90th General Assembly
Summary of HB0424
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House Sponsors:
SLONE-LEITCH-SMITH,MICHAEL-MAUTINO-WINKEL.

Senate Sponsors:
HAWKINSON-SHADID-FITZGERALD-SEVERNS-MADIGAN,R

Short description: 
IL RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act  to  make  a  technical      
   change  in  a provision concerning the Department of Natural Resources      
   having jurisdiction and supervision over rivers and lakes.                  
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          New Act                                                              
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          615 ILCS 5/5                                                         
        Replaces the title and  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.      
   Creates  the  Illinois River Restoration and Conservation Grant Act to      
   establish  the  Illinois  River  Coordinating  Council   which   shall      
   administer,   under   the  oversight  of  the  Department  of  Natural      
   Resources, a grant program to  fund  local  Illinois  River  Watershed      
   management  projects.  Appropriates  $150,000 from the General Revenue      
   Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for the administration  of      
   the Act.                                                                    
          FISCAL NOTE, AMENDED (Dpt. Natural Resources)                        
          No reliable estimate can be made; compensation of members is         
          not clarified. Administrative costs would be dependent upon          
          General Assembly funding.                                            
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-am 1                                   
          In the opinion of DCCA, HB424, as amended by Amendment 1, fails      
          to create a State mandate under the State Mandates Act.              
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                 
        Replaces the title and  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.      
   Creates  the Illinois River Watershed Restoration Act to establish the      
   Illinois  River  Coordinating  Council,  composed  of  the  Lieutenant      
   Governor, State agency leaders, and representatives of  not-for-profit      
   conservation organizations, business, agriculture, recreation, and the      
   environment,  to  encourage  and  coordinate  Illinois River Watershed      
   restoration and management projects. Provides that the Office  of  the      
   Lieutenant  Governor  shall  be  responsible for the operations of the      
   Council.  Effective immediately.                                            
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0120

   Last action date: 97-07-16

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   2     SENATE -   0


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