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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Flue | ||||||
| 5 | Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Task Force Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
| 7 | "FGD" means flue gas desulfurization. | ||||||
| 8 | "Task Force" means the FGD Task Force
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| 9 | Section 10. The FGD Task Force. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) There is hereby created the FGD Task Force to study the | ||||||
| 11 | cost benefits of and make recommendations for the construction | ||||||
| 12 | of new stacks at coal-fired power plants with FGD scrubber | ||||||
| 13 | technology and the conversion of existing stacks at coal-fired | ||||||
| 14 | power plants to FGD scrubber technology for the purposes of | ||||||
| 15 | safely burning more Illinois-mined coal. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) The membership of the Task Force shall be as follows: | ||||||
| 17 | (1) Two members of the Senate appointed by the | ||||||
| 18 | President of the Senate. | ||||||
| 19 | (2) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Minority | ||||||
| 20 | Leader of the Senate.
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| 21 | (3) Two members of the House of appointed by the | ||||||
| 22 | Speaker of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
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| 1 | (4) Two members of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 2 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives. | ||||||
| 4 | (5) Two members appointed by the Governor with | ||||||
| 5 | expertise in Illinois coal, coal mining, emission | ||||||
| 6 | reduction, or energy production. | ||||||
| 7 | (6) The Director of Natural Resources, or his or her | ||||||
| 8 | designee. | ||||||
| 9 | (7) The Director of the Environmental Protection | ||||||
| 10 | Agency, or his or her designee. | ||||||
| 11 | (c) Task Force members shall serve without compensation but | ||||||
| 12 | shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in performing | ||||||
| 13 | their duties. | ||||||
| 14 | (d) The Task Force shall report their findings and | ||||||
| 15 | recommendations to the General Assembly by December 31, 2017.
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| 16 | Section 15. Administrative support. The Department of | ||||||
| 17 | Natural Resources and the Illinois Environmental Protection | ||||||
| 18 | Agency shall provide administrative and other support to the | ||||||
| 19 | Task Force. | ||||||
| 20 | Section 20. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | ||||||
| 21 | 2019.
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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