HB1755 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1755

Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Mike Bost

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 225/25 new

Amends the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act. Provides that if the Environmental Protection Agency requires persons exempt from licensing under the Act to obtain a permit, under the Clean Water Act, for the discharge of waste from a private sewage disposal system, the Agency shall: (1) implement and administer the private sewage disposal system permitting program; (2) perform any necessary sampling and inspection of the disposal systems; and (3) for each permit issued by the Agency, provide, subject to appropriation, the permit holder with a $500 grant to cover the costs of sampling and maintaining the private sewage disposal systems covered by the permit. Provides that the Agency may enter into an agreement with the Department of Public Health to reimburse any local authorities for the costs of implementing the provisions of this Section. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act is amended by adding Section 25 as follows:

(225 ILCS 225/25 new)

Sec. 25. Environmental Protection Agency authority. If the Environmental Protection Agency requires persons exempt from licensing under this Act to obtain a permit for the discharge of waste from a private sewage disposal system, the Agency shall:

(1) implement and administer the private sewage disposal system permitting program;

(2) perform any necessary sampling and inspection of the disposal systems; and

(3) for each permit issued by the Agency, provide, subject to appropriation, the permit holder with a $500 grant to cover the costs of sampling and maintaining the private sewage disposal systems covered by the permit.

For purposes of this Section, the Agency may enter into an agreement with the Department of Public Health to reimburse any local authorities for the costs of implementing the provisions of this Section.

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