Public Act 0843 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB3881 Enrolled LRB097 14356 CEL 59191 b

Public Act 097-0843

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by adding Section 22.43a as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/22.43a new)

Sec. 22.43a. Establishment and expansion of landfills; ban in counties with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall establish, nor shall the Agency issue a permit for the establishment of, a new municipal solid waste landfill unit or a new sanitary landfill in a county of more than 2,000,000 inhabitants on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall laterally expand, nor shall the Agency issue a permit for the lateral expansion of, a municipal solid waste landfill unit or the expansion of a sanitary landfill in a county of more than 2,000,000 inhabitants on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.