicant may appeal the Agency's decision to the Board in the
21manner provided for the review of permits under Section 40 of
22this Act.
23 (e) Any fee for a review conducted under this Section is in
24addition to any other fees or payments for Agency services
25rendered under the Site Remediation Program. The fees under
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1 (1) the fee for an application for review of
2 remediation costs is $250 for each site reviewed; and
3 (2) there is no fee for the review of the budget plan
4 submitted under subsection (d).
5 The application fee must be made payable to the State of
6Illinois, for deposit into the Hazardous Waste Fund. Pursuant
7to appropriation, the Agency shall use the fees collected under
8this subsection for development and administration of the
9review program.
10 (f) The Agency has the authority to enter into any
11contracts or agreements that may be necessary to carry out its
12duties and responsibilities under this Section.
13 (g) The Agency shall adopt rules prescribing procedures and
14standards for its administration of this Section. Prior to the
15effective date of rules adopted under this Section, the Agency
16may conduct reviews of applications under this Section. The
17Agency may publish informal guidelines concerning this Section
18to provide guidance.
19(Source: P.A. 95-454, eff. 8-27-07.)
20 (415 ILCS 5/58.15)
21 Sec. 58.15. Brownfields Programs.
22(A) Brownfields Redevelopment Loan Program.
23 (a) The Agency shall establish and administer a revolving
24loan program to be known as the "Brownfields Redevelopment Loan
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1investigation, site remediation, or both, at brownfields
2sites. All principal, interest, and penalty payments from loans
3made under this subsection (A) shall be deposited into the
4Brownfields Redevelopment Fund and reused in accordance with
5this Section.
6 (b) General requirements for loans:
7 (1) Loans shall be at or below market interest rates in
8 accordance with a formula set forth in regulations
9 promulgated under subdivision (A)(c) of this subsection
10 (A).
11 (2) Loans shall be awarded subject to availability of
12 funding based on the order of receipt of applications
13 satisfying all requirements as set forth in the regulations
14 promulgated under subdivision (A)(c) of this subsection
15 (A).
16 (3) The maximum loan amount under this subsection (A)
17 for any one project is $1,000,000.
18 (4) In addition to any requirements or conditions
19 placed on loans by regulation, loan agreements under the
20 Brownfields Redevelopment Loan Program shall include the
21 following requirements:
22 (A) the loan recipient shall secure the loan
23 repayment obligation;
24 (B) completion of the loan repayment shall not
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1 (C) loan agreements shall provide for a confession
2 of judgment by the loan recipient upon default.
3 (5) Loans shall not be used to cover expenses incurred
4 prior to the approval of the loan application.
5 (6) If the loan recipient fails to make timely payments
6 or otherwise fails to meet its obligations as provided in
7 this subsection (A) or implementing regulations, the
8 Agency is authorized to pursue the collection of the
9 amounts past due, the outstanding loan balance, and the
10 costs thereby incurred, either pursuant to the Illinois
11 State Collection Act of 1986 or by any other means provided
12 by law, including the taking of title, by foreclosure or
13 otherwise, to any project or other property pledged,
14 mortgaged, encumbered, or otherwise available as security
15 or collateral.
16 (c) The Agency shall have the authority to enter into any
17contracts or agreements that may be necessary to carry out its
18duties or responsibilities under this subsection (A). The
19Agency shall have the authority to promulgate regulations
20setting forth procedures and criteria for administering the
21Brownfields Redevelopment Loan Program. The regulations
22promulgated by the Agency for loans under this subsection (A)
23shall include, but need not be limited to, the following
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1 applicant;
2 (3) types of security required for the loan;
3 (4) types of collateral, as necessary, that can be
4 pledged for the loan;
5 (5) special loan terms, as necessary, for securing the
6 repayment of the loan;
7 (6) maximum loan amounts;
8 (7) purposes for which loans are available;
9 (8) application periods and content of applications;
10 (9) procedures for Agency review of loan applications,
11 loan approvals or denials, and loan acceptance by the loan
12 recipient;
13 (10) procedures for establishing interest rates;
14 (11) requirements applicable to disbursement of loans
15 to loan recipients;
16 (12) requirements for securing loan repayment
17 obligations;
18 (13) conditions or circumstances constituting default;
19 (14) procedures for repayment of loans and delinquent
20 loans including, but not limited to, the initiation of
21 principal and interest payments following loan acceptance;
22 (15) loan recipient responsibilities for work
23 schedules, work plans, reports, and record keeping;
24 (16) evaluation of loan recipient performance,
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1 subcontracting by the loan recipient, including
2 procurement requirements;
3 (18) penalties for noncompliance with loan
4 requirements and conditions, including stop-work orders,
5 termination, and recovery of loan funds; and
6 (19) indemnification of the State of Illinois and the
7 Agency by the loan recipient.
8 (d) Moneys in the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund may be
9used as a source of revenue or security for the principal and
10interest on revenue or general obligation bonds issued by the
11State or any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof,
12if the proceeds of those bonds will be deposited into the Fund.
13(B) Brownfields Site Restoration Program.
14 (a) (1) The Agency, with the assistance of the Department
15 of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, must establish and
16 administer a program for the payment of remediation costs
17 to be known as the Brownfields Site Restoration Program.
18 The Agency, through the Program, shall provide Remediation
19 Applicants with financial assistance for the investigation
20 and remediation of abandoned or underutilized properties.
21 The investigation and remediation shall be performed in
22 accordance with this Title XVII of this Act.
23 (2) For each State fiscal year in which funds are made
24 available to the Agency for payment under this subsection
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1 allocate 20% of the funds to be available to Remediation
2 Applicants within counties with populations over
3 2,000,000. The remaining funds must be made available to
4 all other Remediation Applicants in the State.
5 (3) The Agency must not approve payment in excess of
6 $750,000 to a Remediation Applicant for remediation costs
7 incurred at a remediation site. Eligibility must be
8 determined based on a minimum capital investment in the
9 redevelopment of the site, and payment amounts must not
10 exceed the net economic benefit to the State of the
11 remediation project. In addition to these limitations, the
12 total payment to be made to an applicant must not exceed an
13 amount equal to 20% of the capital investment at the site.
14 (4) Only those remediation projects for which a No
15 Further Remediation Letter is issued by the Agency after
16 December 31, 2001 are eligible to participate in the
17 Brownfields Site Restoration Program. The program does not
18 apply to any sites that have received a No Further
19 Remediation Letter prior to December 31, 2001 or for costs
20 incurred prior to the Agency Department of Commerce and
21 Economic Opportunity (formerly Department of Commerce and
22 Community Affairs) approving a site eligible for the
23 Brownfields Site Restoration Program.
24 (5) Brownfields Site Restoration Program funds shall
25 be subject to availability of funding and distributed based
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1 requirements as set forth in this Section.
