Rep. Carol Sente
Filed: 4/19/2018
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4790 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4790 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:




 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by 
5adding 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.
 
 
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1        "State agency" means: all officers, boards, 
2    commissions and agencies created by the Constitution in the 
3    executive branch; all officers, departments, boards, 
4    commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, bodies 
5    politic and corporate of the State; and administrative 
6    units or corporate outgrowths of the State government which 
7    are created by or pursuant to statute, other than 
8    universities, units of local government and their 
9    officers, school districts, and boards of election 
10    commissioners; and all administrative units and corporate 
11    outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive 
12    order of the Governor.
13    (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or any other 
14law to the contrary, any State agency that undertakes a 
15landscaping project requiring the use of new or offsite soil 
16for landscape-related use and that is located within 10 miles 
17of any Illinois Environmental Protection Agency-permitted 
18compost facility shall request a separate bid for 
19compost-amended soil as a part of that project. In comparing 
20the bids, the State agency shall consider whether 
21compost-amended soil should be used for that project based upon 
22the total long-term costs for each bid, including, but not 
23limited to, long-term service and maintenance, replacement of 
24plantings, reduced need for insecticides, and labor. The State 
25agency shall incorporate compost-amended soil into a 
26landscaping project if the long-term cost of using 
 
 
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1compost-amended soil is equal to or less than the long-term 
2cost of using other new offsite soil.
3    The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall 
4maintain a list of the locations of all permitted compost 
5facilities in the State and post the list on its website.
6    (c) Prior to December 31, 2019, the Department of 
7Transportation shall conduct 2 pilot demonstration projects 
8using compost-amended soil. The Department shall determine the 
9costs and advantages and disadvantages of using 
10compost-amended soil. Within one year of substantial 
11completion of both projects, the Department shall report to the 
12General Assembly stating the immediate costs of the projects, 
13long-term operational cost savings, and advantages and 
14disadvantages of using compost-amended soil. The report to the 
15General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of 
16Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic 
17form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall 
18direct.
19    (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022.".