Illinois House Bill 1441 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a municipality may impose a penalty against any person or organization owning or leasing property that releases a hazardous substance or any other contaminant that the unit of local government finds injures the public health and the safety of the community. Provides that the penalty may not exceed $50,000 for the violation and an additional $10,000 for each day during which the violation continues. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

EPA-MUNICIPAL PENALTIES

Rep. Frank Mautino [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2011-03-17	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2011-02-15	House	Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee
2011-02-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2011-02-14	House	First Reading
2011-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Frank J. Mautino

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
415	5	42	Amended Code	Citation Text
65	5	1-2-1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1441&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB1441.htm