100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0611
 
Introduced 1/24/2017, by Sen. Scott M. Bennett
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
New Act

      Creates the Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force Act. Creates the Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force to address the issue of maintaining the clean drinking water of the Mahomet Aquifer. Contains provisions concerning the appointment of members, compensation, and the duties of the Task Force. Provides that on or before July 1, 2018 that the Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force shall report findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and Governor. Provides for the Act's repeal on July 1, 2019. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force Act.
 
6    Section 5. Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force created.  
7There is created the Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force to 
8address the issue of maintaining the clean drinking water of 
9the Mahomet Aquifer, the principal aquifer in east-central 
10Illinois.  The Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force shall 
11consist of the following persons:
12        (1) one member of the Senate, appointed by the 
13    President of the Senate;
14        (2) one member of the House of Representatives, 
15    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
16        (3) one member of the Senate, appointed by the Minority 
17    Leader of the Senate;
18        (4) one member of the House of Representatives, 
19    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
20    Representatives;
21        (5) one member representing the Illinois Environmental 
22    Protection Agency, appointed by the Director of the 
23    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency;
 
 
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1        (6) one member representing a national waste and 
2    recycling organization, appointed by the Governor;
3        (7) one member representing a statewide environmental 
4    organization, appointed by the Governor;
5        (8) three members representing a non-profit consortium 
6    dedicated to the sustainability of the Mahomet Aquifer, 
7    appointed by the Governor;
8        (9) one member representing the Illinois State Water 
9    Survey of the Prairie Research Institute of the University 
10    of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, appointed by the 
11    Governor;
12        (10) one member representing a statewide association 
13    representing the pipe trades, appointed by the Governor;
14        (11) one member representing the State's largest 
15    general farm organization, appointed by the Governor;
16        (12) one member representing a statewide trade 
17    association representing manufacturers, appointed by the 
18    Governor;
19        (13) one member representing a community health care 
20    organization located over the Mahomet Aquifer, appointed 
21    by the Governor; and
22        (14) seven members representing local government 
23    bodies located over the Mahomet Aquifer,  appointed by the 
24    Governor.
25    Members shall be appointed within 90 days after the 
26effective date of this Act. The members of the Mahomet Aquifer 
 
 
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1Protection Task Force shall serve without compensation.
 
2    Section 10. Administrative support. The Illinois 
3Environmental Protection Agency shall provide administrative 
4and other support to the Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force.
 
5    Section 15. Duties of Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task 
6Force.  The Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force shall conduct 
7a study of the Mahomet Aquifer in furtherance of:
8        (1) developing a State plan to maintain the groundwater 
9    quality of the  Mahomet Aquifer;
10        (2) identifying potential and current contamination 
11    threats to the water quality of the Mahomet Aquifer;
12        (3) identifying actions that might be taken to ensure 
13    the long-term protection of the Mahomet Aquifer; and
14        (4) making legislative recommendations for future 
15    protection of the Mahomet Aquifer.
 
16    Section 20. Report. On or before July 1, 2018 the Mahomet 
17Aquifer Protection Task Force shall report its findings and 
18recommendations to the General Assembly, by filing copies of 
19its report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly 
20Organization Act, and to the Governor.
 
21    Section 90. Expiration.  This Act is repealed on July 1, 
222019.
 

 
 
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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
2becoming law.