$HB6455eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AN ACT making appropriations.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

ARTICLE 1

Section 95. The sum of $3,114,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Professions Dedicated Fund to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for all costs associated with the development, support or administration of pharmacy practice educational or training programs at institutions of higher education within the State of Illinois.

Section 145. The sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for the establishment and operation of an Illinois Center for Nursing.

ARTICLE 2

Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS

For Refunds...................................... 500,000

Total $500,000

Section 25. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

BUREAU OF TOURISM

OPERATIONS

For administrative and grant expenses

associated with statewide tourism promotion

and development, including prior year costs... 5,536,500

For Advertising and Promotion of Tourism

Throughout Illinois Under Subsection (2)

of Section 4a of the Illinois Promotion Act.. 12,578,700

For Advertising and Promotion of Illinois

Tourism in International Markets.............. 2,740,500

For Illinois State Fair Ethnic

Village Expenses................................. 61,000

Total $24,386,900

Section 30. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

BUREAU OF TOURISM

Payable from Tourism Promotion Fund:

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative

Expenses Associated with the Development

Of the Illinois Grape and Wine Industry,

Including Prior Year Costs...................... 150,000

Payable from the International Tourism Fund:

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative

Expenses Associated with the International

Tourism Program pursuant to 20 ILCS

605/605-707, Including Prior Year Costs....... 7,275,950

Section 35. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

Payable from the Tourism Promotion Fund:

For the Tourism Matching Grant Program

Pursuant to 20 ILCS 665/8-1 for

Counties under 1,000,000..................... 1,203,400

For the Tourism Matching Grant Program

Pursuant to 20 ILCS 665/8-1 for

Counties over 1,000,000......................... 721,600

For the Tourism Attraction Development

Grant Program Pursuant to 20 ILCS 665/8a...... 2,064,600

For Purposes Pursuant to the Illinois

Promotion Act, 20 ILCS 665/4a-1 to

Match Funds from Sources in the Private

Sector.......................................... 660,000

For Grants to Regional Tourism

Development Organizations....................... 792,000

Total $5,441,600

The Department, with the consent in writing from the Governor, may reapportion not more than ten percent of the total appropriation of Tourism Promotion Fund, in Section 35 above, among the various purposes therein recommended.

Payable from Local Tourism Fund:

For grants to Convention and Tourism Bureaus--

Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau........ 2,438,810

Chicago Office of Tourism..................... 2,072,290

Balance of State.............................. 9,017,580

For grants, contracts, and administrative

expenses associated with the

Local Tourism and Convention Bureau

Program pursuant to 20 ILCS 605/605-705

including prior year costs...................... 308,000

Total $13,836,680

Section 40. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

BUREAU OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

GRANTS-IN-AID

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

For grants to community non-profit

agencies or organizations for the

operation of a statewide network of

outreach services for veterans, as

provided for in the Veteran’s

Employment Act.................................. 769,400

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative

Expenses associated with the Employment

Opportunities Grant Program pursuant

to 20 ILCS 605/605-812, including

prior year costs.............................. 6,250,000

Total $7,019,400

Payable from the Federal Workforce Training Fund:

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative

Expenses Associated with the Workforce

Investment Act and other workforce

training programs, including refunds

and prior year costs........................ 275,000,000

Section 45. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

BUREAU OF TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS

For Other Expenses of the Occupational

Safety and Health Administration Program........ 451,000

Total $451,000

Section 50. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

BUREAU OF TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS

GRANTS-IN-AID

Payable from General Revenue Fund:

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative

Expenses of the Employer Training Investment

Program pursuant but not limited to 20 ILCS

605/605-800, and 20 ILCS 605/605-802,

including Prior Year Costs................... 12,492,600

For Grants and Administrative Expenses

Pursuant to the High Technology School-

to-Work Act, Including Prior Year

Costs........................................... 942,200

Illinois Technology Enterprise Corporation Program:

For Grants, Contracts and

Administrative Expenses for

programs that assist technology-

based entrepreneurs, innovators,

and other entities, including

prior year costs................................ 435,800

For grants, investments and contracts

associated with technology initiatives.......... 750,000

Total $14,560,600

Payable from the Workforce, Technology, and Economic

Development Fund:

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative

Expenses Pursuant to 20 ILCS 605/

605-420, including prior year costs........... 3,000,000

Payable from the Digital Divide Elimination Fund:

For the Community Technology Center

Grant Program, Pursuant to 30 ILCS 780,

Including prior year costs.................... 5,500,000

Section 70. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

BUREAU OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

GRANTS-IN-AID

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

For grants, contracts, and administrative

expenses associated with the Bureau of

Homeland Security Market Development,

including prior year costs.................... 1,581,500

For Small Business Development Centers,

Including Prior Year Costs.................... 2,207,500

For grants to Procurement

Technical Assistance Centers,

including prior year costs...................... 524,000

Entrepreneurship Centers:

