Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Changes the categories of waste that qualify for exemptions from State and local tipping fees and Subtitle D management fees. Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Requires each county to report its recycling and composting rate and its disposal rate to the Environmental Protection Agency. Establishes a recycling and composting goal that each county waste management plan must satisfy. Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to prepare a resource management plan that contains certain information about recycling and composting in the State. Authorizes the Department to provide grants to counties, municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or more, and municipal joint action agencies in order to help achieve the recycling and composting goals. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0853 [HB4986 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Concurrence in House	2012-05-30	67	48	2	0	117	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2012-05-17	56	0	3	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2012-03-28	69	44	1	1	115	Passed	Link	View

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