99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3128

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5.866 new
30 ILCS 730/3  from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 8203
30 ILCS 730/7 new

    Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Coal Mining Conservation and Reclamation Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Coal Technology Development Assistance Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall use all monies in the Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Fund to administer the Department's responsibilities. Provides that, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Fund is not subject to sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would transfer any amounts from the Fund into any other fund of the State. Provides that during fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount of $333,333.33 shall be transferred from the Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund to the Fund. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5Section 5.866 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.866 new)
7    Sec. 5.866. The Coal Mining Land Conservation and
8Reclamation Fund.
 
9    Section 10. The Illinois Coal Technology Development
10Assistance Act is amended by changing Sections 3 and 7 as
11follows:
 
12    (30 ILCS 730/3)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 8203)
13    Sec. 3. Transfers to and from the Coal Technology
14Development Assistance Fund Funds.
15    (a) As soon as may be practicable after the first day of
16each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the
17Treasurer an amount equal to 1/64 of the revenue realized from
18the tax imposed by the Electricity Excise Tax Law, Section 2 of
19the Public Utilities Revenue Act, Section 2 of the Messages Tax
20Act, and Section 2 of the Gas Revenue Tax Act, during the
21preceding month. Upon receipt of the certification, the

 

 

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1Treasurer shall transfer the amount shown on such certification
2from the General Revenue Fund to the Coal Technology
3Development Assistance Fund, which is hereby created as a
4special fund in the State treasury, except that no transfer
5shall be made in any month in which the Fund has reached the
6following balance:
7        (1) $7,000,000 during fiscal year 1994.
8        (2) $8,500,000 during fiscal year 1995.
9        (3) $10,000,000 during fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
10        (4) During fiscal year 1998 through fiscal year 2004,
11    an amount equal to the sum of $10,000,000 plus additional
12    moneys deposited into the Coal Technology Development
13    Assistance Fund from the Renewable Energy Resources and
14    Coal Technology Development Assistance Charge under
15    Section 6.5 of the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and
16    Coal Resources Development Law of 1997.
17        (5) During fiscal year 2005, an amount equal to the sum
18    of $7,000,000 plus additional moneys deposited into the
19    Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund from the
20    Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology Development
21    Assistance Charge under Section 6.5 of the Renewable
22    Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development
23    Law of 1997.
24        (6) During fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year
25    thereafter, an amount equal to the sum of $10,000,000 plus
26    additional moneys deposited into the Coal Technology

 

 

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1    Development Assistance Fund from the Renewable Energy
2    Resources and Coal Technology Development Assistance
3    Charge under Section 6.5 of the Renewable Energy, Energy
4    Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997.
5    (b) During fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year
6thereafter, an amount of $333,333.33 shall be transferred from
7the Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund to the Coal
8Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Fund on the first day
9of each month.
10(Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; revised 12-1-14.)
 
11    (30 ILCS 730/7 new)
12    Sec. 7. Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Fund.
13The Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Fund is
14hereby created. The Department of Natural Resources shall use
15all monies from the Coal Mining Land Conservation and
16Reclamation Fund to administer the Department's
17responsibilities under the Surface Coal Mining Land
18Conservation and Reclamation Act. Monies may be used as
19necessary for additional personal costs associated with
20administration of the Act. Notwithstanding any other law to the
21contrary, the Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation
22Fund is not subject to sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or
23any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would in any way
24transfer any amounts from the Coal Mining Land Conservation and
25Reclamation Fund into any other fund of the State.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.