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Public Act 094-0138
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LRB094 07837 MKM 38018 b |
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act is |
amended by adding Section 5b as follows:
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(225 ILCS 225/5b new) |
Sec. 5b. Licensure required for the pumping, hauling, and |
disposal of wastes from portable toilets; cleanliness |
standards. |
(a) The Department shall by rule, establish and issue a |
separate license, independent of any other license issued under |
this Act, for the pumping, hauling, and disposal of wastes |
removed from the sewage disposal systems of portable toilets to |
qualified persons responsible for the pumping, hauling, and |
disposal of wastes removed from the sewage disposal systems of |
portable toilets. These rules shall concern, but not be limited |
to, all of the following areas: |
(1) License duration and expiration, renewal, |
reinstatement, and inactive status. |
(2) All fees relating to initial licensure and renewal. |
(3) Licensure application form and process. |
(4) Violations and penalties. |
(5) Exemptions and waivers. |
(6) Ventilation, safety, and security requirements of |
portable toilet units and the sewage disposal systems of |
portable toilet units.
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(b) Beginning 6 months after the date of the adoption of |
Department rules concerning the establishment and issuance of a |
license for the pumping, hauling, and disposal of wastes |
removed from the sewage disposal systems of portable toilets, |
no person may engage in the pumping, hauling, or disposal of |
wastes removed from the sewage disposal systems of portable |
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toilets in a manner that does not comply with the requirements |
of this Act and the rules established by the Department under |
this Act concerning the pumping, hauling, and disposal of |
wastes removed from the sewage disposal systems of portable |
toilets. |
(c) The Department shall require the successful completion |
of an examination, prescribed by the Department, prior to |
licensure. The Department may accept the Portable Sanitation |
Association International's Health and Safety Certification |
Program as an acceptable educational and testing program. |
(d) The Department shall consider and make any necessary |
amendments to the private sewage disposal code in relation to a |
license issued for the pumping, hauling, and disposal of wastes |
removed from the sewage disposal systems of portable toilets. |
(e) The Department shall establish and enforce standards of |
cleanliness for companies that sell, lease, rent, or otherwise |
maintain portable toilet units for commercial purposes, which |
shall include, but not be limited to, the following |
requirements: |
(1) Each unit shall be thoroughly cleaned at each |
pumping, including all parts of the unit, which are the |
urinal, tank, walls, floors, door, and roof. |
(2) Soap or anti-bacterial hand cleaner and paper |
products shall be refilled in each unit at each pumping, if |
required.
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(3) After a unit is cleaned, it shall be inspected to |
ensure compliance with Department rules concerning the |
ventilation, safety, and security of the unit. |
(4) A company shall designate at least one |
representative who shall be responsible for ensuring that |
each unit maintained by the company meets the standards of |
cleanliness set forth in this subsection (d) and any |
additional standards established by the Department. |
Companies that have designated a person to clean units may |
not designate the same person the responsibility of |
ensuring unit compliance with the standards of |