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AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||
10-20.19c and 34-18.15 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.19c) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.19c)
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Sec. 10-20.19c. Recycled paper and paper products and solid | ||||
waste management.
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(a) Definitions. As used in this Section, the following | ||||
terms shall
have the meanings indicated, unless the context | ||||
otherwise requires:
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"Deinked stock" means paper that has been processed to | ||||
remove inks,
clays, coatings, binders and other contaminants.
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"High grade printing and writing papers" includes offset | ||||
printing
paper, duplicator paper, writing paper (stationery), | ||||
tablet paper, office
paper, note pads, xerographic paper, | ||||
envelopes, form bond including
computer paper and carbonless | ||||
forms, book papers, bond papers, ledger paper,
book stock and | ||||
cotton fiber papers.
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"Paper and paper products" means high grade printing and | ||||
writing papers,
tissue products, newsprint, unbleached | ||||
packaging and recycled paperboard.
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"Postconsumer material" means only those products | ||||
generated by a business
or consumer which have served their | ||
intended end uses, and which have been
separated or diverted | ||
from solid waste; wastes generated during the
production of an | ||
end product are excluded.
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"Recovered paper material" means paper waste generated | ||
after the
completion of the papermaking process, such as | ||
postconsumer materials,
envelope cuttings, bindery trimmings, | ||
printing waste, cutting and
other converting waste, butt rolls, | ||
and mill wrappers, obsolete inventories,
and rejected unused | ||
stock. "Recovered paper material", however, does not
include | ||
fibrous waste generated during the manufacturing process such | ||
as
fibers recovered from waste water or trimmings of paper | ||
machine rolls (mill
broke), or fibrous byproducts of | ||
harvesting, extraction or woodcutting
processes, or forest | ||
residues such as bark.
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"Recycled paperboard" includes paperboard products, | ||
folding cartons and
pad backings.
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"Tissue products" includes toilet tissue, paper towels, | ||
paper napkins,
facial tissue, paper doilies, industrial | ||
wipers, paper bags and brown
papers. These products shall also | ||
be unscented and shall not be colored.
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"Unbleached packaging" includes corrugated and fiber | ||
storage boxes.
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(a-5) Each school district shall periodically review its | ||
procurement procedures and specifications related to the | ||
purchase of products and supplies. Those procedures and | ||
specifications must be modified as necessary to require the | ||
school district to seek out products and supplies that contain | ||
recycled materials and to ensure that purchased products and | ||
supplies are reusable, durable, or made from recycled | ||
materials, if economically and practically feasible. In | ||
selecting products and supplies that contain recycled | ||
material, preference must be given to products and supplies | ||
that contain the highest amount of recycled material and that | ||
are consistent with the effective use of the product or supply, | ||
if economically and practically feasible. | ||
(b) Wherever economically and practically feasible, as | ||
determined by the
school board, the school board, all public | ||
schools and
attendance centers within a school district, and | ||
their school supply stores
shall procure recycled paper and | ||
paper products as follows:
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(1) Beginning July 1, 2008 1992, at least 10% of the | ||
total dollar value of
paper and paper products purchased by | ||
school boards, public schools and
attendance centers, and | ||
their school supply stores shall be recycled paper
and | ||
paper products. ;
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(2) Beginning July 1, 2011 1995, at least 25% of the | ||
total dollar value of
paper and paper products purchased by | ||
school boards, public schools and
attendance centers, and | ||
their school supply stores shall be recycled paper
and | ||
paper products. ;
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(3) Beginning July 1, 2014 1999, at least 50% 40% of | ||
the total dollar value of
paper and paper products | ||
purchased by school boards, public schools and
attendance | ||
centers, and their school supply stores shall be recycled | ||
paper
and paper products. ;
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(4) Beginning July 1, 2020 2001, at least 75% 50% of | ||
the total dollar value of
paper and paper products | ||
purchased by school boards, public schools and
attendance | ||
centers, and their school supply stores shall be recycled | ||
paper
and paper products. ;
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(5) Beginning upon the effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act of 1992,
all paper purchased by the board of | ||
education, public schools and attendance
centers for | ||
publication of student newspapers shall be recycled | ||
newsprint.
The amount purchased shall not be included in | ||
calculating the amounts
specified in paragraphs (1) | ||
through (4).
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(c) Paper and paper products purchased from private sector | ||
vendors
pursuant to printing contracts are not considered paper | ||
and paper products
for the purposes of subsection (b), unless | ||
purchased under contract for
the printing of student | ||
newspapers.
