(415 ILCS 130/20)
Sec. 20. Legislative referral and public hearings.
(a) Not later than 10 days after the development of any proposed memorandum of understanding by the Ozone Transport Assessment Group potentially requiring the State of Illinois to undertake emission reductions in addition to those specified by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, or subsequent to the issuance of a request made by the United States Environmental Protection Agency on or after June 1, 1997 for submission of a State Implementation Plan for Illinois relating to ozone attainment and before submission of the Plan, the Director shall submit the proposed memorandum of understanding or State Implementation Plan to the House Committee and the Senate Committee for their consideration. At that time, the Director shall also submit information detailing any alternate strategies.
(b) To assist the legislative review required by this Act, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall conduct a joint study of the impacts on the State's economy which may result from implementation of the emission reduction strategies contained within any proposed memorandum of understanding or State Implementation Plan relating to ozone and from implementation of any alternate strategies. The study shall include, but not be limited to, the impacts on economic development, employment, utility costs and rates, personal income, and industrial competitiveness which may result from implementation of the emission reduction strategies contained within any proposed memorandum of agreement or State Implementation Plan relating to ozone and from implementation of any alternate strategies. The study shall be submitted to the House Committee and Senate Committee not less than 10 days prior to any scheduled hearing conducted pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section.
(c) Upon receipt of the information required by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, the House Committee and Senate Committee shall each convene one or more public hearings to receive comments from agencies of government and other interested parties on the memorandum of understanding's or State Implementation Plan's prospective economic and environmental impacts, including its impacts on energy use, economic development, utility costs and rates, and competitiveness. Additionally, comments shall be received on the prospective economic and environmental impacts, including impacts on energy use, economic development, utility costs and rates, and competitiveness, which may result from implementation of any alternate strategies.
(Source: P.A. 97-916, eff. 8-9-12.)
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