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 1        AN ACT concerning products with recycled contents.

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

 4        Section  1.  Short  title.   This Act may be cited as the
 5    Recycled Content Products Study Act.

 6        Section 5.  Recycled Content Products Task Force.
 7        (a)  There is established the Recycled  Content  Products
 8    Task  Force.  The  Task  Force shall consist of the following
 9    members:
10             (1)  the Lieutenant Governor or his or her designee;
11             (2)  the Director of Commerce and Community  Affairs
12        or his or her designee;
13             (3)  two members of the Senate appointed one each by
14        the  President  of  the Senate and the Minority Leader of
15        the Senate;
16             (4)  two members of  the  House  of  Representatives
17        appointed  one  each  by the Speaker of the House and the
18        Minority Leader of the House; and
19             (5)  ten  members  appointed  by  the  Governor   as
20        follows:
21                  (A)  one   member  from  a  local  solid  waste
22             agency;
23                  (B)  one  member  representing  a  manufacturer
24             using recycled content in products;
25                  (C)  one  member   representing   a   nonprofit
26             recycling center;
27                  (D)  one  member who is an executive of a solid
28             waste company;
29                  (E)  one  member   representing   a   recycling
30             processing company;
31                  (F)  one   member   representing   a   research
 
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 1             institution or an institution of higher education;
 2                  (G)  one  member representing consumer advocacy
 3             groups;
 4                  (H)  two  members  representing   environmental
 5             advocacy groups; and
 6                  (I)  one member representing municipalities.
 7        Appointments shall be made by October 1, 1999.
 8        (b)  The  Director  of  Commerce and Community Affairs or
 9    the Director's designee shall serve as chairman of  the  Task
10    Force.   Members  of  the  Task  Force  shall  serve  without
11    compensation,  but may be reimbursed for their reasonable and
12    necessary expenses incurred in performing their  duties.  The
13    Department  of  Commerce  and Community Affairs shall provide
14    staff and equipment necessary for the Task Force to  complete
15    its duties.

16        Section 10.  Task Force study.
17        (a)  The  Task  Force shall study and assess the existing
18    market development  for  recycled  content  products  in  the
19    private  and  public  economy.   The Task Force shall compare
20    this market in Illinois with the markets in other  Midwestern
21    states.
22        (b)  The  Task  Force  shall evaluate the desirability of
23    implementing market development approaches in  use  in  other
24    Midwestern   states,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the
25    desirability of:
26             (1)  creating a State Marketing Board to act in  the
27        role of supporting  market efforts for use of recyclables
28        in  existing or new products and advising State and local
29        officials in recyclable marketing efforts;
30             (2)  creating   technical    assistance    programs,
31        utilizing  universities and other research organizations,
32        designed to assist local governments and businesses  with
33        incorporation of recyclables into product development;
 
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 1             (3)  incentives through loans or grants to encourage
 2        the use of recyclables in existing or new products;
 3             (4)  tax  credits  under circumstances when resource
 4        commitment and product development goals  have  been  met
 5        through the use of recyclables; and
 6             (5)  establishment of a local zone program having as
 7        its  purpose  the  promotion  of  recycling manufacturing
 8        businesses in cooperation with local governments.
 9        (c)  "Local zone program" means  a  program  designed  to
10    compliment  State  market development and business assistance
11    efforts by offering additional services and  incentives  such
12    as  fast  track  permitting,  location  incentives,  and  job
13    training assistance.

14        Section 15.  Recycled product purchase programs.
15        (a)  The Task Force shall consider the appropriateness of
16    developing  an ongoing educational effort designed to promote
17    understanding of the economic desirability  of  the  purchase
18    and   use   of   recycled  content  products  by  government,
19    businesses, and individuals.
20        (b)  The  Task  Force  shall  consider  the  efficacy  of
21    promoting the purchase and use of recycled  content  products
22    by  State and local governmental entities through procurement
23    and implementation policies.
24        (c)  The Task Force  shall  consider  whether  the  State
25    should  participate in interstate joint purchasing agreements
26    for recycled content products in a manner  that  will  enable
27    municipalities to participate in such a program.

28        Section  20.  Report.   The  Task  Force shall report its
29    findings and recommendations  to  the  Governor  and  General
30    Assembly no later than July 1, 2000.

31        Section  99.   Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
 
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