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(d)(1) Wherever economically and practically feasible, the | ||
recycled
paper and paper products referred to in subsection (b) | ||
shall contain
postconsumer or recovered paper materials as | ||
specified by paper category in
this subsection:
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(i) Recycled high grade printing and writing paper | ||
shall contain at
least 50% recovered paper material. Such | ||
recovered paper material, until
July 1, 2008 1994, shall | ||
consist of at least 20% deinked stock or postconsumer
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material; and beginning July 1, 2008 1994, shall consist of | ||
at least 25% deinked
stock or postconsumer material; and | ||
beginning July 1, 2010 1996, shall consist of
at least 30% | ||
deinked stock or postconsumer material; and beginning July | ||
1,
2012 1998, shall consist of at least 40% deinked stock | ||
or postconsumer material;
and beginning July 1, 2014 2000, | ||
shall consist of at least 50% deinked stock or
postconsumer | ||
material.
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(ii) Recycled tissue products, until July 1, 1994, | ||
shall contain at
least 25% postconsumer material; and | ||
beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain
at least 30% | ||
postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall
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contain at least 35% postconsumer material; and beginning | ||
July 1, 1998,
shall contain at least 40% postconsumer | ||
material; and beginning July 1,
2000, shall contain at | ||
least 45% postconsumer material.
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(iii) Recycled newsprint, until July 1, 1994, shall | ||
contain at
least 40% postconsumer material; and beginning | ||
July 1, 1994, shall contain
at least 50% postconsumer | ||
material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall
contain at | ||
least 60% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, | ||
1998,
shall contain at least 70% postconsumer material; and | ||
beginning July 1,
2000, shall contain at least 80% | ||
postconsumer material.
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(iv) Recycled unbleached packaging, until July 1, | ||
1994, shall contain at
least 35% postconsumer material; and | ||
beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain
at least 40% | ||
postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall
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contain at least 45% postconsumer material; and beginning | ||
July 1, 1998,
shall contain at least 50% postconsumer | ||
material; and beginning July 1,
2000, shall contain at | ||
least 55% postconsumer material.
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(v) Recycled paperboard, until July 1, 1994, shall | ||
contain at
least 80% postconsumer material; and beginning | ||
July 1, 1994, shall contain
at least 85% postconsumer | ||
material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall
contain at | ||
least 90% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, | ||
1998,
shall contain at least 95% postconsumer material.
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(2) For the purposes of this Section, "postconsumer | ||
material" includes:
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(i) paper, paperboard, and fibrous waste from | ||
retail stores, office
buildings, homes and so forth, | ||
after the waste has passed through its end
usage as a | ||
consumer item, including used corrugated boxes, old | ||
newspapers,
mixed waste paper, tabulating cards, and | ||
used cordage; and
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(ii) all paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes | ||
that are diverted or
separated from the municipal waste | ||
stream.
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(3) For the purposes of this Section, "recovered paper | ||
material" includes:
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(i) postconsumer material;
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(ii) dry paper and paperboard waste generated | ||
after completion of the
papermaking process (that is, | ||
those manufacturing operations up to and
including the | ||
cutting and trimming of the paper machine reel into | ||
smaller
rolls or rough sheets), including envelope | ||
cuttings, bindery trimmings, and
other paper and | ||
paperboard waste resulting from printing, cutting, | ||
forming
and other converting operations, or from bag, | ||
box and carton manufacturing,
and butt rolls, mill | ||
wrappers, and rejected unused stock; and
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(iii) finished paper and paperboard from obsolete | ||
inventories of paper
and paperboard manufacturers, | ||
merchants, wholesalers, dealers, printers,
converters | ||
or others.
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(e) Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to apply to art | ||
materials,
nor to any newspapers, magazines, text books, | ||
library books or other
copyrighted publications which are | ||
purchased or used by any school board or
any public school or | ||
attendance center within a school district, or which
are sold | ||
in any school supply store operated by or within any such | ||
school
or attendance center, other than newspapers written, | ||
edited or produced
by students enrolled in the school district, | ||
public school or attendance
center.
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(e-5) Each school district shall periodically review its | ||
procedures on solid waste reduction regarding the management of | ||
solid waste generated by academic, administrative, and other | ||
institutional functions. Those waste reduction procedures must | ||
be designed to, when economically and practically feasible, | ||
recycle the school district's waste stream, including without | ||
limitation landscape waste, computer paper, and white office | ||
paper. School districts are encouraged to have procedures that | ||
provide for the investigation of potential markets for other | ||
recyclable materials that are present in the school district's | ||
waste stream. The waste reduction procedures must be designed | ||
to achieve, before July 1, 2020, at least a 50% reduction in | ||
the amount of solid waste that is generated by the school | ||
district. | ||
(f) The State Board of Education, in coordination with the | ||
Departments of
Central Management Services and Commerce and | ||
Economic Opportunity, may adopt such
rules and regulations as | ||
it deems necessary
to assist districts in carrying out the | ||
provisions of this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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(105 ILCS 5/34-18.15) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.15)
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Sec. 34-18.15. Recycled paper and paper products and solid | ||
waste management.
