93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5960

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/8   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1008

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative findings.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning environmental protection.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5 changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 5/8)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1008)
7     Sec. 8. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds
8 that pollution of the air of this State constitutes a menace to
9 public health and welfare, creates public nuisances, adds to
10 cleaning costs, accelerates the deterioration of materials,
11 adversely affects agriculture, business, industry, recreation,
12 climate, and visibility, depresses property values, and
13 offends the senses.
14     It is the purpose of this Title to restore, maintain, and
15 enhance the purity of the air of this State in order to protect
16 health, welfare, property, and the quality of life and to
17 assure that no air contaminants are discharged into the
18 atmosphere without being given the degree of treatment or
19 control necessary to prevent pollution.
20 (Source: P.A. 76-2429.)