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1 AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of
2 Illinois.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Community
6 Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
7 amended by changing Section 605-75 as follows:
8 (20 ILCS 605/605-75)
9 Sec. 605-75. Keep Illinois Beautiful.
10 (a) There is created the Keep Illinois Beautiful Program
11 Advisory Board consisting of 7 members appointed by the
12 Director of Commerce and Community Affairs Governor with the
13 advice and consent of the Senate. Of those 7, 4 shall be
14 appointed from a list of at least 10 names submitted by the
15 boards of directors from the various certified community
16 programs. Each certified community program may submit only
17 one recommendation to be considered by the Director Governor.
18 The Director of Commerce and Community Affairs Lieutenant
19 Governor or his or her designee shall be a member and serve
20 as Chairman, except that (i) when Section 6 of Article V of
21 the Illinois Constitution is operative the officer next in
22 line of succession shall serve as Chairman and (ii) until
23 January 11, 1999, while the office of Lieutenant Governor is
24 otherwise vacant, the powers and duties of the Lieutenant
25 Governor under this Section shall be carried out as provided
26 in Section 67.35 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
27 (renumbered; now Section 405-500 of the Department of Central
28 Management Services Law, 20 ILCS 405/405-500). The Board
29 shall meet at least annually quarterly at the discretion of
30 the Chairman and at such other times as the Chairman or any 4
31 members consider necessary. Four members shall constitute a
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1 quorum.
2 (b) The purpose of the Board shall be to assist local
3 governments and community organizations in:
4 (1) Educating the public about the need for
5 recycling and reducing solid waste.
6 (2) Promoting the establishment of recycling and
7 programs that reduce litter and other solid waste through
8 re-use and diversion.
9 (3) Developing local markets for recycled products.
10 (4) Cooperating with other State agencies and with
11 local governments having environmental responsibilities.
12 (5) Seeking funding from governmental and
13 non-governmental sources.
14 (c) The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
15 Lieutenant Governor shall employ and fix the salary of a
16 Statewide coordinator who, to the extent possible, shall
17 assist local governments and community organizations that
18 plan to implement programs set forth in subsection (b). The
19 Department Board shall establish guidelines for the
20 certification by the Board of local governments and community
21 organizations. The guidelines shall be approved by a
22 majority of the members of the Board.
23 The Department Statewide coordinator may encourage local
24 governments and community organizations to apply for
25 certification of programs by the Board. However, the
26 Department Statewide coordinator shall give equal
27 consideration to newly certified programs and older certified
28 programs.
29 The Statewide coordinator shall submit proposed programs
30 to the Board. The Board shall approve program proposals by a
31 majority vote of the quorum present. In no event shall the
32 Board veto a program by a vote of fewer than 4 members. A
33 vetoed proposal may be resubmitted to the Board by the
34 Statewide coordinator after necessary changes in the proposal
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1 have been made.
2 (d) The Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund is created as a
3 special fund in the State treasury. Moneys from any public
4 or private source may be deposited into the Keep Illinois
5 Beautiful Fund. Moneys in the Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund
6 shall be appropriated only for the purposes of this Section.
7 Pursuant to action by the Board, the Department of Commerce
8 and Community Affairs Lieutenant Governor may authorize
9 grants from moneys appropriated from the Keep Illinois
10 Beautiful Fund for certified community based programs for up
11 to 50% of the cash needs of the program; provided, that at
12 least 50% of the needs of the program shall be contributed to
13 the program in cash, and not in kind, by local sources.
14 Moneys appropriated for certified community based
15 programs in municipalities of more than 1,000,000 population
16 shall be itemized separately and may not be disbursed to any
17 other community.
18 (e) On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
19 91st General Assembly, the Lieutenant Governor shall transfer
20 to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, and the
21 Department shall receive, all assets and property possessed
22 by the Lieutenant Governor under this Section and all
23 liabilities and obligations for which the Lieutenant Governor
24 was responsible under this Section. Nothing in this
25 subsection affects the validity of certifications and grants
26 issued under this Section before the effective date of this
27 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
28 (Source: P.A. 90-609, eff. 6-30-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
30 1, 2000.
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