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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1280 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that conservation practice cost-share grants from the Partners for Conservation Fund may be made to livestock operations for water quality protection and improvement. Authorizes moneys in the Fund also to be used to partner with conservation land trusts in order to integrate State and federal programs with Illinois' natural resource protection and restoration efforts and to meet requirements to obtain federal and other funds for conservation or protection of natural resources. Also makes technical changes. Effective July 1, 2011.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning finance.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 6z-32 as follows:
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| 6 | | (30 ILCS 105/6z-32)
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| 7 | | Sec. 6z-32. Partners for Planning and Conservation.
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| 8 | | (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
and private |
| 15 | | landowners. Moneys in these Funds may be
used, subject to |
| 16 | | appropriation, by the Department of Natural Resources, the |
| 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
be |
| 22 | | used, subject to appropriation, for the following specific |
| 23 | | purposes:
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| 1 | | (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 include cost-share |
| 5 | | grants to livestock operations for water quality |
| 6 | | protection and improvement, and for Soil and Water |
| 7 | | Conservation District personnel, educational, and
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| 8 | | administrative expenses.
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| 9 | | (2) To establish and protect a system of ecosystems in |
| 10 | | public and private
ownership through conservation |
| 11 | | easements, incentives to public and private
landowners, |
| 12 | | natural resource restoration and preservation, water |
| 13 | | quality protection and improvement, land use and watershed |
| 14 | | planning, technical assistance and grants, and
land |
| 15 | | acquisition, provided these mechanisms are all voluntary |
| 16 | | on the part of the
landowner and do not involve the use of |
| 17 | | eminent domain.
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| 18 | | (3) To develop a systematic and long-term program to |
| 19 | | effectively measure
and monitor natural resources and |
| 20 | | ecological conditions through investments in
technology |
| 21 | | and involvement of scientific experts.
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| 22 | | (4) To initiate strategies to enhance, use, and |
| 23 | | maintain Illinois' inland
lakes through education, |
| 24 | | technical assistance, research, and financial
incentives.
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| 25 | | (5) To partner with private landowners; conservation |
| 26 | | land trusts; and with units of State, federal, and local |
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| 1 | | government; and with not-for-profit organizations in order |
| 2 | | to integrate State and federal programs with Illinois' |
| 3 | | natural resource protection and restoration efforts and to |
| 4 | | meet requirements to obtain federal and other funds for |
| 5 | | conservation or protection of natural resources.
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| 6 | | (b) The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall |
| 7 | | automatically transfer
on the last day of each month, beginning |
| 8 | | on September 30, 1995 and ending on
June 30, 2021,
from the |
| 9 | | General Revenue Fund to the Partners for Conservation
Fund,
an
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| 10 | | amount equal to 1/10 of the amount set forth below in fiscal |
| 11 | | year 1996 and
an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount set forth |
| 12 | | below in each of the other
specified fiscal years:
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| 13 | | Fiscal Year |
Amount |
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| 14 | | 1996 |
$ 3,500,000 |
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| 15 | | 1997 |
$ 9,000,000 |
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| 16 | | 1998 |
$10,000,000 |
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| 17 | | 1999 |
$11,000,000 |
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| 18 | | 2000 |
$12,500,000 |
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| 19 | | 2001 through 2004 |
$14,000,000 |
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| 20 | | 2005
| $7,000,000 | |
| 21 | | 2006
| $11,000,000
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| 22 | | 2007
| $0
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| 23 | | 2008 through 2021........................
| $14,000,000
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| 24 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the |
| 25 | | contrary and in addition to any other transfers that may be |
| 26 | | provided for by law, on the last day of each month beginning on |
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| 1 | | July 31, 2006 and ending on June 30, 2007, or as soon |
| 2 | | thereafter as may be practical, the State Comptroller shall |
| 3 | | direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000 from |
| 4 | | the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Fund to the |
| 5 | | Conservation 2000 Fund.
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| 6 | | (d) There shall be deposited into the Partners for
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| 7 | | Conservation Projects Fund such
bond proceeds and other moneys |
| 8 | | as may, from time to time, be provided by law.
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| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-139, |
| 10 | | eff. 1-1-08.)
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| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
| 12 | | 2011.
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