Full Text of HB1295 096th General Assembly
HB1295 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB1295
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. John D. Cavaletto - Jim Watson - David Reis - Ron Stephens SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Natural Resources Congress Act. Creates the Natural Resource Congress in order to protect, conserve, and appropriately use the natural resources of the State; to ensure that opportunities are available for the enjoyment of natural resources; and to enhance the quality of life of all of the present and future citizens of Illinois. Creates the Natural Resources Council, a committee comprised of the Directors of certain natural resource related State agencies. Requires the Natural Resources Congress to make certain recommendations to the Natural Resources Council. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning conservation.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Natural Resources Congress Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Natural Resources Congress. | 7 |
| (a) There is established the Natural Resources Congress. | 8 |
| The purposes of the Congress are to propose and advocate | 9 |
| actions that can be taken by elected and appointed officials to | 10 |
| protect, conserve, and appropriately use the natural resources | 11 |
| of the State; to ensure that opportunities are available for | 12 |
| the enjoyment of natural resources; and to enhance the quality | 13 |
| of life of all of the present and future citizens of Illinois.
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| (b) The Natural Resources Congress shall recommend to the | 15 |
| Natural Resources Council long-range goals, strategies, and | 16 |
| programs that would balance the protection and use of the | 17 |
| natural resources of Illinois while protecting private | 18 |
| property rights and ensuring a sustainable, economically | 19 |
| viable agriculture and business climate.
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| (c) The Natural Resources Congress shall be composed of | 21 |
| representatives of organizations in Illinois, including but | 22 |
| not limited to not-for-profit entities, businesses, or other | 23 |
| entities, whose goals and actions are to provide consistency, |
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| clarity, and coherence to present and future policies, | 2 |
| programs, and strategies affecting Illinois' water and land | 3 |
| resources. Members of the Congress shall serve without | 4 |
| compensation or reimbursement for expenses.
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| (d) The Natural Resources Congress shall establish | 6 |
| operating bylaws that ensure each member has a voting right on | 7 |
| the bylaws and on any recommendation that is forwarded by the | 8 |
| Natural Resources Congress to the Natural Resources Council. It | 9 |
| shall take a two-thirds vote of the members of the Natural | 10 |
| Resources Congress to approve the bylaws and recommendations to | 11 |
| the Natural Resources Council. A copy of the bylaws shall be | 12 |
| filed with the Natural Resources Council. Recommendations | 13 |
| submitted to the Natural Resources Council shall detail the | 14 |
| goal and impact of those recommendations on recreation, natural | 15 |
| resources, the State's economy, agriculture and business, and | 16 |
| property rights.
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| (e) The Department of Natural Resources shall organize, | 18 |
| convene, and provide staff support for the Natural Resources | 19 |
| Congress. Caucuses shall be held in each of the 5 | 20 |
| administrative regions of the Department of Natural Resources. | 21 |
| Seventy delegates shall be elected to represent regional | 22 |
| interests at the Department of Natural Resources Congress, and | 23 |
| 48 groups shall be invited by the Director of the Department of | 24 |
| Natural Resources to name a delegate to represent that group's | 25 |
| interests at the Natural Resources Congress, for a total of 118 | 26 |
| delegates.
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| (f) The Natural Resources Congress shall convene, at a | 2 |
| minimum, once every 3 years after its initial meeting, and it | 3 |
| must submit its initial recommendations to the Natural | 4 |
| Resources Council by December 31, 2009.
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| Section 10. Natural Resources Council. | 6 |
| (a) There is created a Natural Resources Council comprised | 7 |
| of the Director or Secretary of each of the following State | 8 |
| agencies: the Department of Agriculture, the Department of | 9 |
| Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Department of Natural | 10 |
| Resources, the Department of Transportation, the Illinois | 11 |
| Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Public | 12 |
| Health, and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
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| (b) The Council shall meet as necessary to receive and | 14 |
| evaluate recommendations from the Natural Resources Congress | 15 |
| and take appropriate action. Members of the Natural Resources | 16 |
| Council may provide in-kind services to the Natural Resources | 17 |
| Congress.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 |
| becoming law.
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