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Sen. Linda Holmes
Filed: 3/28/2023
 
 
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| 1 |  | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 836
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| 2 |  |  AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 836 by replacing  | 
| 3 |  | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 |  |  "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Paint  | 
| 5 |  | Stewardship Act. | 
| 6 |  |  Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: | 
| 7 |  |  (1) Leftover architectural paints present significant  | 
| 8 |  | waste management issues for counties and municipalities and  | 
| 9 |  | create costly environmental, health, and safety risks if not  | 
| 10 |  | properly managed. | 
| 11 |  |  (2) Nationally, an estimated 10% of architectural paint  | 
| 12 |  | purchased by consumers is leftover. Current governmental  | 
| 13 |  | programs collect only a fraction of the potential leftover  | 
| 14 |  | paint for proper reuse, recycling, or disposal. In northern  | 
| 15 |  | Illinois, there are only 4 permanent household hazardous waste  | 
| 16 |  | facilities, and these facilities do not typically accept latex  | 
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| 1 |  | paint, which is the most common paint purchased by consumers. | 
| 2 |  |  (3) It is in the best interest of this State for paint  | 
| 3 |  | manufacturers to assume responsibility for the development and  | 
| 4 |  | implementation of a cost-effective paint stewardship program  | 
| 5 |  | that will educate consumers on strategies to reduce the  | 
| 6 |  | generation of leftover paint; provide opportunities to reuse  | 
| 7 |  | leftover paint; and collect, transport, and process leftover  | 
| 8 |  | paint for end-of-life management, including reuse, recycling,  | 
| 9 |  | energy recovery, and disposal. Requiring paint manufacturers  | 
| 10 |  | to assume responsibility for the collection, recycling, reuse,  | 
| 11 |  | transportation, and disposal of leftover paint will provide  | 
| 12 |  | more opportunities for consumers to properly manage their  | 
| 13 |  | leftover paint, provide fiscal relief for this State and local  | 
| 14 |  | governments in managing leftover paint, keep paint out of the  | 
| 15 |  | waste stream, and conserve natural resources. | 
| 16 |  |  (4) Similar architectural paint stewardship programs  | 
| 17 |  | currently operate in 11 jurisdictions and successfully divert  | 
| 18 |  | a significant portion of the collected paint waste from  | 
| 19 |  | landfills. These paint stewardship programs are saving  | 
| 20 |  | counties and municipalities the cost of managing paint waste  | 
| 21 |  | and have been successful at recycling leftover paint into  | 
| 22 |  | recycled paint products as well as other products. For  | 
| 23 |  | instance, in the State of Oregon, 64% of the latex paint  | 
| 24 |  | collected in the 2019-2020 fiscal year was recycled into paint  | 
| 25 |  | products, and in Minnesota, 48% of the latex paint collected  | 
| 26 |  | during the same period was reused or recycled into paint  | 
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| 1 |  | products. Given the lack of access to architectural paint  | 
| 2 |  | collection programs in Illinois, especially for leftover latex  | 
| 3 |  | architectural paint, and the demonstrated ability of the paint  | 
| 4 |  | industry to collect and recycle a substantial portion of  | 
| 5 |  | leftover architectural paint, this legislation is necessary.  | 
| 6 |  | It will create a statewide program that diverts a significant  | 
| 7 |  | portion of paint waste from landfills and facilitates the  | 
| 8 |  | recycling of leftover paint into paint and other products. | 
| 9 |  |  (5) Establishing a paint stewardship program in Illinois  | 
| 10 |  | will create jobs as the marketplace adjusts to the needs of a  | 
| 11 |  | robust program that requires transporters and processors.  | 
| 12 |  | Certain infrastructure already exists in the State, and the  | 
| 13 |  | program may attract additional resources. | 
| 14 |  |  (6) Legislation is needed to establish this program in  | 
| 15 |  | part because of the risk of antitrust lawsuits. The program  | 
| 16 |  | involves activities by competitors in the paint industry and  | 
| 17 |  | may affect the costs or prices of those competitors. As  | 
| 18 |  | construed by the courts, the antitrust laws impose severe  | 
| 19 |  | constraints on concerted action by competitors that affect  | 
| 20 |  | costs or prices. Absent State legislation, participation in  | 
| 21 |  | this program would entail an unacceptable risk of class action  | 
| 22 |  | lawsuits. These risks can be mitigated by legislation that  | 
| 23 |  | would bar application of federal antitrust law under the  | 
| 24 |  | "state action" doctrine. Under that doctrine, federal  | 
| 25 |  | antitrust law does not apply to conduct that is (1) undertaken  | 
| 26 |  | pursuant to a clearly expressed and affirmatively articulated  | 
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| 1 |  | state policy to displace or limit competition and (2) actively  | 
| 2 |  | supervised by the state.
