94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5307

 

Introduced 01/25/06, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-15023 new

    Amends the Counties Code. Allows any county board of health to declare a water emergency and to regulate well use in the areas affected by the water emergency. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5 5-15023 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/5-15023 new)
7     Sec. 5-15023. Water emergencies; well use. A county board
8 of health may declare a water emergency within the county. If a
9 board of health declares a water emergency under this Section,
10 it may regulate well use within the area affected by the water
11 emergency. For the purposes of this Section, "water emergency"
12 means a critical event or series of events that disrupts the
13 availability of clean drinking water, including, but not
14 limited to, drought, overuse, and contamination of the water
15 supply. The county shall have the power to enforce any
16 regulations adopted under this Section.
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.