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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 846
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 846 on page 1,
3 immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
4 "Section 3. The Department of Commerce and Community
5 Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by changing Section 605-75 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 605/605-75)
8 Sec. 605-75. Keep Illinois Beautiful.
9 (a) There is created the Keep Illinois Beautiful Program
10 Advisory Board consisting of 7 members appointed by the
11 Director of Commerce and Community Affairs. Of those 7, 4
12 shall be appointed from a list of at least 10 names submitted
13 by the boards of directors from the various certified
14 community programs. Each certified community program may
15 submit only one recommendation to be considered by the
16 Director. The Director of Commerce and Community Affairs or
17 his or her designee shall be a member and serve as Chairman.
18 The Board shall meet at least annually at the discretion of
19 the Chairman and at such other times as the Chairman or any 4
20 members consider necessary. Four members shall constitute a
21 quorum.
22 (b) The purpose of the Board shall be to assist local
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1 governments and community organizations in:
2 (1) Educating the public about the need for
3 recycling and reducing solid waste.
4 (2) Promoting the establishment of recycling and
5 programs that reduce litter and other solid waste through
6 re-use and diversion.
7 (3) Developing local markets for recycled products.
8 (4) Cooperating with other State agencies and with
9 local governments having environmental responsibilities.
10 (5) Seeking funding from governmental and
11 non-governmental sources.
12 (6) Beautification projects.
13 (c) The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
14 shall assist local governments and community organizations
15 that plan to implement programs set forth in subsection (b).
16 The Department shall establish guidelines for the
17 certification of local governments and community
18 organizations.
19 The Department may encourage local governments and
20 community organizations to apply for certification of
21 programs by the Board. However, the Department shall give
22 equal consideration to newly certified programs and older
23 certified programs.
24 (d) The Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund is created as a
25 special fund in the State treasury. Moneys from any public
26 or private source may be deposited into the Keep Illinois
27 Beautiful Fund. Moneys in the Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund
28 shall be appropriated only for the purposes of this Section.
29 Pursuant to action by the Board, the Department of Commerce
30 and Community Affairs may authorize grants from moneys
31 appropriated from the Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund for
32 certified community based programs for up to 50% of the cash
33 needs of the program; provided, that at least 50% of the
34 needs of the program shall be contributed to the program in
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1 cash, and not in kind, by local sources.
2 Moneys appropriated for certified community based
3 programs in municipalities of more than 1,000,000 population
4 shall be itemized separately and may not be disbursed to any
5 other community.
6 (e) On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
7 91st General Assembly, the Lieutenant Governor shall transfer
8 to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, and the
9 Department shall receive, all assets and property possessed
10 by the Lieutenant Governor under this Section and all
11 liabilities and obligations for which the Lieutenant Governor
12 was responsible under this Section. Nothing in this
13 subsection affects the validity of certifications and grants
14 issued under this Section before the effective date of this
15 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
16 (Source: P.A. 90-609, eff. 6-30-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00;
17 91-853, eff. 7-1-00.)".