Public Act 098-0857
 
SB2928 EnrolledLRB098 16874 JLK 51947 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  

  
 
    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
changing Section 17.9A as follows:
 
    (415 ILCS 5/17.9A)
    Sec. 17.9A. Collection, storage, and transportation of 
pharmaceuticals by law enforcement agencies. 
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, to the 
extent allowed by federal law, a law enforcement agency may 
collect pharmaceuticals, including but not limited to 
controlled substances, from residential sources, store them, 
and transport them to a site or facility an incinerator 
permitted by the Agency to be incinerated in accordance with 
the permit, permit conditions, this Act, and rules adopted 
under this Act.  
    (b) Pharmaceuticals that have been transported to a 
permitted site or facility by a law enforcement agency under 
subsection (a) of this Section must be managed in accordance 
with this Act, rules adopted under this Act, and permits issued 
under this Act.  If those pharmaceuticals are controlled 
substances, they must also be managed in accordance with 
federal and State laws and regulations governing controlled 
substances. 
    (c) For the purposes of this Section, "law enforcement 
agency" means an agency of the State or of a unit of local of 
government which is vested by law or ordinance with the duty to 
maintain public order and to enforce criminal laws.

(Source: P.A. 97-545, eff. 1-1-12.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.