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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 6z-32 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 105/6z-32)
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7 | Sec. 6z-32. Partners for Planning and Conservation.
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8 | (a) The Partners for Conservation Fund (formerly known as | ||||||
9 | the Conservation 2000 Fund) and the Partners for
Conservation | ||||||
10 | Projects Fund (formerly known as the Conservation 2000 Projects | ||||||
11 | Fund) are
created as special funds in the State Treasury. These | ||||||
12 | funds
shall be used to establish a comprehensive program to | ||||||
13 | protect Illinois' natural
resources through cooperative | ||||||
14 | partnerships between State government and public
and private | ||||||
15 | landowners. Moneys in these Funds may be
used, subject to | ||||||
16 | appropriation, by the Department of Natural Resources, | ||||||
17 | Environmental Protection Agency, and the
Department of | ||||||
18 | Agriculture for purposes relating to natural resource | ||||||
19 | protection,
planning, recreation, tourism, and compatible | ||||||
20 | agricultural and economic development
activities. Without | ||||||
21 | limiting these general purposes, moneys in these Funds may
be | ||||||
22 | used, subject to appropriation, for the following specific | ||||||
23 | purposes:
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1 | (1) To foster sustainable agriculture practices and | ||||||
2 | control soil erosion
and sedimentation, including grants | ||||||
3 | to Soil and Water Conservation Districts
for conservation | ||||||
4 | practice cost-share grants , which may include cost-share | ||||||
5 | grants to livestock operations for water quality | ||||||
6 | protection and improvement, and for Soil and Water | ||||||
7 | Conservation District personnel, educational, and
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8 | administrative expenses.
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9 | (2) To establish and protect a system of ecosystems in | ||||||
10 | public and private
ownership through conservation | ||||||
11 | easements, incentives to public and private
landowners, | ||||||
12 | natural resource restoration and preservation, water | ||||||
13 | quality protection and improvement, land use and watershed | ||||||
14 | planning, technical assistance and grants, and
land | ||||||
15 | acquisition provided these mechanisms are all voluntary on | ||||||
16 | the part of the
landowner and do not involve the use of | ||||||
17 | eminent domain.
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18 | (3) To develop a systematic and long-term program to | ||||||
19 | effectively measure
and monitor natural resources and | ||||||
20 | ecological conditions through investments in
technology | ||||||
21 | and involvement of scientific experts.
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22 | (4) To initiate strategies to enhance, use, and | ||||||
23 | maintain Illinois' inland
lakes through education, | ||||||
24 | technical assistance, research, and financial
incentives.
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25 | (5) To partner with private landowners and with units | ||||||
26 | of State, federal, and local government and with |
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1 | not-for-profit organizations in order to integrate State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | and federal programs with Illinois' natural resource | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | protection and restoration efforts and to meet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | requirements to obtain federal and other funds for | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | conservation or protection of natural resources.
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6 | (b) The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | automatically transfer
on the last day of each month, beginning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | on September 30, 1995 and ending on
June 30, 2021,
from the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | General Revenue Fund to the Partners for Conservation
Fund,
an
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10 | amount equal to 1/10 of the amount set forth below in fiscal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | year 1996 and
an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount set forth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | below in each of the other
specified fiscal years:
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24 | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | contrary and in addition to any other transfers that may be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | provided for by law, on the last day of each month beginning on |
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1 | July 31, 2006 and ending on June 30, 2007, or as soon | ||||||
2 | thereafter as may be practical, the State Comptroller shall | ||||||
3 | direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000 from | ||||||
4 | the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Fund to the | ||||||
5 | Conservation 2000 Fund.
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6 | (d) There shall be deposited into the Partners for
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7 | Conservation Projects Fund such
bond proceeds and other moneys | ||||||
8 | as may, from time to time, be provided by law.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-139, | ||||||
10 | eff. 1-1-08.)
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
12 | 2010.
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