Illinois Senate Bill 3537 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act. Creates the Mahomet Aquifer Council. Provides that 9 public members shall be appointed to the Council by the Governor, including 3 persons representing a nonprofit consortium dedicated to the sustainability of the Mahomet Aquifer, 5 persons representing local government bodies located over the Mahomet Aquifer, and one person from the University of Illinois Prairie Research Institute. Provides that the chairperson's term shall be for one year, and a Council member's term shall be for 3 years. Allows reimbursement to members for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, except that such reimbursement shall be limited to expenses associated with no more than 4 meetings per calendar year. Requires the Agency to provide the Council with such supporting services as are reasonable for the performance of the Council's duties. Effective immediately.

GROUNDWATER PROTECTION-MAHOMET

Sen. Chapin Rose [R]

Sen. Scott Bennett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-02-25	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
2020-02-14	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2020-02-14	Senate	First Reading
2020-02-14	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
415	55	5-5	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3537&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB3537.htm