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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 1-15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 801/1-15)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1-15. General powers and duties.
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| 8 | | (a) It shall be the duty of the Department to investigate |
| 9 | | practical
problems, implement studies, conduct research and |
| 10 | | provide assistance,
information and data relating to the |
| 11 | | technology and administration of
the natural history, |
| 12 | | entomology, zoology, and botany of this State; the geology
and |
| 13 | | natural resources of this State; the water and atmospheric |
| 14 | | resources of
this State; and the archeological and cultural |
| 15 | | history of this State.
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| 16 | | (b) The Department (i) shall obtain, store, and process |
| 17 | | relevant
data; recommend technological, administrative, and |
| 18 | | legislative changes and
developments; cooperate with other |
| 19 | | federal, state, and local governmental
research agencies, |
| 20 | | facilities, or institutes in the selection of projects
for |
| 21 | | study; cooperate with the Board of Higher Education and with |
| 22 | | the public
and private colleges and universities in this State |
| 23 | | in developing relevant
interdisciplinary approaches to |
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| 1 | | problems; and evaluate curricula at all
levels
of education and |
| 2 | | provide assistance to instructors and (ii) may
sponsor an
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| 3 | | annual
conference of leaders in government, industry, health, |
| 4 | | and education to
evaluate the state of this State's environment |
| 5 | | and natural resources.
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| 6 | | (c) The Director, in accordance with the Personnel Code, |
| 7 | | shall employ
such personnel, provide such facilities, and |
| 8 | | contract for such outside services
as may be necessary to carry |
| 9 | | out the purposes of the Department. Maximum use
shall be made |
| 10 | | of existing federal and state agencies, facilities, and |
| 11 | | personnel
in conducting research under this Act.
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| 12 | | (d) In addition to its other powers, the Department has the |
| 13 | | following
powers:
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| 14 | | (1) To obtain, store, process, and provide data and |
| 15 | | information
related to the powers and duties of the |
| 16 | | Department under this Act.
This subdivision (d)(1) does not |
| 17 | | give authority to the Department to
require reports from |
| 18 | | nongovernmental sources or entities.
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| 19 | | (2) To cooperate with and support the Illinois Science
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| 20 | | and Technology Advisory
Committee and the Illinois |
| 21 | | Coalition for the purpose of facilitating the
effective |
| 22 | | operations and activities of such entities. Support may |
| 23 | | include,
but need not be limited to, providing space for |
| 24 | | the operations of the
Committee and the Illinois Coalition.
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| 25 | | (e) The Department is authorized to make grants to local |
| 26 | | not-for-profit
organizations for the purposes of development, |
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| 1 | | maintenance and study of
wetland areas.
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| 2 | | (f) The Department has the authority to accept, receive and |
| 3 | | administer
on behalf of the State any gifts, bequests, |
| 4 | | donations, income from property
rental and endowments. Any such |
| 5 | | funds received by the Department shall be
deposited into the |
| 6 | | Natural Resources Fund, a special fund which is hereby
created |
| 7 | | in the State treasury, and used for the purposes of this Act |
| 8 | | or,
when appropriate, for such purposes and under such |
| 9 | | restrictions, terms and
conditions as are predetermined by the |
| 10 | | donor or grantor of such funds or
property. Any accrued |
| 11 | | interest from money deposited into the Natural
Resources Fund |
| 12 | | shall be reinvested into the Fund and used in the same
manner |
| 13 | | as the principal. The Director shall maintain records which |
| 14 | | account
for and assure that restricted funds or property are |
| 15 | | disbursed or used
pursuant to the restrictions, terms or |
| 16 | | conditions of the donor.
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| 17 | | (g) The Department shall recognize, preserve, and promote |
| 18 | | our special
heritage of recreational hunting and trapping by |
| 19 | | providing opportunities to
hunt and trap in accordance with the |
| 20 | | Wildlife Code.
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| 21 | | (h) The Department has the authority to accept, receive, |
| 22 | | and administer on behalf of the State, federal grant funds |
| 23 | | associated with the development or preservation of |
| 24 | | recreational boating infrastructure on this State's waterways |
| 25 | | and distribute those funds as prescribed by the appropriate |
| 26 | | federal agency. Funds received by the Department shall be |
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| 1 | | deposited into the Natural Resources Federal Boating |
| 2 | | Infrastructure Grant Dollars Fund, a special fund created in |
| 3 | | the State treasury and used for the purposes of this subsection |
| 4 | | (h). Interest or income earned on moneys deposited into the |
| 5 | | fund shall be retained in the fund to be used by the Department |
| 6 | | in accordance with this subsection (h). |
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-582, eff. 8-14-99; |
| 8 | | 92-326, eff. 8-9-01.)
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| 9 | | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
| 10 | | Section 5.886 as follows:
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| 11 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.886 new) |
| 12 | | Sec. 5.886. The Natural Resources Federal Boating |
| 13 | | Infrastructure Grant Dollars Fund.
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