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91_HB2388
LRB9104854ACtm
1 AN ACT to amend the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act
2 by changing Section 7.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act is
6 amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 225/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.307)
8 Sec. 7. The Department shall promulgate and publish and
9 may from time to time amend a private sewage disposal code
10 which shall include minimum standards for the design,
11 construction, materials, operation and maintenance of private
12 sewage disposal systems, for the transportation and disposal
13 of wastes removed therefrom and for private sewage disposal
14 system servicing equipment. In the preparation of the private
15 sewage disposal code, the Department may consult with and
16 request technical assistance from other state agencies, and
17 shall consult with other technically qualified persons and
18 with owners and operators of such services. Such technically
19 qualified persons shall include representatives of the real
20 estate, development, and building industries.
21 The Department is expressly prohibited from amending the
22 private sewage disposal code by rule if there are increases
23 in the land density requirements. Amendments that increase
24 the land density requirements must be approved by the
25 Illinois General Assembly.
26 Before the adoption or amendment of the private sewage
27 disposal code, the Department shall hold a public hearing
28 with respect thereto. At least 120 20 days' notice for such
29 public hearing shall be given by the Department in such
30 manner as the Department considers adequate to bring such
31 hearing to the attention of persons interested in such code.
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1 Notice of such public hearing shall be given by the
2 Department to those who file a request for a notice of any
3 such hearings.
4 (Source: P.A. 88-690, eff. 1-24-95.)