2 (b) Prior to applying to the Agency for payment, a
3Remediation Applicant shall first submit to the Agency its
4proposed remediation costs. The Agency shall make a
5pre-application assessment, which is not to be binding upon the
6Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or upon future
7review of the project, relating only to whether the Agency has
8adequate funding to reimburse the applicant for the remediation
9costs if the applicant is found to be eligible for
10reimbursement of remediation costs. If the Agency determines
11that it is likely to have adequate funding to reimburse the
12applicant for remediation costs, the Remediation Applicant may
13then submit to the Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
14Opportunity an application for review of eligibility. The
15Agency Department must review the eligibility application to
16determine whether the Remediation Applicant is eligible for the
17payment. The application must be on forms prescribed and
18provided by the Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
19Opportunity. At a minimum, the application must include the
20following:
21 (1) Information identifying the Remediation Applicant
22 and the site for which the payment is being sought and the
23 date of acceptance into the Site Remediation Program.
24 (2) Information demonstrating that the site for which
25 the payment is being sought is abandoned or underutilized
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1 previously used for, or that has the potential to be used
2 for, commercial or industrial purposes that reverted to the
3 ownership of the State, a county or municipal government,
4 or an agency thereof, through donation, purchase, tax
5 delinquency, foreclosure, default, or settlement,
6 including conveyance by deed in lieu of foreclosure; or
7 privately owned property that has been vacant for a period
8 of not less than 3 years from the time an application is
9 made to the Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
10 Opportunity. "Underutilized property" means real property
11 of which less than 35% of the commercially usable space of
12 the property and improvements thereon are used for their
13 most commercially profitable and economically productive
14 uses.
15 (3) Information demonstrating that remediation of the
16 site for which the payment is being sought will result in a
17 net economic benefit to the State of Illinois. The "net
18 economic benefit" must be determined based on factors
19 including, but not limited to, the capital investment, the
20 number of jobs created, the number of jobs retained if it
21 is demonstrated the jobs would otherwise be lost, capital
22 improvements, the number of construction-related jobs,
23 increased sales, material purchases, other increases in
24 service and operational expenditures, and other factors
25 established by the Agency Department of Commerce and
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1 located in areas with high levels of poverty, where the
2 unemployment rate exceeds the State average, where an
3 enterprise zone exists, or where the area is otherwise
4 economically depressed as determined by the Agency
5 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
6 (4) An application fee in the amount set forth in
7 subdivision (B)(c) for each site for which review of an
8 application is being sought.
9 (c) The fee for eligibility reviews conducted by the Agency
10Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under this
11subsection (B) is $1,000 for each site reviewed. The
12application fee must be made payable to the Agency Department
13of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for deposit into the
14Brownfields Redevelopment Workforce, Technology, and Economic
15Development Fund. These application fees shall be used by the
16Agency Department for administrative expenses incurred under
17this subsection (B).
18 (d) Within 60 days after receipt by the Agency Department
19of Commerce and Economic Opportunity of an application meeting
20the requirements of subdivision (B)(b), the Agency Department
21of Commerce and Economic Opportunity must issue a letter to the
22applicant approving the application, approving the application
23with modifications, or disapproving the application. If the
24application is approved or approved with modifications, the
25Agency's Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's
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1benefit" of the remediation project and the maximum amount of
2the payment to be made available to the applicant for
3remediation costs. The payment by the Agency under this
4subsection (B) must not exceed the "net economic benefit" of
5the remediation project, as determined by the Department of
6Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
7 (e) An application for a review of remediation costs must
8not be submitted to the Agency unless the Agency Department of
9Commerce and Economic Opportunity has determined the
10Remediation Applicant is eligible under subdivision (B)(d). If
11the Agency Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has
12determined that a Remediation Applicant is eligible under
13subdivision (B)(d), the Remediation Applicant may submit an
14application for payment to the Agency under this subsection
15(B). Except as provided in subdivision (B)(f), an application
16for review of remediation costs must not be submitted until a
17No Further Remediation Letter has been issued by the Agency and
18recorded in the chain of title for the site in accordance with
19Section 58.10. The Agency must review the application to
20determine whether the costs submitted are remediation costs and
21whether the costs incurred are reasonable. The application must
22be on forms prescribed and provided by the Agency. At a
23minimum, the application must include the following:
24 (1) Information identifying the Remediation Applicant
25 and the site for which the payment is being sought and the
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1 Program.
2 (2) A copy of the No Further Remediation Letter with
3 official verification that the letter has been recorded in
4 the chain of title for the site and a demonstration that
5 the site for which the application is submitted is the same
6 site as the one for which the No Further Remediation Letter
7 is issued.
8 (3) A demonstration that the release of the regulated
9 substances of concern for which the No Further Remediation
10 Letter was issued was not caused or contributed to in any
11 material respect by the Remediation Applicant. The Agency
12 must make determinations as to reimbursement availability
13 consistent with rules adopted by the Pollution Control
14 Board for the administration and enforcement of Section
15 58.9 of this Act.
16 (4) A copy of the Agency's Department of Commerce and
17 Economic Opportunity's letter approving eligibility,
18 including the net economic benefit of the remediation
19 project.
20 (5) An itemization and documentation, including
21 receipts, of the remediation costs incurred.
22 (6) A demonstration that the costs incurred are
23 remediation costs as defined in this Act and rules adopted
24 under this Act.
25 (7) A demonstration that the costs submitted for review
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1 No Further Remediation Letter.
2 (8) An application fee in the amount set forth in
3 subdivision (B)(j) for each site for which review of
4 remediation costs is requested.
5 (9) Any other information deemed appropriate by the
6 Agency.
7 (f) An application for review of remediation costs may be
8submitted to the Agency prior to the issuance of a No Further
9Remediation Letter if the Remediation Applicant has a Remedial
10Action Plan approved by the Agency under the terms of which the
11Remediation Applicant will remediate groundwater for more than
12one year. The Agency must review the application to determine
13whether the costs submitted are remediation costs and whether
14the costs incurred are reasonable. The application must be on
15forms prescribed and provided by the Agency. At a minimum, the
16application must include the following:
17 (1) Information identifying the Remediation Applicant
18 and the site for which the payment is being sought and the
19 date of acceptance of the site into the Site Remediation
20 Program.
21 (2) A copy of the Agency letter approving the Remedial
22 Action Plan.
23 (3) A demonstration that the release of the regulated
24 substances of concern for which the Remedial Action Plan
25 was approved was not caused or contributed to in any
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1 must make determinations as to reimbursement availability
2 consistent with rules adopted by the Pollution Control
3 Board for the administration and enforcement of Section
4 58.9 of this Act.
5 (4) A copy of the Agency's Department of Commerce and
6 Economic Opportunity's letter approving eligibility,
7 including the net economic benefit of the remediation
8 project.
9 (5) An itemization and documentation, including
10 receipts, of the remediation costs incurred.
11 (6) A demonstration that the costs incurred are
12 remediation costs as defined in this Act and rules adopted
13 under this Act.
