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| Public Act 096-0767 |
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AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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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 State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||
Section 5.719 as follows: | ||||
(30 ILCS 105/5.719 new) | ||||
Sec. 5.719. The Private Sewage Disposal Program Fund. | ||||
Section 10. The Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 225/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.304)
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Sec. 4.
(a) After January 1, 1974, no person or private | ||||
sewage disposal
system contractor may construct, install, | ||||
modify, repair, maintain, or
service a private sewage disposal | ||||
system or transport and dispose of waste
removed therefrom, in | ||||
such a manner that does not comply with the
requirements of | ||||
this Act and the private sewage disposal code promulgated
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hereunder by the Department. A person who owns and occupies a | ||||
single
family dwelling and who constructs, installs, | ||||
maintains, services or cleans
the private sewage disposal | ||||
system which serves his single family residence
shall not be | ||||
required to be licensed under this Act, however, such person
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shall comply with all other provisions of this Act and the | ||
private sewage
disposal code promulgated hereunder by the | ||
Department.
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Any person who constructs, installs, repairs, modifies, or | ||
maintains a
private sewage disposal system, other than a system | ||
which serves his own
single family residence, shall be licensed | ||
by the Department as a Private
Sewage System Installation | ||
Contractor and any person who cleans or pumps
waste from a | ||
private sewage disposal system, other than a system which
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serves his own single family residence, or hauls or disposes of | ||
wastes
removed therefrom shall be licensed by the Department as | ||
a Private Sewage
Disposal System Pumping Contractor in | ||
accordance with this Act.
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(b) No new private sewage disposal system shall be | ||
installed by any
person until drawings, specifications and | ||
other information requested by
the Department are submitted to | ||
and reviewed by the Department and found to
comply with the | ||
private sewage disposal code, and until approval for the
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installation of such system is issued by the Department.
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(c) The licensing requirements of this Act shall not apply | ||
to any
person who cleans or pumps, hauls or disposes of waste | ||
from chemical
toilets located in an underground coal mine. This | ||
waste shall be (i)
transported to and disposed of at a sewage | ||
treatment facility permitted by
the Illinois Environmental | ||
Protection Agency and located on the mine
property, or (ii) | ||
stored on-site in a sanitary manner pending removal and
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subsequent disposal by a licensed private sewage disposal | ||
pumping contractor.
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(d) There is hereby created in the State treasury a special | ||
fund to be known as the Private Sewage Disposal Program Fund. | ||
All fees collected by the Department for exams, licenses, | ||
permits, and fines in accordance with this Act shall be | ||
deposited into the Fund and shall be appropriated by the | ||
General Assembly to the Department. Gifts, grants and other | ||
monies from any source available for this purpose may be | ||
deposited into the Fund. Subject to appropriation, money from | ||
this Fund shall be used by the Department to administer this | ||
Act. Interest attributable to monies in this Fund shall be | ||
returned to the Fund. Monies in the Fund shall be appropriated | ||
and used only for the purposes stated in this Act. | ||
(Source: P.A. 86-1195.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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