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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB0855 Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 415 ILCS 5/26 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1026 |
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change
to a Section concerning the adoption of procedural rules.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB0855 | | LRB098 05074 JDS 35105 b |
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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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 26 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/26) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1026)
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| 7 | | Sec. 26.
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The Board may adopt such procedural rules as |
| 8 | | may be necessary to
accomplish the purposes of this Act. In |
| 9 | | adopting such rules the Board
shall follow the rulemaking |
| 10 | | procedures of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. |
| 11 | | Without limiting the generality of this grant of authority, |
| 12 | | and
notwithstanding any requirement that hearings be held in |
| 13 | | actions brought
pursuant to Titles VIII and X of the Act, the |
| 14 | | Board may adopt procedural
rules for resolution of such actions |
| 15 | | by summary judgment prior to hearing
upon motion by either |
| 16 | | party except as otherwise required by federal law, as
well as |
| 17 | | procedural rules requiring the parties to perfect their |
| 18 | | pleadings
to conform to the evidence as presented to the Board.
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| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 85-1048.)
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