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| 3 |  |  (7) To ensure that this defense will be available to  | 
| 4 |  | protect participants in the program, it is important for this  | 
| 5 |  | State's legislation to be specific about the conduct it is  | 
| 6 |  | authorizing and to express clearly that the State is  | 
| 7 |  | authorizing that conduct pursuant to a conscious policy  | 
| 8 |  | decision to limit the unfettered operation of market forces.  | 
| 9 |  | It is also critical for the legislation to provide for active  | 
| 10 |  | supervision of the conduct that might otherwise be subject to  | 
| 11 |  | antitrust attack. In particular, the legislation must provide  | 
| 12 |  | for active supervision of the decisions concerning the  | 
| 13 |  | assessments that will fund the program. A clear articulation  | 
| 14 |  | of the State's purposes and policies and provisions for active  | 
| 15 |  | State supervision of the program will ensure that industry  | 
| 16 |  | participation in the program will not trigger litigation. | 
| 17 |  |  (8) To ensure that the costs of the program are  | 
| 18 |  | distributed in an equitable and competitively neutral manner,  | 
| 19 |  | the program will be funded through an assessment on each  | 
| 20 |  | container of paint sold in this State. That assessment will be  | 
| 21 |  | sufficient to recover, but not exceed, the costs of sustaining  | 
| 22 |  | the program and will be reviewed and approved by the  | 
| 23 |  | Environmental Protection Agency. Funds collected through the  | 
| 24 |  | assessment will be used by the representative organization to  | 
| 25 |  | operate and sustain the program.
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| 1 |  |  Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 
| 2 |  |  "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency. | 
| 3 |  |  "Architectural paint" means interior and exterior  | 
| 4 |  | architectural coatings sold in containers of 5 gallons or  | 
| 5 |  | less. "Architectural paint" does not include industrial  | 
| 6 |  | original equipment or specialty coatings. | 
| 7 |  |  "Collection site" means any location, place, tract of  | 
| 8 |  | land, or facility or improvement at which architectural paint  | 
| 9 |  | is accepted into a postconsumer paint collection program  | 
| 10 |  | pursuant to a postconsumer paint collection program plan. | 
| 11 |  |  "Environmentally sound management practices" means  | 
| 12 |  | procedures for the collection, storage, transportation, reuse,  | 
| 13 |  | recycling, and disposal of architectural paint in a manner  | 
| 14 |  | that complies with all applicable federal, State, and local  | 
| 15 |  | laws and any rules, regulations, and ordinances for the  | 
| 16 |  | protection of human health and the environment. These  | 
| 17 |  | procedures shall address adequate recordkeeping, tracking and  | 
| 18 |  | documenting of the final disposition of materials, and  | 
| 19 |  | environmental liability coverage for the representative  | 
| 20 |  | organization. | 
| 21 |  |  "Household waste" has the meaning given to that term in  | 
| 22 |  | Section 3.230 of the Environmental Protection Act. | 
| 23 |  |  "Manufacturer" means a manufacturer of architectural paint  | 
| 24 |  | who sells, offers for sale, or distributes the architectural  | 
| 25 |  | paint in the State under the manufacturer's own name or brand  | 
| 26 |  | or another brand. "Manufacturer" does not include a retailer  | 
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| 1 |  | that trademarks or owns a brand of architectural paint that is  | 
| 2 |  | sold, offered for sale, or distributed within or into this  | 
| 3 |  | State and that is manufactured by a person other than a  | 
| 4 |  | retailer. | 
| 5 |  |  "Person" has the meaning given to that term in Section  | 
| 6 |  | 3.315 of the Environmental Protection Act. | 
| 7 |  |  "Postconsumer paint" means architectural paint not used  | 
| 8 |  | and no longer wanted by a purchaser. | 
| 9 |  |  "Program" means the postconsumer paint stewardship program  | 
| 10 |  | established pursuant to Section 15. | 
| 11 |  |  "Recycling" has the meaning given to that term in Section  | 
| 12 |  | 3.380 of the Environmental Protection Act. | 
| 13 |  |  "Representative organization" means a nonprofit  | 
| 14 |  | organization established by one or more manufacturers to  | 
| 15 |  | implement a postconsumer paint stewardship program under this  | 
| 16 |  | Act. | 
| 17 |  |  "Retailer" means a person that sells or offers to sell at  | 
| 18 |  | retail in this State architectural paint. | 
| 19 |  |  "Very small quantity generator" has the meaning given to  | 
| 20 |  | that term in 40 CFR 260.10.
