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 1        AN ACT concerning hazardous materials.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Hazardous  Material  Emergency Response
 5    Reimbursement  Act  is  amended  by  changing  Section  3  as
 6    follows:

 7        (430 ILCS 55/3) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 1003)
 8        Sec. 3.  Definitions. As used in this Act:
 9        (a)  "Emergency action" means any action taken at or near
10    the scene of a  hazardous  materials  emergency  incident  to
11    prevent  or minimize harm to human health, to property, or to
12    the  environments  from  the  unintentional  release   of   a
13    hazardous material.
14        (b)  "Emergency  response  agency"  means a unit of local
15    government or volunteer  fire  protection  organization  that
16    provides:
17             (1).  firefighting services;
18             (2).  emergency rescue services;
19             (3).  emergency medical services;
20             (4).  hazardous materials response teams; or
21             (5).  civil defense; or
22             (6)   technical rescue teams.
23             (c)  "Responsible party" means a person who:
24             (1)  owns  or has custody of hazardous material that
25        is involved in an incident requiring emergency action  by
26        an emergency response agency; or
27             (2)  owns   or  has  custody  of  bulk  or  non-bulk
28        packaging or a transport vehicle that contains  hazardous
29        material  that  is  involved  in  an  incident  requiring
30        emergency action by an emergency response agency; and
31             (3)  who  causes or substantially contributed to the
 
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 1        cause of the incident.
 2        (d)  "Person"  means  an  individual,  a  corporation,  a
 3    partnership, an unincorporated association, or  any  unit  of
 4    federal, State or local government.
 5        (e)  "Annual   budget"  means  the  cost  to  operate  an
 6    emergency response agency excluding  personnel  costs,  which
 7    include  salary, benefits and training expenses; and costs to
 8    acquire capital equipment including buildings,  vehicles  and
 9    other such major capital cost items.
10        (f)  "Hazardous  material"  means a substance or material
11    in a quantity  and  form  determined  by  the  United  States
12    Department  of  Transportation  to  be  capable  of posing an
13    unreasonable risk to  health  and  safety  or  property  when
14    transported in commerce.
15        (g)  "Panel" means administrative panel.
16    (Source: P.A. 86-972.)