Full Text of HB5940 95th General Assembly
HB5940eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 State Finance Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 6z-32 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/6z-32)
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| Sec. 6z-32. Partners for Planning and Conservation.
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| (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
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| 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
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| used, subject to appropriation, for the following specific | 23 |
| purposes:
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| (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 also include grants | 5 |
| to livestock operations for water quality protection and | 6 |
| improvement, and for personnel, educational, and
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| administrative expenses. Notwithstanding any other | 8 |
| rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor | 9 |
| nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the | 10 |
| Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules to | 11 |
| implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act | 12 |
| of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the Governor | 13 |
| believes that rules are necessary to implement or enforce | 14 |
| the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 15 |
| Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General | 16 |
| Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and | 17 |
| Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General | 18 |
| Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | 19 |
| suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate | 20 |
| action in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing | 21 |
| contained in this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 22 |
| Assembly shall be interpreted to grant rulemaking | 23 |
| authority under any other Illinois statute where such | 24 |
| authority is not otherwise explicitly given. For the | 25 |
| purposes of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 26 |
| Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning contained in Section |
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| 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and | 2 |
| "agency" and "agency head" are given the meanings contained | 3 |
| in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative | 4 |
| Procedure Act to the extent that such definitions apply to | 5 |
| agencies or agency heads under the jurisdiction of the | 6 |
| Governor.
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| (2) To establish and protect a system of ecosystems in | 8 |
| public and private
ownership through conservation | 9 |
| easements, incentives to public and private
landowners, | 10 |
| natural resource restoration and preservation, water | 11 |
| quality protection and improvement, land use and watershed | 12 |
| planning, technical assistance and grants, and
land | 13 |
| acquisition provided these mechanisms are all voluntary on | 14 |
| the part of the
landowner and do not involve the use of | 15 |
| eminent domain.
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| (3) To develop a systematic and long-term program to | 17 |
| effectively measure
and monitor natural resources and | 18 |
| ecological conditions through investments in
technology | 19 |
| and involvement of scientific experts.
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| (4) To initiate strategies to enhance, use, and | 21 |
| maintain Illinois' inland
lakes through education, | 22 |
| technical assistance, research, and financial
incentives.
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| (5) To partner with private landowners and with units | 24 |
| of State, federal, and local government and with | 25 |
| not-for-profit organizations in order to integrate State | 26 |
| and federal programs with Illinois' natural resource |
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| protection and restoration efforts and to meet | 2 |
| requirements to obtain federal and other funds for | 3 |
| conservation or protection of natural resources.
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| (b) The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall | 5 |
| automatically transfer
on the last day of each month, beginning | 6 |
| on September 30, 1995 and ending on
June 30, 2021,
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| General Revenue Fund to the Partners for Conservation
Fund,
an
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| amount equal to 1/10 of the amount set forth below in fiscal | 9 |
| year 1996 and
an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount set forth | 10 |
| below in each of the other
specified fiscal years:
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Amount |
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12 | | 1996 |
$ 3,500,000 |
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13 | | 1997 |
$ 9,000,000 |
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14 | | 1998 |
$10,000,000 |
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15 | | 1999 |
$11,000,000 |
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16 | | 2000 |
$12,500,000 |
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17 | | 2001 through 2004 |
$14,000,000 |
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18 | | 2005
| $7,000,000 |
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19 | | 2006
| $11,000,000
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20 | | 2007
| $0
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21 | | 2008 through 2021 .......................
| $14,000,000
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| (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 23 |
| contrary and in addition to any other transfers that may be | 24 |
| provided for by law, on the last day of each month beginning on | 25 |
| July 31, 2006 and ending on June 30, 2007, or as soon | 26 |
| thereafter as may be practical, the State Comptroller shall |
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| direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000 from | 2 |
| the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Fund to the | 3 |
| Conservation 2000 Fund.
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| (d) There shall be deposited into the Partners for
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| Conservation Projects Fund such
bond proceeds and other moneys | 6 |
| as may, from time to time, be provided by law.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-139, | 8 |
| eff. 1-1-08.)
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