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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fund Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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| 6 | (415 ILCS 135/10)
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| 7 | Sec. 10. Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund.
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| 8 | (a) The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | created as a
special fund in the State Treasury.
Moneys | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | deposited into the Fund shall be used solely
for the purposes | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | of
the Council and for other purposes
as provided in
this Act.
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| 12 | The Fund shall include moneys credited to the Fund under this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Act
and other moneys that by law may be credited to the Fund.
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| 14 | The State Treasurer may invest Funds deposited into
the Fund at | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | the direction of the Council. Interest, income from the
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| 16 | investments, and other income earned by the Fund shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | credited to and
deposited into the Fund.
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| 18 | Pursuant to appropriation, all moneys in the Drycleaner | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Environmental
Response Trust Fund shall be disbursed by the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Agency to the Council
for the purpose of making disbursements,
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| 21 | if any, in accordance with this Act and for the purpose of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | paying
the ordinary and
contingent
expenses of the Council. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | After June 30, 1999, pursuant to appropriation, all
moneys in | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund may be used by | ||||||
| 2 | the
Council for the purpose of making disbursements, if any, in | ||||||
| 3 | accordance with
this Act and for the purpose of paying the | ||||||
| 4 | ordinary and contingent expenses of
the Council.
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| 5 | The Fund may be divided into different accounts with | ||||||
| 6 | different
depositories to fulfill the purposes of the Act as | ||||||
| 7 | determined by the Council.
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| 8 | Moneys in the Fund at the end of a State fiscal year
shall | ||||||
| 9 | be carried forward to the next fiscal year and shall not revert | ||||||
| 10 | to
the General Revenue Fund.
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| 11 | Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the | ||||||
| 12 | Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund is not subject to | ||||||
| 13 | sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or any other fiscal | ||||||
| 14 | maneuver that would in any way transfer any amounts from the | ||||||
| 15 | Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund into any other | ||||||
| 16 | fund of the State. | ||||||
| 17 | (b) The specific purposes of the Fund include but are not | ||||||
| 18 | limited to
the following:
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| 19 | (1) To establish an account to fund remedial action of | ||||||
| 20 | drycleaning
solvent releases from drycleaning facilities | ||||||
| 21 | as provided by
Section 40.
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| 22 | (2) To establish an insurance account for insuring | ||||||
| 23 | environmental risks
from releases from drycleaning | ||||||
| 24 | facilities within this State as
provided by Section 45.
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| 25 | (c) The State, the General Revenue Fund, and any other Fund | ||||||
| 26 | of
the
State, other than the Drycleaner Environmental Response | ||||||
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| 1 | Trust Fund, shall not
be
liable for a claim or cause of action | ||||||
| 2 | in connection with a drycleaning facility
not owned or operated | ||||||
| 3 | by the State or an agency of the State. All expenses
incurred | ||||||
| 4 | by the Fund shall be payable solely from the Fund and
no | ||||||
| 5 | liability or obligation shall be imposed upon the State. The | ||||||
| 6 | State is not
liable for a claim presented against the Fund.
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| 7 | (d) The liability of the Fund is limited to the extent of | ||||||
| 8 | coverage provided
by the account under which a claim is | ||||||
| 9 | submitted, subject to the terms and
conditions of that | ||||||
| 10 | coverage. The liability of the Fund is further limited by
the | ||||||
| 11 | moneys made available to the Fund, and no remedy shall be | ||||||
| 12 | ordered
that would require the Fund to exceed its then current | ||||||
| 13 | funding limitations
to satisfy an award or which would restrict | ||||||
| 14 | the availability of moneys for
higher priority sites.
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| 15 | (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit, | ||||||
| 16 | restrict, or affect the
authority and powers of the Agency or | ||||||
| 17 | another State agency or statute unless
the
State agency or | ||||||
| 18 | statute is specifically referenced and the limitation is
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| 19 | clearly set forth in this Act.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 90-502, eff. 8-19-97; 91-453, eff. 8-6-99.)
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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