102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2633

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Jeff Keicher

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 105/9.5 new

    Amends the Litter Control Act. Provides that a hauler who overfills his or her hauling vehicle such that waste or construction material falls off the top of the hauling vehicle while in transit is subject to a civil penalty of $250. Requires moneys from civil penalties received under the provisions to be paid to the Department of Agriculture, which shall deposit the moneys into the Agriculture in the Classroom Fund.


LRB102 14967 CPF 20322 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB2633LRB102 14967 CPF 20322 b

1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Litter Control Act is amended by adding
5Section 9.5 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 105/9.5 new)
7    Sec. 9.5. Haulers; waste; civil penalty.
8    (a) In this Section:
9    "Department" means the Department of Agriculture.
10    "Hauler" has the same meaning as provided under Section 5
11of the Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act. "Hauler"
12includes a person who operates a semitrailer that hauls
13construction materials.
14    "Semitrailer" has the same meaning as provided under
15Section 1.28 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
16    (b) A hauler who overfills his or her hauling vehicle such
17that waste or construction material falls off the top the
18hauling vehicle while in transit is subject to a civil penalty
19of $250.
20    (c) Moneys from civil penalties received under subsection
21(b) shall be paid to the Department, which shall deposit the
22moneys into the Agriculture in the Classroom Fund.