HB5436 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5436

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Ann M. Williams

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 5/7.5

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1007.5

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the filing fees for specified petitions shall be $250 (rather than $75).

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

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

Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by changing Section 7.5 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/7.5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1007.5)

Sec. 7.5. Filing fees.

(a) The Board shall collect filing fees as prescribed in this Act. The fees shall be deposited in the Pollution Control Board Fund. The filing fees shall be as follows:

Petition for site-specific regulation, $250 $75.

Petition for variance, $250 $75.

Petition for review of permit, $250 $75.

Petition to contest local government decision pursuant to Section 40.1, $250 $75.

Petition for an adjusted standard, pursuant to Section 28.1, $250 $75.

Petition for a time-limited water quality standard, $250 $75 per petitioner.

(b) A person who has filed a petition for a variance from a water quality standard and paid the filing fee set forth in subsection (a) of this Section for that petition and whose variance petition is thereafter converted into a petition for a time-limited water quality standard under Section 38.5 of this Act shall not be required to pay a separate filing fee upon the conversion of the variance petition into a petition for a time-limited water quality standard.

(Source: P.A. 99-937, eff. 2-24-17.)