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92_HB0174
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1 AN ACT in relation to the regulation of drycleaners.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust
5 Fund Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
6 (415 ILCS 135/15)
7 Sec. 15. Creation of Council.
8 (a) The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund
9 Council is established and shall consist of the following
10 voting members to be appointed by the Governor:
11 (1) Three members who own or operate a drycleaning
12 facility. Two of these members must be members of the
13 Illinois State Fabricare Association. These members
14 shall serve 3 year terms, except that of the initial
15 members appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of
16 one year, one for a term of 2 years, and one for a term
17 of 3 years.
18 (2) One member who represents wholesale
19 distributors of drycleaning solvents. This member shall
20 serve for a term of 3 years.
21 (3) One member who represents the drycleaning
22 equipment manufacturers and vendor community. This
23 member shall serve for a term of 3 years.
24 (4) Two members with experience in financial
25 markets or the insurance industry. These members shall
26 serve 3-year terms, except that of the initial
27 appointments, one shall be appointed for a term of 2
28 years, and one for a term of 3 years.
29 (5) Two members who represent the general public.
30 These members shall serve for terms of 3 years.
31 Each member, other than the public members, shall have
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1 experience, knowledge, and expertise relating to the subject
2 matter of this Act.
3 (b) The Governor may remove any member of the Council
4 for incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office
5 after service on him or her of a copy of the written charges
6 against him or her and after an opportunity to be publicly
7 heard in person or by counsel in his or her own defense no
8 earlier than 10 days after the Governor has provided notice
9 of the opportunity to the Council member. Evidence of
10 incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office may
11 be provided to the Governor by the Agency or the Auditor
12 General following the annual audit described in Section 80.
13 (c) Members of the Council are entitled to receive
14 reimbursement of actual expenses incurred in the discharge of
15 their duties within the limit of funds appropriated to the
16 Council or made available to the Fund. The Governor shall
17 appoint a chairperson of the Council from among the members
18 of the Council.
19 (d) The Attorney General's office or its designee shall
20 provide legal counsel to the Council.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-502, eff. 8-19-97.)