Illinois House Bill 5718 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person shall discharge oil or hazardous substances from a pipeline into, upon, or so as to threaten waters of the State. Provides that any person who is the owner or operator of any facility, vessel, or pipeline from which oil or a hazardous substance is discharged in violation a specified provision of the Act, shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount up to $25,000 per day of violation or an amount up to $1,000 per barrel (42 gallons) of oil or unit of reportable quantity of hazardous substances discharged. Effective immediately.

EPA-OIL SPILLS

Rep. Jaime Andrade [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-08	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2016-03-23	House	Assigned to Environment
2016-02-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2016-02-10	House	First Reading
2016-02-10	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
415	5	12	Amended Code	Citation Text
415	5	42	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5718&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB5718.htm