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(a) Definitions. As used in this Section, the following | ||
terms shall have
the meanings indicated, unless the context | ||
otherwise requires:
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"Deinked stock" means paper that has been processed to | ||
remove inks,
clays, coatings, binders and other contaminants.
| ||
"High grade printing and writing papers" includes offset | ||
printing paper,
duplicator paper, writing paper (stationery), | ||
tablet paper, office paper,
note pads, xerographic paper, | ||
envelopes, form bond including computer
paper and carbonless | ||
forms, book papers, bond papers, ledger paper, book
stock and | ||
cotton fiber papers.
| ||
"Paper and paper products" means high grade printing and | ||
writing papers,
tissue products, newsprint, unbleached | ||
packaging and recycled paperboard.
| ||
"Postconsumer material" means only those products | ||
generated by a business
or consumer which have served their | ||
intended end uses, and which have been
separated or diverted | ||
from solid waste; wastes generated during the
production of an | ||
end product are excluded.
| ||
"Recovered paper material" means paper waste generated | ||
after the
completion of the papermaking process, such as | ||
postconsumer materials,
envelope cuttings, bindery trimmings, | ||
printing waste, cutting and
other converting waste, butt rolls, | ||
and mill wrappers, obsolete inventories,
and rejected unused | ||
stock. "Recovered paper material", however, does not
include | ||
fibrous waste generated during the manufacturing process as | ||
fibers
recovered from waste water or trimmings of paper machine | ||
rolls (mill
broke), or fibrous byproducts of harvesting, | ||
extraction or woodcutting
processes, or forest residues such as | ||
bark.
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"Recycled paperboard" includes paperboard products, | ||
folding cartons
and pad backings.
| ||
"Tissue products" includes toilet tissue, paper towels, | ||
paper napkins,
facial tissue, paper doilies, industrial | ||
wipers, paper bags and brown
papers. These products shall also | ||
be unscented and shall not be colored.
| ||
"Unbleached packaging" includes corrugated and fiber | ||
storage boxes.
| ||
(a-5) The school district shall periodically review its | ||
procurement procedures and specifications related to the | ||
purchase of products and supplies. Those procedures and | ||
specifications must be modified as necessary to require the | ||
school district to seek out products and supplies that contain | ||
recycled materials and to ensure that purchased products and | ||
supplies are reusable, durable, or made from recycled | ||
materials, if economically and practically feasible. In | ||
selecting products and supplies that contain recycled | ||
material, preference must be given to products and supplies | ||
that contain the highest amount of recycled material and that | ||
are consistent with the effective use of the product or supply, | ||
if economically and practically feasible. | ||
(b) Wherever economically and practically feasible, as | ||
determined by the
board of education, the board of education, | ||
all public schools and
attendance centers within the school | ||
district, and their school supply
stores shall procure recycled | ||
paper and paper products as follows:
| ||
(1) Beginning July 1, 2008 1992, at least 10% of the | ||
total dollar value of
paper and paper products purchased by | ||
the board of education, public
schools and attendance | ||
centers, and their school supply stores shall be
recycled | ||
paper and paper products. ;
| ||
(2) Beginning July 1, 2011 1995, at least 25% of the | ||
total dollar value of
paper and paper products purchased by | ||
the board of education, public
schools and attendance | ||
centers, and their school supply stores shall be
recycled | ||
paper and paper products. ;
| ||
(3) Beginning July 1, 2014 1999, at least 50% 40% of | ||
the total dollar value of
paper and paper products | ||
purchased by the board of education, public
schools and | ||
attendance centers, and their school supply stores shall be
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recycled paper and paper products. ;
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(4) Beginning July 1, 2020 2001, at least 75% 50% of | ||
the total dollar value of
paper and paper products | ||
purchased by the board of education, public
schools and | ||
attendance centers, and their school supply stores shall be
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recycled paper and paper products. ;
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(5) Beginning upon the effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act of 1992,
all paper purchased by the board of | ||
education, public schools and
attendance centers for | ||
publication of student newspapers shall be recycled
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newsprint. The amount purchased shall not be included in | ||
calculating the
amounts specified in paragraphs (1) | ||
through (4).
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(c) Paper and paper products purchased from private sector | ||
vendors
pursuant to printing contracts are not considered paper | ||
and paper products
for the purposes of subsection (b), unless | ||
purchased under contract for
the printing of student | ||
newspapers.
| ||
(d)(1) Wherever economically and practically feasible, the | ||
recycled
paper and paper products referred to in subsection (b) | ||
shall contain
postconsumer or recovered paper materials as | ||
specified by paper category in
this subsection:
| ||
(i) Recycled high grade printing and writing paper | ||
shall contain at
least 50% recovered paper material. Such | ||
recovered paper material, until
July 1, 2008 1994, shall | ||
consist of at least 20% deinked stock or postconsumer
| ||
material; and beginning July 1, 2008 1994, shall consist of | ||
at least 25% deinked
stock or postconsumer material; and | ||
beginning July 1, 2010 1996, shall consist of
at least 30% | ||
deinked stock or postconsumer material; and beginning July | ||
1, 2012
1998, shall consist of at least 40% deinked stock | ||
or postconsumer material;
and beginning July 1, 2014 2000, | ||
shall consist of at least 50% deinked stock or
postconsumer | ||
material.
