SB2750sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Michael Noland

Filed: 4/11/2008

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2750

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2750 by replacing the everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.708 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.708 new)

Sec. 5.708. The Maritime and Underwater Rescue Teams Fund.

Section 10. The Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended by changing Sections 3-2 and 10-1 as follows:

(625 ILCS 45/3-2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 313-2)

Sec. 3-2. Identification number application. The owner of each watercraft requiring numbering by this State shall file an application for number with the Department on forms approved by it. The application shall be signed by the owner of the watercraft and shall be accompanied by a fee as follows:

Upon receipt of the application in approved form, and when satisfied that no tax imposed pursuant to the "Municipal Use Tax Act" or the "County Use Tax Act" is owed, or that such tax has been paid, the Department shall enter the same upon the records of its office and issue to the applicant a certificate of number stating the number awarded to the watercraft and the name and address of the owner.

For the fee paid for each application under this Section, each transfer-renewal under Section 3-5, and each renewal under Section 3-9, 90% of the fee shall be deposited into the Maritime and Underwater Rescue Teams Fund, a special fund that is created in the State treasury. Moneys in the Maritime and Underwater Rescue Teams Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, for the purpose of establishing, training, equipping, and operating maritime and underwater rescue teams in fire departments and other government-sponsored rescue organizations throughout the State. The remaining 10% shall be deposited into the State Boating Act Fund and shall be used by the Department of Natural Resources, subject to appropriation, for operational expenses in administering the Act.

(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03; 94-45, eff. 1-1-06.)

(625 ILCS 45/10-1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 320-1)

Sec. 10-1. Special fund. All revenue received under the provisions of this Act, including registration fees, fines, or other income of any kind or nature, shall be deposited in the State Treasury and shall be set apart in a special fund to be known as the State Boating Act Fund, except as otherwise provided in Section 3-2 and except that revenue from fines resulting from citations written by a county sheriff or his deputy shall be deposited in a county fund in the county where the citation was written. Appropriations from the State Boating Act Fund, excepting those revenues received as a result of the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act, shall be made to the Department, and shall be used for the expenses of the Department in administering the registration, boat safety, boat safety education, and enforcement provisions of this Act or for any purpose related or incident thereto and connected therewith, including the construction and improvement of boating facilities, such as access areas, launching sites, harbor facilities, lakes, and marinas, including plans and specifications, engineering surveys, and supervision and land acquisition where necessary. In addition to the foregoing, appropriations from the State Boating Act Fund, other than revenues received as a result of the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act, may be made to the Department of Natural Resources to pay operational expenses for recreational boating facilities at McHenry Lock and Dam in McHenry County and Sinnissippi Dam in Whiteside County.

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)".