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1 | AN ACT concerning conservation.
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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 State Finance Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 6z-32 and 8h as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 105/6z-32)
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7 | Sec. 6z-32. Conservation 2000.
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8 | (a) The Conservation 2000 Fund and the Conservation 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Projects Fund are
created as special funds in the State | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Treasury. These funds
shall be used to establish a | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | comprehensive program to protect Illinois' natural
resources | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | through cooperative partnerships between State government and | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | public
and private landowners. Moneys in these Funds may be
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14 | used, subject to appropriation, by the Environmental | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Protection Agency and the
Departments of Agriculture, Natural | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Resources, and
Transportation for purposes relating to natural | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | resource protection,
recreation, tourism, and compatible | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | agricultural and economic development
activities. Without | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | limiting these general purposes, moneys in these Funds may
be | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | used, subject to appropriation, for the following specific | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | purposes:
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22 | (1) To foster sustainable agriculture practices and | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | control soil erosion
and sedimentation, including grants |
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1 | to Soil and Water Conservation Districts
for conservation | ||||||
2 | practice cost-share grants and for personnel, educational, | ||||||
3 | and
administrative expenses.
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4 | (2) To establish and protect a system of ecosystems in | ||||||
5 | public and private
ownership through conservation | ||||||
6 | easements, incentives to public and private
landowners, | ||||||
7 | including technical assistance and grants, and
land | ||||||
8 | acquisition provided these mechanisms are all voluntary on | ||||||
9 | the part of the
landowner and do not involve the use of | ||||||
10 | eminent domain.
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11 | (3) To develop a systematic and long-term program to | ||||||
12 | effectively measure
and monitor natural resources and | ||||||
13 | ecological conditions through investments in
technology | ||||||
14 | and involvement of scientific experts.
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15 | (4) To initiate strategies to enhance, use, and | ||||||
16 | maintain Illinois' inland
lakes through education, | ||||||
17 | technical assistance, research, and financial
incentives.
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18 | (5) To conduct an extensive review of existing Illinois | ||||||
19 | water laws.
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20 | (b) The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall | ||||||
21 | automatically transfer
on the last day of each month, beginning | ||||||
22 | on September 30, 1995 and ending on
June 30, 2009,
from the | ||||||
23 | General Revenue Fund to the Conservation 2000 Fund,
an
amount | ||||||
24 | equal to 1/10 of the amount set forth below in fiscal year 1996 | ||||||
25 | and
an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount set forth below in | ||||||
26 | each of the other
specified fiscal years:
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12 | (c) (Blank)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the contrary and in addition to any other transfers that may be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | provided for by law, on the last day of each month beginning on | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | July 31, 2006 and ending on June 30, 2007, or as soon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | thereafter as may be practical, the State Comptroller shall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000 from | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Fund to the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Conservation 2000 Fund .
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20 | (d) There shall be deposited into the Conservation 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Projects Fund such
bond proceeds and other moneys as may, from | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | time to time, be provided by law.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | eff. 6-6-06.)
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25 | (30 ILCS 105/8h)
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1 | Sec. 8h. Transfers to General Revenue Fund. | ||||||
2 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section and | ||||||
3 | Section 8n of this Act, and (c), (d), or (e),
notwithstanding | ||||||
4 | any other
State law to the contrary, the Governor
may, through | ||||||
5 | June 30, 2007, from time to time direct the State Treasurer and | ||||||
6 | Comptroller to transfer
a specified sum from any fund held by | ||||||
7 | the State Treasurer to the General
Revenue Fund in order to | ||||||
8 | help defray the State's operating costs for the
fiscal year. | ||||||
9 | The total transfer under this Section from any fund in any
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10 | fiscal year shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 8% of the | ||||||
11 | revenues to be deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year | ||||||
12 | or (ii) an amount that leaves a remaining fund balance of 25% | ||||||
13 | of the July 1 fund balance of that fiscal year. In fiscal year | ||||||
14 | 2005 only, prior to calculating the July 1, 2004 final | ||||||
15 | balances, the Governor may calculate and direct the State | ||||||
16 | Treasurer with the Comptroller to transfer additional amounts | ||||||
17 | determined by applying the formula authorized in Public Act | ||||||
18 | 93-839 to the funds balances on July 1, 2003.