For grants, investments

contracts, and administrative

expenses associated with the

entrepreneurship programs,

including prior year costs.................... 5,000,000

For grants and administrative expenses

For NAFTA Opportunity Centers................... 202,100

Total $9,215,100

Payable from the Small Business Environmental

Assistance Fund:

For grants and administrative

expenses of the Small Business

Environmental Assistance Program............... 350,000

Payable from the Commerce and Community

Assistance Fund:

For Grants to Small Business Development

Centers, Including Prior Year Costs.......... 3,000,000

For Administration and Grant Expenses

Relating to Small Business Development

Management and Technical Assistance,

Labor Management Programs for New

and Expanding Businesses, and Economic

and Technological Assistance to

Illinois Communities and Units of

Local Government, Including Prior

Year Costs.................................... 3,000,000

For grants, contracts and administrative

expenses of the Procurement Technical

Assistance Center Program, including

prior year costs................................ 500,000

Total $6,850,000

Payable from the Corporate Headquarters

Relocation Assistance Fund:

For Grants Pursuant to the Corporate

Headquarters Relocation Act, including

prior year costs............................. 1,500,000

Payable from the Illinois Capital

Revolving Loan Fund:

For the Purpose of Contracts, Grants,

Loans, Investments and Administrative

Expenses in Accordance with the Provisions

of the Small Business Development

Act pursuant to 30 ILCS 750/9............... 10,500,000

Payable from the Illinois Equity Fund:

For the purpose of Grants, Loans, and

Investments in Accordance with the

Provisions of the Small Business

Development Act............................... 2,500,000

Payable from the Large Business Attraction Fund:

For the purpose of Grants, Loans,

Investments, and Administrative

Expenses in Accordance with Article

10 of the Build Illinois Act.................. 2,500,000

Payable from the Public Infrastructure

Construction Loan Revolving Fund:

For the Purpose of Grants, Loans,

Investments, and Administrative

Expenses in Accordance with Article

8 of the Build Illinois Act.................. 2,900,000

Section 80. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

OFFICE OF COAL DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

GRANTS-IN-AID

Payable from the Coal Technology Development

Assistance Fund:

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative

Expenses Under the Provisions of the

Illinois Coal Technology Development

Assistance Act, Including Prior Years

Costs...................................... 23,856,100

Section 90. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT

OPERATIONS

Payable from General Revenue Fund:

For all costs Associated with New

and Expanding International Markets

to Increase Export and Reverse

Investment Opportunities for Illinois

Business and Industries, Including

Prior Year Costs.............................. 1,722,900

Payable from the International and Promotional Fund:

For Grants, Contracts, Administrative

Expenses, and Refunds Pursuant to

20 ILCS 605/605-25,

Including prior year costs..................... 500,000

Section 95. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

BUREAU OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Payable from Community Development/Small

Cities Block Grant Fund:

For Administrative and Grant Expenses

Relating to Training, Technical

Assistance, and Administration of

the Community Development Assistance

Programs........................................ 500,000

Section 100. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

BUREAU OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

GRANTS-IN-AID

For Administrative and Grant Expenses

Relating to Research, Planning, Technical

Assistance, Technological Assistance and

Other Financial Assistance to Assist

Businesses, Communities, Regions and

Other Economic Development Purposes,

including prior year costs...................... 682,000

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative

Expenses Associated with the

African American Family Commission.............. 250,000

Total $932,000

Payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund:

For the Ordinary and Contingent Expenses

of the Rural Affairs Institute at

Western Illinois University..................... 160,000

Payable from the Federal Moderate Rehabilitation

Housing Fund:

For Housing Assistance Payments

Including Reimbursement of Prior

Year Costs.................................... 1,450,000

Payable from the Community Services

Block Grant Fund:

For Grants to Eligible Recipients

as Defined in the Community

Services Block Grant Act, including

prior year costs ........................... 50,000,000

Payable from the Community Development

Small Cities Block Grant Fund:

For Grants to Local Units of Government

or Other Eligible Recipients as Defined

in the Community Development Act

of 1974, as amended, for Illinois Cities with

Populations Under 50,000, Including

Reimbursements for Costs in Prior Years...... 80,000,000

Section 105. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated

to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

REFUNDS

For refunds to the Federal Government and

other refunds:

