Public Act 0237 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2036 Enrolled LRB098 06284 JDS 36325 b

Public Act 098-0237

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 adding Section 7.6 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/7.6 new)

Sec. 7.6. Electronic posting of permit information. Beginning January 1, 2014, the Agency shall maintain the following information on its website:

(1) a description of each type of permit it issues and the persons subject to each type of permit;

(2) a description of the process for obtaining each type of permit, including but not limited to any statutory or regulatory deadlines and whether public notices or hearings are required prior to permit issuance; and

(3) no later than February 1 of each year, a report that contains the following information for the previous calendar year, with respect to each type of permit, based on information available to the Agency in a format the Agency can compile and publish electronically:

(A) the number of permit applications received by the Agency;

(B) the number of permits issued by the Agency; and

(C) the average number of days from the date the Agency receives all information necessary for the issuance of a permit until the date the Agency issues the permit.

Effective Date: 1/1/2014