No transfer may | ||||||
19 | be made from a fund under this Section that would have the
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20 | effect of reducing the available balance in the fund to an | ||||||
21 | amount less than
the amount remaining unexpended and unreserved | ||||||
22 | from the total appropriation
from that fund estimated to be | ||||||
23 | expended for that fiscal year. This Section does not apply to | ||||||
24 | any
funds that are restricted by federal law to a specific use, | ||||||
25 | to any funds in
the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the Intercity | ||||||
26 | Passenger Rail Fund, the Hospital Provider Fund, the Medicaid |
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1 | Provider Relief Fund, the Teacher Health Insurance Security | ||||||
2 | Fund, the Reviewing Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund, | ||||||
3 | the Voters' Guide Fund, the Foreign Language Interpreter Fund, | ||||||
4 | the Lawyers' Assistance Program Fund, the Supreme Court Federal | ||||||
5 | Projects Fund, the Supreme Court Special State Projects Fund, | ||||||
6 | the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund, the Good | ||||||
7 | Samaritan Energy Trust Fund, the Low-Level Radioactive Waste | ||||||
8 | Facility Development and Operation Fund, the Horse Racing | ||||||
9 | Equity Trust Fund, or the Hospital Basic Services Preservation | ||||||
10 | Fund, or to any
funds to which subsection (f) of Section 20-40 | ||||||
11 | of the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act applies. No | ||||||
12 | transfers may be made under this Section from the Pet | ||||||
13 | Population Control Fund. Notwithstanding any
other provision | ||||||
14 | of this Section, for fiscal year 2004,
the total transfer under | ||||||
15 | this Section from the Road Fund or the State
Construction | ||||||
16 | Account Fund shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 5% of the | ||||||
17 | revenues to be deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year | ||||||
18 | or (ii) 25% of the beginning balance in the fund.
For fiscal | ||||||
19 | year 2005 through fiscal year 2007, no amounts may be | ||||||
20 | transferred under this Section from the Road Fund, the State | ||||||
21 | Construction Account Fund, the Criminal Justice Information | ||||||
22 | Systems Trust Fund, the Wireless Service Emergency Fund, or the | ||||||
23 | Mandatory Arbitration Fund.
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24 | In determining the available balance in a fund, the | ||||||
25 | Governor
may include receipts, transfers into the fund, and | ||||||
26 | other
resources anticipated to be available in the fund in that |
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1 | fiscal year.
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2 | The State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the | ||||||
3 | amounts designated
under this Section as soon as may be | ||||||
4 | practicable after receiving the direction
to transfer from the | ||||||
5 | Governor.
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6 | (a-5) Transfers directed to be made under this Section on | ||||||
7 | or before February 28, 2006 that are still pending on May 19, | ||||||
8 | 2006 ( the effective date of Public Act 94-774)
this amendatory | ||||||
9 | Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be redirected as | ||||||
10 | provided in Section 8n of this Act.
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11 | (b) This Section does not apply to: (i) the Ticket For The | ||||||
12 | Cure Fund; (ii) any fund established under the Community Senior | ||||||
13 | Services and Resources Act; or (iii) on or after January 1, | ||||||
14 | 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-511), the Child Labor | ||||||
15 | and Day and Temporary Labor Enforcement Fund. | ||||||
16 | (c) This Section does not apply to the Demutualization | ||||||
17 | Trust Fund established under the Uniform Disposition of | ||||||
18 | Unclaimed Property Act.
