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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1001
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1001 by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Metropolitan  Water Reclamation
 5    District Act by changing Sections  7a,  7f,  and  7g  and  by
 6    repealing Section 7bb."; and
 7    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 8    following:
 9        "Section 5.  The Metropolitan Water Reclamation  District
10    Act  is  amended  by  changing  Sections  7a,  7f,  and 7g as
11    follows:
12        (70 ILCS 2605/7a) (from Ch. 42, par. 326a)
13        Sec. 7a.  Discharge into sewers of a sanitary district.
14        (a) The  terms  used  in  this  Section  are  defined  as
15    follows:
16        "Board of Commissioners" means the Board of Commissioners
17    of the sanitary district.
18        "Sewage"   means   water-carried   human   wastes   or  a
19    combination  of   water-carried   wastes   from   residences,
20    buildings,     businesses,     industrial     establishments,
21    institutions,  or  other  places  together  with  any ground,
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 1    surface, storm, or other water that may be present.
 2        "Industrial Wastes" means all solids, liquids, or gaseous
 3    wastes   resulting   from   any    commercial,    industrial,
 4    manufacturing,  agricultural, trade, or business operation or
 5    process, or from the development, recovery, or processing  of
 6    natural resources.
 7        "Other  Wastes"  means  decayed  wood, sawdust, shavings,
 8    bark,  lime,  refuse,  ashes,  garbage,  offal,   oil,   tar,
 9    chemicals,   and  all  other  substances  except  sewage  and
10    industrial wastes.
11        "Person" means any individual, firm,  association,  joint
12    venture,  sole  proprietorship,  company, partnership, estate
13    copartnership,  corporation,  joint  stock  company,   trust,
14    school   district,  unit  of  local  government,  or  private
15    corporation organized or existing under the laws of  this  or
16    any other state or country.
17        "General Superintendent" means the general superintendent
18    of the sanitary district.
19        (b)  It  shall  be  unlawful  for any person to discharge
20    sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes into  the  sewerage
21    system  of  a  sanitary  district or into any sewer connected
22    therewith, except upon the  terms  and  conditions  that  the
23    sanitary   district   might   reasonably  impose  by  way  of
24    ordinance, permit, or otherwise.
25        Any sanitary district, in addition to  all  other  powers
26    vested in it and in the interest of public health and safety,
27    or  as authorized by subsections (b) and (c) of Section 46 of
28    the Environmental Protection Act, is hereby empowered to pass
29    all ordinances, rules, or regulations necessary to  implement
30    this Section, including but not limited to, the imposition of
31    charges   based   on  factors  that  influence  the  cost  of
32    treatment, including strength and volume, and  including  the
33    right  of access during reasonable hours to the premises of a
34    person for  enforcement  of  adopted  ordinances,  rules,  or
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 1    regulations.
 2        (c)  Whenever  the  sanitary  district acting through the
 3    general superintendent  determines  that  sewage,  industrial
 4    wastes,  or  other  wastes  are  being  discharged  into  the
 5    sewerage  system  and  when,  in  the  opinion of the general
 6    superintendent the discharge is in violation of an ordinance,
 7    rules, or regulations adopted by the Board  of  Commissioners
 8    under  this  Section  governing  industrial  wastes  or other
 9    wastes, the general superintendent shall order the  offending
10    party  to  cease  and  desist.   The order shall be served by
11    certified  mail  or  personally  on   the   owner,   officer,
12    registered agent, or individual designated by permit.
13        In  the  event  the  offending  party fails or refuses to
14    discontinue the discharge within 90 days  after  notification
15    of  the  cease  and  desist order, the general superintendent
16    may order the offending party to show cause before the  Board
17    of  Commissioners  of the sanitary district why the discharge
18    should not be discontinued.  A notice shall be served on  the
19    offending  party  directing  him,  her,  or  it to show cause
20    before the Board of Commissioners why an order should not  be
21    entered  directing  the discontinuance of the discharge.  The
22    notice shall specify the time and place where a hearing  will
23    be  held  and  shall be served personally or by registered or
24    certified mail at least 10 days before the  hearing;  and  in
25    the  case  of a unit of local government or a corporation the
26    service shall be upon an officer  or  agent  thereof.   After
27    reviewing  the evidence, the Board of Commissioners may issue
28    an  order  to  the  party  responsible  for  the   discharge,
29    directing   that  within  a  specified  period  of  time  the
30    discharge be discontinued.  The Board  of  Commissioners  may
31    also  order  the party responsible for the discharge to pay a
32    civil  penalty  in  an  amount  specified  by  the  Board  of
33    Commissioners that is not less than $100 nor more than $2,000
34    per day for each day of discharge of effluent in violation of
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 1    this Act  as  provided  in  subsection  (d).   The  Board  of
 2    Commissioners  may  also  order the party responsible for the
 3    violation to pay court reporter  costs  and  hearing  officer
 4    fees in a total amount not exceeding $3,000.
