Bill Text: IL HR0019 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Auditor General to conduct a management audit of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program in the Chicago metropolitan and East St. Louis areas and to report its findings to the House of Representatives as soon as is practical after the conclusion of the audit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HR0019 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0019-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, In 1970, Congress enacted the Clean Air Act to | ||||||
3 | improve air quality and reduce air pollution; and
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4 | WHEREAS, In 1977, the Clean Air Act was amended and | ||||||
5 | broadened to include an
Inspection and Maintenance program; and
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6 | WHEREAS, In 1983, the USEPA began formal sanctions to | ||||||
7 | withhold federal highway funding from Illinois for failure to | ||||||
8 | meet ozone health requirements; and
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9 | WHEREAS, In response, Public Act 83-1477 created an | ||||||
10 | Inspection and Maintenance program, which began in 1986 and is | ||||||
11 | known as the Illinois Vehicle Emissions Testing Program; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Illinois tests the emissions of certain | ||||||
13 | gasoline-powered vehicles that are more than 4 model years old; | ||||||
14 | and
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15 | WHEREAS, These tests are performed in Chicago and | ||||||
16 | Metro-East St. Louis areas
that have exceeded federal air | ||||||
17 | quality standards; and
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18 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency | ||||||
19 | (IEPA) uses a contractor to perform these tests, and the |
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1 | program's total cost is approximately $50 million per year; and
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2 | WHEREAS, In calendar year 2000, the contractor performed | ||||||
3 | 1,647,995 emissions tests, and 8.4% of the vehicles tested, | ||||||
4 | most of which had model years earlier than 1990, failed; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The last time this program was audited was in | ||||||
6 | 2001; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
8 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
9 | we urge the Auditor General to conduct a management audit of | ||||||
10 | the Illinois Environmental Protections Agency's Vehicle | ||||||
11 | Emissions Inspection Program in the Chicago metropolitan and | ||||||
12 | East St. Louis areas and to make, at the close of that audit, | ||||||
13 | specific determinations related to: (i) IEPA monitoring of the | ||||||
14 | contractor; (ii) the training of the contractor's employees; | ||||||
15 | (iii) the effectiveness of the contractor's process for | ||||||
16 | responding to damage complaints; and (iv) the differences | ||||||
17 | between tests used in Illinois and those used in other states; | ||||||
18 | and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That the Office of the Auditor General submit its | ||||||
20 | findings to the House of Representatives as soon as is | ||||||
21 | practical after the conclusion of the audit.
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