Payable from Federal Moderate

Rehabilitation Housing Fund........................250,000

Payable from Community Services

Block Grant Fund...................................170,000

Payable from Community Development/

Small Cities Block Grant Fund .....................300,000

Total $720,000

Section 125. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

ENERGY AND RECYCLING

GRANTS-IN-AID

Payable from the Solid Waste Management Fund:

For Grants, Contracts and Administrative

Expenses Associated with Providing Financial

Assistance for Recycling and Reuse in

Accordance with Section 22.15 of the

Environmental Protection Act, the Illinois

Solid Waste Management Act and the Solid

Waste Planning and Recycling Act,

including prior year costs.................... 9,607,200

Payable from the Alternate Fuels Fund:

For Administration and Grant Expenses

of the Ethanol Fuel Research Program,

Including Prior Year Costs...................... 500,000

Payable from the Renewable Energy Resources Trust Fund:

For Grants, Loans, Investments and

Administrative Expenses of the Renewable

Energy Resources Program, and the

Illinois Renewable Fuels Development

Program, Including Prior Year Costs.......... 20,077,300

Payable from the Energy Efficiency Trust Fund:

For Grants and Administrative Expenses

Relating to Projects that Promote Energy

Efficiency, Including Prior Year Costs........ 3,600,000

Payable from the DCEO Energy Projects Fund:

For Expenses and Grants Connected with

Energy Programs, Including Prior Year

Costs......................................... 4,000,000

Payable from the Federal Energy Fund:

For Expenses and Grants Connected with

the State Energy Program, Including

Prior Year Costs.............................. 3,000,000

Payable from the Petroleum Violation Fund:

For Expenses and Grants Connected with

Energy Programs, Including Prior Year

Costs......................................... 3,000,000

Section 127. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

For a grant associated with the

Brainerd Development Corp..................... 200,000

Section 130. The sum of $4,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the High Speed Internet Services and Information Technology Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for grants and awards for the construction of high-speed data transmission facilities.

ARTICLE 3

Section 5. The sum of $74,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for a grant to the Statewide One-call Notice System, as required in the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act.

Section 10. The sum of $45,900,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Wireless Service Emergency Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for grants to emergency telephone system boards, qualified government entities, or the Department of State Police for the design, implementation, operation, maintenance, or upgrade of wireless 9-1-1 or E9-1-1 emergency services and public safety answering points.

Section 15. The sum of $12,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for reimbursement of wireless carriers for costs incurred in complying with the applicable provisions of Federal Communications Commission wireless enhanced 9-1-1 services mandates and for administrative costs incurred by the Illinois Commerce Commission related to administering the program.

Section 20. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Digital Divide Elimination Infrastructure Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for grants and awards for the construction of high-speed data transmission facilities.

Section 25. The amount of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business on June 30, 2008, from an appropriation heretofore made for such purpose in Article 195, Section 40 of Public Act 95-348, is reappropriated from the Digital Divide Elimination Infrastructure Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for grants and awards for the construction of high-speed data transmission facilities.

Section 30. The sum of $7,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Transportation Regulatory Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for (1) disbursing funds collected for the Single State Insurance Registration Program and/or Unified Carrier Registration System; (2) for refunds for overpayments; and (3) for administrative expenses.

Section 35. The sum of $1,300,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Transportation Regulatory Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for the costs associated with the implementation of Senate Bill 435, the Illinois Commercial Safety Towing Law. This section is operative only if Senate Bill 435 of the 95^th General Assembly becomes law.

Section 40. The sum of $170,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for railroad safety and inspection.

ARTICLE 4

Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Employment Security:

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Grants-In-Aid

Payable from Title III Social Security

and Employment Service Fund:

For Grants....................................... 500,000

For Tort Claims.................................. 715,000

Total $1,215,000

Section 10. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Department of Employment Security, for unemployment compensation benefits, other than benefits provided for in Section 3, to Former State Employees as follows:

TRUST FUND UNIT

Grants-In-Aid

Payable from the Road Fund:

For benefits paid on the basis of wages

paid for insured work for the Department

of Transportation............................ 1,900,000

Payable from the Illinois Mathematics

and Science Academy Income Fund................... 16,700

Payable from Title III Social Security

and Employment Service Fund.................... 1,734,300

Payable from the General Revenue Fund........... 14,242,700

Total $17,893,700

ARTICLE 5

Section 40. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund to the Department of Military Affairs Office of the Adjutant General Division for the issuance of grants to persons or families of persons who are members of the Illinois National Guard or Illinois residents who are members of the armed forces of the United States and who have been called to active duty as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including costs in prior years.

ARTICLE 6

Section 5. The following named amount of $621,300, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Labor for Displaced Homemaker Grants.

ARTICLE 999

Section 999. Effective Date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2008.