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1     AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5 Section 6z-32 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 105/6z-32)
7     Sec. 6z-32. Partners for Planning and Conservation.
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
8     administrative expenses.
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.
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.
22         (4) To initiate strategies to enhance, use, and
23     maintain Illinois' inland lakes through education,
24     technical assistance, research, and financial incentives.
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.
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
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:
13Fiscal Year Amount
141996$ 3,500,000
151997$ 9,000,000
161998$10,000,000
171999$11,000,000
182000$12,500,000
192001 through 2004$14,000,000
202005 $7,000,000
212006 $11,000,000
222007 $0
232008 through 2021....................... $14,000,000
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.
6     (d) There shall be deposited into the Partners for
7 Conservation Projects Fund such bond proceeds and other moneys
8 as may, from time to time, be provided by law.
9 (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-139,
10 eff. 1-1-08.)
 
11     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
12 2010.