HB2056ham002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

Adopted in House on Apr 06, 2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2056

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2056, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 1, as follows:

on page 1, line 4, by replacing "Section" with the following:

"Section 2. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act is amended by adding Section 9.3 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3930/9.3 new)

Sec. 9.3. The Prescription Pill and Drug Disposal Fund. The Prescription Pill and Drug Disposal Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be used for grants by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of facilitating the collection, transportation, and incineration of pharmaceuticals from residential sources that are collected and transported by law enforcement agencies under Section 17.9A of the Environmental Protection Act. Interest attributable to moneys in the Fund shall be paid into the Fund.

Section"; and

on page 11, by replacing lines 7 through 11 with the following:

"(22) the portion of a site or facility that is used to incinerate only pharmaceuticals from residential sources that are collected and transported by law enforcement agencies under Section 17.9A of this Act."; and

by replacing page 11, line 25, through page 12, line 20 with the following:

"(415 ILCS 5/17.9A new)

Sec. 17.9A. Collection and transportation of pharmaceuticals by law enforcement agencies. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, to the extent allowed by federal law, a law enforcement agency may collect pharmaceuticals from residential sources and transport them to an incinerator permitted by the Agency to be incinerated in accordance with the permit, permit conditions, this Act, and rules adopted under this Act. For the purposes of this Section, "law enforcement agency" means an agency of the State or of a unit of local of government which is vested by law or ordinance with the duty to maintain public order and to enforce criminal laws.".