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19 | (d) This Section does not apply to moneys set aside in the | ||||||
20 | Illinois State Podiatric Disciplinary Fund for podiatric | ||||||
21 | scholarships and residency programs under the Podiatric | ||||||
22 | Scholarship and Residency Act. | ||||||
23 | (e) Subsection (a) does not apply to, and no transfer may | ||||||
24 | be made under this Section from, the Pension Stabilization | ||||||
25 | Fund.
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26 | (f) This Section does not apply to the Open Space Lands |
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1 | Acquisition and Development Fund and the Natural Areas | ||||||
2 | Acquisition Fund created in the Open Space Lands Acquisition | ||||||
3 | and Development Act.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 6-20-03; 93-659, eff. 2-3-04; 93-674, | ||||||
5 | eff. 6-10-04; 93-714, eff. 7-12-04; 93-801, eff. 7-22-04; | ||||||
6 | 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 93-1054, eff. 11-18-04; 93-1067, eff. | ||||||
7 | 1-15-05; 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-120, eff. 7-6-05; 94-511, eff. | ||||||
8 | 1-1-06; 94-535, eff. 8-10-05; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05; 94-645, | ||||||
9 | eff. 8-22-05; 94-648, eff. 1-1-06; 94-686, eff. 11-2-05; | ||||||
10 | 94-691, eff. 11-2-05; 94-726, eff. 1-20-06; 94-773, eff. | ||||||
11 | 5-18-06; 94-774, eff. 5-19-06; 94-804, eff. 5-26-06; 94-839, | ||||||
12 | eff. 6-6-06; revised 6-19-06.)
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13 | Section 10. The Open Space Lands Acquisition and | ||||||
14 | Development Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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15 | (525 ILCS 35/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 2103)
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16 | Sec. 3. From appropriations made from the Capital | ||||||
17 | Development Fund,
Build Illinois Bond Fund or other
available | ||||||
18 | or designated funds for such
purposes, the Department shall | ||||||
19 | make grants to local governments as
financial assistance, | ||||||
20 | provided that 50% of each grant shall be paid within 60 days | ||||||
21 | after its award and additional payments shall be made on a | ||||||
22 | reimbursement basis, for the capital
development and | ||||||
23 | improvement of park, recreation or conservation
areas, marinas | ||||||
24 | and shorelines, including planning and engineering costs, and |
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1 | for the
acquisition of open space lands, including
acquisition | ||||||
2 | of easements and other property interests less than fee simple
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3 | ownership if the Department determines that such property
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4 | interests are sufficient to carry out the purposes of this Act, | ||||||
5 | subject to
the conditions and limitations set forth in this | ||||||
6 | Act.
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7 | No more than 10% of the amount so appropriated for any | ||||||
8 | fiscal year may
be committed or expended on any one project | ||||||
9 | described in an application
under this Act. No more than one | ||||||
10 | acquisition grant and 2 development grants must be made to a | ||||||
11 | single recipient during a fiscal year under this Act.
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12 | Any grant under this Act to a local government , except as | ||||||
13 | provided in this Section, shall be conditioned upon
the State
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14 | state providing assistance on a 50/50 matching basis for the | ||||||
15 | acquisition
of open space lands and for capital development
and | ||||||
16 | improvement proposals. A local government that the Department | ||||||
17 | determines to be distressed is eligible for up to 90% State | ||||||
18 | funding assistance if no more than 10% of the amount so | ||||||
19 | appropriated in any fiscal year under this Section is made | ||||||
20 | available for "distressed" local governments. Maximum grant | ||||||
21 | thresholds for acquisition and development must be increased in | ||||||
22 | accordance with the Consumer Price Index-U on an annual basis. | ||||||
23 | As used in this Section, "Consumer Price Index-U" means the | ||||||
24 | index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. | ||||||
25 | Department of Labor, that measures the average change in prices | ||||||
26 | of all goods and services purchased by all urban consumers, |
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1 | U.S. city average, all items, 1982-84=100.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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