99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5541

 

Introduced , by Rep. Tim Butler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 805/805-555

    Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may assess specified consultation fees below $500.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources
5(Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
6is amended by changing Section 805-555 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 805/805-555)
8    Sec. 805-555. Consultation fees.
9    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "agency" shall have
10the meaning assigned in Section 1-20 of the Illinois
11Administrative Procedure Act.
12    (b) The Department shall assess up to a $500 fee for
13consultations conducted under subsection (b) of Section 11 of
14the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act and Section 17
15of the Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act. The Department
16shall not assess any fee for consultations requested by a State
17agency or federal agency. Any fee assessed under this Section
18shall be deposited into the Illinois Wildlife Preservation
19Fund.
20    (c) The Department may adopt rules to implement this
21Section.
22    (d) The monies deposited into the Illinois Wildlife
23Preservation Fund under this Section shall not be subject to

 

 

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1administrative charges or chargebacks unless otherwise
2authorized by this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)