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    AN ACT concerning safety.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 57.8a as follows:
 
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    (415 ILCS 5/57.8a  new)
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    Sec. 57.8a. Assignment of payments from the Underground 
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Storage Tank Fund.
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    (a) If the Agency has formed a priority list for payment 
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under Section 57.8(a)(3) of this Act, an owner or operator on 
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the priority list may assign to a person that is in the 
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business of receiving assignments of payments from the Fund the 
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full approved payment amount on the list for which the owner or 
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operator is awaiting payment. The assignment must be made on 
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forms prescribed by the Agency.  No assignment under this 
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Section prevents or affects the right of the State Comptroller 
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to make the deductions and off-sets provided in Section 10.05 
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of the State Comptroller Act.
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    (b) An assignee has no right of appeal relating to the 
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assigned payment.
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    (c) An owner's or operator's assignment under this Section 
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is irrevocable and may be made to only one assignee. The State 
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shall pay the assigned amount to this one assignee only and 
 


 






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shall not pay the assigned amount to any subsequent assignee of 
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the one assignee.
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    (d)  The State and its officers and employees are discharged 
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of all liability upon payment of the assigned amount to the 
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assignee.  The assignor and assignee shall hold harmless and 
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indemnify the State and its officers and employees from all 
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claims, actions, suits, complaints, and liabilities related to 
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the assignment.
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    (e) Costs associated with the assignment of a payment under 
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this Section are not eligible for payment from the Fund.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.