HB 460 — BONDS-LOCAL GOV-WASTEWATER

HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b AN ACT concerning finance.

HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 2 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b refinancing or retiring bonds issued between January 1, 1987 and January 1, 1990 by home rule municipalities, debt service on which is provided from a tax imposed by home rule municipalities prior to January 1, 1990 on the sale of food and drugs pursuant to Section 8-11-1 of the Home Rule Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or Section 8-11-5 of the Home Rule Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act;

the making of grants for improvement and development of zoos and park district field houses and related HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 3 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b structures;

the payment of expenses associated with the promotion, establishment, acquisition and operation of small business incubator facilities and agribusiness research facilities, including the lease, purchase, renovation, planning, HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 4 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b engineering, construction and maintenance of buildings, utility support systems and equipment designated for such purposes and the establishment and maintenance of centralized support services within such facilities;

the making of grants or loans for distribution to eligible local educational agencies HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 5 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b for the upgrading of math and science instructional programs, including the acquisition of instructional equipment and materials;

the making of grants to soil and water conservation districts for the planning and implementation of conservation practices and for funding contracts with the Soil Conservation HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 6 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b Service for watershed planning;

(e) The amount specified in paragraph (a) above shall include an amount necessary to pay reasonable expenses of each issuance and sale of the Bonds, as specified in the related HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 7 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b Bond Sale Order (hereinafter defined).

The Director, in accord with the Personnel Code, HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 8 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b shall employ and direct such personnel, and shall provide for such laboratory and other facilities, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

or (2) In accordance with the provisions of this Act, HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 9 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b taking whatever preventive or corrective action, including but not limited to removal or remedial action, that is necessary or appropriate whenever there is a release or a substantial threat of a release of (A) a hazardous substance or pesticide or (B) petroleum from an underground storage tank.

The Agency may enter into written delegation agreements with any department, agency, or unit of State or local government under which all or portions of this duty may be delegated for public water supply storage and transport systems, sewage collection and transport systems, air pollution control sources with uncontrolled emissions of 100 HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 10 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b tons per year or less and application of algicides to waters of the State.

(k) The Agency shall have the authority to accept, receive, and administer on behalf of the State any grants, gifts, loans, indirect cost reimbursements, or other funds made available to the State from any source for purposes of this Act or for air HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 11 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b or water pollution control, public water supply, solid waste disposal, noise abatement, or other environmental protection activities, surveys, or programs.

as noise control HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 12 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b agency for the state for all purposes of the Noise Control Act of 1972, Public Law 92-574, approved October 27, 1972, as amended;

the Agency HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 13 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b may participate in proceedings under such federal Acts.

(o) The Agency shall have the authority to issue certificates of competency to persons and laboratories meeting the minimum standards established by the Agency in accordance HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 14 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b with Section 4(n) of this Act and to promulgate and enforce regulations relevant to the issuance and use of such certificates.

(r) The Agency may enter into written delegation agreements HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 15 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b with any unit of local government under which it may delegate all or portions of its inspecting, investigating and enforcement functions.

The Director of the Agency is authorized to enter into such HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 16 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b contracts and agreements as are necessary to carry out the Agency's duties under this subsection.

With respect to all monies appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund or HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 17 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b the Build Illinois Purposes Fund for public water supply grants, such grants shall be made in accordance with rules promulgated by the Agency.

(y) The Agency shall have authority to release any person from further responsibility for preventive or corrective HB0460 EngrossedEnrolled - 18 - LRB096 03052 HLH 13067 b action under this Act following successful completion of preventive or corrective action undertaken by such person upon written request by the person.