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| 21 |  |  Section 15. Paint stewardship program plan.  | 
| 22 |  |  (a) Each manufacturer of architectural paint sold or  | 
| 23 |  | offered for sale at retail in the State shall submit to the  | 
| 24 |  | Agency a plan for the establishment of a postconsumer paint  | 
| 25 |  | stewardship program. The program shall seek to reduce the  | 
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| 1 |  | generation of postconsumer paint, promote its reuse and  | 
| 2 |  | recycling, and manage the postconsumer paint waste stream  | 
| 3 |  | using environmentally sound management practices.  | 
| 4 |  |  (b) A plan submitted under this Section shall: | 
| 5 |  |   (1) Provide a list of participating manufacturers and  | 
| 6 |  | brands covered by the program. | 
| 7 |  |   (2) Provide information on the architectural paint  | 
| 8 |  | products covered under the program, such as interior or  | 
| 9 |  | exterior water-based and oil-based coatings, primers,  | 
| 10 |  | sealers, or wood coatings. | 
| 11 |  |   (3) Describe how it will provide for the statewide  | 
| 12 |  | collection of postconsumer architectural paint in the  | 
| 13 |  | State. The manufacturer or representative organization may  | 
| 14 |  | coordinate the program with existing household hazardous  | 
| 15 |  | waste collection infrastructure as is mutually agreeable  | 
| 16 |  | with the person operating the household waste collection  | 
| 17 |  | infrastructure. | 
| 18 |  |   (4) Provide a goal of sufficient number and geographic  | 
| 19 |  | distribution of collection sites, collection services, or  | 
| 20 |  | collection events for postconsumer architectural paint to  | 
| 21 |  | meet the following criteria: | 
| 22 |  |    (A) at least 90% of State residents shall have a  | 
| 23 |  | collection site, collection service, or collection  | 
| 24 |  | event within a 15-mile radius; and | 
| 25 |  |    (B) at least one collection site, collection  | 
| 26 |  | service, or collection event for every 50,000  | 
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| 1 |  | residents of the State. | 
| 2 |  |   (5) Describe how postconsumer paint will be managed  | 
| 3 |  | using the following strategies: reuse, recycling, energy  | 
| 4 |  | recovery, and disposal. | 
| 5 |  |   (6) Describe education and outreach efforts to inform  | 
| 6 |  | consumers about the program. These efforts should include: | 
| 7 |  |    (A) information about collection opportunities for  | 
| 8 |  | postconsumer paint; | 
| 9 |  |    (B) information about the fee for the operation of  | 
| 10 |  | the program that shall be included in the purchase  | 
| 11 |  | price of all architectural paint sold in the State;  | 
| 12 |  | and | 
| 13 |  |    (C) efforts to promote the source reduction,  | 
| 14 |  | reuse, and recycling of architectural paint. | 
| 15 |  |   (7) Include a certification from an independent  | 
| 16 |  | auditor that any added fee to paint sold in the State as a  | 
| 17 |  | result of the postconsumer paint stewardship program does  | 
| 18 |  | not exceed the costs to operate and sustain the program in  | 
| 19 |  | accordance with sound management practices. The  | 
| 20 |  | independent auditor shall verify that the amount added to  | 
| 21 |  | each unit of paint will cover the costs and sustain the  | 
| 22 |  | postconsumer paint stewardship program. | 
| 23 |  |   (8) Describe how the paint stewardship program will  | 
| 24 |  | incorporate and compensate service providers for  | 
| 25 |  | activities conducted under the program that may include: | 
| 26 |  |    (A) the collection of postconsumer architectural  | 
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| 1 |  | paint and architectural paint containers through  | 
| 2 |  | permanent collection sites, collection events, or  | 
| 3 |  | curbside services; | 
| 4 |  |    (B) the reuse or processing of postconsumer  | 
| 5 |  | architectural paint at a permanent collection site;  | 
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| 7 |  |    (C) the transportation, recycling, and proper  | 
| 8 |  | disposal of postconsumer architectural paint. | 
| 9 |  |  (c) Independent audits conducted for the purposes of this  | 
| 10 |  | Act must be conducted in accordance with generally accepted  | 
| 11 |  | auditing standards. The work product of the independent  | 
| 12 |  | auditor shall be submitted to the Agency as part of the annual  | 
| 13 |  | report required by Section 40. The cost of any work performed  | 
| 14 |  | by the independent auditor shall be funded by the program. | 
| 15 |  |  (d) Not later than 60 days after submission of the plan  | 
| 16 |  | under this Section, the Agency shall determine in writing  | 
