Bill Text: IL HB3922 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Creates the Municipal Task Force on Recycling Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions to review the status of municipal policies and programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions nationally and internationally. Provides that the review shall include, but not be limited to, specified greenhouse gas initiatives. Provides that the Task Force shall prepare a report that summarizes its work and makes recommendations resulting from its review. Provides that the Task Force shall submit the report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than one year after the effective date. Contains provisions concerning the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the members of the Task Force shall be appointed no later than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the provisions creating and concerning the Task Force shall be repealed 2 years after the effective date.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-3)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3922 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3922-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 11-19-15 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-19-15 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 11-19-15. Municipal Task Force on Recycling | ||||||
8 | Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. | ||||||
9 | (a) Landfills are useful resources for the disposal of | ||||||
10 | discarded materials. Recycling and composting are also useful | ||||||
11 | resources to divert materials from landfills and return | ||||||
12 | discarded materials to the secondary markets thereby | ||||||
13 | generating economic benefits and a reduction in greenhouse gas | ||||||
14 | emissions. The most significant greenhouse gas produced from | ||||||
15 | waste is methane. Methane is released during the breakdown of | ||||||
16 | organic matter in landfills. Waste prevention and recycling | ||||||
17 | help address global climate change by decreasing the amount of | ||||||
18 | greenhouse gas emissions and saves energy according to the | ||||||
19 | United States Environmental Protection Agency. | ||||||
20 | (b) For the purposes of this Section, "Task Force" means | ||||||
21 | the Municipal Task Force on Recycling Strategies to Reduce | ||||||
22 | Greenhouse Gas Emissions. | ||||||
23 | (c) The Municipal Task Force on Recycling Strategies to |
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1 | Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions is hereby created to review the | ||||||
2 | status of municipal policies and programs that reduce | ||||||
3 | greenhouse gas emissions nationally and internationally. The | ||||||
4 | goals of the Task Force are to investigate and provide | ||||||
5 | recommendations on municipal initiatives to reduce greenhouse | ||||||
6 | gas emissions in a manner that protects the environment and | ||||||
7 | public health, to promote economic development through | ||||||
8 | recycling, and to calculate greenhouse gas reductions based on | ||||||
9 | recycling and composting. | ||||||
10 | The Task Force's review shall include, but not be limited | ||||||
11 | to, initiatives that divert the following materials from | ||||||
12 | landfills in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: carpet, | ||||||
13 | corrugated containers, office paper, aluminum cans, newspaper, | ||||||
14 | magazines, polyethylene terephthalate and high-density | ||||||
15 | polyethylene plastics, steel cans, dimensional lumber, and | ||||||
16 | food scrap. The review shall consider the amount of greenhouse | ||||||
17 | gas that can be reduced by recycling or composting such | ||||||
18 | materials. The review shall also evaluate the extent to which | ||||||
19 | greenhouse gas reduction projects benefit the public health and | ||||||
20 | provide economic value. | ||||||
21 | The Task Force shall prepare a report that summarizes its | ||||||
22 | work and makes recommendations resulting from its review. The | ||||||
23 | Task Force shall submit the report of its findings and | ||||||
24 | recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no | ||||||
25 | later than one year after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
26 | Act of the 100th General Assembly. |
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1 | The Task Force shall consist of the following 14 members: | ||||||
2 | (1) the Director of the Environmental Protection | ||||||
3 | Agency or his or her representative; | ||||||
4 | (2) four persons appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
5 | Environmental Protection Agency to represent | ||||||
6 | municipalities; | ||||||
7 | (3) two persons appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
8 | Environmental Protection Agency to represent environmental | ||||||
9 | organizations; | ||||||
10 | (4) four persons appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
11 | Environmental Protection Agency to represent recyclers and | ||||||
12 | composters; | ||||||
13 | (5) one person appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
14 | Environmental Protection Agency to support administrative | ||||||
15 | planning and to draft the findings and recommendations of | ||||||
16 | the Task Force; | ||||||
17 | (6) one person appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
18 | Environmental Protection Agency to represent a national | ||||||
19 | waste and recycling organization; and | ||||||
20 | (7) one person appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
21 | Environmental Protection Agency to represent a statewide | ||||||
22 | manufacturing trade association.
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23 | The Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, or his | ||||||
24 | or her representative, shall chair and facilitate the Task | ||||||
25 | Force. The members of the Task Force shall be appointed no | ||||||
26 | later than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory |
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1 | Act of the 100th General Assembly. Vacancies in the membership | ||||||
2 | of the Task Force shall be filled in the same manner as the | ||||||
3 | original appointment. The members of the Task Force shall not | ||||||
4 | receive compensation for serving as members of the Task Force. | ||||||
5 | The Environmental Protection Agency shall provide the Task | ||||||
6 | Force with administrative and other support. | ||||||
7 | This Section is repealed 2 years after the effective date | ||||||
8 | of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
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