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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 51
2 AMENDMENT NO. ____. Amend House Resolution 51, on page
3 1, by replacing lines 2 through 31 with the following:
4 "WHEREAS, The Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act was
5 enacted in 1973 "to protect, promote and preserve the public
6 health, safety and general welfare by providing for licensing
7 of private sewage disposal contractors and the establishment
8 and enforcement of a minimum code of standards for design,
9 construction, materials, operation and maintenance of private
10 sewage disposal systems, for the transportation and disposal
11 of wastes therefrom, and for private sewage disposal
12 servicing equipment"; and
13 WHEREAS, Innovations in technology for the development
14 and use of onsite wastewater systems have changed since 1973;
15 and
16 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has experienced
17 substantial population growth and expansion into rural areas,
18 dramatically increasing the number of onsite wastewater
19 systems in use in those areas; and
20 WHEREAS, Rural population growth has created a need for
21 more professional and innovative solutions to onsite
22 wastewater problems in the State; and
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1 WHEREAS, Both the State and federal government lack
2 sufficient funding to properly inspect, test, and develop
3 onsite wastewater systems in a manner that protects and
4 promotes the public health, safety, and general welfare of
5 the people of the State of Illinois; therefore be it
6 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
8 there is created the Private Sewage Disposal Review
9 Commission consisting of 4 members appointed by the Speaker
10 of the House and 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader
11 of the House, all of whom shall serve without compensation
12 but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary
13 expenses from funds available for that purpose; and be it
14 further
15 RESOLVED, That the Commission shall meet initially at the
16 call of the Speaker, shall select one member as chairperson
17 at its initial meeting, shall thereafter meet at the call of
18 the chairperson, shall hold public hearings, shall receive
19 the assistance of legislative staff, and shall report its
20 findings and recommendations concerning the Private Sewage
21 Disposal Licensing Act to the House by filing copies of its
22 report with the Clerk of the House on or before January 2,
23 2001; and that upon filing its report the commission is
24 dissolved."; and
25 by deleting page 2.