Bill Text: IL SB3005 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Electric Vehicle Permitting Task Force shall include one member representing a statewide organization of municipalities as authorized under specified provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0996 [SB3005 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB3005-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Electric Vehicle Permitting Task Force shall include one member representing a statewide organization of municipalities as authorized under specified provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0996 [SB3005 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB3005-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 Environmental Protection Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 52.10 as follows:
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6 | (415 ILCS 5/52.10) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 52.10. Electric Vehicle Permitting Task Force. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) The Electric Vehicle Permitting Task Force is hereby | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | created within the Environmental Protection Agency. | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | which shall represent the diversity of the people of Illinois: | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | (1) The Director of the Environmental Protection | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Agency or his or her designee; | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (2) The Director of Natural Resources or his or her | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | designee; | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (3) The Secretary of Transportation or their designee; | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (4) Nine 8 members appointed by the Governor as | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (A) one member of a statewide organization | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | representing manufacturers; | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (B) one member of a statewide organization | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | representing business interests; |
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1 | (C) one member representing an environmental | ||||||
2 | justice organization; | ||||||
3 | (D) one member representing a statewide | ||||||
4 | environmental advocacy organization; | ||||||
5 | (E) one member representing the electric vehicle | ||||||
6 | industry; | ||||||
7 | (F) one member representing the waste management | ||||||
8 | industry; | ||||||
9 | (G) one member of a statewide organization | ||||||
10 | representing agricultural interests; and | ||||||
11 | (H) one member representing a labor organization ; | ||||||
12 | and . | ||||||
13 | (I) one member representing a statewide | ||||||
14 | organization of municipalities as authorized under | ||||||
15 | Section 1-8-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | ||||||
16 | (c) The duties and responsibilities of the Task Force | ||||||
17 | include the following: | ||||||
18 | (1) identify existing and potential challenges faced | ||||||
19 | by the electric vehicle industry with respect to the | ||||||
20 | process for obtaining necessary permits from the | ||||||
21 | Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Natural | ||||||
22 | Resources, and the Department of Transportation, and | ||||||
23 | potential solutions; | ||||||
24 | (2) conduct an assessment of State permitting fees, | ||||||
25 | including those necessary for electric vehicle investment | ||||||
26 | in Illinois, and the revenue generated by those fees; |
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1 | (3) assess the permitting needs of the electric | ||||||
2 | vehicle industry, including electric vehicle | ||||||
3 | manufacturers, electric vehicle power supply equipment | ||||||
4 | manufacturers, and electric vehicle component parts | ||||||
5 | manufacturers; | ||||||
6 | (4) recommend changes to expedite permitting processes | ||||||
7 | to support the rapid growth of the electric vehicle | ||||||
8 | industry in Illinois, including support for electric | ||||||
9 | vehicle businesses locating or relocating in Illinois; | ||||||
10 | (5) analyze anticipated staffing needs across State | ||||||
11 | agencies to support expedited permitting efforts; | ||||||
12 | (6) recommend adjustments to the fee structure for | ||||||
13 | state permits, including those permits necessary for | ||||||
14 | electric vehicle investment in Illinois, that will support | ||||||
15 | increased staffing at state agencies; | ||||||
16 | (7) Consider the impact of State and local permitting | ||||||
17 | issues on electric vehicle charging station deployments, | ||||||
18 | and make recommendations on best practices to streamline | ||||||
19 | permitting related to electric vehicle charging stations; | ||||||
20 | and | ||||||
21 | (8) recommend legislative and regulatory actions that | ||||||
22 | are necessary to support changes to permitting processes. | ||||||
23 | (d) The Task Force shall not consider or recommend changes | ||||||
24 | to environmental permitting standards outside of the scope of | ||||||
25 | the duties and responsibilities outlined in subsection (c). | ||||||
26 | (e) Appointments for the Task Force shall be made no later |
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1 | than December 15, 2021. The Task Force shall issue a final | ||||||
2 | report based upon its findings and recommendations and submit | ||||||
3 | the report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later | ||||||
4 | than March 1, 2022. | ||||||
5 | (f) Members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
6 | compensation. The Environmental Protection Agency shall | ||||||
7 | provide administrative support to the Task Force. | ||||||
8 | (g) The Task Force shall be dissolved upon the filing of | ||||||
9 | its report. | ||||||
10 | (h) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2022.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 102-669, eff. 11-16-21.)
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