Environment & Energy Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on May 20, 2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2639 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2639 by replacing 
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line 8 on page 1 through line 5 on page 7 with the following:

 
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    "Sec. 28.5. Clean Air Act rules; no fast-track. If the 
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Governor believes that rules are required to be adopted by the 
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State under the federal Clean Air Act as amended by the Clean 
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Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA), then the Governor may 
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suggest rules to the General Assembly by filing them with the 
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Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate and by 
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requesting that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking 
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by law, enact those suggested rules into law, or take any other 
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appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion. 
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Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may exist, 
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neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under the 
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jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or 
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promulgate rules under this Section without the further 
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authorization of the General Assembly. Nothing contained in 
 


 






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this Section shall be interpreted to grant rulemaking authority 
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under any other Illinois statute where such authority is not 
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otherwise explicitly given.  For the purposes of this Section, 
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"rules" is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the 
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Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and 
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"agency head" are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 
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and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the 
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extent that such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads 
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under the jurisdiction of the Governor.".