Public Act 096-0767
 
HB0402 Enrolled LRB096 07520 ASK 17615 b

    AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.719 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new)
    Sec. 5.719. The Private Sewage Disposal Program Fund.
 
    Section 10. The Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act is
amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 225/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.304)
    Sec. 4. (a) After January 1, 1974, no person or private
sewage disposal system contractor may construct, install,
modify, repair, maintain, or service a private sewage disposal
system or transport and dispose of waste removed therefrom, in
such a manner that does not comply with the requirements of
this Act and the private sewage disposal code promulgated
hereunder by the Department. A person who owns and occupies a
single family dwelling and who constructs, installs,
maintains, services or cleans the private sewage disposal
system which serves his single family residence shall not be
required to be licensed under this Act, however, such person
shall comply with all other provisions of this Act and the
private sewage disposal code promulgated hereunder by the
Department.
    Any person who constructs, installs, repairs, modifies, or
maintains a private sewage disposal system, other than a system
which serves his own single family residence, shall be licensed
by the Department as a Private Sewage System Installation
Contractor and any person who cleans or pumps waste from a
private sewage disposal system, other than a system which
serves his own single family residence, or hauls or disposes of
wastes removed therefrom shall be licensed by the Department as
a Private Sewage Disposal System Pumping Contractor in
accordance with this Act.
    (b) No new private sewage disposal system shall be
installed by any person until drawings, specifications and
other information requested by the Department are submitted to
and reviewed by the Department and found to comply with the
private sewage disposal code, and until approval for the
installation of such system is issued by the Department.
    (c) The licensing requirements of this Act shall not apply
to any person who cleans or pumps, hauls or disposes of waste
from chemical toilets located in an underground coal mine. This
waste shall be (i) transported to and disposed of at a sewage
treatment facility permitted by the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency and located on the mine property, or (ii)
stored on-site in a sanitary manner pending removal and
subsequent disposal by a licensed private sewage disposal
pumping contractor.
    (d) There is hereby created in the State treasury a special
fund to be known as the Private Sewage Disposal Program Fund.
All fees collected by the Department for exams, licenses,
permits, and fines in accordance with this Act shall be
deposited into the Fund and shall be appropriated by the
General Assembly to the Department. Gifts, grants and other
monies from any source available for this purpose may be
deposited into the Fund. Subject to appropriation, money from
this Fund shall be used by the Department to administer this
Act. Interest attributable to monies in this Fund shall be
returned to the Fund. Monies in the Fund shall be appropriated
and used only for the purposes stated in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1195.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/28/2009