Public Act 096-1160
 
HB6317 EnrolledLRB096 20960 RCE 36799 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources
(Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
is amended by adding Section 805-550 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 805/805-550 new)
    Sec. 805-550. Reinstatement fee.
    (a) The Department may assess a fee of up to $1,000 for the
reinstatement of revoked licenses, permits, registrations, and
other privileges that it administers in the exercise of its
powers and duties under Illinois law.
    (b) Revenues generated from the reinstatement of State park
privileges shall be deposited into the State Parks Fund.
Revenues generated from the reinstatement of hunting, fishing,
trapping, ginseng, falconry, wildlife rehabilitation, and
outfitter licenses or privileges shall be deposited into the
Wildlife and Fish Fund. Revenues generated from the
reinstatement of boating and snowmobile privileges shall be
deposited into the State Boating Act Fund. Revenues generated
from the reinstatement of forestry purchasing privileges shall
be deposited into the Illinois Forestry Development Fund. Other
revenues generated from the reinstatement of a license, permit,
registration, or other privilege shall be deposited into the
State fund in which the fee for that privilege is deposited.
The Comptroller shall maintain a separate accounting of the
moneys deposited under this subsection.
    (c) Moneys deposited under subsection (b) shall be used by
the Department, subject to appropriation, for the following
purposes:
        (1) 85% of the moneys shall be used for the purchase of
    law enforcement vehicles for use by the Department's Office
    of Law Enforcement.
        (2) 15% of the moneys shall be used for the promotion
    of safety education by the Department's Office of Strategic
    Services.
 
    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Sections 8.11 and 8.25c as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 105/8.11)  (from Ch. 127, par. 144.11)
    Sec. 8.11. Except as otherwise provided in this Section,
appropriations from the State Parks Fund shall be made only to
the Department of Natural Resources and shall, except for the
additional moneys deposited under Section 805-550 of the
Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois, be used only for the
maintenance, development, operation, control and acquisition
of State parks.
    Revenues derived from the Illinois and Michigan Canal from
the sale of Canal lands, lease of Canal lands, Canal
concessions, and other Canal activities, which have been placed
in the State Parks Fund may be appropriated to the Department
of Natural Resources for that Department to use, either
independently or in cooperation with any Department or Agency
of the Federal or State Government or any political subdivision
thereof for the development and management of the Canal and its
adjacent lands as outlined in the master plan for such
development and management.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
 
    (30 ILCS 105/8.25c)  (from Ch. 127, par. 144.25c)
    Sec. 8.25c. (a) Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and
continuing through the third quarter of fiscal year 1993, the
State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State
Treasurer shall transfer from the Illinois Beach Marina Fund
(now known as the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina
Fund) to the General Revenue Fund 50% of the revenue deposited
into the Illinois Beach Marina Fund. Beginning in the fourth
quarter of fiscal year 1993 and thereafter until the sum of
$31,200,000 is paid to the General Revenue Fund, the State
Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer
shall transfer from the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach
Marina Fund (formerly known as the Illinois Beach Marina Fund)
to the General Revenue Fund 35% of revenue deposited into the
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina Fund (formerly
known as the Illinois Beach Marina Fund) in any fiscal year. In
addition, beginning in fiscal year 1991 and thereafter until
the sum of $8,000,000 is paid to the State Boating Act Fund the
State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State
Treasurer shall transfer from the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
Illinois Beach Marina Fund (formerly known as the Illinois
Beach Marina Fund) to the State Boating Act Fund 15% of the
revenue deposited into the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach
Marina Fund (formerly known as the Illinois Beach Marina Fund).
Beginning in fiscal year 1992, the transfers from the Adeline
Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina Fund (formerly known as the
Illinois Beach Marina Fund) to the State Boating Act Fund shall
be made only at the direction of and in the amount authorized
by the Department of Natural Resources. Moneys transferred
under authorization of this Section to the State Boating Act
Fund in fiscal year 1992 before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1991 may be transferred to the Illinois Beach
Marina Fund (now known as the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois
Beach Marina Fund) at the direction of the Department of
Natural Resources. The transfers required under this Section
shall be made within 30 days after the end of each quarter
based on the State Comptroller's record of receipts for the
quarter. The initial transfers shall be made within 30 days
after June 30, 1990 based on revenues received in the preceding
quarter. Additional transfers in excess of the limits
established under this Section may be authorized by the
Department of Natural Resources for accelerated payback of the
amount due.
    (b) The Department may, subject to appropriations by the
General Assembly, use moneys monies in the Adeline Jay
Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina Fund (formerly known as the
Illinois Beach Marina Fund) to pay for operation, maintenance,
repairs, or improvements to the marina project; provided,
however, that payment of the amounts due under the terms of
subsection (a) shall have priority on all moneys monies
deposited in this Fund.
    (c) Moneys Monies on deposit in excess of that needed for
payments to the General Revenue Fund and the State Boating Act
Fund and in excess of those moneys monies needed for the
operation, maintenance, repairs, or improvements to the
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina as determined by
the Department of Natural Resources may be transferred at the
discretion of the Department to the State Parks Fund.
(Source: P.A. 94-1042, eff. 7-24-06; 95-522, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
    Section 15. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
changing Section 1-230 as follows:
 
