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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended  by adding 
5Sections 5.891 and 6z-107 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.891 new)
7    Sec. 5.891. The Cook County Water Infrastructure Fund.
 
8    (30 ILCS 105/6z-107 new)
9    Sec. 6z-107. Water supplies from Lake Michigan.
10    (a) As used in this Section:
11    "Non-supplying municipality in Cook County" means a 
12municipality in Cook County that receives its water from 
13another municipality and does not sell its water to another 
14municipality.
15    "Supplying municipality in Cook County" means a 
16municipality in Cook County that either receives water directly 
17from Lake Michigan or buys its water from another municipality 
18and then sells some of its water to another municipality.
19    (b) The Cook County Water Infrastructure Fund is created as 
20a special fund in the State treasury. Subject to appropriation, 
21moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Environmental 
22Protection Agency to make grants to municipalities to fund 
 
 
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1infrastructure improvements to facilitate water supplies from 
2Lake Michigan for residents of Cook County.
3    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Cook County 
4Water Infrastructure Fund is not subject to sweeps, 
5administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other fiscal or 
6budgetary maneuver that would in any way transfer any funds 
7from the Cook County Water Infrastructure Fund into any other 
8fund of the State.
9    (c) In making grants from the Cook County Water 
10Infrastructure Fund, the Agency must prioritize water 
11infrastructure projects in non-supplying municipalities in 
12Cook County over water infrastructure projects in supplying 
13municipalities in Cook County. 
14    (d) The Environmental Protection Agency may adopt rules 
15under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement 
16this Section. 
 
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
18becoming law.