Full Text of HB4790 100th General Assembly
HB4790ham003 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Carol Sente Filed: 4/19/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4790
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4790 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 45-22 as follows: | 6 | | (30 ILCS 500/45-22 new) | 7 | | Sec. 45-22. Compost-amended soil. | 8 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 9 | | "Compost-amended soil" means soil that has been mixed | 10 | | with source separated landscape waste or a mixture of both | 11 | | source separated landscape waste and source separated food | 12 | | scraps to meet an organic matter content of not less than | 13 | | 25%, where the compost component meets the certification | 14 | | requirements of the U.S. Composting Council's Seal of | 15 | | Testing Assurance (STA) program or any other equivalent, | 16 | | nationally recognized program. |
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| 1 | | "State agency" means: all officers, boards, | 2 | | commissions and agencies created by the Constitution in the | 3 | | executive branch; all officers, departments, boards, | 4 | | commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, bodies | 5 | | politic and corporate of the State; and administrative | 6 | | units or corporate outgrowths of the State government which | 7 | | are created by or pursuant to statute, other than | 8 | | universities, units of local government and their | 9 | | officers, school districts, and boards of election | 10 | | commissioners; and all administrative units and corporate | 11 | | outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive | 12 | | order of the Governor. | 13 | | (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or any other | 14 | | law to the contrary, any State agency that undertakes a | 15 | | landscaping project requiring the use of new or offsite soil | 16 | | for landscape-related use and that is located within 10 miles | 17 | | of any Illinois Environmental Protection Agency-permitted | 18 | | compost facility shall request a separate bid for | 19 | | compost-amended soil as a part of that project. In comparing | 20 | | the bids, the State agency shall consider whether | 21 | | compost-amended soil should be used for that project based upon | 22 | | the total long-term costs for each bid, including, but not | 23 | | limited to, long-term service and maintenance, replacement of | 24 | | plantings, reduced need for insecticides, and labor. The State | 25 | | agency shall incorporate compost-amended soil into a | 26 | | landscaping project if the long-term cost of using |
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| 1 | | compost-amended soil is equal to or less than the long-term | 2 | | cost of using other new offsite soil. | 3 | | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall | 4 | | maintain a list of the locations of all permitted compost | 5 | | facilities in the State and post the list on its website. | 6 | | (c) Prior to December 31, 2019, the Department of | 7 | | Transportation shall conduct 2 pilot demonstration projects | 8 | | using compost-amended soil. The Department shall determine the | 9 | | costs and advantages and disadvantages of using | 10 | | compost-amended soil. Within one year of substantial | 11 | | completion of both projects, the Department shall report to the | 12 | | General Assembly stating the immediate costs of the projects, | 13 | | long-term operational cost savings, and advantages and | 14 | | disadvantages of using compost-amended soil. The report to the | 15 | | General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of | 16 | | Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic | 17 | | form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall | 18 | | direct. | 19 | | (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022. ".
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