Bill Text: IL HB2633 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Litter Control Act. Provides that a hauler who overfills his or her hauling vehicle such that waste or construction material falls off the top of the hauling vehicle while in transit is subject to a civil penalty of $250. Requires moneys from civil penalties received under the provisions to be paid to the Department of Agriculture, which shall deposit the moneys into the Agriculture in the Classroom Fund.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2633 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB2633-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Litter Control Act is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 9.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (415 ILCS 105/9.5 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 9.5. Haulers; waste; civil penalty. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | "Department" means the Department of Agriculture. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | "Hauler" has the same meaning as provided under Section 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | of the Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act. "Hauler" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | includes a person who operates a semitrailer that hauls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | construction materials. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | "Semitrailer" has the same meaning as provided under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Section 1.28 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | (b) A hauler who overfills his or her hauling vehicle such | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | that waste or construction material falls off the top the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | hauling vehicle while in transit is subject to a civil penalty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | of $250. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | (c) Moneys from civil penalties received under subsection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | (b) shall be paid to the Department, which shall deposit the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | moneys into the Agriculture in the Classroom Fund.
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