Bill Text: IL SB3837 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the filing fees for specified petitions shall be $250 (rather than $75).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-12-31 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon [SB3837 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3837-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB3837 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Melinda Bush SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 5/7.5 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1007.5
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the filing fees for specified petitions shall be $250 (rather than $75).
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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 Environmental Protection Act is amended by
changing Section 7.5 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/7.5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1007.5)
Sec. 7.5. Filing fees.
(a) The Board shall collect filing fees as prescribed in
this Act. The fees shall be deposited in the Pollution Control
Board Fund. The filing fees shall be as follows:
Petition for site-specific regulation, $250 $75.
Petition for variance, $250 $75.
Petition for review of permit, $250 $75.
Petition to contest local government decision pursuant
to Section 40.1, $250 $75.
Petition for an adjusted standard, pursuant to Section
28.1, $250 $75.
Petition for a time-limited water quality standard,
$250 $75 per petitioner.
(b) A person who has filed a petition for a variance from a
water quality standard and paid the filing fee set forth in
subsection (a) of this Section for that petition and whose
variance petition is thereafter converted into a petition for

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a time-limited water quality standard under Section 38.5 of
this Act shall not be required to pay a separate filing fee
upon the conversion of the variance petition into a petition
for a time-limited water quality standard.
(Source: P.A. 99-937, eff. 2-24-17.)