Bill Title: Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that, after a hearing, the board of commissioners of a sanitary district may order the party responsible for the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes into the district's sewerage system to pay a civil penalty in an amount that is not less than $1,000 (now, $100) nor more than $2,000 per day for each day of discharge in violation of the Act. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0298 [HB1563 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2011-05-17	57	0	2	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2011-03-10	110	0	0	3	113	Passed	Link	View