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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3243 Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Wayne Rosenthal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that conservation practice cost-share grants from the Partners for Conservation Fund may be made to livestock operations. Effective July 1, 2011.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning finance.
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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 as follows:
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| 6 | | (30 ILCS 105/6z-32)
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| 7 | | Sec. 6z-32. Partners for Planning and Conservation.
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| 8 | | (a) The Partners for Conservation Fund (formerly known as |
| 9 | | the Conservation 2000 Fund) and the Partners for
Conservation |
| 10 | | Projects Fund (formerly known as the Conservation 2000 Projects |
| 11 | | Fund) are
created as special funds in the State Treasury. These |
| 12 | | funds
shall be used to establish a comprehensive program to |
| 13 | | protect Illinois' natural
resources through cooperative |
| 14 | | partnerships between State government and public
and private |
| 15 | | landowners. Moneys in these Funds may be
used, subject to |
| 16 | | appropriation, by the Department of Natural Resources, |
| 17 | | Environmental Protection Agency, and the
Department of |
| 18 | | Agriculture for purposes relating to natural resource |
| 19 | | protection,
planning, recreation, tourism, and compatible |
| 20 | | agricultural and economic development
activities. Without |
| 21 | | limiting these general purposes, moneys in these Funds may
be |
| 22 | | used, subject to appropriation, for the following specific |
| 23 | | purposes:
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| 1 | | (1) To foster sustainable agriculture practices and |
| 2 | | control soil erosion
and sedimentation, including grants |
| 3 | | to Soil and Water Conservation Districts
for conservation |
| 4 | | practice cost-share grants, which may include cost-share |
| 5 | | grants to livestock operations for water quality |
| 6 | | protection and improvement, and for Soil and Water |
| 7 | | Conservation District personnel, educational, and
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| 8 | | administrative expenses.
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| 9 | | (2) To establish and protect a system of ecosystems in |
| 10 | | public and private
ownership through conservation |
| 11 | | easements, incentives to public and private
landowners, |
| 12 | | natural resource restoration and preservation, water |
| 13 | | quality protection and improvement, land use and watershed |
| 14 | | planning, technical assistance and grants, and
land |
| 15 | | acquisition provided these mechanisms are all voluntary on |
| 16 | | the part of the
landowner and do not involve the use of |
| 17 | | eminent domain.
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| 18 | | (3) To develop a systematic and long-term program to |
| 19 | | effectively measure
and monitor natural resources and |
| 20 | | ecological conditions through investments in
technology |
| 21 | | and involvement of scientific experts.
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| 22 | | (4) To initiate strategies to enhance, use, and |
| 23 | | maintain Illinois' inland
lakes through education, |
| 24 | | technical assistance, research, and financial
incentives.
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| 25 | | (5) To partner with private landowners and with units |
| 26 | | of State, federal, and local government and with |
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| 1 | | not-for-profit organizations in order to integrate State |
| 2 | | and federal programs with Illinois' natural resource |
| 3 | | protection and restoration efforts and to meet |
| 4 | | requirements to obtain federal and other funds for |
| 5 | | conservation or protection of natural resources.
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| 6 | | (b) The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall |
| 7 | | automatically transfer
on the last day of each month, beginning |
| 8 | | on September 30, 1995 and ending on
June 30, 2021,
from the |
| 9 | | General Revenue Fund to the Partners for Conservation
Fund,
an
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| 10 | | amount equal to 1/10 of the amount set forth below in fiscal |
| 11 | | year 1996 and
an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount set forth |
| 12 | | below in each of the other
specified fiscal years:
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| 13 | | Fiscal Year |
Amount |
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| 14 | | 1996 |
$ 3,500,000 |
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| 15 | | 1997 |
$ 9,000,000 |
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| 16 | | 1998 |
$10,000,000 |
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| 17 | | 1999 |
$11,000,000 |
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| 18 | | 2000 |
$12,500,000 |
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| 19 | | 2001 through 2004 |
$14,000,000 |
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| 20 | | 2005
| $7,000,000 | |
| 21 | | 2006
| $11,000,000
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| 22 | | 2007
| $0
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| 23 | | 2008 through 2021........................
| $14,000,000
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| 24 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the |
| 25 | | contrary and in addition to any other transfers that may be |
| 26 | | provided for by law, on the last day of each month beginning on |
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| 1 | | July 31, 2006 and ending on June 30, 2007, or as soon |
| 2 | | thereafter as may be practical, the State Comptroller shall |
| 3 | | direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000 from |
| 4 | | the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Fund to the |
| 5 | | Conservation 2000 Fund.
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| 6 | | (d) There shall be deposited into the Partners for
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| 7 | | Conservation Projects Fund such
bond proceeds and other moneys |
| 8 | | as may, from time to time, be provided by law.
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| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-139, |
| 10 | | eff. 1-1-08.)
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| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
| 12 | | 2011.
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