14 (7) A demonstration that the costs submitted for review
15 were incurred by the Remediation Applicant who received
16 approval of the Remediation Action Plan.
17 (8) An application fee in the amount set forth in
18 subdivision (B)(j) for each site for which review of
19 remediation costs is requested.
20 (9) Any other information deemed appropriate by the
21 Agency.
22 (g) For a Remediation Applicant seeking a payment under
23subdivision (B)(f), until the Agency issues a No Further
24Remediation Letter for the site, no more than 75% of the
25allowed payment may be claimed by the Remediation Applicant.
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1Agency of a No Further Remediation Letter for the site. For a
2Remediation Applicant seeking a payment under subdivision
3(B)(e), until the Agency issues a No Further Remediation Letter
4for the site, no payment may be claimed by the Remediation
5Applicant.
6 (h) (1) Within 60 days after receipt by the Agency of an
7 application meeting the requirements of subdivision (B)(e)
8 or (B)(f), the Agency must issue a letter to the applicant
9 approving, disapproving, or modifying the remediation
10 costs submitted in the application. If an application is
11 disapproved or approved with modification of remediation
12 costs, then the Agency's letter must set forth the reasons
13 for the disapproval or modification.
14 (2) If a preliminary review of a budget plan has been
15 obtained under subdivision (B)(i), the Remediation
16 Applicant may submit, with the application and supporting
17 documentation under subdivision (B)(e) or (B)(f), a copy of
18 the Agency's final determination accompanied by a
19 certification that the actual remediation costs incurred
20 for the development and implementation of the Remedial
21 Action Plan are equal to or less than the costs approved in
22 the Agency's final determination on the budget plan. The
23 certification must be signed by the Remediation Applicant
24 and notarized. Based on that submission, the Agency is not
25 required to conduct further review of the costs incurred
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1 Plan and may approve costs as submitted.
2 (3) Within 35 days after receipt of an Agency letter
3 disapproving or modifying an application for approval of
4 remediation costs, the Remediation Applicant may appeal
5 the Agency's decision to the Board in the manner provided
6 for the review of permits in Section 40 of this Act.
7 (i) (1) A Remediation Applicant may obtain a preliminary
8 review of estimated remediation costs for the development
9 and implementation of the Remedial Action Plan by
10 submitting a budget plan along with the Remedial Action
11 Plan. The budget plan must be set forth on forms prescribed
12 and provided by the Agency and must include, but is not
13 limited to, line item estimates of the costs associated
14 with each line item (such as personnel, equipment, and
15 materials) that the Remediation Applicant anticipates will
16 be incurred for the development and implementation of the
17 Remedial Action Plan. The Agency must review the budget
18 plan along with the Remedial Action Plan to determine
19 whether the estimated costs submitted are remediation
20 costs and whether the costs estimated for the activities
21 are reasonable.
22 (2) If the Remedial Action Plan is amended by the
23 Remediation Applicant or as a result of Agency action, the
24 corresponding budget plan must be revised accordingly and
25 resubmitted for Agency review.
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1 applicable fee as set forth in subdivision (B)(j).
2 (4) Submittal of a budget plan must be deemed an
3 automatic 60-day waiver of the Remedial Action Plan review
4 deadlines set forth in this subsection (B) and rules
5 adopted under this subsection (B).
6 (5) Within the applicable period of review, the Agency
7 must issue a letter to the Remediation Applicant approving,
8 disapproving, or modifying the estimated remediation costs
9 submitted in the budget plan. If a budget plan is
10 disapproved or approved with modification of estimated
11 remediation costs, the Agency's letter must set forth the
12 reasons for the disapproval or modification.
13 (6) Within 35 days after receipt of an Agency letter
14 disapproving or modifying a budget plan, the Remediation
15 Applicant may appeal the Agency's decision to the Board in
16 the manner provided for the review of permits in Section 40
17 of this Act.
18 (j) The fees for reviews conducted by the Agency under this
19subsection (B) are in addition to any other fees or payments
20for Agency services rendered pursuant to the Site Remediation
21Program and are as follows:
22 (1) The fee for an application for review of
23 remediation costs is $1,000 for each site reviewed.
24 (2) The fee for the review of the budget plan submitted
25 under subdivision (B)(i) is $500 for each site reviewed.
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1budget plan must be made payable to the State of Illinois, for
2deposit into the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund.
3 (k) Moneys in the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund may be
4used for the purposes of this Section, including payment for
5the costs of administering this subsection (B). Any moneys
6remaining in the Brownfields Site Restoration Program Fund on
7the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
8Assembly shall be transferred to the Brownfields Redevelopment
9Fund. Total payments made to all Remediation Applicants by the
10Agency for purposes of this subsection (B) must not exceed
11$1,000,000 in State fiscal year 2002.
12 (l) The Department and the Agency is are authorized to
13enter into any contracts or agreements that may be necessary to
14carry out the Agency's their duties and responsibilities under
15this subsection (B).
16 (m) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
17amendatory Act of 2002, the Department of Commerce and
18Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic
19Opportunity) and the Agency must propose rules prescribing
20procedures and standards for the administration of this
21subsection (B). Within 9 months after receipt of the proposed
22rules, the Board shall adopt on second notice, pursuant to
23Sections 27 and 28 of this Act and the Illinois Administrative
24Procedure Act, rules that are consistent with this subsection
25(B). Prior to the effective date of rules adopted under this
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1Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity)
2and the Agency may conduct reviews of applications under this
3subsection (B) and the Agency is further authorized to
4distribute guidance documents on costs that are eligible or
5ineligible as remediation costs.
6(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
7 (415 ILCS 5/6.1 rep.)
8 Section 950. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
9repealing Section 6.1.
10 Section 955. The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act is
11amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
12 (415 ILCS 15/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 5957)
13 Sec. 7. (a) Each county shall begin implementation of its
14waste management plan, including the recycling program, within
15one year of adoption of the plan. The county may enter into
16written agreements with other persons, including a
17municipality or persons transporting municipal waste on the
18effective date of this Act, pursuant to which the persons
19undertake to fulfill some or all of the county's
20responsibilities under this Act. A person who enters into an
21agreement shall be responsible with the county for the
22implementation of such programs.
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1for the collection, marketing and disposition of recyclable
2materials shall be given to persons engaged in the business of
3recycling within the county on the effective date of this Act,
4whether or not the persons were operating for profit.
5 If a township within the county is operating a recycling
6program on the effective date of the plan which substantially
7conforms with or exceeds the requirements of the recycling
8program included in the plan, the township may continue to
9operate its recycling program, and such operation shall
10constitute, within the township, implementation of the
11recycling program included in the plan. A township may at any
12time adopt and implement a recycling program that is more
13stringent than that required by the county waste management
14plan.
