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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5989
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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430 ILCS 50/1 |
from Ch. 127, par. 1251 |
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Amends the Hazardous Materials Emergency Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning the findings.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5989 |
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LRB093 19541 RXD 45281 b |
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| AN ACT concerning environmental safety.
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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 Hazardous Materials Emergency Act is amended |
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| by changing
Section 1 as follows:
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| (430 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 1251)
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| Sec. 1. Findings. It is the finding of the General |
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| Assembly:
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| (a) That the use, transportation, storage and manufacture |
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| of hazardous
materials creates a substantial risk that |
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| accidents will occur involving
such hazardous materials;
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| (b) That accidents involving hazardous materials create an |
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| unreasonable
risk to the health, safety and welfare of the |
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| People of Illinois;
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| (c) That the federal government promulgates regulations |
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| for the interstate
transportation of hazardous materials, but |
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| that the People of Illinois can
benefit by having such |
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| precautions as those included in federal regulation
extended to |
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| intrastate transportation and other activities which might
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| result in an accident involving hazardous materials;
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| (d) That often the emergency agency which first responds to |
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| an accident
involving a hazardous material is unable to |
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| determine the nature of the
material and is unfamiliar with |
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| precautionary measures which must be exercised
in handling the |
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| material, with resulting use of incorrect emergency procedures
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| endangering both members of the emergency agency and the |
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| public; and
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| (e) That response to hazardous materials emergencies can be |
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| accomplished
more rapidly and with greater efficiency if one |
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| agency of State government
with the necessary communications |
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| network is designated as the central
reporting agency in case |
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| of emergency.
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