Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

510 ILCS 77/11

510 ILCS 77/12

510 ILCS 77/13

510 ILCS 77/20

510 ILCS 77/35

510 ILCS 77/55

510 ILCS 77/17 rep.

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Livestock Management Facilities Act. Provides that livestock management facilities and livestock waste handling facilities serving less than 50 animal units or serving 150 or less animal units and located wholly within certain agricultural areas are exempt from the requirement to file a notice of intent to construct. Requires owners and operators of livestock waste handling facilities to send a notice of intent to construct to owners of property within the setback distances. Subjects owners and operators who begin construction prior to receiving written approval from the Illinois Department of Agriculture to an administrative hearing and a civil penalty. Provides that livestock management facilities or livestock waste handling facilities serving 2,000 or less animal units located in certain agricultural areas are not required to hold public informational meetings related to proposed construction. Provides that livestock management facilities and livestock waste handling facilities located in certain agricultural areas are exempt from certain construction standards. Allows livestock waste handling facilities with a design capacity of 300 or less animal units to demonstrate that a reduced storage volume is feasible due to the availability of certain land application areas. Exempts settling basins and holding ponds for the management and control of feedlot runoff and within which no livestock manure is actively stored or handled and permanent manure pipelines designed and utilized to transport manure from a livestock waste handling facility to a land application area from certain construction standards. Provides that an owner or operator who commences operation prior to receiving written approval from the Department is subject to an administrative hearing and a civil penalty. Provides that livestock management facility owners and operators who have been issued a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System-Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Permit are not required to prepare a general waste management plan. Exempts from setback requirements livestock management facilities and livestock waste handling facilities serving 50 to 150 animal units in certain agricultural areas and with certain separation distances. Requires the Livestock Management Facilities Advisory Committee to meet as needed as determined by the Chair to accomplish its duties.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/17/2005	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
2/17/2005	House	First Reading
2/17/2005	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/23/2005	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
3/10/2005	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/16/2005	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

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