 5        (d)  The   Board   of   Commissioners   shall   establish
 6    procedures  for  assessing civil penalties and issuing orders
 7    under subsection (c) as follows:
 8             (1)  In making its orders  and  determinations,  the
 9        Board  of Commissioners shall take into consideration all
10        the facts and circumstances  bearing  on  the  activities
11        involved  and  the assessment of civil penalties as shown
12        by the record produced at the hearing.
13             (2)  The Board of Commissioners  shall  establish  a
14        panel  of  independent  hearing  officers  to conduct all
15        hearings  on  the  assessment  of  civil  penalties   and
16        issuance  of  orders  under  subsection (c).  The hearing
17        officers shall be attorneys licensed to practice  law  in
18        this State.
19             (3)  The  Board  of  Commissioners  shall promulgate
20        procedural   rules   governing   the   proceedings,   the
21        assessment  of  civil  penalties,  and  the  issuance  of
22        orders.
23             (4)  All  hearings  shall  be  on  the  record,  and
24        testimony  taken  must  be  under   oath   and   recorded
25        stenographically.   Transcripts  so recorded must be made
26        available to any member of the public or any party to the
27        hearing  upon  payment   of   the   usual   charges   for
28        transcripts.   At  the  hearing,  the hearing officer may
29        issue, in the name of the Board of Commissioners, notices
30        of hearing requesting the  attendance  and  testimony  of
31        witnesses  and the production of evidence relevant to any
32        matter involved in the hearing and may examine witnesses.
33             (5)  The hearing officer shall conduct  a  full  and
34        impartial  hearing on the record, with an opportunity for
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 1        the presentation of evidence and cross-examination of the
 2        witnesses.  The hearing officer shall issue  findings  of
 3        fact,  conclusions  of  law, a recommended civil penalty,
 4        and an order based solely on  the  record.   The  hearing
 5        officer  may  also  recommend, as part of the order, that
 6        the discharge of industrial waste be discontinued  within
 7        a specified time.
 8             (6)  The  findings  of  fact,  conclusions  of  law,
 9        recommended civil penalty, and order shall be transmitted
10        to  the  Board  of  Commissioners  along  with a complete
11        record of the hearing.
12             (7)  The Board of Commissioners shall either approve
13        or disapprove the findings of fact, conclusions  of  law,
14        recommended civil penalty, and order.  If the findings of
15        fact,  conclusions  of law, recommended civil penalty, or
16        order are rejected, the  Board  of  Commissioner's  shall
17        remand  the  matter  to  the  hearing officer for further
18        proceedings. If the order is accepted  by  the  Board  of
19        Commissioners, it shall constitute the final order of the
20        Board of Commissioners.
21             (8)  The  Administrative  Review  Law, and the rules
22        adopted under that Law, shall govern all proceedings  for
23        the  judicial  review  of  final  orders  of the Board of
24        Commissioners issued under this subsection.
25             (9)  The civil penalty specified  by  the  Board  of
26        Commissioners  shall  be  paid  within  35 days after the
27        party on whom it is imposed receives a  written  copy  of
28        the  order  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners, unless the
29        person or persons to  whom  the  order  is  issued  seeks
30        judicial review under paragraph (8).
31             (10)  If the respondent seeks judicial review of the
32        order  assessing  civil  penalties, the respondent shall,
33        within 35 days after the date of the final order, pay the
34        amount of the civil  penalties  into  an  escrow  account
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 1        maintained  by  the  district  for that purpose or file a
 2        bond guaranteeing payment of the civil penalties  if  the
 3        civil penalties are upheld on review.
