100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4135
 
Introduced , by Rep. Avery Bourne
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 5120/10

     Amends the  Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Task Force Act. Extends the date by which the Task Force shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018. Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Task Force 
5Act is amended  by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 5120/10)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019)

8    Sec. 10. The FGD Task Force.
9    (a) The FGD Task Force is hereby created to increase the 
10amount of Illinois Basin coal use in generation  units. The FGD 
11Task Force shall identify and evaluate the costs, benefits, and 
12barriers of new and modified FGD, or other post-combustion 
13sulfur dioxide emission control technologies, and other 
14capital improvements, that would be necessary for generation 
15units to comply with the sulfur dioxide National Ambient Air 
16Quality Standards (NAAQS) while improving the ability of those 
17generation units to meet the effluent limitation guidelines 
18(ELGs) for wastewater discharges and enhancing the 
19marketability of the generation units'  FGD byproducts.
20    (b) The membership of the Task Force shall be as follows:
21        (1) Two members of the Senate appointed by the 
22    President of the Senate.
23        (2) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Minority 
 
 
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1    Leader of the Senate.

2        (3) Two members of the House of appointed by the 
3    Speaker of the House of Representatives.
4        (4) Two members of the House of Representatives 
5    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
6    Representatives.
7        (5) Three members appointed by the Governor, two with 
8    expertise in Illinois coal, coal mining, emission 
9    reduction, or energy production; and one representative of 
10    an electricity generator that owns multiple coal-fueled 
11    electric generation plants with FGD or similar 
12    technologies.
13        (6) The Director of Natural Resources, or his or her 
14    designee.
15        (7) The Director of the Environmental Protection 
16    Agency, or his or her designee.
17    (c) Task Force members shall serve without compensation but 
18shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in performing 
19their duties.
20    (d) The Task Force shall report their findings and 
21recommendations to the General Assembly by December 31, 2018 
222017.


23(Source: P.A. 100-499, eff. 9-8-17.)
 
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
25becoming law.