| 17 |  | whether to approve the plan as submitted or disapprove the  | 
| 18 |  | plan. The Agency shall approve a plan if it contains all of the  | 
| 19 |  | information required under subsection (b). If the plan is  | 
| 20 |  | disapproved, the manufacturer or representative organization  | 
| 21 |  | shall resubmit a plan within 45 calendar days of receipt of the  | 
| 22 |  | notice of disapproval. | 
| 23 |  |  (e) If a manufacturer or representative organization  | 
| 24 |  | determines that the paint stewardship fee should be adjusted  | 
| 25 |  | because the independent audit reveals that the cost of  | 
| 26 |  | administering the program exceeds the revenues generated by  | 
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| 1 |  | the paint stewardship fee, the manufacturer or representative  | 
| 2 |  | organization shall submit to the Agency a justification for  | 
| 3 |  | the adjustment as well as financial reports to support the  | 
| 4 |  | adjustment, including a 5-year projection of the financial  | 
| 5 |  | status of the organization. The submission shall include a  | 
| 6 |  | certification from an independent auditor that the proposed  | 
| 7 |  | fee adjustment will generate revenues necessary and sufficient  | 
| 8 |  | to pay the program expenses, including any accumulated debt,  | 
| 9 |  | and develop a reasonable reserve level sufficient to sustain  | 
| 10 |  | the program. The Agency shall approve the fee adjustment if  | 
| 11 |  | the submission contains all of the information required under  | 
| 12 |  | this subsection. | 
| 13 |  |  (f) Within 45 calendar days after Agency approval of a  | 
| 14 |  | plan, the Agency shall post on its website, and the  | 
| 15 |  | manufacturer or representative organization shall post on its  | 
| 16 |  | website, the names of the manufacturers participating in the  | 
| 17 |  | plan, the brands of architectural paint covered by the  | 
| 18 |  | program, and a copy of the plan. | 
| 19 |  |  (g) Each manufacturer under the plan shall include in the  | 
| 20 |  | price of any architectural paint sold to retailers or  | 
| 21 |  | distributors in the State the per container amount of the fee  | 
| 22 |  | set forth in the plan or fee adjustment. If a representative  | 
| 23 |  | organization is implementing the plan for a manufacturer, the  | 
| 24 |  | manufacturer is responsible for filing, reporting, and  | 
| 25 |  | remitting the paint stewardship fee assessment for each  | 
| 26 |  | container of architectural paint to the representative  | 
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| 1 |  | organization. A retailer or distributor shall not deduct the  | 
| 2 |  | amount of the fee from the purchase price of any paint it  | 
| 3 |  | sells. | 
| 4 |  |  Section 20. Incineration prohibited. No person shall  | 
| 5 |  | incinerate architectural paint collected pursuant to a paint  | 
| 6 |  | stewardship plan approved in accordance with Section 15. | 
| 7 |  |  Section 25. Plan submission. The plan required by Section  | 
| 8 |  | 15 shall be submitted not later than 12 months after the  | 
| 9 |  | effective date of this Act. | 
| 10 |  |  Section 30. Sale of paint. | 
| 11 |  |  (a) A manufacturer or retailer shall not sell or offer for  | 
| 12 |  | sale architectural paint to any person in the State unless the  | 
| 13 |  | manufacturer of the paint brand or the manufacturer's  | 
| 14 |  | representative organization is implementing a paint  | 
| 15 |  | stewardship plan approved in accordance with Section 15. | 
| 16 |  |  (b) A retailer shall not be in violation of subsection (a)  | 
| 17 |  | if, on the date the architectural paint was sold or offered for  | 
| 18 |  | sale, the paint or the paint's manufacturer are listed on the  | 
| 19 |  | Agency's website pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 15. | 
| 20 |  |  (c) A paint collection site accepting paint for a program  | 
| 21 |  | approved under this Act shall not charge for the collection of  | 
| 22 |  | the paint when it is offered for collection. | 
| 23 |  |  (d) No retailer is required to participate in a paint  | 
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| 1 |  | stewardship program as a collection site. A retailer may  | 
| 2 |  | participate as a paint collection site on a voluntary basis,  | 
| 3 |  | subject to the same terms, conditions, and requirements that  | 
| 4 |  | apply to any other collection site. | 
| 5 |  |  (e) Nothing in this Act shall require a retailer to track,  | 
| 6 |  | file, report, submit, or remit a paint stewardship assessment,  | 
| 7 |  | sales data, or any other information on behalf of a  | 
| 8 |  | manufacturer, distributor, or representative organization.