 4             (11)  Civil   penalties   not   paid  by  the  times
 5        specified above shall be delinquent and subject to a lien
 6        recorded against the property of the  person  ordered  to
 7        pay  the  penalty. The foregoing provisions for asserting
 8        liens against real estate by the sanitary district  shall
 9        be  in  addition  to  and  not in derogation of any other
10        remedy or right of recovery, in law or equity,  that  the
11        sanitary district may have with respect to the collection
12        or  recovery  of  penalties  and  charges  imposed by the
13        sanitary district.  Judgment in a civil action brought by
14        the sanitary district to recover or collect  the  charges
15        shall  not  operate  as  a release and waiver of the lien
16        upon the real estate for  the  amount  of  the  judgment.
17        Only  satisfaction  of  the  judgment  or the filing of a
18        release or satisfaction of lien shall release the lien.
19        (e)  The general superintendent may  order  a  person  to
20    cease the discharge of industrial waste upon a finding by the
21    general  superintendent  that the final order of the Board of
22    Commissioners entered after a hearing to show cause has  been
23    violated.   The  general superintendent shall serve the owner
24    with a copy of his or her order either by certified  mail  or
25    personally  by  serving the owner, officer, registered agent,
26    or individual designated by permit. The order of the  general
27    superintendent  shall  also  schedule  an  expedited  hearing
28    before   a   hearing  officer  designated  by  the  Board  of
29    Commissioners for the  purpose  of  determining  whether  the
30    company  has  violated  the  final  order  of  the  Board  of
31    Commissioners.   The Board of Commissioners shall adopt rules
32    of procedure governing expedited hearings.  In no event shall
33    the hearing be conducted less than 7 days  after  receipt  by
34    the person of the general superintendent's order.
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 1        At  the  conclusion of the expedited hearing, the hearing
 2    officer shall prepare a report with his or her  findings  and
 3    recommendations   and   transmit   it   to   the   Board   of
 4    Commissioners.    If   the   Board  of  Commissioners,  after
 5    reviewing the findings and recommendations,  and  the  record
 6    produced  at  the  hearings,  determines  that the person has
 7    violated the Board of Commissioner's final order,  the  Board
 8    of  Commissioners  may  authorize  the plugging of the sewer.
 9    The general superintendent shall give not less than  10  days
10    written  notice  of  the Board of Commissioner's order to the
11    owner, officer, registered agent, or individual designated by
12    permit, as well as the owner of record of the real estate and
13    other parties known to be affected, that the  sewer  will  be
14    plugged. The Administrative Review Law, and the rules adopted
15    under that Law, shall govern all proceedings for the judicial
16    review  of  final orders of the Board of Commissioners issued
17    under this subsection.
18        The foregoing provision for plugging a sewer shall be  in
19    addition to and not in derogation of any other remedy, in law
20    or in equity, that the district may have to prevent violation
21    of its ordinances and orders of its Board of Commissioners.
22        (f)  A  violation  of  the  final  order  of the Board of
23    Commissioners shall be considered a nuisance.  If any  person
24    discharges  sewage,  industrial  wastes, or other wastes into
25    any waters contrary to  the  final  order  of  the  Board  of
26    Commissioners,  the  sanitary  district  acting  through  the
27    general superintendent has the power to commence an action or
28    proceeding  in  the  circuit  court  in and for the county in
29    which the sanitary district is located  for  the  purpose  of
30    having   the   discharge   stopped   either  by  mandamus  or
31    injunction, or to remedy the violation in any manner provided
32    for in this Section.
33        The court shall specify a time,  not  exceeding  20  days
34    after  the service of the copy of the complaint, in which the
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 1    party complained of must plead to the complaint, and  in  the
 2    meantime, the party may be restrained.  In case of default or
 3    after  pleading, the court shall immediately inquire into the
 4    facts and circumstances of the case and enter an  appropriate
 5    judgment  in  respect  to the matters complained of.  Appeals
 6    may be taken as in other civil cases.
 7        (g)  The sanitary district, acting  through  the  general
 8    superintendent,  has  the  power  to  commence  an  action or
 9    proceeding for mandamus or injunction in  the  circuit  court
10    ordering  a  person  to  cease  its  discharge,  when, in the
11    opinion of the general superintendent, the person's discharge
12    presents an imminent danger to the public health, welfare, or
13    safety, presents  or  may  present  an  endangerment  to  the
14    environment,  or threatens to interfere with the operation of
15    the sewerage system or a water reclamation  plant  under  the
16    jurisdiction  of  the sanitary district.  The initiation of a
17    show cause hearing is not a prerequisite to the  commencement
18    by  the  sanitary  district  of  an  action or proceeding for
19    mandamus or injunction in the circuit court.  The court shall
20    specify a time, not exceeding 20 days after the service of  a
21    copy  of  the petition, in which the party complained of must
22    answer the petition, and in the meantime, the  party  may  be
23    restrained.   In  case  of default in answer or after answer,
24    the court  shall  immediately  inquire  into  the  facts  and
25    circumstances  of  the case and enter an appropriate judgment
26    order in respect to the matters complained of.  An appeal may
27    be taken from the final judgment in the same manner and  with
28    the  same  effect  as  appeals are taken from judgment of the
29    circuit court in other actions for mandamus or injunction.
