2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 110 - HIGHER EDUCATION › 110 ILCS 530/ - Sewage and Water System Training Institute Act.

(110 ILCS 530/0.01) (from Ch. 144, par. 690)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
Sewage and Water System Training Institute Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(110 ILCS 530/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 691)
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.)
(110 ILCS 530/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 692)
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.)
(110 ILCS 530/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 693)
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.)
(110 ILCS 530/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 694)
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.)
(110 ILCS 530/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 695)
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.)