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| 9 |  | Nothing in this Act prohibits a manufacturer and a retailer  | 
| 10 |  | from entering into remitter agreements. | 
| 11 |  |  Section 35. Liability. A manufacturer or representative  | 
| 12 |  | organization participating in a postconsumer paint stewardship  | 
| 13 |  | program shall not be liable for any claim of a violation of  | 
| 14 |  | antitrust, restraint of trade, unfair trade practice, or other  | 
| 15 |  | anticompetitive conduct arising from conduct undertaken in  | 
| 16 |  | accordance with the program. | 
| 17 |  |  Section 40. Annual report. By July 1, 2026, and each July 1  | 
| 18 |  | thereafter, a manufacturer or representative organization  | 
| 19 |  | shall submit a report to the Agency that details the  | 
| 20 |  | implementation of the manufacturer's or representative  | 
| 21 |  | organization's program during the prior calendar year. The  | 
| 22 |  | report shall include: | 
| 23 |  |   (1) a description of the methods used to collect and  | 
| 24 |  | transport the postconsumer paint collected by the program; | 
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| 1 |  |   (2) the volume and type of postconsumer paint  | 
| 2 |  | collected and a description of the methods used to process  | 
| 3 |  | the paint, including reuse, recycling, and other methods; | 
| 4 |  |   (3) samples of the educational materials provided to  | 
| 5 |  | consumers of architectural paint; and | 
| 6 |  |   (4) the total cost of the program and an independent  | 
| 7 |  | financial audit of the program. An independent financial  | 
| 8 |  | auditor shall be chosen by the manufacturer or  | 
| 9 |  | representative organization. | 
| 10 |  |  The Agency and the manufacturer or manufacturer's  | 
| 11 |  | representative organization shall post a copy of each annual  | 
| 12 |  | report on their websites. | 
| 13 |  |  Section 45. Disclosure. Financial, production, or sales  | 
| 14 |  | data reported to the Agency by a manufacturer, retailer, or  | 
| 15 |  | representative organization is confidential business  | 
| 16 |  | information that is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom  | 
| 17 |  | of Information Act.
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| 18 |  |  Section 50. Program plan submission fee. A manufacturer or  | 
| 19 |  | representative organization submitting a program plan shall  | 
| 20 |  | pay an administrative fee of $10,000 to the Agency at the time  | 
| 21 |  | of submission. | 
| 22 |  |  Section 55. Administration fee. By July 1, 2026, and each  | 
| 23 |  | July 1 thereafter, a manufacturer or representative  | 
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| 1 |  | organization operating a stewardship program shall remit to  | 
| 2 |  | the Agency a $40,000 administration fee. | 
| 3 |  |  Section 60. Implementation. Six months following the date  | 
| 4 |  | of the program approval, a manufacturer or representative  | 
| 5 |  | organization shall implement a postconsumer paint collection  | 
| 6 |  | plan approved in accordance with Section 15. | 
| 7 |  |  Section 65. Postconsumer paint from households and small  | 
| 8 |  | businesses.  | 
| 9 |  |  (a) Delivery of leftover architectural paint by households  | 
| 10 |  | and very small quantity generators to a collection site is  | 
| 11 |  | authorized to the extent provided in the postconsumer paint  | 
| 12 |  | program approved in accordance with Section 15 and in  | 
| 13 |  | accordance with federal and State law, rules, and regulations. | 
| 14 |  |  (b) Collection sites shall accept and temporarily store  | 
| 15 |  | architectural paint from households and very small quantity  | 
| 16 |  | generators to the extent provided in the postconsumer paint  | 
| 17 |  | stewardship program approved in accordance with Section 15 and  | 
| 18 |  | in accordance with federal and State law, rules, and  | 
| 19 |  | regulations. | 
| 20 |  |  (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as restricting  | 
| 21 |  | the collection of architectural paint by a postconsumer paint  | 
| 22 |  | stewardship program where the collection is authorized under  | 
| 23 |  | any otherwise applicable hazardous waste or solid waste laws,  | 
| 24 |  | rules, or regulations. | 
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| 1 |  |  (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect any  | 
| 2 |  | requirements applicable to any person under any otherwise  | 
| 3 |  | applicable hazardous waste or solid waste laws, rules, or  | 
| 4 |  | regulations.
