Bill Text: IL SB1345 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State's comprehensive solid waste management program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1345 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1345-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 Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
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6 | (415 ILCS 20/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7057)
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7 | Sec. 7. It is the the intent of this Act to provide the | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | framework for a
comprehensive solid waste management program in | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Illinois.
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10 | The Department shall prepare and
submit to the Governor and | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the General Assembly on or before January 1,
1992, a report | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | evaluating the effectiveness of the programs provided under
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13 | this Act and Section 22.14 of the Environmental Protection Act; | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | assessing
the need for a continuation of existing programs, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | development and
implementation of new programs and appropriate | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | funding mechanisms; and
recommending legislative and | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | administrative action to fully implement a
comprehensive solid | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | waste management program in Illinois.
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19 | The Department shall investigate the suitability and | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | advisability of
providing tax incentives for Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | businesses to use recycled products
and purchase or lease | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | recycling equipment, and shall report to the Governor
and the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | General Assembly by January 1, 1987, on the results of this
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1 | investigation.
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2 | By July 1, 1989, the Department shall
submit to the | ||||||
3 | Governor and members of the General Assembly a waste reduction
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4 | report:
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5 | (a) that describes various mechanisms that could be | ||||||
6 | utilized to
stimulate and enhance the reduction of | ||||||
7 | industrial and post-consumer waste
in the State, including | ||||||
8 | their advantages and disadvantages. The mechanisms
to be | ||||||
9 | analyzed shall include, but not be limited to, incentives | ||||||
10 | for
prolonging product life, methods for ensuring product | ||||||
11 | recyclability, taxes
for excessive packaging, tax | ||||||
12 | incentives, prohibitions on the use of certain
products, | ||||||
13 | and performance standards for products; and
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14 | (b) that includes specific recommendations to | ||||||
15 | stimulate and enhance
waste reduction in the industrial and | ||||||
16 | consumer sector, including, but not
limited to, | ||||||
17 | legislation, financial incentives and disincentives, and | ||||||
18 | public
education.
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19 | The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, with | ||||||
20 | the cooperation of the State Board of Education, the Illinois
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21 | Environmental Protection Agency, and others as needed, shall | ||||||
22 | develop,
coordinate and conduct an education program for
solid | ||||||
23 | waste management and recycling. The program shall include, but | ||||||
24 | not
be limited to, education for the general public, | ||||||
25 | businesses, government,
educators and students.
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26 | The education program shall address, at a minimum, the |
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1 | following topics:
the solid waste management alternatives of | ||||||
2 | recycling, composting, and
source reduction; resource | ||||||
3 | allocation and depletion; solid waste planning;
reuse of | ||||||
4 | materials; pollution prevention; and household hazardous | ||||||
5 | waste.
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6 | The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall | ||||||
7 | cooperate with
municipal and county governments,
regional | ||||||
8 | school superintendents, education service centers, local | ||||||
9 | school
districts, and planning agencies and committees to | ||||||
10 | coordinate local and
regional education programs and workshops | ||||||
11 | and to expedite the exchange of
technical information.
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12 | By March 1, 1989, the Department shall prepare a report on | ||||||
13 | strategies
for distributing and marketing landscape waste | ||||||
14 | compost from centralized
composting sites operated by units of | ||||||
15 | local government. The report shall,
at a minimum, evaluate the | ||||||
16 | effects of product quality, assured supply, cost
and public | ||||||
17 | education on the availability of compost, free delivery, and
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18 | public sales composting program. The evaluation of public sales | ||||||
19 | programs
shall focus on direct retail sale of bagged compost at | ||||||
20 | the site or special
distribution centers and bulk sale of | ||||||
21 | finished compost to wholesalers for
resale.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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