Below is a summary of activities of this section from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. While past activity is no guarantee of future activity, it may give a idea of what to expect this year.
Section Stats
Newsletters
Issues: 4
CLE
Live Programs: 1
Discussions
Posts: 10
Legislation
Bills Reviewed: 197
Continuing Legal Education
Section members receive discounts on section-sponsored CLE programs. During the 2023–24 bar year, the Section sponsored the following programs:
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Sponsor LIVE - 22nd Annual Environmental Law Conference (05/09/2024 to 05/10/2024)
ISBA Central Discussions
ISBA Central communities allows section members to pose questions, answer questions, and share information with fellow section members. Members of the section get free access to the section’s community. Joining any section also grants you access to the Transactional and Litigation communities. Below are the total number of discussion posts during the 2023–24 bar year.
Environmental Law
- Community members: 356
- Total discussion posts: 10
Transactional
- Community members: 29,383
- Total discussion posts: 551
Litigation
- Community members: 29,384
- Total discussion posts: 1,463
Legislation
The Section Council reviewed 197 bills that may affect their members’ practice area. Highlights of the most recent legislative session include:
- House Bill 4118 amends the Public Utilities Act and provides that each electric and gas utility serving more than 500,000 customers in the State shall implement a Disconnection Protection Program.
- House Bill 5304 creates the Highway Work Zone Safety Act.
- House Bill 5459 provides that in the case of a public utility that provides drinking water services, upon the request of a municipal wastewater agency or unit of local government organized under specified Acts, such public utility shall provide timely and accurate water usage data, in a format identifiable to the requester, for purposes of calculating wastewater billings.