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| 5 |  |  Section 70. Penalties.  | 
| 6 |  |  (a) Any person who violates any provision of this Act is  | 
| 7 |  | liable for a civil penalty of $7,000 per violation, except  | 
| 8 |  | that the failure to register or pay a fee under this Act shall  | 
| 9 |  | cause the person who fails to register or pay the fee to be  | 
| 10 |  | liable for a civil penalty that is double the applicable  | 
| 11 |  | registration fee. | 
| 12 |  |  (b) The penalties provided for in this Section may be  | 
| 13 |  | recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people  | 
| 14 |  | of the State of Illinois by the State's Attorney of the county  | 
| 15 |  | in which the violation occurred or by the Attorney General.  | 
| 16 |  | Any penalties collected under this Section in an action in  | 
| 17 |  | which the Attorney General has prevailed shall be deposited  | 
| 18 |  | into the Environmental Protection Trust Fund, to be used in  | 
| 19 |  | accordance with the provision of the Environmental Protection  | 
| 20 |  | Trust Fund Act. | 
| 21 |  |  (c) The Attorney General or the State's Attorney of a  | 
| 22 |  | county in which a violation occurs may institute a civil  | 
| 23 |  | action for an injunction, prohibitory or mandatory, to  | 
| 24 |  | restrain violations of this Act or to require such actions as  | 
| 25 |  | may be necessary to address violations of this Act. | 
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| 1 |  |  (d) The penalties and injunctions provided in this Act are  | 
| 2 |  | in addition to any penalties, injunctions, or other relief  | 
| 3 |  | provided under any other State law. Nothing in this Act bars a  | 
| 4 |  | cause of action by the State for any other penalty,  | 
| 5 |  | injunction, or other relief provided by any other law. | 
| 6 |  |  (e) Any person who knowingly makes a false, fictitious, or  | 
| 7 |  | fraudulent material statement, orally or in writing, to the  | 
| 8 |  | Agency, related to or required by this Act or any rule adopted  | 
| 9 |  | under this Act commits a Class 4 felony, and each such  | 
| 10 |  | statement or writing shall be considered a separate Class 4  | 
| 11 |  | felony. A person who, after being convicted under this  | 
| 12 |  | subsection, violates this subsection a second or subsequent  | 
| 13 |  | time commits a Class 3 felony. | 
| 14 |  |  Section 905. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by  | 
| 15 |  | changing Section 7.5 as follows:
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| 16 |  |  (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
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| 17 |  |  Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for  | 
| 18 |  | by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be  | 
| 19 |  | exempt from inspection and copying: | 
| 20 |  |   (a) All information determined to be confidential  | 
| 21 |  | under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and  | 
| 22 |  | Development Act. | 
| 23 |  |   (b) Library circulation and order records identifying  | 
| 24 |  | library users with specific materials under the Library  | 
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| 1 |  | Records Confidentiality Act. | 
| 2 |  |   (c) Applications, related documents, and medical  | 
| 3 |  | records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation  | 
| 4 |  | Procedures Board and any and all documents or other  | 
| 5 |  | records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation  | 
| 6 |  | Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it  | 
| 7 |  | has received. | 
| 8 |  |   (d) Information and records held by the Department of  | 
| 9 |  | Public Health and its authorized representatives relating  | 
| 10 |  | to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible  | 
| 11 |  | disease or any information the disclosure of which is  | 
| 12 |  | restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible  | 
| 13 |  | Disease Control Act. | 
| 14 |  |   (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted  | 
| 15 |  | under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act. | 
| 16 |  |   (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of  | 
| 17 |  | the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying  | 
| 18 |  | Qualifications Based Selection Act. | 
| 19 |  |   (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted  | 
| 20 |  | and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid  | 
| 21 |  | Tuition Act. | 
| 22 |  |   (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted  | 
| 23 |  | under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and  | 
| 24 |  | records of any lawfully created State or local inspector  | 
| 25 |  | general's office that would be exempt if created or  | 
| 26 |  | obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under  | 
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| 1 |  | that Act. | 
| 2 |  |   (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy  | 
| 3 |  | plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a  | 
| 4 |  | local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted  | 
| 5 |  | under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | 
| 6 |  |   (j) Information and data concerning the distribution  | 
| 7 |  | of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers  | 
| 8 |  | under the Emergency Telephone System Act. | 
| 9 |  |   (k) Law enforcement officer identification information  | 
| 10 |  | or driver identification information compiled by a law  | 
| 11 |  | enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation  | 
| 12 |  | under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | 
| 13 |  |   (l) Records and information provided to a residential  | 
| 14 |  | health care facility resident sexual assault and death  | 
| 15 |  | review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse  | 
| 16 |  | Prevention Review Team Act. | 
| 17 |  |   (m) Information provided to the predatory lending  | 
| 18 |  | database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential  | 
| 19 |  | Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent  | 
| 20 |  | authorized under that Article. | 
| 21 |  |   (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of  | 
