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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Backflow Protection Task Force Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to establish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | a task force with the mission of conducting a study on and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | proposing legislative measures designed to do each of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | following:
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10 | (1) Update current laws, regulations, and guidelines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | governing the use of backflow protection devices in public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | buildings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | (2) Promote policies that will prevent drinking water | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | contamination by a faulty or non-existent backflow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | protection device.
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16 | Section 10. Backflow protection device defined. In this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Act, "backflow protection device" means any device or valve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | designed for the prevention of leakage between 2 or more ports. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Section 15. Backflow Protection Task Force. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (a) There is hereby created the Backflow Protection Task | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Force within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, which shall |
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1 | be comprised of the following members: the Lieutenant Governor | ||||||
2 | or his or her designee, who shall serve as Chairperson of the | ||||||
3 | Task Force; the Director of Public Health or his or her | ||||||
4 | designee; one member appointed by the Attorney General; one | ||||||
5 | member appointed by the President of the Senate; one member | ||||||
6 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; one member | ||||||
7 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and | ||||||
8 | one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
9 | Representatives. | ||||||
10 | (b) Appointments to the Task Force must be made no later | ||||||
11 | than 90 days after the effective date of this Act. | ||||||
12 | (c) Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the | ||||||
13 | same manner as the original appointments. | ||||||
14 | (d) At the discretion of the Chairperson, additional | ||||||
15 | individuals
may participate as non-voting members in the | ||||||
16 | meetings of the
Task Force.
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17 | (e) Members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
18 | compensation. | ||||||
19 | (f) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall provide | ||||||
20 | staff and administrative services to the Task Force.
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21 | Section 20. Meetings; final report. Once all members have | ||||||
22 | been appointed,
the Task Force shall meet not less than 2 times | ||||||
23 | in a 12-month period after the effective date of this Act to | ||||||
24 | carry out the purposes set forth in Section 5 of this Act. | ||||||
25 | A
final report delineating the findings,
conclusions, and |
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1 | recommendations of the Task Force must be submitted to the | ||||||
2 | General Assembly no later than 16 months after the
effective | ||||||
3 | date of this Act, at which time the Task Force shall be | ||||||
4 | dissolved.
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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