30        (h)  Whenever the sanitary district commences  an  action
31    under  subsection (f) of this Section, the court shall assess
32    a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000
33    for each day the person violates a Board order.  Whenever the
34    sanitary district commences an action under subsection (g) of
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 1    this Section, the court shall assess a civil penalty  of  not
 2    less  than  $1,000  for  each  day  the  person  violates the
 3    ordinance.  Each day's continuance  of  the  violation  is  a
 4    separate  offense.   The  penalties  provided in this Section
 5    plus interest at the rate set forth in the  Interest  Act  on
 6    unpaid  penalties,  costs,  and fees, imposed by the Board of
 7    Commissioners under subsection (d), the reasonable  costs  to
 8    the  sanitary  district  of  removal or other remedial action
 9    caused by discharges in violation  of  this  Act,  reasonable
10    attorney's   fees,   court   costs,  and  other  expenses  of
11    litigation together  with  costs  for  inspection,  sampling,
12    analysis,  and  administration  related  to  the  enforcement
13    action  against  the  offending  party are recoverable by the
14    sanitary district in a civil action.
15        (i)  The Board of Commissioners may  establish  fees  for
16    late filing of reports with the sanitary district required by
17    an  ordinance  governing  discharges.   The sanitary district
18    shall provide by certified mail a written notice of  the  fee
19    assessment  that  states  the  person  has  30 days after the
20    receipt of the  notice  to  request  a  conference  with  the
21    general  superintendent's  designee to discuss or dispute the
22    appropriateness of the assessed fee.  Unless a person objects
23    to paying  the  fee  for  filing  a  report  late  by  timely
24    requesting  in  writing  a  conference with a designee of the
25    general superintendent, that person waives his or  her  right
26    to  a  conference and the sanitary district may impose a lien
27    recorded against the property of the person for the amount of
28    the unpaid fee.
29        If a person requests a conference and the matter  is  not
30    resolved at the conference, the person subject to the fee may
31    request an administrative hearing before an impartial hearing
32    officer  appointed  under  subsection  (d)  to  determine the
33    person's liability for and the amount of the fee.
34        If the hearing officer finds that the  late  filing  fees
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 1    are  owed  to  the  sanitary  district, the sanitary district
 2    shall notify the responsible person or persons of the hearing
 3    officer's decision.  If payment is not made  within  30  days
 4    after  the notice, the sanitary district may impose a lien on
 5    the property of the person or persons.
 6        Any liens filed under this subsection shall apply only to
 7    the property to which the late filing fees  are  related.   A
 8    claim  for  lien shall be filed in the office of the recorder
 9    of the county in which the property is located.   The  filing
10    of  a  claim  for  lien  by the district does not prevent the
11    sanitary district from pursuing other  means  for  collecting
12    late filing fees.  If a claim for lien is filed, the sanitary
13    district shall notify the person whose property is subject to
14    the  lien, and the person may challenge the lien by filing an
15    action in the circuit  court.   The  action  shall  be  filed
16    within  90  days  after the person receives the notice of the
17    filing of the claim for lien.  The court shall hear  evidence
18    concerning  the  underlying  reasons  for the lien only if an
19    administrative  hearing  has  not  been   held   under   this
20    subsection.
21        (j)  If  the  provisions of any paragraph of this Section
22    are  declared  unconstitutional  or  invalid  by  the   final
23    decision   of   any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  the
24    provisions of the remaining paragraphs continue in effect.
25        (k)  Nothing in this Section eliminates any of the powers
26    now granted to municipalities having a population of  500,000
27    or more as to design, preparation of plans, and construction,
28    maintenance, and operation of sewers and sewerage systems, or
29    for   the  control  and  elimination  or  prevention  of  the
30    pollution of their  waters  or  waterways,  in  the  Illinois
31    Municipal Code or any other Act of the State of Illinois.  It
32    shall  be  unlawful,   for  any person, firm, association, or
33    corporation in possession of or controlling and operating any
34    industrial or  manufacturing  plant  to  discharge  into  the
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 1    sewers  or  works  of  a  sanitary district or into any sewer
 2    connected therewith, any discharge  of  any  nature  whatever
 3    from  any  industrial or manufacturing plant except upon such
 4    terms  and  conditions  as  the   sanitary   district   might
 5    reasonably impose.
