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90_HB2906
20 ILCS 205/40.42
505 ILCS 45/8 from Ch. 5, par. 248
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the
County Cooperative Extension Law. Provides that the State
may make an annual appropriation from the Agriculture Premium
Fund or from any other source of funding available to provide
matching funds and general support for cooperative extension
programs. Adjusts the amounts that may be appropriated to
counties for Cooperative Extension Service programs according
to the Consumer Price Index. Effective July 1, 1998.
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1 AN ACT concerning funds for the county cooperative
2 extension services, amending named Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by changing Section 40.42 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 205/40.42)
8 Sec. 40.42. State Cooperative Extension Service Trust
9 Fund. The Department of Agriculture shall deposit into the
10 State Cooperative Extension Service Trust Fund, a trust fund
11 created outside the State treasury and held by the State
12 Treasurer as custodian, all funds appropriated to the
13 Department as matching funds and for the purpose of general
14 support for to support cooperative extension programs as
15 provided in the County Cooperative Extension Law. At the
16 direction of the Treasurer of the University of Illinois, the
17 Director of Agriculture shall direct the State Treasurer and
18 the State Comptroller to transfer the trust funds to the
19 University of Illinois as provided under Section 8(d) of the
20 County Cooperative Extension Law. The Department shall not
21 have responsibility for or control over the cooperative
22 extension service or its programs because of this trust fund.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-691, eff. 12-31-96.)
24 Section 10. The County Cooperative Extension Law is
25 amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
26 (505 ILCS 45/8) (from Ch. 5, par. 248)
27 Sec. 8. County extension education funds.
28 (a) The county governing board shall annually consider
29 the total budget certified by the county or multi-county
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1 extension board in order to consider the total funds needed
2 for Cooperative Extension Service programs in the county. The
3 county governing board may appropriate and pay 75%, then
4 beginning on July 1, 1979, 70%, then beginning on July 1,
5 1980, 65%, then beginning on July 1, 1981, 60%, then
6 beginning on July 1, 1982, 55% and then beginning on July 1,
7 1983 and continuing thereafter, 50%, of the total so
8 determined from the general corporate fund or other available
9 funds or from an existing extension education tax of the
10 county for the extension educational program in the county or
11 multi-county group of which it is a part, provided that the
12 amount so appropriated shall not exceed $54,400 $25,200 in
13 counties of less than 10,000 inhabitants, $61,200 $28,350 in
14 counties of 10,000 or more but less than 20,000 inhabitants,
15 $68,000 $31,500 in counties of 20,000 or more but less than
16 30,000 inhabitants, $91,000 $42,000 in counties of 30,000 or
17 more but less than 50,000 inhabitants, $117,000 $54,000 in
18 counties of 50,000 or more but less than 100,000 inhabitants,
19 $156,000 $72,000 in counties of 100,000 or more but less than
20 250,000 inhabitants, $233,000 $108,000 in counties of 250,000
21 or more but less than 500,000 inhabitants, $311,000 $144,000
22 in counties of 500,000 or more but less than 1,000,000
23 inhabitants and $583,000 $270,000 in counties of 1,000,000 or
24 more inhabitants. The amount to be so appropriated by the
25 county governing board may be reduced by the total of any
26 private gifts or grants specifically made to support the
27 county extension programs included in such determination, and
28 may also be reduced by the fair market value of office space
29 furnished the Cooperative Extension Service by the county
30 governing board, provided it is suitable for extension needs
31 and meets the housing standards adopted by the Cooperative
32 Extension Service.
33 In order to provide matching funds, which shall not
34 exceed an amount equal to 50% of the funds needed as provided
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1 herein, and funds for the purpose of general support to
2 counties for Cooperative Extension programs the State will
3 recognize those needs and may make an annual appropriation
4 from the Agricultural Premium Fund or any other source of
5 funding available, in an amount equal to 50% of the total
6 funds needed as provided herein.
7 On or before October 15 of each year, the director of
8 extension of the University of Illinois shall forward to the
9 Director of Agriculture, the Governor, the Speaker of the
10 House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of
11 Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the
12 Minority Leader of the Senate, a report of the determinations
13 made by the various county governing boards of the total
14 funds needed for Cooperative Extension Service programs in
15 the respective counties. The State matching funds and funds
16 for the purpose of general support shall be included in an
17 appropriation request by the Department of Agriculture for
18 the next State fiscal year. That request shall be separate
19 and apart from the operating appropriation request for the
20 Department of Agriculture. The funds so appropriated by the
21 State to the Department of Agriculture shall be deposited
22 into the State Cooperative Extension Service Trust Fund and
23 transferred as provided in Section 8 (d) of this Act. The
24 Department of Agriculture shall have no responsibility for or
25 control over the cooperative extension service or its
26 programs.
27 All funds provided pursuant to this Act may be used for
28 operations or facilities.
29 (b) If sufficient funds are not available from the
30 general corporate fund or if sums greater than the maximum
31 listed above are needed for the county's share of the
32 extension education program, the county governing board shall
33 have the power to increase by not more than .05 per cent,
34 with approval by referendum, the maximum rate at which it
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1 levies, or can levy, taxes for general county purposes. Such
2 additional rate shall not be included within any statutory
3 limitation or rate or amount for other county purposes and
4 shall be in addition thereto.
5 Any county that under this Cooperative Extension Law has
6 approved a rate by referendum prior to the effective date of
7 this amendment, shall have authority to continue such tax as
8 approved, but may use the provisions of this subsection as
9 amended provided that another referendum must be held if the
10 rate desired is greater than the rate previously approved.
11 (c) Upon approval by resolution the county board shall
12 certify the resolution and the question of the adoption of a
13 levy sufficient to produce the sums determined by the county
14 board to the proper election officials, who shall submit the
15 question to the electors of the county at an election in
16 accordance with the general election law. No such levy shall
17 be made until the adoption by majority vote of the electors
18 voting on the proposition.
19 (d) Funds received from local sources and funds
20 appropriated by the county governing board or the State for
21 the county extension education program in any county shall be
22 paid over to the University of Illinois.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-691, eff. 12-31-96.)
24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
25 July 1, 1998.