Sen. George P. Shadid
Filed: 5/11/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 916
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 916 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Hazardous Material Emergency Response | ||||||
5 | Reimbursement Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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6 | (430 ILCS 55/5) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 1005)
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7 | Sec. 5. Reimbursement to agencies.
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8 | (a) It shall be the duty of the responsible party to | ||||||
9 | reimburse, within 60 days after the receipt of a bill for the | ||||||
10 | hazardous material emergency incident
in a
timely and | ||||||
11 | reasonable manner , the emergency response agencies responding | ||||||
12 | to
a hazardous material emergency incident, and any private | ||||||
13 | contractor
responding to the incident at the request of an | ||||||
14 | emergency response agency,
for the costs incurred in the course | ||||||
15 | of providing emergency action.
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16 | (b) In the event that the emergency response agencies are | ||||||
17 | not reimbursed
by a responsible party as required under | ||||||
18 | subsection (a), monies in the Fund
shall be used to reimburse | ||||||
19 | the emergency response agencies
providing emergency action at | ||||||
20 | or near the scene of a hazardous materials
emergency incident | ||||||
21 | subject to the following limitations:
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22 | (1) Cost recovery from the Fund is limited to | ||||||
23 | replacement of expended
materials including, but not | ||||||
24 | limited to, specialized firefighting
foam, damaged hose or |
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1 | other reasonable and necessary supplies.
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2 | (2) The applicable cost of supplies must exceed 2% of | ||||||
3 | the
emergency response agency's annual budget.
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4 | (3) A minimum of $500 must have been expended.
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5 | (4) A maximum of $10,000 may be requested per incident.
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6 | (5) The response was made to an incident involving | ||||||
7 | hazardous materials
facilities such as rolling stock which | ||||||
8 | are not in a terminal and which are
not included on the | ||||||
9 | property tax roles for the jurisdiction where the
incident | ||||||
10 | occurred.
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11 | (c) Application for reimbursement from the Fund shall be
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12 | made to the State Fire Marshal or his designee. The State Fire | ||||||
13 | Marshal
shall, through rulemaking, promulgate a standard form | ||||||
14 | for such application.
The State Fire Marshal shall adopt rules | ||||||
15 | for the administration of
this Act.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 90-467, eff. 8-17-97.)".
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