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1    AN ACT concerning conservation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Grant Accountability and Transparency Act
5is amended by changing Section 45 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 708/45)
7    Sec. 45. Applicability.
8    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the
9requirements established under this Act apply to State
10grant-making agencies that make State and federal pass-through
11awards to non-federal entities. These requirements apply to
12all costs related to State and federal pass-through awards.
13The requirements established under this Act do not apply to
14private awards, to allocations of State revenues paid over by
15the Comptroller to units of local government and other taxing
16districts pursuant to the State Revenue Sharing Act from the
17Local Government Distributive Fund or the Personal Property
18Tax Replacement Fund, to allotments of State motor fuel tax
19revenues distributed by the Department of Transportation to
20units of local government pursuant to the Motor Fuel Tax Law
21from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund or the Transportation Renewal
22Fund, or to awards, including capital appropriated funds, made
23by the Department of Transportation to units of local

 

 

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1government for the purposes of transportation projects
2utilizing State funds, federal funds, or both State and
3federal funds. This Act shall recognize that federal and
4federal pass-through awards from the Department of
5Transportation to units of local government are governed by
6and must comply with federal guidelines under 2 CFR Part 200.
7    The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 102nd
8General Assembly apply to pending actions as well as actions
9commenced on or after the effective date of this amendatory
10Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
11    (a-5) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the use of State
12funds for purposes of federal match or maintenance of effort.
13    (b) The terms and conditions of State, federal, and
14pass-through awards apply to subawards and subrecipients
15unless a particular Section of this Act or the terms and
16conditions of the State or federal award specifically indicate
17otherwise. Non-federal entities shall comply with requirements
18of this Act regardless of whether the non-federal entity is a
19recipient or subrecipient of a State or federal pass-through
20award. Pass-through entities shall comply with the
21requirements set forth under the rules adopted under
22subsection (a) of Section 20 of this Act, but not to any
23requirements in this Act directed towards State or federal
24awarding agencies, unless the requirements of the State or
25federal awards indicate otherwise.
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1contract, only 2 CFR 200.330 through 200.332 are incorporated
2by reference into the contract. However, when the Cost
3Accounting Standards are applicable to the contract, they take
4precedence over the requirements of this Act unless they are
5in conflict with Subpart F of 2 CFR 200. In addition, costs
6that are made unallowable under 10 U.S.C. 2324(e) and 41
7U.S.C. 4304(a), as described in the Federal Acquisition
8Regulations, subpart 31.2 and subpart 31.603, are always
9unallowable. For requirements other than those covered in
10Subpart D of 2 CFR 200.330 through 200.332, the terms of the
11contract and the Federal Acquisition Regulations apply.
12    With the exception of Subpart F of 2 CFR 200, which is
13required by the Single Audit Act, in any circumstances where
14the provisions of federal statutes or regulations differ from
15the provisions of this Act, the provision of the federal
16statutes or regulations govern. This includes, for agreements
17with Indian tribes, the provisions of the Indian
18Self-Determination and Education and Assistance Act, as
19amended, 25 U.S.C. 450-458ddd-2.
20    (c) State grant-making agencies may apply subparts A
21through E of 2 CFR 200 to for-profit entities, foreign public
22entities, or foreign organizations, except where the awarding
23agency determines that the application of these subparts would
24be inconsistent with the international obligations of the
25United States or the statute or regulations of a foreign
26government.

 

 

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1    (d) 2 CFR 200.101 specifies how 2 CFR 200 is applicable to
2different types of awards. The same applicability applies to
3this Act.
4    (e) (Blank).
5    (f) For public institutions of higher education, the
6provisions of this Act apply only to awards funded by federal
7pass-through awards from a State agency to public institutions
8of higher education. This Act shall recognize provisions in 2
9CFR 200 as applicable to public institutions of higher
10education, including Appendix III of Part 200 and the cost
11principles under Subpart E.
12    (g) Each grant-making agency shall enhance its processes
13to monitor and address noncompliance with reporting
14requirements and with program performance standards. Where
15applicable, the process may include a corrective action plan.
16The monitoring process shall include a plan for tracking and
17documenting performance-based contracting decisions.
18    (h) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
19grants awarded from federal funds received from the federal
20Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund in accordance with
21Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 are
22subject to the provisions of this Act, but only to the extent
23required by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of
242021 and other applicable federal law or regulation.
25    (i) Payments and agreements made pursuant to Section 5 of
26the Illinois Forestry Development Act are not subject to the

 

 

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1provisions of this Act.
2(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21;
3102-626, eff. 8-27-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1092, eff.
46-10-22.)
 
