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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4846 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 430 ILCS 50/1 | from Ch. 127, par. 1251 |
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Amends the Hazardous Materials Emergency Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning the findings.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB4846 | | LRB097 17345 KMW 62546 b |
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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, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Hazardous Materials Emergency Act is amended |
5 | | by changing Section 1 as follows:
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6 | | (430 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 1251)
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7 | | Sec. 1. It is the finding of the General Assembly:
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8 | | (a) That
That the use, transportation, storage and |
9 | | manufacture of hazardous
materials creates a substantial risk |
10 | | that accidents will occur involving
such hazardous materials; |
11 | | (b) That accidents involving hazardous materials create an |
12 | | unreasonable
risk to the health, safety and welfare of the |
13 | | People of Illinois;
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14 | | (c) That the federal government promulgates regulations |
15 | | for the interstate
transportation of hazardous materials, but |
16 | | that the People of Illinois can
benefit by having such |
17 | | precautions as those included in federal regulation
extended to |
18 | | intrastate transportation and other activities which might
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19 | | result in an accident involving hazardous materials;
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20 | | (d) That often the emergency agency which first responds to |
21 | | an accident
involving a hazardous material is unable to |
22 | | determine the nature of the
material and is unfamiliar with |
23 | | precautionary measures which must be exercised
in handling the |