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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Large | ||||||
| 5 | Event Facilities Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definition of event facility. In this Act, | ||||||
| 7 | "event facility" means a permanent structure for holding | ||||||
| 8 | public meetings or public events, including, but not limited | ||||||
| 9 | to, baseball games, football games, hockey games, automobile | ||||||
| 10 | races, or other musical, dramatic, artistic, social, or | ||||||
| 11 | athletic events. "Event facility" includes a convention | ||||||
| 12 | center. "Event facility" does not include a school stadium, a | ||||||
| 13 | county fair, or a hotel. | ||||||
| 14 | Section 10. Recycling and composting requirements. | ||||||
| 15 | (a) On and after January 1, 2025, an owner or operator of | ||||||
| 16 | an event facility that has a maximum legal capacity or | ||||||
| 17 | occupancy of at least 3,500 persons shall offer the following: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) the recycling of items that are generated at a | ||||||
| 19 | public meeting or public event held at the event facility, | ||||||
| 20 | including, but not limited to, glass, aluminum cans, | ||||||
| 21 | cardboard, paper, and plastic beverage cups or bottles; | ||||||
| 22 | (2) the transfer of these recyclable materials to a | ||||||
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| 1 | recycling center for processing; the recyclable materials | ||||||
| 2 | may be transferred to a recycling center in the same | ||||||
| 3 | manner in which they were collected within the event | ||||||
| 4 | facility; and | ||||||
| 5 | (3) the composting of organic waste, which shall be | ||||||
| 6 | collected separately from the collection of recyclable | ||||||
| 7 | materials, in counties with composting facilities. | ||||||
| 8 | (b) An owner or operator of an event facility shall be in | ||||||
| 9 | compliance with this Section if the owner or operator offers | ||||||
| 10 | the disposal of recyclable materials and organic waste in | ||||||
| 11 | separate containers clearly labeled and distributed throughout | ||||||
| 12 | the event facility. | ||||||
| 13 | Section 15. Penalties. | ||||||
| 14 | (a) An owner or operator of an event facility that commits | ||||||
| 15 | a violation of this Act is guilty of a business offense and | ||||||
| 16 | shall be fined not less than $750 and not more than $1,500 for | ||||||
| 17 | the first offense. An owner or operator of an event facility | ||||||
| 18 | that commits a second or subsequent violation of this Act is | ||||||
| 19 | guilty of a business offense and shall be fined not less than | ||||||
| 20 | $1,500 and not more than $2,500 for each subsequent offense. | ||||||
| 21 | (b) A State's Attorney or municipal attorney may prosecute | ||||||
| 22 | under this Section an owner or operator of an event facility | ||||||
| 23 | who violates this Act. | ||||||