 6        Any  sanitary  district,  in addition to all other powers
 7    vested in it and in the interest of public health and safety,
 8    is  hereby  empowered  to  pass  all  ordinances,  rules,  or
 9    regulations necessary to implement  this  Section,  including
10    but  not  limited  to  the   imposition  of  charges based on
11    factors that  influence  the  cost  of  treatment,  including
12    strength and volume.
13    (Source: P.A. 87-1125.)
14        (70 ILCS 2605/7f) (from Ch. 42, par. 326f)
15        Sec. 7f.  Regulation of connecting sewerage systems.
16        (a)  It  shall be unlawful for any person to construct or
17    install  any  sewerage   system   that   discharges   sewage,
18    industrial  wastes,  or other wastes, directly or indirectly,
19    into the sewerage system of the sanitary district,  unless  a
20    written  permit  for  the sewerage system has been granted by
21    the   sanitary   district   acting   through   the    general
22    superintendent.   The  sanitary  district  shall  specify  by
23    ordinance  the  changes,  additions,  or  extensions  to   an
24    existing  sewerage  system  that  will  require  a permit. No
25    changes, additions, or extensions to  any  existing  sewerage
26    systems  discharging  sewage,  industrial  wastes,  or  other
27    wastes  into  the  sewerage  system of the sanitary district,
28    that requires a permit, may  be  made  until  plans  for  the
29    changes,  additions, or extensions have been submitted to and
30    a written permit obtained from the sanitary  district  acting
31    through  the  general superintendent; provided, however, that
32    this Section is not applicable in any municipality  having  a
33    population of more than 500,000.
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 1        (b)  Sewerage  systems  shall  be  operated in accordance
 2    with the ordinance of the sanitary district.   The  Board  of
 3    Commissioners  of  any  sanitary  district  is  authorized to
 4    regulate, limit, extend, deny, or otherwise control  any  new
 5    or  existing  connection, addition, or extension to any sewer
 6    or sewerage system which directly  or  indirectly  discharges
 7    into  the sanitary district sewerage system.  The Board shall
 8    adopt  standards   and   specifications   for   construction,
 9    operation,  and maintenance.  This Section shall not apply to
10    sewerage systems under the jurisdiction of any city, village,
11    or incorporated town having a population of 500,000 or more.
12        (c)  The Board of Commissioners of any sanitary  district
13    is  hereby  authorized  to  pass  all necessary ordinances to
14    carry out the  aforementioned  powers.   The  ordinances  may
15    provide for a civil penalty for each offense of not less than
16    $100  nor  more  than  $1,000.  Each day's continuance of the
17    violation  shall  be  a  separate  offense.    Hearings   for
18    violations   of  the  ordinances  adopted  by  the  Board  of
19    Commissioners may be conducted by the Board of  Commissioners
20    or its designee.
21        (d)  Plans  and  specifications  for  any sewerage system
22    covered by  this  Act  must  be  submitted  to  the  sanitary
23    district  before  a  written  permit  may  be  issued and the
24    construction of any sewerage system  must  be  in  accordance
25    with  the  plans and specifications.  In case it is necessary
26    or desirable  to  make  material  changes  in  the  plans  or
27    specifications, the revised plans or specifications, together
28    with  the reasons for the proposed changes, must be submitted
29    to the sanitary district for a supplemental written permit.
30        (e)  The sanitary district, acting  through  the  general
31    superintendent,  may  require  any owner of a sewerage system
32    discharging  into  the  sewerage  system  of   the   sanitary
33    district,  to  file with it complete plans of the whole or of
34    any part of the system and any other information and  records
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 1    concerning the installation and operation of the system.
 2        (f)  The  sanitary  district,  acting through the general
 3    superintendent, may establish procedures for  the  review  of
 4    any  plans,  specifications,  or  other  data relative to any
 5    sewerage system, written permits for which  are  required  by
 6    this Act.