15 (c) The Agency Department shall assist counties in
16implementing recycling programs under this Act, and may,
17pursuant to appropriation, make grants and loans from the Solid
18Waste Management Fund to counties or other units of local
19government for that purpose, to be used for capital assistance
20or for the payment of recycling diversion credits or for other
21recycling program purposes, in accordance with such guidelines
22as may be adopted by the Agency Department.
23(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
24 (415 ILCS 15/8 rep.)
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1 Section 960. The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act is
2amended by repealing Sections 8 and 8.5.
3 Section 965. The Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is
4amended by changing Sections 2.1, 3, 3.1, 5, 6, 6a, 7, and 8 as
5follows:
6 (415 ILCS 20/2.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7052.1)
7 Sec. 2.1. Definitions. When used in this Act, unless the
8context otherwise requires, the following terms have the
9meanings ascribed to them in this Section:
10 "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
11 "Department", when a particular entity is not specified,
12means (i) in the case of a function to be performed on or after
13July 1, 1995 (the effective date of the Department of Natural
14Resources Act) and until the effective date of this amendatory
15Act of the 100th General Assembly, the Department of Commerce
16and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic
17Opportunity), as successor to the former Department of Energy
18and Natural Resources under the Department of Natural Resources
19Act; or (ii) in the case of a function required to be performed
20before July 1, 1995, the former Illinois Department of Energy
21and Natural Resources.
22 "Deinked stock" means paper that has been processed to
23remove inks, clays, coatings, binders and other contaminants.
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1be used until disposal; items designed to be used in production
2of a subsequent item are excluded.
3 "High grade printing and writing papers" includes offset
4printing paper, duplicator paper, writing paper (stationery),
5office paper, note pads, xerographic paper, envelopes, form
6bond including computer paper and carbonless forms, book
7papers, bond papers, ledger paper, book stock and cotton fiber
8papers.
9 "Paper and paper products" means high grade printing and
10writing papers, tissue products, newsprint, unbleached
11packaging and recycled paperboard.
12 "Postconsumer material" means only those products
13generated by a business or consumer which have served their
14intended end uses, and which have been separated or diverted
15from solid waste; wastes generated during production of an end
16product are excluded.
17 "Recovered paper material" means paper waste generated
18after the completion of the papermaking process, such as
19postconsumer materials, envelope cuttings, bindery trimmings,
20printing waste, cutting and other converting waste, butt rolls,
21and mill wrappers, obsolete inventories, and rejected unused
22stock. "Recovered paper material", however, does not include
23fibrous waste generated during the manufacturing process such
24as fibers recovered from waste water or trimmings of paper
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1residues such as bark.
2 "Recycled paperboard" includes recycled paperboard
3products, folding cartons and pad backing.
4 "Recycling" means the process by which solid waste is
5collected, separated and processed for reuse as either a raw
6material or a product which itself is subject to recycling, but
7does not include the combustion of waste for energy recovery or
8volume reduction.
9 "Tissue products" includes toilet tissue, paper towels,
10paper napkins, facial tissue, paper doilies, industrial
11wipers, paper bags and brown papers.
12 "Unbleached packaging" includes corrugated and fiber
13boxes.
14 "USEPA Guidelines for federal procurement" means all
15minimum recycled content standards recommended by the U.S.
16Environmental Protection Agency.
17(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
18 (415 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7053)
19 Sec. 3. State agency materials recycling program.
20 (a) All State agencies responsible for the maintenance of
21public lands in the State shall, to the maximum extent
22feasible, use compost materials in all land maintenance
23activities which are to be paid with public funds.
24 (a-5) All State agencies responsible for the maintenance of
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1specifications and policies to determine (1) if incorporating
2compost materials will help reduce stormwater run-off and
3increase infiltration of moisture in land maintenance
4activities and (2) the current recycled content usage and
5potential for additional recycled content usage by the Agency
6in land maintenance activities and report to the General
7Assembly by December 15, 2015.
8 (b) The Department of Central Management Services, in
9coordination with the Agency Department of Commerce and
10Economic Opportunity, shall implement waste reduction
11programs, including source separation and collection, for
12office wastepaper, corrugated containers, newsprint and mixed
13paper, in all State buildings as appropriate and feasible. Such
14waste reduction programs shall be designed to achieve waste
15reductions of at least 25% of all such waste by December 31,
161995, and at least 50% of all such waste by December 31, 2000.
17Any source separation and collection program shall include, at
18a minimum, procedures for collecting and storing recyclable
19materials, bins or containers for storing materials, and
20contractual or other arrangements with buyers of recyclable
21materials. If market conditions so warrant, the Department of
22Central Management Services, in coordination with the Agency
23Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, may modify
24programs developed pursuant to this Section.
25 The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
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1waste categorization studies of all State facilities for
2calendar years 1991, 1995 and 2000. Such studies shall be
3designed to assist the Department of Central Management
4Services to achieve the waste reduction goals established in
5this subsection.
6 (c) Each State agency shall, upon consultation with the
7Agency Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity,
8periodically review its procurement procedures and
9specifications related to the purchase of products or supplies.
10Such procedures and specifications shall be modified as
11necessary to require the procuring agency to seek out products
12and supplies that contain recycled materials, and to ensure
13that purchased products or supplies are reusable, durable or
14made from recycled materials whenever economically and
15practically feasible. In choosing among products or supplies
16that contain recycled material, consideration shall be given to
17products and supplies with the highest recycled material
18content that is consistent with the effective and efficient use
19of the product or supply.
20 (d) Wherever economically and practically feasible, the
21Department of Central Management Services shall procure
22recycled paper and paper products as follows:
23 (1) Beginning July 1, 1989, at least 10% of the total
24 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
25 Department of Central Management Services shall be
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1 (2) Beginning July 1, 1992, at least 25% of the total
2 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
3 Department of Central Management Services shall be
4 recycled paper and paper products.
5 (3) Beginning July 1, 1996, at least 40% of the total
6 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
7 Department of Central Management Services shall be
8 recycled paper and paper products.
9 (4) Beginning July 1, 2000, at least 50% of the total
10 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
11 Department of Central Management Services shall be
12 recycled paper and paper products.
13 (e) Paper and paper products purchased from private vendors
14pursuant to printing contracts are not considered paper
15products for the purposes of subsection (d). However, the
16Department of Central Management Services shall report to the
17General Assembly on an annual basis the total dollar value of
18printing contracts awarded to private sector vendors that
19included the use of recycled paper.
20 (f)(1) Wherever economically and practically feasible,
21 the recycled paper and paper products referred to in
22 subsection (d) shall contain postconsumer or recovered
23 paper materials as specified by paper category in this
24 subsection:
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1 Such recovered paper material, until July 1, 1994,
2 shall consist of at least 20% deinked stock or
3 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1994,
4 shall consist of at least 25% deinked stock or
5 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
6 shall consist of at least 30% deinked stock or
7 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1998,
8 shall consist of at least 40% deinked stock or
9 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 2000,
10 shall consist of at least 50% deinked stock or
11 postconsumer material.