5    Section 10. The Illinois Forestry Development Act is
6amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
7    (525 ILCS 15/5)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9105)
8    Sec. 5. A forest development cost share program is created
9and shall be administered by the Department of Natural
10Resources.
11    A timber grower who desires to participate in the cost
12share program shall devise a forest management plan. To be
13eligible to submit a proposed forest management plan, a timber
14grower must own or operate at least 10 contiguous acres of land
15in this State on which timber is produced, except that, no acre
16on which a permanent building is located shall be included in
17calculations of acreage for the purpose of determining
18eligibility. Timber growers with Department approved forest
19management plans covering less than 10 acres in effect on or
20before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
21General Assembly shall continue to be eligible under the
22Illinois Forestry Development Act provisions. The proposed
23forest management plan shall include a description of the land
24to be managed under the plan, a description of the types of

 

 

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1timber to be grown, a projected harvest schedule, a
2description of forest management practices to be applied to
3the land, an estimation of the cost of such practices, plans
4for afforestation, plans for regenerative harvest and
5reforestation, and a description of soil and water
6conservation goals and wildlife habitat enhancement which will
7be served by implementation of the forest management plan.
8    Upon receipt from a timber grower of a draft forest
9management plan, the Department shall review the plan and, if
10necessary, assist the timber grower to revise the plan. The
11Department shall officially approve acceptable plans. Forest
12management plans shall be revised as necessary and all
13revisions must be approved by the Department. A plan shall be
14evaluated every 2 years for reapproval.
15    The eligible land shall be maintained in a forest
16condition for a period of 10 years or until commercial
17harvest, whichever last occurs, as required by the plan.
18    The Department shall enter into agreements with timber
19growers with approved forest management plans under which the
20Department shall agree to pay a share of the total cost of
21acceptable forest management plans and practices implemented
22under the plan. The cost share amount is up to 80% of the total
23cost of the forest management practices for such practices
24approved to be funded from monies appropriated for this
25purpose for subsequent fiscal years. Cost share funds shall be
26paid from monies appropriated to the Department by the General

 

 

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1Assembly for that purpose from the Illinois Forestry
2Development Fund or any other fund in the State Treasury.
3These cost share payments shall not exceed the amount
4appropriated for such purposes. The Department shall create by
5administrative rule the criteria used to evaluate and approve
6cost share payment requests, including what forest management
7practices shall be prioritized for payment. Payments shall
8only be made after approved practices have been completed and
9written documentation is provided to the Department showing
10the total amount paid by the landowner for such practice.
11    Starting in 2025, the Department shall file a report in
12writing to the General Assembly on or before March 1 of each
13year with the following information from the preceding year:
14the total number of agreements entered into pursuant to this
15Section, the total amount of payments made pursuant to this
16Section from the Illinois Forestry Development Fund, and the
17total number of acres that were affected by said payments.
18Payments and agreements made pursuant to this Section are not
19subject to the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act.
20    The Department, upon recommendations made to it by the
21Council, may provide for the categorization of forest
22management practices and determine an appropriate cost share
23percentage for each such category. Forest management practices
24submitted by timber growers on whose timber sales fees of 4% of
25the sale amount were paid as provided in Section 9a of the
26"Timber Buyers Licensing Act", approved September 1, 1969, may

 

 

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1be accorded a priority for approval within the assigned
2category. Such timber growers may receive a cost share amount
3which is increased above the amount for which they would
4otherwise qualify by an amount equal to the fees paid by the
5timber grower on sales occurring in the 2 fiscal years
6immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the forest
7management practices are approved and funded; provided,
8however, that the total cost share amount shall not exceed the
9total cost of the approved forest management practices.
10    Upon transfer of his or her right and interest in the land
11or a change in land use, the timber grower shall forfeit all
12rights to future payments and other benefits resulting from an
13approved plan and shall refund to the Department all payments
14received therefrom during the previous 10 years unless the
15transferee of any such land agrees with the Department to
16assume all obligations under the plan.
17(Source: P.A. 96-217, eff. 8-10-09; 96-545, eff. 8-17-09.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.