99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3553

Introduced , by Rep. Will Guzzardi

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 5/9.16 new

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person shall retrofit any diesel-powered vehicle with any device, smoke stack, or other equipment that enhances the vehicle's capacity to emit soot, smoke, or other particulate emissions, or shall purposely release significant quantities of soot, smoke, or other particulate emissions into the air and onto roadways and other vehicles while operating the vehicle. Provides that any person who violates this provision shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $5,000 per violation.

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A BILL FOR

HB3553

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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 Environmental Protection Act is amended by

5 adding Section 9.16 as follows:

6 (415 ILCS 5/9.16 new)

7 Sec. 9.16. Coal rolling.

8 (a) No person shall retrofit any diesel-powered vehicle

9 with any device, smoke stack, or other equipment that enhances

10 the vehicle's capacity to emit soot, smoke, or other

11 particulate emissions, or shall purposely release significant

12 quantities of soot, smoke, or other particulate emissions into

13 the air and onto roadways and other vehicles while operating

14 the vehicle, colloquially referred to as "coal rolling".

15 (b) Any person who violates this Section shall be subject

16 to a penalty of not more than $5,000 per violation.

17 (c) The Agency shall adopt any rules necessary for the

18 implementation of this Section.