Bill Text: IL HB5291 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

Illinois House Bill 5291

Introduced

Bill Title: Amends the Gasoline Storage Act. Provides that, if a leak of petroleum, a petroleum product, a hazardous substance, or a regulated substance occurs from an underground storage tank regulated by the Act and if the leak results in injury to any person or damage to any person's property, then the owner of the underground storage tank is strictly liable in civil damages to the person for the full amount of the injury or property damage proximately caused by the leak.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5291 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5291-Introduced.html

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5291

Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

430 ILCS 15/6.2 new

Amends the Gasoline Storage Act. Provides that, if a leak of petroleum, a petroleum product, a hazardous substance, or a regulated substance occurs from an underground storage tank regulated by the Act and if the leak results in injury to any person or damage to any person's property, then the owner of the underground storage tank is strictly liable in civil damages to the person for the full amount of the injury or property damage proximately caused by the leak.

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A BILL FOR

HB5291

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1 AN ACT concerning safety.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Gasoline Storage Act is amended by adding

5 Section 6.2 as follows: