Bill Text: IL SB3371 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Gasoline Storage Act. Provides that, if a leak of petroleum or a petroleum product occurs from a storage tank regulated by the Act and if the leak results in injury to any person or damage to any person's property, then the owner of the storage tank is strictly liable in civil damages to the person for the full amount of the injury or property damage proximately caused by the leak. Provides that the civil damages are in addition to damages under the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-15 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon [SB3371 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3371-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3371 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Ann Gillespie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 15/7 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 159
Amends the Gasoline Storage Act. Provides that, if a leak of petroleum or a petroleum product occurs from a storage tank regulated by the Act and if the leak results in injury to any person or damage to any person's property, then the owner of the storage tank is strictly liable in civil damages to the person for the full amount of the injury or property damage proximately caused by the leak. Provides that the civil damages are in addition to damages under the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Gasoline Storage Act is amended by changing
Section 7 as follows:
(430 ILCS 15/7) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 159)
Sec. 7. (a) A violation of:
(1) paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (3) of Section
2 of this Act is a business offense punishable by a fine of
not more than $10,000 per day;
(2) (blank);
(3) Section 4 of this Act is a business offense
punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 per day;
(3.5) Section 3.5 of this Act is a business offense
punishable by fine of not more than $10,000 per offense;
(4) an administrative order as described in paragraph
(e) of subsection (3) of Section 2, paragraph (b) of
subsection (4) of Section 2 or subsection (c) of Section 6
after it has become final is a business offense punishable
by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $25,000 per
day;
(5) any other rule promulgated by the Office of the
State Fire Marshal is a business offense punishable by a

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