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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5307
Introduced 01/25/06, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Counties Code. Allows any county board of health to declare a water emergency and to regulate well use in the areas affected by the water emergency. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5307 |
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LRB094 16371 HLH 51622 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 5-15023 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-15023 new) |
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| Sec. 5-15023. Water emergencies; well use. A county board |
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| of health may declare a water emergency within the county. If a |
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| board of health declares a water emergency under this Section, |
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| it may regulate well use within the area affected by the water |
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| emergency. For the purposes of this Section, "water emergency" |
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| means a critical event or series of events that disrupts the |
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| availability of clean drinking water, including, but not |
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| limited to, drought, overuse, and contamination of the water |
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| supply. The county shall have the power to enforce any |
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| regulations adopted under this Section.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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