    (515 ILCS 5/1-230)  (from Ch. 56, par. 1-230)
    Sec. 1-230. Wildlife and Fish Fund; disposition of money
received. All fees, fines, income of whatever kind or nature
derived from hunting and fishing activities on lands, waters,
or both under the jurisdiction or control of the Department,
and all penalties collected under this Code shall be deposited
into the State Treasury and shall be set apart in a special
fund to be known as the Wildlife and Fish Fund; except that
fees derived solely from the sale of salmon stamps, income from
art contests for the salmon stamp, including income from the
sale of reprints, and gifts, donations, grants, and bequests of
money for the conservation and propagation of salmon shall be
deposited into the State Treasury and set apart in the special
fund to be known as the Salmon Fund; and except that fees
derived solely from the sale of state migratory waterfowl
stamps, and gifts, donations, grants and bequests of money for
the conservation and propagation of waterfowl, shall be
deposited into the State Treasury and set apart in the special
fund to be known as the State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund.
All interest that accrues from moneys in the Wildlife and Fish
Fund, the Salmon Fund, and the State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp
Fund shall be retained in those funds respectively. Except for
the additional moneys deposited under Section 805-550 of the
Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois, appropriations Appropriations
from the Wildlife and Fish Fund shall be made only to the
Department for the carrying out of the powers and functions
vested by law in the Department for the administration and
management of fish and wildlife resources of this State for
such activities as (i) the purchase of land for fish
hatcheries, wildlife refuges, preserves, and public shooting
and fishing grounds; (ii) the purchase and distribution of wild
birds, the eggs of wild birds, and wild mammals; (iii) the
rescuing, restoring and distributing of fish; (iv) the
maintenance of wildlife refuges or preserves, public shooting
grounds, public fishing grounds, and fish hatcheries; and (v)
the feeding and care of wild birds, wild mammals, and fish.
Appropriations from the Salmon Fund shall be made only to the
Department to be used solely for the conservation and
propagation of salmon, including construction, operation, and
maintenance of a cold water hatchery, and for payment of the
costs of printing salmon stamps, the expenses incurred in
acquiring salmon stamp designs, and the expenses of producing
reprints.
    Appropriations from the State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp
Fund shall be made only to the Department to be used solely for
the following purposes:
        (a) 50% of funds derived from the sale of State
    migratory waterfowl stamps and 100% of all gifts,
    donations, grants, and bequests of money for the
    conservation and propagation of waterfowl for projects
    approved by the Department shall be used for the purpose of
    attracting waterfowl and improving public migratory
    waterfowl areas within the State. These projects may
    include the repair, maintenance, and operation of these
    areas only in emergencies as determined by the State Duck
    Stamp Committee; but none of the moneys spent within the
    State shall be used for administrative expenses.
        (b) 50% of funds derived from the sale of State
    migratory waterfowl stamps shall be turned over by the
    Department to appropriate non-profit organizations for the
    development of waterfowl propagation areas within the
    Dominion of Canada or the United States that specifically
    provide waterfowl for the Mississippi Flyway. Before
    turning over any moneys from the State Migratory Waterfowl
    Stamp Fund, the Department shall obtain evidence that the
    project is acceptable to the appropriate governmental
    agency of the Dominion of Canada or the United States or of
    one of its Provinces or States having jurisdiction over the
    lands and waters affected by the project and shall consult
    those agencies and the State Duck Stamp Committee for
    approval before allocating funds.
(Source: P.A. 95-853, eff. 8-18-08.)
 
    Section 20. The Illinois Forestry Development Act is
amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
 
    (525 ILCS 15/7)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9107)
    Sec. 7. The Illinois Forestry Development Fund, a special
fund in the State Treasury, is hereby created. The Department
of Natural Resources shall pay into the Fund all fees and fines
collected from timber buyers and landowners and operators
pursuant to the "Timber Buyers Licensing Act", and the "Forest
Products Transportation Act", all gifts, contributions,
bequests, grants, donations, transfers, appropriations and all
other revenues and receipts resulting from forestry programs,
forest product sales, and operations of facilities not
otherwise directed by State law and shall, except for the
additional moneys deposited under Section 805-550 of the
Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois, pay such moneys monies
appropriated from the Fund to timber growers for implementation
of acceptable forest management practices as provided in
Section 5 of this Act. Moneys Monies may be appropriated from
the Fund for the expenses of the Illinois Forestry Development
Council. Ordinary operating expenses of the Forest Resources
Division of the Department, for the administration and
implementation of this Act, the development and implementation
of a wood industry marketing, development and promotions
program and other programs beneficial to advancing forests and
forestry in this State, as deemed appropriate by the General
Assembly, may be appropriated from this fund to the extent such
appropriations preserve the receipts to the Fund derived from
Section 9a of the "Timber Buyers Licensing Act".
(Source: P.A. 96-217, eff. 8-10-09; 96-545, eff. 8-17-09.)
 
    Section 25. The Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act is
amended by changing Section 9-1 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 40/9-1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 609-1)
    Sec. 9-1. Special fund. Except as provided in Section 9-2,
all revenues received under this Act, including registration
fees, fines, bond forfeitures or other income of whatever kind
or nature shall be deposited in the State Treasury in "The
State Boating Act Fund". Except for the additional moneys
deposited under Section 805-550 of the Department of Natural
Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code
of Illinois, appropriations Appropriations of revenue received
as a result of this Act from "The State Boating Act Fund" shall
be made only to the Department for administering the
registration of snowmobiles, snowmobile safety, snowmobile
safety education and enforcement provisions of this Act or for
any purpose related or connected thereto, including the
construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of snowmobile
recreation areas or any other facilities for the use of
snowmobiles, including plans and specifications, engineering
surveys and supervision and land acquisition where necessary,
and including the disbursement of funds to political
subdivisions upon written application to and subsequent
approval by the Department for construction, maintenance, and
rehabilitation of snowmobile recreation areas or any other
facilities for the use of snowmobiles, including plans and
specifications, engineering surveys and supervision and land
acquisition where necessary.
(Source: P.A. 82-195.)