Agencies
Services
Used Tire Management Fund
Pursuant to appropriation, moneys up to an amount of $4 million per fiscal year from the Used Tire Management Fund shall be allocated as follows:
- 38% shall be available to the Agency for the following purposes, provided that priority shall be given to the first of the following items:
- To undertake preventive, corrective or removal action as authorized by and in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act and to recover costs in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act.
- For the performance of inspection and enforcement activities for used and waste tire sites.
- To provide financial assistance to units of local government for the performance of inspecting, investigating and enforcement activities at used and waste tire sites pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act.
- To provide financial assistance for used and waste tire collection projects sponsored by local government or not-for-profit corporations.
- For the costs of fee collection and administration relating to used and waste tires, and to accomplish such other purposes as are authorized by the Environmental Protection Act and regulations thereunder.
- To provide financial assistance to units of local government and private industry for the purposes of:
- assisting in the establishment of facilities and programs to collect, process, and utilize used and waste tires and tire-derived materials;
- demonstrating the feasibility of innovative technologies as a means of collecting, storing, processing, and utilitzing used and waste tires and tire-derived materials; and
- applying demonstrated technologies as a means of collecting, storing, prcoessing, and utilizing used and waste tires and tire-derived materials.
- 23% shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
- 25% shall be available to the Illinois Department of Public Health for the following purposes:
- To investigate threats or potential threats to the public health related to mosquitoes and other vectors of disease associated with the improper storage, handling and disposal of tires, improper waste disposal, or natural conditions.
- To conduct surveillance and monitoring activities for mosquitoes and other arthropod vectors of disease, and surveillance of animals which provide a reservoir for disease-producing organisms.
- To conduct training activities to promote vector control programs and integrated pest management as defined in the Vector Control Act.
- To respond to inquiries, investigate complaints, conduct evaluations and provide technical consultation to help reduce or eliminate public health hazards and nuisance conditions associated with mosquitoes and other vectors.
- To provide financial assistance to units of local government for training, investigation and response to public nuisances associated with mosquitoes and other vectors of disease.
- 2% shall be available to the Department of Agriculture for its activities under the Illinois Pesticide Act relating to used and waste tires.
- 2% shall be available to the Pollution Control Board for administration of its activities relating to used and waste tires.
- 10% shall be available to University of Illinois for the Prairie Research Institute to perform research to study the biology, distribution, population ecology, and biosystematics of tire-breeding arthropods, especially mosquitoes, and the diseases they spread.
Pursuant to appropriation, moneys in excess of $4 million per fiscal year from the Used Tire Management Fund shall be allocated as follows:
- 55% shall be available to the Agency and, in State fiscal year 2025 only, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the following purposes, provided that priority shall be given to the first of the following items:
- To undertake preventive, corrective or renewed action as authorized by and in accordance with Section 55.3 and to recover costs in accordance with Section 55.3.
- To provide financial assistance to units of local government and private industry for the purposes of:
- assisting in the establishment of facilities and programs to collect, process, and utilize used and waste tires and tire-derived materials'
- demonstrating the feasibility of innovative technologies as a means of collecting, storing, processing, and utilizing used and waste tires and tire-derived materials; and
- applying demonstrated technologies as a means of collecting, storing, processing, and utilizing used and waste tires and tire materials.
- To provide grants to public universities and private industry for research and development related to reducing the toxicity of tires and tire materials, vector-related research, disease-releated research, and for related laboratory-based equipment and field-based equipment.
- 45% shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.