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1 AN ACT regarding forestry development and assistance.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Urban and Community Forestry Assistance
5 Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 735/6) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9306)
7 Sec. 6. Grants; sources and amounts. Urban/Community
8 Forestry Assistance Grants shall be made available from
9 appropriations from the General Revenue Fund, Illinois
10 Forestry Development Fund, or other sources as appropriated
11 by the General Assembly. The grants shall be limited to
12 projects for which the applicant will provide at least 50% of
13 the cost. A single grant to a unit of local government shall
14 not exceed 5% of the amount allocated for the grant program
15 by the Department in the current fiscal year. The
16 Department shall seek and obtain the advice of the Forestry
17 Development Council with respect to awarding grants under
18 this Section.
19 In the event that any of the municipality's contribution
20 to the payment of the cost of the program is to be made by
21 contribution of in kind service, the application shall set
22 forth in detail how such contribution will be made.
23 Units of local government may delegate program
24 administration, including the receipt and expenditure of
25 funds, to special boards by ordinance.
26 (Source: P.A. 89-172, eff. 1-1-96.)
27 Section 10. The Illinois Forestry Development Act is
28 amended by re-enacting and changing Section 6a as follows:
29 (525 ILCS 15/6a) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9106a)
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1 (This Section had an internal repeal date of 12-31-98.
2 Public Act 90-809, which became law and took effect on that
3 date, replaced 12-31-98 with 12-31-2008.)
4 Sec. 6a. Illinois Forestry Development Council.
5 (a) The Illinois Forestry Development Council is hereby
6 re-created by this amendatory Act of the 91st General
7 Assembly.
8 (b) The Council shall consist of 24 members appointed as
9 follows:
10 (1) four members of the General Assembly, one
11 appointed by the President of the Senate, one appointed
12 by the Senate Minority Leader, one appointed by the
13 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one
14 appointed by the House Minority Leader;
15 (2) one member appointed by the Governor to
16 represent the Governor;
17 (3) the Directors of the Departments of Natural
18 Resources, Agriculture, and Commerce and Community
19 Affairs, the Executive Director of the Illinois Farm
20 Development Authority, and the Director of the Office of
21 Rural Affairs, or their designees;
22 (4) the chairman of the Department of Forestry or a
23 forestry academician, appointed by the Dean of
24 Agriculture at Southern Illinois University at
25 Carbondale;
26 (5) the head of the Department of Natural Resources
27 and Environmental Sciences or a forestry academician,
28 appointed by the Dean of Agriculture at the University of
29 Illinois;
30 (6) two members, appointed by the Governor, who
31 shall be private timber growers;
32 (7) one member, appointed by the president of the
33 Illinois Wood Products Association, who shall be involved
34 in primary forestry industry;
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1 (8) one member, appointed by the president of the
2 Illinois Wood Products Association, who shall be involved
3 in secondary forestry industry;
4 (9) one member who is actively involved in
5 environmental issues, appointed by the Governor;
6 (10) the president of the Association of Illinois
7 Soil and Water Conservation Districts;
8 (11) two persons who are actively engaged in
9 farming, appointed by the Governor;
10 (12) one member, appointed by the Governor, whose
11 primary area of expertise is urban forestry;
12 (13) one member appointed by the President of the
13 Illinois Arborists Association;
14 (14) the Supervisor of the Shawnee National Forest
15 and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural
16 Resource Conservation Service's State Conservationist, ex
17 officio, or their designees.
18 (c) Members of the Council shall serve without
19 compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses
20 incurred in the performance of their duties which are not
21 otherwise reimbursed.
22 (d) The Council shall select from its membership a
23 chairperson and such other officers as it considers
24 necessary.
25 (e) Other individuals, agencies and organizations may be
26 invited to participate as deemed advisable by the Council.
27 (f) The Council shall study and evaluate the forestry
28 resources and forestry industry of Illinois. The Council
29 shall:
30 (1) determine the magnitude, nature and extent of
31 the State's forestry resources;
32 (2) determine current uses and project future
33 demand for forest products, services and benefits in
34 Illinois;
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1 (3) determine and evaluate the ownership
2 characteristics of the State's forests, the motives for
3 forest ownership and the success of incentives necessary
4 to stimulate development of forest resources;
5 (4) determine the economic development and
6 management opportunities that could result from
7 improvements in local and regional forest product
8 marketing and from the establishment of new or additional
9 wood-related businesses in Illinois;
10 (5) confer with and offer assistance to the
11 Illinois Farm Development Authority relating to its
12 implementation of forest industry assistance programs
13 authorized by the Illinois Farm Development Act;
14 (6) determine the opportunities for increasing
15 employment and economic growth through development of
16 forest resources;
17 (7) determine the effect of current governmental
18 policies and regulations on the management of woodlands
19 and the location of wood products markets;
20 (8) determine the staffing and funding needs for
21 forestry and other conservation programs to support and
22 enhance forest resources development;
23 (9) determine the needs of forestry education
24 programs in this State;
25 (10) confer with and offer assistance to the
26 Department of Natural Resources relating to the
27 implementation of urban forestry assistance grants
28 pursuant to the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance
29 Act; and
30 (11) determine soil and water conservation benefits
31 and wildlife habitat enhancement opportunities that can
32 be promoted through approved forestry management plans.
33 (g) The Council shall report (i) its findings and
34 recommendations for future State action and (ii) its
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1 evaluation of Urban/Community Forestry Assistance Grants to
2 the General Assembly no later than July 1 of each year.
3 (h) This Section 6a is repealed December 31, 2008.
4 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96;
5 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-809, eff. 12-31-98.)
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.
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