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91_HB0132

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Illinois  Emergency Planning and
 2    Community Right to Know Act by changing Section 18.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Emergency Planning and Community
 6    Right  to  Know  Act  is  amended  by  changing Section 18 as
 7    follows:

 8        (430 ILCS 100/18) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7718)
 9        Sec. 18.  Penalties; use of Fund.
10        (a)  Any person who violates any requirement  of  Section
11    9,  10, 11, 12, or 14 of this Act shall be liable for a civil
12    penalty  in  an  amount  not  to  exceed  $25,000  for   each
13    violation.   In  the case of a second or subsequent violation
14    of Section 10, the civil penalty shall not exceed $75,000 for
15    each day during which the violation continues.
16        (b)  Any person who knowingly fails to provide  immediate
17    notification  of a release in violation of Section 10 of this
18    Act, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony, and in addition  to
19    any  other penalty prescribed by law is subject to a fine not
20    to exceed $25,000 for each day of the violation.  In the case
21    of a second or subsequent conviction,  the  person  shall  be
22    guilty  of  a  Class  3  felony, and in addition to any other
23    penalty prescribed by law is subject to a fine not to  exceed
24    $50,000 for each day of the violation.
25        (c)  All  civil  penalties and fines collected under this
26    Section shall be deposited  in  the  Emergency  Planning  and
27    Training  Fund,  that  is hereby created as a special fund in
28    the State Treasury, and shall be used by  IEMA,  pursuant  to
29    appropriation,  for its activities arising under this Act and
30    the Federal Act, including providing  financial  support  for
31    local   emergency   planning   committees  and  for  training
 
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 1    initiatives authorized by IEMA.  The Fund shall also be used,
 2    subject to appropriation, for payment to local emergency  and
 3    disaster  agencies,  created  in accordance with the Illinois
 4    Emergency Management Agency Act, of moneys deposited into the
 5    Fund pursuant to  a  court  order  or  litigation  settlement
 6    stipulating  such  payments  to  local emergency and disaster
 7    agencies.
 8    (Source: P.A. 86-449; 87-168.)

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