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90_HB0552eng
225 ILCS 225/20 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.320
Amends the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act to add a
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1 AN ACT to amend the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act
2 by adding Section 10.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act is
6 amended by adding Section 10.5 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 225/10.5 new)
8 Sec. 10.5. Advisory Commission.
9 (a) There is hereby created the Advisory Commission on
10 Private Sewage Disposal, which shall consist of 17 members to
11 be appointed from time to time by the Director. Of the
12 initial appointments, 5 members shall be appointed to serve a
13 one-year term, 5 members to serve a 2-year term, and 7
14 members to serve a 3-year term. The Advisory Commission
15 shall be comprised of at least one representative of each of
16 the following: the Illinois Public Health Association, the
17 Home Builders Association of Illinois, the Illinois
18 Association of Realtors, the Illinois Environmental
19 Protection Agency, the Illinois Environmental Health
20 Association, the Onsite Wastewater Professionals of Illinois,
21 Inc., the Illinois Association of Local Environmental Health
22 Administrators, the Illinois Precast Concrete Association,
23 the Illinois Land Improvement Contractors Association, the
24 Illinois Soil Classifier Association, and the Illinois Onsite
25 Wastewater Association. The Director shall appoint one member
26 to serve as chairperson.
27 (b) The Advisory Commission shall advise and aid the
28 Director in:
29 (1) reviewing and suggesting changes to the State
30 code developed under Section 7, including but not limited
31 to proposing performance-based standards for the design,
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1 construction, operation, and maintenance of private
2 sewage disposal systems;
3 (2) propose methods for funding private sewage
4 disposal services and for reimbursement of units of local
5 government for expenses incurred in administering this
6 Act as agents of the State;
7 (3) examining the need for more stringent licensing
8 requirements under this Act, including but not limited to
9 an apprenticeship program as a condition of original
10 licensure and the issuance of advanced skill licenses;
11 (4) developing continuing education requirements
12 for persons licensed under this Act;
13 (5) considering the need for continuing testing
14 programs for private sewage disposal systems;
15 (6) developing a research and development program
16 to examine private sewage disposal issues that affect
17 public health and examining funding options for the
18 program;
19 (7) developing a training center to educate all
20 persons interested in learning more about on-site sewage
21 disposal and to work with universities to provide that
22 education;
23 (8) developing an experimental use permit program
24 to set criteria for testing and reviewing new systems or
25 innovative systems or devices and to consider oversight
26 of this program by the Advisory Commission;
27 (9) examining the need for a uniform State license
28 to install, construct, maintain, or operate systems or to
29 pump, haul, or dispose of septage without the need for a
30 license from a unit of local government; and
31 (10) performing other duties from time to time on
32 the request of the Director.
33 (c) The Advisory Commission shall submit an annual
34 report to the Director regarding its findings and
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1 recommendations under subsection (b).
2 (d) Members of the Advisory Commission may be reimbursed
3 for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance
4 of their duties under this Act.
5 (e) Members of the Advisory Commission shall be immune
6 from suit in any action based on an act performed in good
7 faith as a member of the Advisory Commission.
8 (f) The Advisory Commission shall meet at least
9 semi-annually.
10 (g) A State officer, department, board, agency,
11 division, or commission or a unit of local government may
12 provide a service to the Advisory Commission that is (1)
13 requested by the Advisory Commission and (2) within the scope
14 of the person's or entity's governmental functions as
15 established by law.
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.