HB2420 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 27321 AWJ 53692 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2420

Introduced 2/15/2023, by Rep. Jeff Keicher

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/5.990 new
415 ILCS 10/3.2 new

Amends the Local Solid Waste Disposal Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall set and charge assessment fees for a hauler for each time one of the hauler's vehicles deposits solid waste or municipal waste into a landfill in Illinois. Provides that the Department shall set separate assessment fees for different regions of the State based on the population of the region and the average fees haulers charge for their services within a region. Provides that the fees must be deposited into the Waste Cleanup Assessment Fund and may be expended to provide grants or payments to counties and municipalities in Illinois within a 50-mile radius of a landfill for cleaning up solid waste or municipal waste that falls from a hauler's vehicle. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules to implement the assessment fee provisions. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning environmental safety.

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

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.990 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)

Sec. 5.990. The Waste Cleanup Assessment Fund.

Section 10. The Local Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by adding Section 3.2 as follows:

(415 ILCS 10/3.2 new)

Sec. 3.2. Waste cleanup assessment fee.

(a) As used in this Section, "hauler" has the meaning given to that term in Section 5 of the Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act.

(b) The Department of Transportation shall set and charge assessment fees for a hauler for each time one of the hauler's vehicles deposits solid waste or municipal waste into a landfill in Illinois. The Department shall set separate assessment fees for different regions of the State based on the population of the region and the average fees haulers charge for their services within a region.

(c) The fees must be deposited into the Waste Cleanup Assessment Fund, a special fund that is created in the State treasury and, as directed by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, may be expended to provide grants or payments to counties and municipalities in Illinois within a 50-mile radius of a landfill for cleaning up solid waste or municipal waste that falls from a hauler's vehicle.

(d) Only one assessment fee may be charged per hauler vehicle for each time that vehicle deposits solid waste or municipal waste into a landfill.

(e) The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules to implement this Section.