HB2867 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2867

Introduced , by Rep. Luis Arroyo

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 95/1

from Ch. 121, par. 461

Amends the Junkyard Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning public policy.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Junkyard Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(415 ILCS 95/1) (from Ch. 121, par. 461)

Sec. 1. For the the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, it is declared to be in the public interest to regulate and restrict the establishment, operation, and maintenance of junkyards or scrap processing facilities in areas adjacent to the Federal-Aid Interstate and Federal-Aid Primary Systems of Highways within this State. Junkyards or scrap processing facilities which do not conform to the requirements of this Act are declared to be public nuisances.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 1927.)