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.