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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Environmental Justice Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 10 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (415 ILCS 155/10)
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7 | Sec. 10. Commission on Environmental Justice. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The Commission on Environmental Justice is established | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | and consists of the following 26 20 voting members: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | (1) 2 members of the Senate, one appointed by the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | President of the Senate and the other by the Minority | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Leader of the Senate, each to serve at the pleasure of the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | appointing officer; | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (2) 2 members of the House of Representatives, one | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | and the other by the Minority Leader of the House of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Representatives, each to serve at the pleasure of the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | appointing officer; | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (3) the following ex officio members: the Director of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Aging or his or her designee, the Director of Commerce and | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Economic Opportunity or his or her designee, the Director | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | of the Environmental Protection Agency or his or her | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | designee, the Director of Natural Resources or his or her |
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1 | designee, the Director of Public Health or his or her | ||||||
2 | designee, and the Director of Transportation or his or her | ||||||
3 | designee , and the Director of the Illinois Power Agency or | ||||||
4 | his or her designee, the Chair of the Illinois Commerce | ||||||
5 | Commission or his or her designee, the Chair of the | ||||||
6 | Illinois Pollution Control Board and his or her designee, | ||||||
7 | and the director of the Housing office of the Department of | ||||||
8 | Human Services or his or her designee ;
and
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9 | (4) 12 10 members appointed by the Governor who | ||||||
10 | represent the following interests:
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11 | (i) affected communities concerned with | ||||||
12 | environmental justice; | ||||||
13 | (ii) business organizations; | ||||||
14 | (iii) environmental organizations; | ||||||
15 | (iv) experts on environmental health and | ||||||
16 | environmental justice; | ||||||
17 | (v) units of local government; and | ||||||
18 | (vi) members of the general public who have an | ||||||
19 | interest or expertise in environmental justice. | ||||||
20 | (b) Of the initial members of the Commission appointed by | ||||||
21 | the Governor, 5 shall serve for a 2-year term and 5 shall serve | ||||||
22 | for a 1-year term, as designated by the Governor at the time of | ||||||
23 | appointment. Thereafter, the members appointed by the Governor | ||||||
24 | shall serve 2-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same | ||||||
25 | manner as appointments. Members of the Commission appointed by | ||||||
26 | the Governor may not receive compensation for their service on |
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1 | the Commission and are not entitled to reimbursement for | ||||||
2 | expenses. | ||||||
3 | (c) The Governor shall designate a Chairperson from among | ||||||
4 | the Commission's members. The Commission shall meet at the call | ||||||
5 | of the Chairperson, but no later than 90 days after the | ||||||
6 | effective date of this Act and at least quarterly thereafter. | ||||||
7 | (d) The Commission shall: | ||||||
8 | (1) advise State entities on environmental justice and | ||||||
9 | related community issues;
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10 | (2) review and analyze the impact of current State laws | ||||||
11 | and policies on the issue of environmental justice and | ||||||
12 | sustainable communities; | ||||||
13 | (3) assess the adequacy of State and local laws to | ||||||
14 | address the issue of environmental justice and sustainable | ||||||
15 | communities; | ||||||
16 | (4) develop criteria to assess whether communities in | ||||||
17 | the State may be experiencing environmental justice | ||||||
18 | issues; and | ||||||
19 | (5) recommend options to the Governor for addressing | ||||||
20 | issues, concerns, or problems related to environmental | ||||||
21 | justice that surface after reviewing State laws and | ||||||
22 | policies, including prioritizing areas of the State that | ||||||
23 | need immediate attention ; and .
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24 | (6) review any state implementation plan to comply with | ||||||
25 | the United States Environmental Protection Agency Clean | ||||||
26 | Power Plan and provide comments to the Illinois |
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1 | Environmental Protection Agency before submittal to the | ||||||
2 | United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval | ||||||
3 | and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall | ||||||
4 | respond to the comments and make modifications to the plan | ||||||
5 | in response. | ||||||
6 | (e) On or before October 1, 2011 and each October 1 | ||||||
7 | thereafter, the Commission shall report its findings and | ||||||
8 | recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly. | ||||||
9 | (f) The Environmental Protection Agency shall provide | ||||||
10 | administrative and other support to the Commission.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 97-391, eff. 8-16-11.)
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.
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