Valstad v. Cipriano

State: Illinois

Court: 4th District Appellate

Docket No: 4-04-0223 Rel

Case Date: 05/10/2005

NO. 4-04-0223

IN THE APPELLATE COURT

OF ILLINOIS

FOURTH DISTRICT

HAROLD VALSTAD, Individually and on Behalf of VALSTAD QUARRY, INC.; ALLENDALE GRAVEL COMPANY, INC.; ANNA QUARRIES, INC.;
BLUFF CITY MATERIALS, INC.; BUCKHART SAND & GRAVEL
COMPANY, INC.; C&H GRAVEL COMPANY; CASPER STOLLE QUARRY & CONTRACTING COMPANY; CENTRAL STONE COMPANY; CESSFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY; CHARLES HEUERMAN TRUCKING; CHRISTIAN COUNTY LIMESTONE COMPANY, LLC, d/b/a PANA
LIMESTONE QUARRY COMPANY; COLLINSON STONE COMPANY; COLUMBIA QUARRY COMPANY; CONCO-WESTERN STONE COMPANY; EAGLE CREEK QUARRIES; ELMER LARSON, INC.; ELMHURST-CHICAGO STONE COMPANY; FELTES SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY, INC.; FOX
RIVER STONE COMPANY; HASTIE MINING & TRUCKING COMPANY;
JOLIET SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY; LAWRENCE GRAVEL, INC.;
MACKLIN INCORPORATED; MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.; MATERIAL SERVICE CORPORATION; MEYER MATERIAL COMPANY;
MID AMERICA SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY; MONMOUTH STONE COMPANY; MSJ LARSON, INC.; NOKOMIS QUARRY COMPANY; RIVERSTONE GROUP, INC.; R.L. O'NEAL & SONS, INC.; ROCKFORD
SAND & GRAVEL, INC.; SOUTHERN ILLINOIS STONE COMPANY;
TUSCOLA STONE COMPANY; U.S. SILICA COMPANY; UNIMIN CORPORATION; VALLEY VIEW INDUSTRIES, INC.; WENDLING
QUARRIES, INC.; WEST CENTRAL MATERIALS, INC., d/b/a McCLURE QUARRIES; and WESTERN SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY,
                              Plaintiffs-Appellants,
                              v.
RENEE CIPRIANO, Director, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; and JUDY BARR TOPINKA, Illinois State Treasurer,
                              Defendants-Appellees.

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Appeal from
Circuit Court of
Sangamon County
No. 03CH377

Honorable
Donald M. Cadagin,
Judge Presiding.

JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

Effective in relevant part July 1, 2003, the General Assembly enacted Public Act 93-32, which is the state budget implementation act for fiscal year 2004 (Pub. Act 93-32, eff. in relevant part on July 1, 2003 (2003 Ill. Legis. Serv. 400, 400) (section 999-1 specified the law took effect on becoming law (June 20, 2003), except the provisions of article 75, which became effective July 1, 2003, except those sections specified as taking effect later (Pub. Act