Full Text of SB0824 95th General Assembly
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Sen. Michael Bond
Filed: 3/23/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 824
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 824 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act | 5 |
| is amended by changing Sections 6 and 22.03 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 405/6) (from Ch. 5, par. 111)
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| Sec. 6. Powers and duties. In addition to the powers and | 8 |
| duties otherwise
conferred upon the Department, it shall have | 9 |
| the following powers and
duties:
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| (1) To offer such assistance as may be appropriate to the | 11 |
| directors
of soil and water conservation districts, organized | 12 |
| as provided
hereinafter, in the carrying out of any of the | 13 |
| powers and programs.
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| (2) To keep the directors of each of said several districts | 15 |
| informed
of the activities and experience of other such | 16 |
| districts, and to
facilitate an interchange of advice and |
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| experience between such
districts and cooperation between | 2 |
| them.
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| (3) To coordinate the programs of the several districts so | 4 |
| far as
this may be done by advice and consultation.
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| (4) To seek the cooperation and assistance of the United | 6 |
| States and
of agencies of this State, in the work of such | 7 |
| districts.
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| (5) To disseminate information throughout the State | 9 |
| concerning the
formation of such districts, and to assist in | 10 |
| the formation of such
districts in areas where their | 11 |
| organization is desirable.
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| (6) To consider, review, and express its opinion concerning | 13 |
| any
rules, regulations, ordinances or other action of the board | 14 |
| of directors
of any district and to advise such board of | 15 |
| directors accordingly.
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| (7) To prepare and submit to the Director of
the Department | 17 |
| an annual budget.
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| (8) To develop and coordinate a comprehensive State erosion | 19 |
| and sediment
control program, including guidelines to be used | 20 |
| by districts in implementing
this program. In developing this | 21 |
| program, the Department may consult with
and request technical | 22 |
| assistance from local, State and federal agencies,
and may | 23 |
| consult and advise with technically qualified persons and with | 24 |
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soil and water conservation districts. The guidelines | 25 |
| developed may be
revised from time to time as necessary.
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| (9) To promote among its members the management of marginal |
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| agricultural
and other rural lands for forestry, consistent | 2 |
| with the goals and purposes
of the "Illinois Forestry | 3 |
| Development Act".
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| Nothing in this Act shall authorize the Department or any | 5 |
| district to
regulate
or control point source discharges to | 6 |
| waters.
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| (10) To make grants subject to annual appropriation from | 8 |
| the the Build Illinois Bond Fund or any other sources,
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| including the federal government, to Soil and Water | 10 |
| Conservation Districts
and the Natural Resources Conservation | 11 |
| Service. After a grant amount has been determined for a Soil | 12 |
| and Water Conservation District or the Natural Resources | 13 |
| Conservation Service, but not fully expended, that amount may, | 14 |
| upon consultation with the Soil and Water Conservation District | 15 |
| or the Natural Resources Conservation Council, be reduced by an | 16 |
| amount less than the amount that remains unexpended, in order | 17 |
| to make supplemental grants to a different Soil and Water | 18 |
| Conservation District or to the Natural Resources Conservation | 19 |
| Service
Soil Conservation Service .
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| (11) To provide payment for outstanding health care costs | 21 |
| of Soil and
Water
Conservation District employees incurred | 22 |
| between January 1, 1996 and December
31, 1996
that were | 23 |
| eligible
for
reimbursement from the District's insurance | 24 |
| carrier, Midcontinent Medical
Benefit Trust, but have not been | 25 |
| paid to date by Midcontinent. All
claims
shall be filed with
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| the Department on or before January 30, 1998 to be considered |
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| for payment
under the provisions of this amendatory Act of | 2 |
| 1997. The Department shall
approve or reject claims
based upon | 3 |
| documentation and in accordance with established procedures. | 4 |
| The
authority granted under this item (11) expires on
September | 5 |
| 1, 1998.
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| Nothing in this Act shall authorize the Department in any | 7 |
| district to
regulate or curtail point source discharges to | 8 |
| waters.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
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| (70 ILCS 405/22.03) (from Ch. 5, par. 127.3)
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| Sec. 22.03. Cooperation with other entities.
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| (a) To cooperate, or enter into agreements with, and within | 13 |
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limits of appropriations duly made available to it by law, | 14 |
| to furnish
financial or other aid to, any agency, governmental | 15 |
| or otherwise, or any
owner or occupier of lands within the | 16 |
| district, in the carrying on of
erosion-control and flood | 17 |
| prevention operations within the district,
subject to such | 18 |
| conditions as the directors may deem necessary to advance
the | 19 |
| purposes of this Act.
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| (b) If property is located outside of the district but is | 21 |
| administered within the district for the purpose of U.S. | 22 |
| Department of Agriculture programs, then, for the purpose of | 23 |
| this Section, that property is deemed to be within the | 24 |
| district.
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| (Source: Laws 1955, p. 189.)".
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