Sewage and Water System Training Institute Act (110 ILCS 530/)

Chapter 110 — Higher Education

Southern Illinois University

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Sec. 0.01. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Sewage and Water System Training Institute Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

Sec. 1.

The Trustees of the Southern Illinois University shall establish a Sewage Treatment Plant Operators Training Institute and a Public Water Supply Operators Training Institute and shall designate the location within this State for and the number of times each year the programs provided for in this Act shall be offered.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3465.)

Sec. 2.

There is created the Sewage Treatment Operators Training Institute Committee composed of 3 sewage treatment operators designated by the Governor and 3 representatives of Southern Illinois University designated by the Trustees thereof and a Public Water Supply Operators Training Institute Committee composed of 3 public water supply operators designated by the Governor and 3 representatives of Southern Illinois University designated by the Trustees thereof. However, if in the discretion of the Trustees of Southern Illinois University the purposes of this Act can best be served by one committee, such committee shall be composed of 6 members designated by the Governor, 3 of whom are sewage treatment operators and 3 of whom are public water supply operators, and 3 representatives of Southern Illinois University designated by the Trustees thereof. Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority designating them to Committee membership.

(Source: P.A. 84-1308.)

Sec. 3.

The Committee shall develop the curriculum for the Sewage Treatment Operators Training Institute and the Public Water Supply Operators Training Institute and, shall include such subjects and courses as will provide methods for maintaining the facilities consistent with the needs of the municipality, sanitary district and the public. The subjects selected for the Sewage Treatment Operators Training Institute shall include, but are not limited to, a study of the sewage treatment and disposal laws. The subjects selected for the Public Water Supply Operators Institute shall include, but are not limited to, a study of public water supply laws.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3465.)

Sec. 4.

The Institutes may offer a course of at least one week's duration which may be attended by sewage treatment operators or employees or public water supply operators or their employees, as the case may be, who have been newly appointed, and a refresher course of at least 2 days' duration which may be attended by all other sewage treatment operators or employees or public water supply operators or their employees, as the case may be. Attendance at courses offered by the Institutes shall be restricted to sewage treatment operators and their employees or public water supply operators or their employees, as the case may be.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3465.)

Sec. 5.

Each municipality or sanitary district shall pay the expenses of its operators and employees attending the courses offered by the Institute.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3465.)