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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0895 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 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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| | SB0895 | | LRB097 04627 JDS 44666 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Hazardous Materials Emergency Act is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (430 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 1251)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1. It is the finding of the General Assembly:
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| 8 | | (a) That
That the use, transportation, storage and |
| 9 | | manufacture of hazardous
materials creates a substantial risk |
| 10 | | that accidents will occur involving
such hazardous materials; |
| 11 | | (b) That accidents involving hazardous materials create an |
| 12 | | unreasonable
risk to the health, safety and welfare of the |
| 13 | | People of Illinois;
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| 14 | | (c) That the federal government promulgates regulations |
| 15 | | for the interstate
transportation of hazardous materials, but |
| 16 | | that the People of Illinois can
benefit by having such |
| 17 | | precautions as those included in federal regulation
extended to |
| 18 | | intrastate transportation and other activities which might
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| 19 | | result in an accident involving hazardous materials;
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| 20 | | (d) That often the emergency agency which first responds to |
| 21 | | an accident
involving a hazardous material is unable to |
| 22 | | determine the nature of the
material and is unfamiliar with |
| 23 | | precautionary measures which must be exercised
in handling the |