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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 45-22 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (30 ILCS 500/45-22 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 45-22. Compost-amended soil. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
| 9 | "Compost-amended soil" means soil that has been mixed | ||||||
| 10 | with source separated landscape waste or a mixture of both | ||||||
| 11 | source separated landscape waste and source separated food | ||||||
| 12 | scraps to meet an organic matter content of not less than | ||||||
| 13 | 25%, where the compost component meets the certification | ||||||
| 14 | requirements of the U.S. Composting Council's Seal of | ||||||
| 15 | Testing Assurance (STA) program or any other equivalent, | ||||||
| 16 | nationally recognized program. | ||||||
| 17 | "State agency" means: all officers, boards, | ||||||
| 18 | commissions and agencies created by the Constitution in the | ||||||
| 19 | executive branch; all officers, departments, boards, | ||||||
| 20 | commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, bodies | ||||||
| 21 | politic and corporate of the State; and administrative | ||||||
| 22 | units or corporate outgrowths of the State government which | ||||||
| 23 | are created by or pursuant to statute, other than | ||||||
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| 1 | universities, units of local government and their | ||||||
| 2 | officers, school districts, and boards of election | ||||||
| 3 | commissioners; and all administrative units and corporate | ||||||
| 4 | outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive | ||||||
| 5 | order of the Governor. | ||||||
| 6 | (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or any other | ||||||
| 7 | law to the contrary, any State agency that undertakes a | ||||||
| 8 | landscaping project requiring the use of new or offsite soil | ||||||
| 9 | for landscape-related use and that is located within 10 miles | ||||||
| 10 | of any Illinois Environmental Protection Agency-permitted | ||||||
| 11 | compost facility shall request a base bid with an alternative | ||||||
| 12 | for compost-amended soil as a part of that project. The State | ||||||
| 13 | agency shall consider whether compost-amended soil should be | ||||||
| 14 | used for that project based upon the costs. The State agency | ||||||
| 15 | shall incorporate compost-amended soil into a landscaping | ||||||
| 16 | project if the cost of using compost-amended soil is equal to | ||||||
| 17 | or less than the cost of using other new offsite soil. | ||||||
| 18 | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall | ||||||
| 19 | maintain a list of the locations of all permitted compost | ||||||
| 20 | facilities in the State and post the list on its website. | ||||||
| 21 | (c) Prior to December 31, 2019, the Department of | ||||||
| 22 | Transportation shall conduct 2 pilot demonstration projects | ||||||
| 23 | using compost-amended soil. The Department shall determine the | ||||||
| 24 | costs and advantages and disadvantages of using | ||||||
| 25 | compost-amended soil. Within one year of substantial | ||||||
| 26 | completion of both projects, the Department shall report to the | ||||||
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| 1 | General Assembly stating the immediate costs of the projects, | ||||||
| 2 | long-term operational cost savings, and advantages and | ||||||
| 3 | disadvantages of using compost-amended soil. The report to the | ||||||
| 4 | General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of | ||||||
| 5 | Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic | ||||||
| 6 | form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall | ||||||
| 7 | direct. | ||||||
| 8 | (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022. | ||||||