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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2172
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Thomas Holbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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415 ILCS 5/26 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1026 |
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change
to a Section concerning the adoption of procedural rules.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2172 |
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LRB095 01177 CMK 21179 b |
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| AN ACT concerning 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 Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 26 as follows:
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| (415 ILCS 5/26) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1026)
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| Sec. 26. The
The Board may adopt such procedural rules as |
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| may be necessary to
accomplish the purposes of this Act. In |
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| adopting such rules the Board
shall follow the rulemaking |
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| procedures of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. |
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| Without limiting the generality of this grant of authority, |
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| and
notwithstanding any requirement that hearings be held in |
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| actions brought
pursuant to Titles VIII and X of the Act, the |
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| Board may adopt procedural
rules for resolution of such actions |
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| by summary judgment prior to hearing
upon motion by either |
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| party except as otherwise required by federal law, as
well as |
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| procedural rules requiring the parties to perfect their |
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| pleadings
to conform to the evidence as presented to the Board.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-1048.)
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