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90_SB0572
415 ILCS 15/5.5 new
Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act to
create the Measurement and Reporting Standards Task Force to
assess impediments to standardized solid waste measurement,
consider standardized reporting rate measurements, and
recommend enforcement criteria and penalties for violations
of the Act.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling
2 Act by adding Section 5.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act is
6 amended by adding Section 5.5 as follows:
7 (415 ILCS 15/5.5 new)
8 Sec. 5.5. Measurement and Reporting Standards Task Force.
9 (a) There is established a Measurement and Reporting
10 Standards Task Force. The Task Force shall be composed of the
11 Director of the Agency and the Director of the Department, or
12 their designees, and 10 public members appointed by the
13 Governor, including 2 persons representing environmental
14 interests, 2 persons representing industrial and commercial
15 interests, one person representing the Illinois Recycling
16 Association, one person representing county government, one
17 person representing municipal government, one person
18 representing private waste haulers, one person representing
19 private recyclers, and one person representing
20 intergovernmental cooperatives. From among these members a
21 chairperson shall be selected by majority vote and shall
22 preside for the duration of the Task Force. The duration of
23 the Task Force shall not exceed one year, and the Task Force
24 shall report its findings to the General Assembly by
25 September 30, 1998. The Task Force shall:
26 (1) Assess potential governmental and
27 nongovernmental impediments to the standardization of
28 measurement and reporting guidelines for solid waste,
29 including but limited to existing environmental
30 regulations.
31 (2) Consider recommendations for the creation of a
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1 reporting format to be utilized by counties in reporting
2 to the Agency as required by this Act.
3 (3) Review, evaluate, and make recommendations
4 regarding definitions with relation to the measurement of
5 recycling rates.
6 (4) Define reporting requirements and determine who
7 is required to report to county agencies.
8 (5) Recommend enforcement criteria and subsequent
9 penalties for noncompliance.
10 (b) Members of the Task Force shall be reimbursed for
11 ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in the performance
12 of their duties, except that reimbursement shall be limited
13 to expenses associated with no more than 8 meetings per
14 calendar year.