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Sen. Andy Manar
Filed: 3/5/2020
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2956
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2956 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Open Space Lands Acquisition and |
| 5 | | Development Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (525 ILCS 35/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 2103)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3. From appropriations made from the Capital |
| 8 | | Development Fund,
Build Illinois Bond Fund or other
available |
| 9 | | or designated funds for such
purposes, the Department shall |
| 10 | | make grants to local governments as
financial assistance for |
| 11 | | the capital
development and improvement of park, recreation or |
| 12 | | conservation
areas, marinas and shorelines, including planning |
| 13 | | and engineering costs, and for the
acquisition of open space |
| 14 | | lands, including
acquisition of easements and other property |
| 15 | | interests less than fee simple
ownership if the Department |
| 16 | | determines that such property
interests are sufficient to carry |
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| 1 | | out the purposes of this Act, subject to
the conditions and |
| 2 | | limitations set forth in this Act.
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| 3 | | No more than 10% of the amount so appropriated for any |
| 4 | | fiscal year may
be committed or expended on any one project |
| 5 | | described in an application
under this Act.
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| 6 | | Any grant under this Act to a local government shall be |
| 7 | | conditioned upon
the state providing assistance on a 50/50 |
| 8 | | matching basis for the acquisition
of open space lands and for |
| 9 | | capital development
and improvement proposals. However, a |
| 10 | | local government defined as "distressed" under criteria |
| 11 | | adopted by the Department through administrative rule shall be |
| 12 | | eligible for assistance up to 90% for the acquisition
of open |
| 13 | | space lands and for capital development
and improvement |
| 14 | | proposals, provided that no more than 10% of the amount |
| 15 | | appropriated under this Act in any fiscal year is made |
| 16 | | available as grants to distressed local governments.
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| 17 | | An advance payment of a A minimum of 50% of any grant made |
| 18 | | to a unit of local government under this Act must be paid to |
| 19 | | the unit of local government at the time the Department awards |
| 20 | | the grant. A unit of local government may opt out of the |
| 21 | | advanced payment option at the time of the award of the grant. |
| 22 | | The remainder of the grant shall be distributed to the local |
| 23 | | government quarterly on a reimbursement basis. The Department |
| 24 | | shall consider an applicant's request for an extension to a |
| 25 | | grant under this Act if (i) the advanced payment is expended or |
| 26 | | legally obligated within the 2 years required by Section 5 of |