12 (ii) Recycled tissue products, until July 1, 1994,
13 shall contain at least 25% postconsumer material; and
14 beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 30%
15 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
16 shall contain at least 35% postconsumer material; and
17 beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 40%
18 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 2000,
19 shall contain at least 45% postconsumer material.
20 (iii) Recycled newsprint, until July 1, 1994,
21 shall contain at least 40% postconsumer material; and
22 beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 50%
23 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
24 shall contain at least 60% postconsumer material; and
25 beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 70%
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1 shall contain at least 80% postconsumer material.
2 (iv) Recycled unbleached packaging, until July 1,
3 1994, shall contain at least 35% postconsumer
4 material; and beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at
5 least 40% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1,
6 1996, shall contain at least 45% postconsumer
7 material; and beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain at
8 least 50% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1,
9 2000, shall contain at least 55% postconsumer
10 material.
11 (v) Recycled paperboard, until July 1, 1994, shall
12 contain at least 80% postconsumer material; and
13 beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 85%
14 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
15 shall contain at least 90% postconsumer material; and
16 beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 95%
17 postconsumer material.
18 (2) For the purposes of this Section, "postconsumer
19 material" includes:
20 (i) paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes from
21 retail stores, office buildings, homes, and so forth,
22 after the waste has passed through its end usage as a
23 consumer item, including used corrugated boxes, old
24 newspapers, mixed waste paper, tabulating cards, and
25 used cordage; and
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1 that are diverted or separated from the municipal solid
2 waste stream.
3 (3) For the purposes of this Section, "recovered paper
4 material" includes:
5 (i) postconsumer material;
6 (ii) dry paper and paperboard waste generated
7 after completion of the papermaking process (that is,
8 those manufacturing operations up to and including the
9 cutting and trimming of the paper machine reel into
10 smaller rolls or rough sheets), including envelope
11 cuttings, bindery trimmings, and other paper and
12 paperboard waste resulting from printing, cutting,
13 forming, and other converting operations, or from bag,
14 box and carton manufacturing, and butt rolls, mill
15 wrappers, and rejected unused stock; and
16 (iii) finished paper and paperboard from obsolete
17 inventories of paper and paperboard manufacturers,
18 merchants, wholesalers, dealers, printers, converters,
19 or others.
20 (g) The Department of Central Management Services may adopt
21regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes of this
22Section.
23 (h) Every State agency shall, in its procurement documents,
24specify that, whenever economically and practically feasible,
25a product to be procured must consist, wholly or in part, of
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1part. When applicable, if state guidelines are not already
2prescribed, State agencies shall follow USEPA guidelines for
3federal procurement.
4 (i) All State agencies shall cooperate with the Department
5of Central Management Services in carrying out this Section.
6The Department of Central Management Services may enter into
7cooperative purchasing agreements with other governmental
8units in order to obtain volume discounts, or for other reasons
9in accordance with the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act, or in
10accordance with the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act if
11governmental units of other states or the federal government
12are involved.
13 (j) The Department of Central Management Services shall
14submit an annual report to the General Assembly concerning its
15implementation of the State's collection and recycled paper
16procurement programs. This report shall include a description
17of the actions that the Department of Central Management
18Services has taken in the previous fiscal year to implement
19this Section. This report shall be submitted on or before
20November 1 of each year.
21 (k) The Department of Central Management Services, in
22cooperation with all other appropriate departments and
23agencies of the State, shall institute whenever economically
24and practically feasible the use of re-refined motor oil in all
25State-owned motor vehicles and the use of remanufactured and
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1later than July 1, 1992.
2 (l) (Blank).
3 (m) The Department of Central Management Services, in
4coordination with the Department of Commerce and Community
5Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity),
6has implemented an aluminum can recycling program in all State
7buildings within 270 days of the effective date of this
8amendatory Act of 1997. The program provides for (1) the
9collection and storage of used aluminum cans in bins or other
10appropriate containers made reasonably available to occupants
11and visitors of State buildings and (2) the sale of used
12aluminum cans to buyers of recyclable materials.
13 Proceeds from the sale of used aluminum cans shall be
14deposited into I-CYCLE accounts maintained in the State Surplus
15Property Revolving Fund and, subject to appropriation, shall be
16used by the Department of Central Management Services and any
17other State agency to offset the costs of implementing the
18aluminum can recycling program under this Section.
19 All State agencies having an aluminum can recycling program
20in place shall continue with their current plan. If a State
21agency has an existing recycling program in place, proceeds
22from the aluminum can recycling program may be retained and
23distributed pursuant to that program, otherwise all revenue
24resulting from these programs shall be forwarded to Central
25Management Services, I-CYCLE for placement into the
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1Revolving Fund, minus any operating costs associated with the
2program.
3(Source: P.A. 99-34, eff. 7-14-15; 99-543, eff. 1-1-17.)
4 (415 ILCS 20/3.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7053.1)
5 Sec. 3.1. Institutions of higher learning.
6 (a) For purposes of this Section "State-supported
7institutions of higher learning" or "institutions" means the
8University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, the
9colleges and universities under the jurisdiction of the Board
10of Governors of State Colleges and Universities, the colleges
11and universities under the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents
12of Regency Universities, and the public community colleges
13subject to the Public Community College Act.
14 (b) Each State-supported institution of higher learning
15shall develop a comprehensive waste reduction plan covering a
16period of 10 years which addresses the management of solid
17waste generated by academic, administrative, student housing
18and other institutional functions. The waste reduction plan
19shall be developed by January 1, 1995. The initial plan
20required under this Section shall be updated by the institution
21every 5 years, and any proposed amendments to the plan shall be
22submitted for review in accordance with subsection (f).
23 (c) Each waste reduction plan shall address, at a minimum,
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1activities, waste collection and disposal costs, future waste
2management methods, and specific goals to reduce the amount of
3waste generated that is subject to landfill disposal.
4 (d) Each waste reduction plan shall provide for recycling
5of marketable materials currently present in the institution's
6waste stream, including but not limited to landscape waste,
7corrugated cardboard, computer paper, and white office paper,
8and shall provide for the investigation of potential markets
9for other recyclable materials present in the institution's
10waste stream. The recycling provisions of the waste reduction
11plan shall be designed to achieve, by January 1, 2000, at least
12a 40% reduction (referenced to a base year of 1987) in the
13amount of solid waste that is generated by the institution and
14identified in the waste reduction plan as being subject to
15landfill disposal.
16 (e) Each waste reduction plan shall evaluate the
17institution's procurement policies and practices to eliminate
18procedures which discriminate against items with recycled
19content, and to identify products or items which are procured
20by the institution on a frequent or repetitive basis for which
21products with recycled content may be substituted. Each waste
22reduction plan shall prescribe that it will be the policy of
23the institution to purchase products with recycled content
24whenever such products have met specifications and standards of
25equivalent products which do not contain recycled content.
