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91_HB2263eng HB2263 Engrossed LRB9104853ACtm 1 AN ACT to amend the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act 2 by changing Section 10. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act is 6 amended by changing Section 10 as follows: 7 (225 ILCS 225/10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.310) 8 Sec. 10. Local government ordinances. 9 This Act does not prohibit the enforcement of ordinances 10 of units of local government establishing a system for the 11 regulation and inspection of private sewage disposal 12 contractors and a minimum code of standards for design, 13 construction, materials, operation and maintenance of private 14 sewage disposal systems, for the transportation and disposal 15 of wastes therefrom and for private sewage disposal systems 16 servicing equipment, provided such ordinance establishes a 17 system at least equal to state regulation and inspection. 18 Such units of local government who wish to be approved, 19 shall submit a copy of such ordinance including all 20 amendments to the Department requesting approval for such 21 system of regulation and inspection. If such plan is approved 22 by the Department the ordinance shall prevail in lieu of the 23 state licensure, fee and inspection program, and the 24 Department shall issue written approval. Not less than once 25 each year the Department shall evaluate the program to 26 determine whether such program is being operated in 27 accordance with the approved provisions of existing 28 ordinances. If the Department finds after investigation that 29 such program is not in accordance with the approved program 30 or is not being enforced, the Director shall give written 31 notice of the findings to the chief administrative officer of HB2263 Engrossed -2- LRB9104853ACtm 1 such unit of local government. If the Department thereafter 2 finds, not less than 9030days after the giving of such 3 notice that the program is not being conducted in a manner 4 consistent with existing ordinances, the Director shall give 5 written notice of such findings to the chief administrative 6 officer of the unit of local government and to all persons 7 then operating under the ordinance of the unit of local 8 government, and after administrative hearing as provided in 9 this Act, all persons then operating under such unit of local 10 government shall be immediately subject to the state 11 licensure, fee and inspection program. 12 (Source: P.A. 78-812.)