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91_HR0077

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The Private Sewage Disposal  Licensing  Act  was
 3    enacted  in 1973 "to protect, promote and preserve the public
 4    health, safety and general welfare by providing for licensing
 5    of private sewage disposal contractors and the  establishment
 6    and  enforcement  of  a minimum code of standards for design,
 7    construction, materials, operation and maintenance of private
 8    sewage disposal systems, for the transportation and  disposal
 9    of   wastes   therefrom,  and  for  private  sewage  disposal
10    servicing equipment"; and

11        WHEREAS, Innovations in technology  for  the  development
12    and use of onsite wastewater systems have changed since 1973;
13    and

14        WHEREAS,   The   State   of   Illinois   has  experienced
15    substantial population growth and expansion into rural areas,
16    dramatically  increasing  the  number  of  onsite  wastewater
17    systems in use in those areas; and

18        WHEREAS, Rural population growth has created a  need  for
19    more   professional   and   innovative  solutions  to  onsite
20    wastewater problems in the State; and

21        WHEREAS, Both  the  State  and  federal  government  lack
22    sufficient  funding  to  properly  inspect, test, and develop
23    onsite wastewater systems  in  a  manner  that  protects  and
24    promotes  the  public  health, safety, and general welfare of
25    the people of the State of Illinois; therefore be it

26        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
27    NINETY-FIRST  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28    there  is  created  the  Private   Sewage   Disposal   Review
29    Commission  consisting  of 4 members appointed by the Speaker
30    of the House and 3 members appointed by the  Minority  Leader
31    of  the  House,  all of whom shall serve without compensation
 
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 1    but shall be reimbursed for their  reasonable  and  necessary
 2    expenses  from  funds  available  for that purpose; and be it
 3    further

 4        RESOLVED, That the Commission shall meet initially at the
 5    call of the Speaker, shall select one member  as  chairperson
 6    at  its initial meeting, shall thereafter meet at the call of
 7    the chairperson, shall hold public  hearings,  shall  receive
 8    the  assistance  of  legislative  staff, and shall report its
 9    findings and recommendations concerning  the  Private  Sewage
10    Disposal  Licensing  Act to the House by filing copies of its
11    report with the Clerk of the House on or  before  January  2,
12    2001;  and  that  upon  filing  its  report the commission is
13    dissolved.

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