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(ii) Recycled tissue products, until July 1, 1994, | ||
shall contain at
least 25% postconsumer material; and | ||
beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain
at least 30% | ||
postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall
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contain at least 35% postconsumer material; and beginning | ||
July 1, 1998,
shall contain at least 40% postconsumer | ||
material; and beginning July 1,
2000, shall contain at | ||
least 45% postconsumer material.
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(iii) Recycled newsprint, until July 1, 1994, shall | ||
contain at
least 40% postconsumer material; and beginning | ||
July 1, 1994, shall contain
at least 50% postconsumer | ||
material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall
contain at | ||
least 60% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, | ||
1998,
shall contain at least 70% postconsumer material; and | ||
beginning July 1,
2000, shall contain at least 80% | ||
postconsumer material.
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(iv) Recycled unbleached packaging, until July 1, | ||
1994, shall contain at
least 35% postconsumer material; and | ||
beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain
at least 40% | ||
postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall
| ||
contain at least 45% postconsumer material; and beginning | ||
July 1, 1998,
shall contain at least 50% postconsumer | ||
material; and beginning July 1,
2000, shall contain at | ||
least 55% postconsumer material.
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(v) Recycled paperboard, until July 1, 1994, shall | ||
contain at
least 80% postconsumer material; and beginning | ||
July 1, 1994, shall contain
at least 85% postconsumer | ||
material; and beginning July 1, 1996, shall
contain at | ||
least 90% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, | ||
1998,
shall contain at least 95% postconsumer material.
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(2) For the purposes of this Section, "postconsumer | ||
material" includes:
| ||
(i) paper, paperboard, and fibrous waste from | ||
retail stores, office
buildings, homes and so forth, | ||
after the waste has passed through its end
usage as a | ||
consumer item, including used corrugated boxes, old | ||
newspapers,
mixed waste paper, tabulating cards, and | ||
used cordage; and
| ||
(ii) all paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes | ||
that are diverted or
separated from the municipal waste | ||
stream.
| ||
(3) For the purpose of this Section, "recovered paper | ||
material" includes:
| ||
(i) postconsumer material;
| ||
(ii) dry paper and paperboard waste generated | ||
after completion of the
papermaking process (that is, | ||
those manufacturing operations up to and
including the | ||
cutting and trimming of the paper machine reel into | ||
smaller
rolls or rough sheets), including envelope | ||
cuttings, bindery trimmings, and
other paper and | ||
paperboard waste resulting from printing, cutting, | ||
forming
and other converting operations, or from bag, | ||
box and carton manufacturing,
and butt rolls, mill | ||
wrappers, and rejected unused stock; and
| ||
(iii) finished paper and paperboard from obsolete | ||
inventories of paper
and paperboard manufacturers, | ||
merchants, wholesalers, dealers, printers,
converters | ||
or others.
| ||
(e) Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to apply to art | ||
materials,
nor to any newspapers, magazines, text books, | ||
library books or other
copyrighted publications which are | ||
purchased or used by the board of
education or any public | ||
school or attendance center within the school
district, or | ||
which are sold in any school supply store operated by or
within | ||
any such school or attendance center, other than newspapers
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written, edited or produced by students enrolled in the school | ||
district,
public school or attendance center.
| ||
(e-5) The school district shall periodically review its | ||
procedures on solid waste reduction regarding the management of | ||
solid waste generated by academic, administrative, and other | ||
institutional functions. Those waste reduction procedures must | ||
be designed to, when economically and practically feasible, | ||
recycle the school district's waste stream, including without | ||
limitation landscape waste, computer paper, and white office | ||
paper. The school district is encouraged to have procedures | ||
that provide for the investigation of potential markets for | ||
other recyclable materials that are present in the school | ||
district's waste stream. The waste reduction procedures must be | ||
designed to achieve, before July 1, 2020, at least a 50% | ||
reduction in the amount of solid waste that is generated by the | ||
school district. | ||
(f) The State Board of Education, in coordination with the | ||
Departments of
Central Management Services and Commerce and | ||
Economic Opportunity, may adopt such
rules and regulations as | ||
it deems necessary
to assist districts in carrying out the | ||
provisions of this Section.
| ||
(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||
Section 8.32 as follows: | ||
(30 ILCS 805/8.32 new) | ||
Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||
the 95th General Assembly. | ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||