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HB0669 Enrolled |
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| AN ACT concerning finance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 155/4) (from Ch. 61, par. 404)
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| Sec. 4. (a) There is created the Illinois Wildlife |
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| Preservation Fund, a
special fund in the State Treasury. The |
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| Department of Revenue shall determine
annually the total amount |
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| contributed to such fund pursuant to this Act and
shall notify |
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| the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of such amount to |
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| be
transferred to the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, and |
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| upon receipt of
such notification the State Comptroller shall |
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| transfer such amount.
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| (b) The Department of Natural Resources shall deposit
any |
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| donations including federal reimbursements received for the |
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| purposes in the
Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund.
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| (c) The General Assembly may appropriate annually from the |
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| Illinois Wildlife
Preservation Fund such monies credited to |
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| such fund from the check-off
contribution system provided in |
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| this Act and from other funds received for the
purposes of this |
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| Act, to the Department of Natural Resources to be used for the
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| purposes of preserving, protecting,
perpetuating and enhancing |
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| non-game wildlife in this State. Beginning with fiscal year |
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| 2006, 5% of the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund must be |
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| committed to or expended on grants by the Department of Natural |
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| Resources for the maintenance of wildlife rehabilitation |
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| facilities that take care of threatened or endangered species. |
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| For purposes of calculating the 5%, the amount in the Fund is |
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| exclusive of any federal funds deposited in or credited to the |
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| Fund. The Department shall establish criteria for the grants by |
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| rules adopted in accordance with the Illinois Administrative |
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