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Bill	METRO WATER RECLAMATION DIST	Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that, after a hearing, the board of commissioners of a sanitary district may order the party responsible for the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes into the district's sewerage system to pay a civil penalty in an amount that is not less than $1,000 (now, $100) nor more than $2,000 per day for each day of discharge in violation of the Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1563	Illinois HB 1563 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2011-02-15	2011-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/c622c216-0c92-4589-83f2-dc706fbf9ca9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1563&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58709&SessionID=84&GA=97	a853b7f8cc6d3ed8ed9f9bd2a3c0684ab825e46265ead0da85d938fb1d89f693	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1563 (97th) — METRO WATER RECLAMATION DIST

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that, after a hearing, the board of commissioners of a sanitary district may order the party responsible for the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes into the district's sewerage system to pay a civil penalty in an amount that is not less than $1,000 (now, $100) nor more than $2,000 per day for each day of discharge in violation of the Act. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marlow H. Colvin — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2011-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin filing
• 2011-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-03-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2011-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2011-05-06 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2011
• 2011-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0298 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c622c216-0c92-4589-83f2-dc706fbf9ca9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).