| 22 |  | compensation and expenses for court appointed trial  | 
| 23 |  | counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the  | 
| 24 |  | Capital Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall  | 
| 25 |  | apply until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even  | 
| 26 |  | if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty  | 
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| 1 |  | prior to trial or sentencing. | 
| 2 |  |   (o) Information that is prohibited from being  | 
| 3 |  | disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and  | 
| 4 |  | Hazardous Substances Registry Act. | 
| 5 |  |   (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,  | 
| 6 |  | investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or  | 
| 7 |  | information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the  | 
| 8 |  | Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and  | 
| 9 |  | 2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the  | 
| 10 |  | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional  | 
| 11 |  | Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the  | 
| 12 |  | Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair  | 
| 13 |  | County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety  | 
| 14 |  | Act.  | 
| 15 |  |   (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the  | 
| 16 |  | Personnel Record Review Act.  | 
| 17 |  |   (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the  | 
| 18 |  | Illinois School Student Records Act.  | 
| 19 |  |   (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted  | 
| 20 |  | under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act. 
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| 21 |  |   (t) All identified or deidentified health information  | 
| 22 |  | in the form of health data or medical records contained  | 
| 23 |  | in, stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released  | 
| 24 |  | from the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and  | 
| 25 |  | identified or deidentified health information in the form  | 
| 26 |  | of health data and medical records of the Illinois Health  | 
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| 1 |  | Information Exchange in the possession of the Illinois  | 
| 2 |  | Health Information Exchange Office due to its  | 
| 3 |  | administration of the Illinois Health Information  | 
| 4 |  | Exchange. The terms "identified" and "deidentified" shall  | 
| 5 |  | be given the same meaning as in the Health Insurance  | 
| 6 |  | Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law  | 
| 7 |  | 104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any  | 
| 8 |  | regulations promulgated thereunder.  | 
| 9 |  |   (u) Records and information provided to an independent  | 
| 10 |  | team of experts under the Developmental Disability and  | 
| 11 |  | Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).  | 
| 12 |  |   (v) Names and information of people who have applied  | 
| 13 |  | for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under  | 
| 14 |  | the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for  | 
| 15 |  | or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm  | 
| 16 |  | Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the  | 
| 17 |  | Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the  | 
| 18 |  | Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed  | 
| 19 |  | Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed  | 
| 20 |  | Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the  | 
| 21 |  | Firearm Concealed Carry Act.  | 
| 22 |  |   (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification  | 
| 23 |  | Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under  | 
| 24 |  | Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. | 
| 25 |  |   (w) Personally identifiable information which is  | 
| 26 |  | exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section  | 
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| 1 |  | 19.1 of the Toll Highway Act. | 
| 2 |  |   (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 3 |  | under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section  | 
| 4 |  | 8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.  | 
| 5 |  |   (y) Confidential information under the Adult  | 
| 6 |  | Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling  | 
| 7 |  | statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including  | 
| 8 |  | information about the identity and administrative finding  | 
| 9 |  | against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated  | 
| 10 |  | decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of  | 
| 11 |  | an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established  | 
| 12 |  | under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.  | 
| 13 |  |   (z) Records and information provided to a fatality  | 
| 14 |  | review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory  | 
| 15 |  | Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services  | 
| 16 |  | Act.  | 
| 17 |  |   (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 18 |  | under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.  | 
| 19 |  |   (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from  | 
| 20 |  | disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.  | 
| 21 |  |   (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement  | 
| 22 |  | Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent  | 
| 23 |  | authorized under that Act. | 
| 24 |  |   (dd) Information that is prohibited from being  | 
| 25 |  | disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common  | 
| 26 |  | Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.  | 
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| 1 |  |   (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 2 |  | under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.  | 
| 3 |  |   (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 4 |  | under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.  | 
| 5 |  |   (gg) Information that is prohibited from being  | 
| 6 |  | disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle  | 
| 7 |  | Code.  | 
