100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5261
 
Introduced , by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


615 ILCS 5/14b new
    Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the  Director of the Environmental Protection Agency to seek negotiations with each state that borders Lake Michigan to establish a notification policy under which the states will notify one another when permitting new sources of water pollution or increased levels of pollution into Lake Michigan. Requires the Director to report to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2019 on the status of these negotiations. Effective immediately. 



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning waterways.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:


 
4    Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 14b as follows:
 
6    (615 ILCS 5/14b  new)
7    Sec. 14b. Negotiations for interstate pollution 
8notification policy.
9    (a) For purposes of this Section:
10        "Agency" has the meaning given to that term under 
11    Section 1-20 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, 
12    but shall only include an agency under the jurisdiction of 
13    the Governor.
14        "Agency head" has the meaning given to that term under 
15    Section 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, 
16    but shall only include an agency head under the 
17    jurisdiction of the Governor. 
18        "Rule" has the meaning given to that term under Section 
19    1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
20    (b) The Director of the Environmental Protection Agency 
21shall seek negotiations with each state that borders Lake 
22Michigan to establish a notification policy under which the 
23states will notify one another when permitting new sources of 
 
 
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1water pollution or increased levels of pollution into Lake 
2Michigan.
3    (c) The Director must report to the General Assembly no 
4later than January 1, 2019 on the status of these negotiations.
5    (d) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that 
6may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head 
7under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to 
8make or adopt rules to implement or enforce the provisions of 
9this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.  If, however, 
10the Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or 
11enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 100th 
12General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General 
13Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the 
14Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General 
15Assembly authorize rulemaking by law, enact those suggested 
16rules into law, or take any other appropriate action in the 
17General Assembly's discretion.   Nothing contained in this 
18amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be 
19interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other 
20Illinois statute if authority is not otherwise explicitly 
21given. 
 

22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
23becoming law.