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1this Section shall be submitted to the Agency Department of
2Commerce and Economic Opportunity for review and approval. The
3Agency's Department's review shall be conducted in cooperation
4with the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community
5College Board.
6 (g) The Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
7Opportunity shall provide technical assistance, technical
8materials, workshops and other information necessary to assist
9in the development and implementation of the waste reduction
10plans. The Agency Department shall develop guidelines and
11funding criteria for providing grant assistance to
12institutions for the implementation of approved waste
13reduction plans.
14(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
15 (415 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7055)
16 Sec. 5. Informational Clearinghouse. The Department of
17Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in cooperation with the
18Environmental Protection Agency, shall maintain a central
19clearinghouse of information regarding the implementation of
20this Act. In particular, this clearinghouse shall include data
21regarding solid waste research and planning, solid waste
22management practices, markets for recyclable materials and
23intergovernmental cooperation.
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1 (415 ILCS 20/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7056)
2 Sec. 6. The Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
3Opportunity shall be the lead agency for implementation of this
4Act and shall have the following powers:
5 (a) To provide technical and educational assistance for
6applications of technologies and practices which will minimize
7the land disposal of non-hazardous solid waste; economic
8feasibility of implementation of solid waste management
9alternatives; analysis of markets for recyclable materials and
10energy products; application of the Geographic Information
11System to provide analysis of natural resource, land use, and
12environmental impacts; evaluation of financing and ownership
13options; and evaluation of plans prepared by units of local
14government pursuant to Section 22.15 of the Environmental
15Protection Act.
16 (b) (Blank). To provide technical assistance in siting
17pollution control facilities, defined as any waste storage
18site, sanitary landfill, waste disposal site, waste transfer
19station or waste incinerator.
20 (c) To provide loans or recycling and composting grants to
21businesses and not-for-profit and governmental organizations
22for the purposes of increasing the quantity of materials
23recycled or composted in Illinois; developing and implementing
24innovative recycling methods and technologies; developing and
25expanding markets for recyclable materials; and increasing the
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1Agency Department shall work with and coordinate its activities
2with existing for-profit and not-for-profit collection and
3recycling systems to encourage orderly growth in the supply of
4and markets for recycled materials and to assist existing
5collection and recycling efforts.
6 The Agency Department shall develop a public education
7program concerning the importance of both composting and
8recycling in order to preserve landfill space in Illinois.
9 (d) To establish guidelines and funding criteria for the
10solicitation of projects under this Act, and to receive and
11evaluate applications for loans or grants for solid waste
12management projects based upon such guidelines and criteria.
13Funds may be loaned with or without interest.
14 (e) To support and coordinate solid waste research in
15Illinois, and to approve the annual solid waste research agenda
16prepared by the University of Illinois.
17 (f) To provide loans or grants for research, development
18and demonstration of innovative technologies and practices,
19including but not limited to pilot programs for collection and
20disposal of household wastes.
21 (g) To promulgate such rules and regulations as are
22necessary to carry out the purposes of subsections (c), (d) and
23(f) of this Section.
24 (h)(Blank). To cooperate with the Environmental Protection
25Agency for the purposes specified herein.
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1grants, repayments of interest and principal on loans, matching
2funds, reimbursements, appropriations, income derived from
3investments, or other things of value from the federal or state
4governments or from any institution, person, partnership,
5joint venture, corporation, public or private.
6 The Agency Department is authorized to use moneys available
7for that purpose, subject to appropriation, expressly for the
8purpose of implementing a loan program according to procedures
9established pursuant to this Act. Those moneys shall be used by
10the Agency Department for the purpose of financing additional
11projects and for the Agency's Department's administrative
12expenses related thereto.
13(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
14 (415 ILCS 20/6a) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7056a)
15 Sec. 6a. The Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
16Opportunity shall:
17 (1) Work with nationally based consumer groups and
18 trade associations to support the development of
19 nationally recognized logos which may be used to indicate
20 whether a container and any other consumer products which
21 are claimed to be recyclable by a product manufacturer are
22 recyclable, compostable, or biodegradable.
23 (2) Work with nationally based consumer groups and
24 trade associations to develop nationally recognized
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1 may be used.
2 (3) Develop and conduct a public education and
3 awareness campaign to encourage the public to look for and
4 buy products in containers which are recyclable or made of
5 recycled materials.
6 (4) Develop and prepare educational materials
7 describing the benefits and methods of recycling for
8 distribution to elementary schools in Illinois.
9(Source: P.A. 99-306, eff. 1-1-16.)
10 (415 ILCS 20/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7057)
11 Sec. 7. It is the intent of this Act to provide the
12framework for a comprehensive solid waste management program in
13Illinois.
14 The Department shall prepare and submit to the Governor and
15the General Assembly on or before January 1, 1992, a report
16evaluating the effectiveness of the programs provided under
17this Act and Section 22.14 of the Environmental Protection Act;
18assessing the need for a continuation of existing programs,
19development and implementation of new programs and appropriate
20funding mechanisms; and recommending legislative and
21administrative action to fully implement a comprehensive solid
22waste management program in Illinois.
23 The Department shall investigate the suitability and
24advisability of providing tax incentives for Illinois
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1recycling equipment, and shall report to the Governor and the
2General Assembly by January 1, 1987, on the results of this
3investigation.
4 By July 1, 1989, the Department shall submit to the
5Governor and members of the General Assembly a waste reduction
6report:
7 (a) that describes various mechanisms that could be
8 utilized to stimulate and enhance the reduction of
9 industrial and post-consumer waste in the State, including
10 their advantages and disadvantages. The mechanisms to be
11 analyzed shall include, but not be limited to, incentives
12 for prolonging product life, methods for ensuring product
13 recyclability, taxes for excessive packaging, tax
14 incentives, prohibitions on the use of certain products,
15 and performance standards for products; and
16 (b) that includes specific recommendations to
17 stimulate and enhance waste reduction in the industrial and
18 consumer sector, including, but not limited to,
19 legislation, financial incentives and disincentives, and
20 public education.
21 The Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
22Opportunity, with the cooperation of the State Board of
23Education, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and
24others as needed, shall develop, coordinate and conduct an
25education program for solid waste management and recycling. The
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1general public, businesses, government, educators and
2students.
3 The education program shall address, at a minimum, the
4following topics: the solid waste management alternatives of
5recycling, composting, and source reduction; resource
6allocation and depletion; solid waste planning; reuse of
7materials; pollution prevention; and household hazardous
8waste.
9 The Agency Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
10shall cooperate with municipal and county governments,
11regional school superintendents, education service centers,
12local school districts, and planning agencies and committees to
13coordinate local and regional education programs and workshops
14and to expedite the exchange of technical information.
15 By March 1, 1989, the Department shall prepare a report on
16strategies for distributing and marketing landscape waste
17compost from centralized composting sites operated by units of
18local government. The report shall, at a minimum, evaluate the
19effects of product quality, assured supply, cost and public
20education on the availability of compost, free delivery, and
21public sales composting program. The evaluation of public sales
22programs shall focus on direct retail sale of bagged compost at
23the site or special distribution centers and bulk sale of
24finished compost to wholesalers for resale.
