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HB5961 Enrolled                               LRB9215090LBprA

 1        AN ACT concerning well water.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Illinois Water Well Construction Code is
 5    amended by adding  Section 6b-1 as follows:

 6        (415 ILCS 30/6b-1 new)
 7        Sec.  6b-1.  Contaminated  Well  Water   Revolving   Loan
 8    Program.
 9        (a)  There  is  created  within  the the State Treasury a
10    special fund to be  known  as  the  Contaminated  Well  Water
11    Revolving  Loan Program Fund, which shall be used, subject to
12    appropriation, and administered by the Department to create a
13    loan program to aid in the cost of connecting a home that has
14    contaminated well water to an alternate water source.
15        (b)  The Department shall establish a program whereby the
16    owner of a contaminated well may apply for up to  $30,000  in
17    interest-free  loans  to be used for connecting the home that
18    has the contaminated well water to an alternate water source.
19    The owner shall have a period of 30 years  in  which  to  pay
20    back loans made under this program.
21        (c)  The  Department  shall  adopt  rules as necessary to
22    implement this Section.

23        Section 10.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
24    Section 5.570 as follows:

25        (30 ILCS 105/5.570 new)
26        Sec.  5.570.   The Contaminated Well Water Revolving Loan
27    Program Fund.

28        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 
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 1    becoming law.

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