| 8 |  |   (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 9 |  | Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.  | 
| 10 |  |   (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 11 |  | under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of  | 
| 12 |  | the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.  | 
| 13 |  |   (jj) Information and reports that are required to be  | 
| 14 |  | submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day  | 
| 15 |  | and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from  | 
| 16 |  | disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day  | 
| 17 |  | and Temporary Labor Services Act.  | 
| 18 |  |   (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the  | 
| 19 |  | Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.  | 
| 20 |  |   (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted  | 
| 21 |  | and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public  | 
| 22 |  | Aid Code.  | 
| 23 |  |   (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 24 |  | Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.  | 
| 25 |  |   (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 26 |  | Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.  | 
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| 1 |  |   (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports  | 
| 2 |  | arising out of a peer support counseling session  | 
| 3 |  | prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders  | 
| 4 |  | Suicide Prevention Act.  | 
| 5 |  |   (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to  | 
| 6 |  | an employee of an emergency services provider or law  | 
| 7 |  | enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide  | 
| 8 |  | Prevention Act.  | 
| 9 |  |   (qq) Information and records held by the Department of  | 
| 10 |  | Public Health and its authorized representatives collected  | 
| 11 |  | under the Reproductive Health Act.  | 
| 12 |  |   (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 13 |  | the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.  | 
| 14 |  |   (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of  | 
| 15 |  | Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois  | 
| 16 |  | Human Rights Act. | 
| 17 |  |   (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy  | 
| 18 |  | Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that  | 
| 19 |  | Act.  | 
| 20 |  |   (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 21 |  | Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.  | 
| 22 |  |   (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 23 |  | subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois  | 
| 24 |  | Public Aid Code.  | 
| 25 |  |   (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 26 |  | Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.  | 
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| 1 |  |   (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or  | 
| 2 |  | information that shall not be made public under the  | 
| 3 |  | Illinois Insurance Code.  | 
| 4 |  |   (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under  | 
| 5 |  | the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. | 
| 6 |  |   (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under  | 
| 7 |  | the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.  | 
| 8 |  |   (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed  | 
| 9 |  | under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.  | 
| 10 |  |   (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure  | 
| 11 |  | by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State  | 
| 12 |  | Police Act.  | 
| 13 |  |   (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
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| 14 |  | 2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
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| 15 |  | Administrative Code of Illinois.  | 
| 16 |  |   (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed  | 
| 17 |  | under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for  | 
| 18 |  | Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human  | 
| 19 |  | Trafficking, or Stalking Act.  | 
| 20 |  |   (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed  | 
| 21 |  | under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic  | 
| 22 |  | Violence Fatality Review Act.  | 
| 23 |  |   (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera  | 
| 24 |  | Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after  | 
| 25 |  | July 1, 2023.  | 
| 26 |  |   (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under  | 
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| 1 |  | paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse  | 
| 2 |  | Agency Licensing Act.  | 
| 3 |  |   (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois Department  | 
| 4 |  | of State Police in an affidavit or application for an  | 
| 5 |  | assault weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment  | 
| 6 |  | endorsement, .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber  | 
| 7 |  | cartridge endorsement under the Firearm Owners  | 
| 8 |  | Identification Card Act. | 
| 9 |  |   (iii) Confidential business information prohibited  | 
| 10 |  | from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship  | 
| 11 |  | Act.  | 
| 12 |  | (Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-27, eff. 6-25-19;  | 
| 13 |  | 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-221, eff. 1-1-20; 101-236, eff.  | 
| 14 |  | 1-1-20; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; 101-377, eff. 8-16-19; 101-452,  | 
| 15 |  | eff. 1-1-20; 101-466, eff. 1-1-20; 101-600, eff. 12-6-19;  | 
| 16 |  | 101-620, eff 12-20-19; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20; 101-652, eff.  | 
| 17 |  | 1-1-22; 101-656, eff. 3-23-21; 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237,  | 
| 18 |  | eff. 1-1-22; 102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21;  | 
| 19 |  | 102-559, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff.  | 
| 20 |  | 7-1-22; 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; revised  | 
| 21 |  | 2-13-23.)".
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