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1 (415 ILCS 20/8)
2 Sec. 8. Recycling Economic Development Program. On or
3before March 1, 1994, the Department shall issue a Request for
4Proposals that invites individuals, not-for-profit
5corporations, and small businesses to submit proposals to
6develop enterprises that use secondary materials that are
7collected in municipal and business recycling programs for the
8manufacture of recycled-content products. Grants to qualified
9applicants shall not exceed $50,000 for any one proposal. The
10Department shall provide grants in an amount not to exceed
11$150,000 during any one fiscal year. The terms of the grants
12shall be determined by the Department. This program shall
13operate for a period not to exceed 2 years.
14 The Department shall give priority to proposals that will
15create small scale businesses in economically depressed areas.
16In determining the most viable proposals, the Department may
17consider, in addition to its regular market development program
18guidelines, the nature of the business, its capital needs,
19benefits to the community, program budget constraints, local
20financing opportunities, and the type of secondary material
21that will be used as feedstock in the reuse or remanufacturing
22process.
23 The Department shall hold at least 2 informational meetings
24in the State to publicize the existence of this recycling
25economic redevelopment Request for Proposals and shall provide
26technical assistance to any potential respondent desiring such

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1assistance. Grant recipients shall prepare and submit to the
2Department a one year progress report which the Department
3shall summarize and submit to the General Assembly along with
4recommendations on measures that the State can undertake to
5stimulate small-scale market development ventures,
6particularly in economically-depressed areas.
7 None of the provisions of this Section shall limit or
8affect other programs administered by the Agency Department
9pursuant to this Act.
10(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
11 Section 970. The Recycled Newsprint Use Act is amended by
12changing Sections 2002.03, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011,
132012, and 2013 as follows:
14 (415 ILCS 110/2002.03 new)
15 Sec. 2002.03. Agency. "Agency" means the Environmental
16Protection Agency.
17 (415 ILCS 110/2004) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9754)
18 Sec. 2004. Consumer usage certification. Each consumer of
19newsprint within the State shall, on or before March 1 of each
20year, certify to the Agency Department the amount in tons of
21every type of newsprint used by the consumer of newsprint the
22previous year and the percentage of recycled fibers present in
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1calculate the recycled fiber usage for that consumer of
2newsprint. All Illinois consumers of newsprint shall submit the
3first consumer usage certificate by March 1, 1992, for the
4calendar year 1991. Only consumers of newsprint who provide
5timely usage certificates shall receive credit for recycled
6fiber usage.
7(Source: P.A. 91-583, eff. 1-1-00.)
8 (415 ILCS 110/2005) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9755)
9 Sec. 2005. Audit. Every consumer of newsprint who submits
10recycled fiber usage certification may be subject to an audit
11by the Agency Department to ensure that the recycled fiber
12percentage requirement was met.
13(Source: P.A. 86-1443.)
14 (415 ILCS 110/2007) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9757)
15 Sec. 2007. List identifying consumers and suppliers. For
16the purposes of implementing and enforcing this Act, the Agency
17Department shall develop and maintain a list that identifies
18every consumer of newsprint in Illinois and every person who
19supplies a consumer of newsprint with newsprint. The Agency
20Department may use information from local business permits,
21trade publications, or any other relevant information to
22develop the list.
23(Source: P.A. 86-1443.)

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1 (415 ILCS 110/2008) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9758)
2 Sec. 2008. Comparable quality standards.
3 (a) For the purposes of implementing and enforcing this
4Act, the Agency Department shall set comparable quality
5standards for each of the grades of newsprint available from
6all suppliers of newsprint to determine the comparable quality
7of recycled content newsprint to virgin material. The standards
8shall be based on the average numerical standards of printing
9opacity, brightness level, and cross machine tear strength.
10 (b) The Agency Department shall review its standards at
11least once every 2 years and determine whether they should be
12adjusted to reflect changes in industry standards and
13practices, and if so, the Agency Department shall set new
14standards.
15(Source: P.A. 86-1443.)
16 (415 ILCS 110/2010) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9760)
17 Sec. 2010. Content of delivered newsprint. If any person
18knowingly provides a consumer of newsprint with a false or
19misleading certificate concerning the recycled fiber
20percentage of the delivered newsprint, the Agency Department,
21within 30 days of making this determination, shall refer the
22false or misleading certificate to the Attorney General for
23prosecution for fraud.
24(Source: P.A. 86-1443.)

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1 (415 ILCS 110/2011) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9761)
2 Sec. 2011. Consumer use certificate. Any consumer of
3newsprint who knowingly provides the Agency Department with a
4false or misleading certificate concerning the percentage of
5recycled fiber used commits a Class C misdemeanor, and the
6Agency Department, within 30 days of making this determination,
7shall refer the false or misleading certificate to the Attorney
8General for prosecution.
9(Source: P.A. 86-1443.)
10 (415 ILCS 110/2012) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9762)
11 Sec. 2012. Prices; confidential proprietary information.
12Specific information on newsprint prices included as part of a
13certificate submitted to the Agency Department by newsprint
14consumers or suppliers is proprietary information and shall not
15be made available to the general public.
16(Source: P.A. 86-1443.)
17 (415 ILCS 110/2013) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9763)
18 Sec. 2013. Mandatory recycling.
19 (a) If the Department determines that the 1993 annual
20aggregate average of recycled fiber usage does not meet or
21exceed the goal established in Section 2003 of this Act, the
22provisions of this Section shall be implemented.
23 (b) During the year 1994 every consumer of newsprint in
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1usage is at least 28%, unless he complies with subsection (c)
2or (d).
3 (c) If recycled content newsprint cannot be found that
4meets quality standards established by the Agency Department,
5or if recycled content newsprint cannot be found in sufficient
6quantities to meet recycled fiber usage requirements within a
7given year, or if recycled newsprint cannot be found at a price
8comparable to that of newsprint made from 100% virgin fibers,
9the consumer of newsprint shall so certify to the Agency
10Department and provide the Agency Department with the specific
11reasons for failing to meet recycled fiber usage requirements.
12 (d) A consumer of newsprint who has made previous contracts
13with newsprint suppliers before January 1, 1991, may be exempt
14from the requirements of this Act if those requirements are in
15conflict with the agreements set forth in the contract. The
16consumer of newsprint must conform to the conditions of this
17Act immediately upon expiration or nullification of the
18contract. Contracts may not be entered into or renewed as an
19attempt to evade the requirements of this Act.
20 (e) Any consumer of newsprint who knowingly provides the
21Agency Department with a false or misleading certificate
22concerning why the consumer of newsprint was unable to obtain
23the minimum amount of recycled content newsprint needed to
24achieve the recycled fiber usage requirements, commits a Class
25C misdemeanor, and the Agency Department, within 30 days of
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1certificate to the Attorney General for prosecution.
