103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3206

 

Introduced 2/6/2024, by Sen. Sue Rezin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 151/1-83.5 new
430 ILCS 50/2.09 new
430 ILCS 50/3  from Ch. 127, par. 1253
430 ILCS 50/5.11
430 ILCS 50/6  from Ch. 127, par. 1256

    Amends the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a lithium-ion battery may not be disposed of in a mixed recycling waste bin. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to encourage local authorities to use separate curbside recycling collection bins for the disposal of lithium-ion batteries. Requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules requiring each manufacturer of an electric vehicle that is sold in the State and contains a lithium-ion battery and each manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries sold in the State to submit a battery recycling plan to the Agency by June 1, 2025. Prohibits the disposal of lithium-ion batteries in sanitary landfills, beginning July 1, 2025. Amends the Hazardous Materials Emergency Act. Provides that "hazardous material" includes lithium-ion batteries for purposes of specified provisions of the Act. Effective immediately.


LRB103 38025 BDA 68157 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3206LRB103 38025 BDA 68157 b

1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Consumer Electronics Recycling Act is
5amended by adding Section 1-83.5 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 151/1-83.5 new)
7    Sec. 1-83.5. Lithium batteries; disposal; local
8authorities.
9    (a) By March 1, 2025, the Agency shall adopt rules
10requiring each manufacturer of an electric vehicle that is
11sold in the State and that contains a lithium-ion battery and
12each manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries sold in the State
13to submit to the Agency by June 1, 2025, a plan for recycling
14or repurposing the lithium-ion batteries it distributes in the
15State.
16    (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
17beginning July 1, 2025, a lithium-ion battery may not be
18disposed of in a sanitary landfill or mixed recycling waste
19bin in the State.
20    (c) The Agency shall encourage local authorities to use
21separate curbside recycling collection bins for the disposal
22of lithium-ion batteries.
23    (d) In this Section, "lithium-ion battery" has the same

 

 

SB3206- 2 -LRB103 38025 BDA 68157 b

1meaning given in Section 2.09 of the Hazardous Materials
2Emergency Act.
 
3    Section 10. The Hazardous Materials Emergency Act is
4amended by adding Section 2.09 and by changing Sections 3,
55.11, and 6 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 50/2.09 new)
7    Sec. 2.09. "Lithium-ion battery" means a type of
8rechargeable battery that contains lithium ions as the primary
9component of its electrolyte and that is most commonly found
10in cell phones, power tools, digital cameras, laptops,
11children's toys, electronic cigarettes, small and large
12appliances, tablets, and e-readers.
 
13    (430 ILCS 50/3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1253)
14    Sec. 3. It is the purpose of this Act to require the
15Illinois Department of Transportation to adopt by regulation
16the federal hazardous materials placarding regulations
17promulgated under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
18(PL 93-633) for interstate and intrastate transportation of
19hazardous materials as they are applicable in the State of
20Illinois, and to recommend that units of local government
21adopt regulations for hazard signage systems applicable to the
22use, storage, and manufacture of hazardous materials,
23including, but not limited to, lithium-ion batteries, with the

 

 

SB3206- 3 -LRB103 38025 BDA 68157 b

1following exceptions:
2    (a) No hazard signage system or State placarding
3requirements shall apply to the use, storage, or
4transportation of a hazardous material that is located on a
5farm and that is used solely for agricultural purposes. It is
6not the purpose of this Section to exempt the owner of an
7agricultural hazardous material from reporting an accident
8involving the material as required in Sections 7 and 7.01 of
9this Act, nor is it the purpose of this Section to exempt from
10the placarding requirements the storage, transportation or
11manufacture of a hazardous material that is an agricultural
12material when the material is in the possession of the
13manufacturer, distributor, dealer, retailer or any other
14person who handles the material in larger quantities than
15those designed for consumer use or for any purpose other than
16its intended agricultural usage.
17    (b) (Blank).
18    (c) No placarding requirements or hazard signage
19requirements adopted pursuant to this Act shall apply to
20pipelines or meters involved in the transmission of natural or
21flammable gas by a public utility as defined in the Public
22Utilities Act.
23    (d) This Act does not authorize the Department to require
24any placarding system for transportation of hazardous
25materials that is inconsistent with any placarding system
26required by Federal law or regulation, nor does it authorize

 

 

SB3206- 4 -LRB103 38025 BDA 68157 b

1the Department to require any placarding system or other
2standards for transportation of hazardous materials that is
3more stringent than any placarding system or standard required
4by the federal law or regulations in situations where a
5federal placarding system exists.
6(Source: P.A. 90-449, eff. 8-16-97.)
 
7    (430 ILCS 50/5.11)
8    Sec. 5.11. Units of local government; hazard signage
9systems.
10    (a) A unit of local government may adopt ordinances or
11regulations requiring a hazard signage system applicable to
12equipment, facilities, structures, or locations involved in
13the use, storage, or manufacture of hazardous materials,
14including, but not limited to, lithium-ion batteries. The
15hazard signage system (such as, but not limited to, the
16National Fire Protection Association standard "NFPA 704"
17system as specified in its Standard System for the
18Identification of the Fire Hazards of Materials for Emergency
19Response) shall be consistent with any such signage required
20by federal law or regulation.
21    (b) An ordinance or regulation adopted by a unit of local
22government under this Section requiring a hazard signage
23system may not take effect sooner than 90 days after its
24adoption by the unit of local government.
25    (c) A home rule unit may not regulate hazard signage

 

 

SB3206- 5 -LRB103 38025 BDA 68157 b

1systems in a manner inconsistent with the regulation of those
2systems by the State under this Act or by the federal
3government. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i)
4of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
5concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
6exercised by the State.
7(Source: P.A. 90-449, eff. 8-16-97.)
 
8    (430 ILCS 50/6)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1256)
9    Sec. 6. It is the responsibility of any person who leases,
10operates or controls any facilities, equipment, structures, or
11locations for the use, storage, or manufacture of hazardous
12materials, including, but not limited to, lithium-ion
13batteries, to display on such facility, equipment, structure,
14or location appropriate hazard signage as described and in
15such manner as provided by regulation promulgated pursuant to
16Section 5 of this Act or as provided by ordinance or regulation
17adopted by a unit of local government pursuant to Section
185.11.
19(Source: P.A. 90-449, eff. 8-16-97.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.