100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5261

 

Introduced , by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
615 ILCS 5/14b new

    Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency to seek negotiations with each state that borders Lake Michigan to establish a notification policy under which the states will notify one another when permitting new sources of water pollution or increased levels of pollution into Lake Michigan. Requires the Director to report to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2019 on the status of these negotiations. Effective immediately.


LRB100 15780 AXK 30888 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5261LRB100 15780 AXK 30888 b

1    AN ACT concerning waterways.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended by
5adding Section 14b as follows:
 
6    (615 ILCS 5/14b new)
7    Sec. 14b. Negotiations for interstate pollution
8notification policy.
9    (a) For purposes of this Section:
10        "Agency" has the meaning given to that term under
11    Section 1-20 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
12    but shall only include an agency under the jurisdiction of
13    the Governor.
14        "Agency head" has the meaning given to that term under
15    Section 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
16    but shall only include an agency head under the
17    jurisdiction of the Governor.
18        "Rule" has the meaning given to that term under Section
19    1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
20    (b) The Director of the Environmental Protection Agency
21shall seek negotiations with each state that borders Lake
22Michigan to establish a notification policy under which the
23states will notify one another when permitting new sources of

 

 

HB5261- 2 -LRB100 15780 AXK 30888 b

1water pollution or increased levels of pollution into Lake
2Michigan.
3    (c) The Director must report to the General Assembly no
4later than January 1, 2019 on the status of these negotiations.
5    (d) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that
6may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head
7under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to
8make or adopt rules to implement or enforce the provisions of
9this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. If, however,
10the Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or
11enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 100th
12General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General
13Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the
14Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General
15Assembly authorize rulemaking by law, enact those suggested
16rules into law, or take any other appropriate action in the
17General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this
18amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be
19interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other
20Illinois statute if authority is not otherwise explicitly
21given.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.