2 (f) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (b) of
3this Section is guilty of a business offense punishable by a
4fine of not more than $1,000.
5(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
6 Section 975. The Alternate Fuels Act is amended by changing
7Sections 15, 25, 31, and 32 as follows:
8 (415 ILCS 120/15)
9 Sec. 15. Rulemaking. The Agency shall promulgate rules and
10dedicate sufficient resources to implement the purposes of
11Section 30 of this Act. Such rules shall be consistent with the
12provisions of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and any
13regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. The Secretary of
14State may promulgate rules to implement Section 35 of this Act.
15The Agency Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may
16promulgate rules to implement Section 25 of this Act.
17(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
18 (415 ILCS 120/25)
19 Sec. 25. Ethanol fuel research program. The Agency may
20Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall
21administer a research program to reduce the costs of producing
22ethanol fuels and increase the viability of ethanol fuels, new
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1infrastructure. This research shall be funded from the
2Alternate Fuels Fund. The research program shall remain in
3effect, subject to appropriation after calendar year 2004, or
4until funds are no longer available.
5(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
6 (415 ILCS 120/31)
7 Sec. 31. Alternate Fuel Infrastructure Program. Subject to
8appropriation, the Agency may Department of Commerce and
9Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic
10Opportunity) shall establish a grant program to provide funding
11for the building of E85 blend, propane, at least 20% biodiesel
12blended fuel, and compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling
13facilities, including private on-site fueling facilities, to
14be built within the covered area or in Illinois metropolitan
15areas over 100,000 in population. The Agency Department of
16Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall be responsible for
17reviewing the proposals and awarding the grants.
18(Source: P.A. 94-62, eff. 6-20-05.)
19 (415 ILCS 120/32)
20 Sec. 32. Clean Fuel Education Program. Subject to
21appropriation, the Agency Department of Commerce and Economic
22Opportunity, in cooperation with the Agency and Chicago Area
23Clean Cities, may shall administer the Clean Fuel Education
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1administrators and Illinois' citizens about the benefits of
2using alternate fuels. The program shall include a media
3campaign.
4(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
5 (815 ILCS 355/Act rep.)
6 Section 980. The Hot Water Heater Efficiency Act is
7repealed.
8 (815 ILCS 440/Act rep.)
9 Section 985. The Waste Oil Recovery Act is repealed.
10 Section 990. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
11Section 2 as follows:
12 (820 ILCS 130/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
13 Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
14mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
15hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
16contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance,
17repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
18whether owned, leased, or rented.
19 As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
20otherwise:
21 "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
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1out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
2all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
3loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
4any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited
5to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
6(Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
7Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
8Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, or
9the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
10available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; loans or other
11funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development
12Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
13Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section
146z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction
15under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds
16authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond Act,
17funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the
18State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes under
19Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public works"
20also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in part
21with funds from the Environmental Protection Agency Department
22of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under the Illinois
23Renewable Fuels Development Program Act for which there is no
24project labor agreement; (ii) all work performed pursuant to a
25public private agreement under the Public Private Agreements
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1for the South Suburban Airport Act; and (iii) all projects
2undertaken under a public-private agreement under the
3Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. "Public
4works" also includes all projects at leased facility property
5used for airport purposes under Section 35 of the Local
6Government Facility Lease Act. "Public works" also includes the
7construction of a new wind power facility by a business
8designated as a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E)
9of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" does not
10include work done directly by any public utility company,
11whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or
12paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works"
13also includes any corrective action performed pursuant to Title
14XVI of the Environmental Protection Act for which payment from
15the Underground Storage Tank Fund is requested. "Public works"
16does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an
17owner-occupied single-family residence or at an owner-occupied
18unit of a multi-family residence. "Public works" does not
19include work performed for soil and water conservation purposes
20on agricultural lands, whether or not done under public
21supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds,
22done directly by an owner or person who has legal control of
23those lands.
24 "Construction" means all work on public works involving
25laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
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1whether owned, leased, or rented.
2 "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
3public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
4available in the county a sufficient number of competent
5skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the public
6works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any other
7county nearest the one in which the work or construction is to
8be performed and from which such persons may be obtained in
9sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
10respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
11Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
12of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
13construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
14workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
15 "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
16commission of the State or any political subdivision or
17department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or in
18part by public funds, and includes every county, city, town,
19village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
20reclamation improvement or other district and every other
21political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
22whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
23operates under a special charter or not.
24 The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
25"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
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1annualized fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship
2programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
3Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
4vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in which
5the work is being performed, to employees engaged in work of a
6similar character on public works.
7(Source: P.A. 97-502, eff. 8-23-11; 98-109, eff. 7-25-13;
898-482, eff. 1-1-14; 98-740, eff. 7-16-14; 98-756, eff.
97-16-14.)
10 Section 9997. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
11severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
12 Section 9999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3 New Act
4 20 ILCS 627/15
5 20 ILCS 627/20
6 20 ILCS 687/6-3
7 20 ILCS 687/6-4
8 20 ILCS 687/6-5
9 20 ILCS 687/6-5.5
10 20 ILCS 687/6-6
11 20 ILCS 689/5
12 20 ILCS 689/10
13 20 ILCS 689/15
14 20 ILCS 689/25
15 20 ILCS 689/30
16 20 ILCS 1105/1from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7401
17 20 ILCS 1105/3from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7403
18 20 ILCS 1115/4from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7604
19 20 ILCS 1115/5 rep.
20 20 ILCS 3125/10
21 20 ILCS 3125/15
22 20 ILCS 3125/25
23 20 ILCS 3125/30
24 20 ILCS 3954/20
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1 105 ILCS 5/34-18.15from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.15
2 415 ILCS 5/21.6from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.6
3 415 ILCS 5/22.15from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.15
4 415 ILCS 5/22.16bfrom Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.16b
5 415 ILCS 5/22.23from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.23
6 415 ILCS 5/55.3from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.3
7 415 ILCS 5/55.7from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.7
8 415 ILCS 5/58.14a
9 415 ILCS 5/58.15
10 415 ILCS 5/6.1 rep.
11 415 ILCS 15/7from Ch. 85, par. 5957
12 415 ILCS 15/8 rep.
13 415 ILCS 15/8.5 rep.
14 415 ILCS 20/2.1from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7052.1
15 415 ILCS 20/3from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7053
16 415 ILCS 20/3.1from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7053.1
17 415 ILCS 20/5from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7055
18 415 ILCS 20/6from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7056
19 415 ILCS 20/6afrom Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7056a
20 415 ILCS 20/7from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7057
21 415 ILCS 20/8
22 415 ILCS 110/2002.03 new
23 415 ILCS 110/2004from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9754
24 415 ILCS 110/2005from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9755
25 415 ILCS 110/2007from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9757
26 415 ILCS 110/2008from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9758

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