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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5959
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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415 ILCS 5/8 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1008 |
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes technical changes to a Section
concerning legislative declarations.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5959 |
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LRB093 19280 BDD 45015 b |
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| AN ACT concerning environmental protection.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
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| changing
Section 8 as follows:
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| (415 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1008)
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| Sec. 8. Legislative declaration. The General Assembly |
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| finds that
pollution of the air of this State
constitutes a |
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| menace to public health and welfare, creates public
nuisances, |
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| adds to cleaning costs, accelerates the deterioration of
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| materials, adversely affects agriculture, business, industry, |
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| recreation,
climate, and visibility, depresses property |
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| values, and offends the senses.
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| It is the purpose of this Title to restore, maintain, and |
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| enhance the
purity of the air of this State in order to protect |
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| health, welfare,
property, and the quality of life and to |
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| assure that no air contaminants
are discharged into the |
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| atmosphere without being given the degree of
treatment or |
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| control necessary to prevent pollution.
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| (Source: P.A. 76-2429.)
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