Bill Amendment: IL HB4790 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: COMPOST SOIL CONSTRUCTION
Status: 2018-08-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0951 [HB4790 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4790-House_Amendment_003.html
Bill Title: COMPOST SOIL CONSTRUCTION
Status: 2018-08-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0951 [HB4790 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4790-House_Amendment_003.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4790
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4790 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 45-22 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 500/45-22 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 45-22. Compost-amended soil. | ||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
9 | "Compost-amended soil" means soil that has been mixed | ||||||
10 | with source separated landscape waste or a mixture of both | ||||||
11 | source separated landscape waste and source separated food | ||||||
12 | scraps to meet an organic matter content of not less than | ||||||
13 | 25%, where the compost component meets the certification | ||||||
14 | requirements of the U.S. Composting Council's Seal of | ||||||
15 | Testing Assurance (STA) program or any other equivalent, | ||||||
16 | nationally recognized program. |
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1 | "State agency" means: all officers, boards, | ||||||
2 | commissions and agencies created by the Constitution in the | ||||||
3 | executive branch; all officers, departments, boards, | ||||||
4 | commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, bodies | ||||||
5 | politic and corporate of the State; and administrative | ||||||
6 | units or corporate outgrowths of the State government which | ||||||
7 | are created by or pursuant to statute, other than | ||||||
8 | universities, units of local government and their | ||||||
9 | officers, school districts, and boards of election | ||||||
10 | commissioners; and all administrative units and corporate | ||||||
11 | outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive | ||||||
12 | order of the Governor. | ||||||
13 | (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or any other | ||||||
14 | law to the contrary, any State agency that undertakes a | ||||||
15 | landscaping project requiring the use of new or offsite soil | ||||||
16 | for landscape-related use and that is located within 10 miles | ||||||
17 | of any Illinois Environmental Protection Agency-permitted | ||||||
18 | compost facility shall request a separate bid for | ||||||
19 | compost-amended soil as a part of that project. In comparing | ||||||
20 | the bids, the State agency shall consider whether | ||||||
21 | compost-amended soil should be used for that project based upon | ||||||
22 | the total long-term costs for each bid, including, but not | ||||||
23 | limited to, long-term service and maintenance, replacement of | ||||||
24 | plantings, reduced need for insecticides, and labor. The State | ||||||
25 | agency shall incorporate compost-amended soil into a | ||||||
26 | landscaping project if the long-term cost of using |
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1 | compost-amended soil is equal to or less than the long-term | ||||||
2 | cost of using other new offsite soil. | ||||||
3 | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall | ||||||
4 | maintain a list of the locations of all permitted compost | ||||||
5 | facilities in the State and post the list on its website. | ||||||
6 | (c) Prior to December 31, 2019, the Department of | ||||||
7 | Transportation shall conduct 2 pilot demonstration projects | ||||||
8 | using compost-amended soil. The Department shall determine the | ||||||
9 | costs and advantages and disadvantages of using | ||||||
10 | compost-amended soil. Within one year of substantial | ||||||
11 | completion of both projects, the Department shall report to the | ||||||
12 | General Assembly stating the immediate costs of the projects, | ||||||
13 | long-term operational cost savings, and advantages and | ||||||
14 | disadvantages of using compost-amended soil. The report to the | ||||||
15 | General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of | ||||||
16 | Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic | ||||||
17 | form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall | ||||||
18 | direct. | ||||||
19 | (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022. ".
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