HB2036ham002 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Dwight Kay

Filed: 4/12/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2036

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2036 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by adding Section 7.6 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/7.6 new)

Sec. 7.6. Electronic posting of permit information. Beginning January 1, 2014, the Agency shall maintain the following information on its website:

(1) a description of each type of permit it issues and the persons subject to each type of permit;

(2) a description of the process for obtaining each type of permit, including but not limited to any statutory or regulatory deadlines and whether public notices or hearings are required prior to permit issuance; and

(3) no later than February 1 of each year, a report that contains the following information for the previous calendar year, with respect to each type of permit, based on information available to the Agency in a format the Agency can compile and publish electronically:

(A) the number of permit applications received by the Agency;

(B) the number of permits issued by the Agency; and

(C) the average number of days from the date the Agency receives all information necessary for the issuance of a permit until the date the Agency issues the permit.".