 7        (g)  The  sanitary  district,  acting through the general
 8    superintendent, may adopt and enforce rules  and  regulations
 9    governing  the  issuance of permits and the method and manner
10    under which plans, specifications,  or  other  data  relative
11    thereto  must  be  submitted  for the sewerage systems or for
12    additions or changes to or extensions of the systems.
13        (h)  After a hearing on an alleged violation of any  such
14    ordinance,  the  Board  may, in addition to any civil penalty
15    imposed, order any person found to have committed a violation
16    to reimburse the sanitary  district  for  the  costs  of  the
17    hearing,  including  any  expenses  incurred  for inspection,
18    sampling,   analysis,   administrative   costs,   and   court
19    reporter's and attorney's fees.  The Board  of  Commissioners
20    may  also  require  a  person  to achieve compliance with the
21    ordinance  within   a   specified   period   of   time.   The
22    Administrative  Review  Law, and the rules adopted under that
23    Law, shall govern proceedings  for  the  judicial  review  of
24    final  orders of the Board of Commissioners issued under this
25    subsection.
26        (i)  Civil penalties and costs imposed pursuant  to  this
27    Section  are  recoverable by the sanitary district in a civil
28    action.  The sanitary district is authorized to apply to  the
29    circuit  court for injunctive relief or mandamus when, in the
30    opinion of the general superintendent, the person has  failed
31    to  comply with an order of the Board of Commissioners or the
32    relief is necessary to protect the  sewerage  system  of  the
33    sanitary district.
34        The  board  of  commissioners of any sanitary district is
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 1    authorized to regulate,  limit,  extend,  deny  or  otherwise
 2    control any new or existing connection, addition or extension
 3    to  any  sewer  or  sewerage  system  which  will directly or
 4    indirectly discharge  into  the  sanitary  district  sewerage
 5    system.   The  board shall adopt standards and specifications
 6    for construction, operation, and maintenance.   This  Section
 7    shall not apply to sewerage systems under the jurisdiction of
 8    any  city,  village, or incorporated town having a population
 9    of 500,000 or more.
10        The board of commissioners of any  sanitary  district  is
11    hereby  authorized  to pass all necessary ordinances to carry
12    out the aforementioned powers.  Such ordinances  may  provide
13    for  a  fine  for each offense of not less than $100 nor more
14    than $1,000.  Each day's continuance of such violation  shall
15    be a separate offense.
16        After  a  hearing  on  an  alleged  violation of any such
17    ordinance, the board may, in addition to  any  fine  imposed,
18    order  any  person  found  to  have  committed a violation to
19    reimburse  the  district  for  the  costs  of  the   hearing,
20    including  any  expenses  incurred  for inspection, sampling,
21    analysis, administrative  costs,  and  court  reporter's  and
22    attorney's fees.
23        Fines  and  costs  imposed  pursuant  to this Section are
24    recoverable by the sanitary district in a civil action.   The
25    sanitary district is authorized to apply to the circuit court
26    for injunctive relief or mandamus when, in the opinion of the
27    General  Superintendent,  such relief is necessary to protect
28    the sewerage system of the sanitary district.
29    (Source: P.A. 87-283; 88-399.)
30        (70 ILCS 2605/7g) (from Ch. 42, par. 326g)
31        Sec. 7g.  Any person who takes or who  knowingly  permits
32    his  agent  or  employee  to  take industrial wastes or other
33    wastes from a point of origin  and  intentionally  discharges
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 1    such wastes by means of mobile or portable equipment into any
 2    sewer,  sewer  manhole,  or  any  appurtenances  thereto,  or
 3    directly  or indirectly to any waters without possession of a
 4    valid and legally issued permit shall be guilty of a Class  A
 5    misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent offense shall constitute
 6    a Class 4 felony.
 7        Any  mobile  or portable equipment used in the commission
 8    of any act which is a violation  of  this  Section  shall  be
 9    subject  to seizure and forfeiture in the manner provided for
10    the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles and  aircraft
11    in  Article  36  of  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961, as now or
12    hereafter  amended.   The  person  causing  the   intentional
13    discharge  shall be liable for the costs of seizure, storage,
14    and disposal of the mobile or portable equipment.
15        The terms "industrial waste", "other wastes" and "waters"
16    shall have the same meaning as these  terms  are  defined  in
17    Section 7a 7bb of this Act.
18    (Source: P.A. 84-1320.)
19        (70 ILCS 2605/7bb rep.)
20        Section  10.  The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
21    Act is amended by repealing Section 7bb.
22        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
23    becoming law.".

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