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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 1-15 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 801/1-15)
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| Sec. 1-15. General powers and duties.
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| (a) It shall be the duty of the Department to investigate |
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| practical
problems, implement studies, conduct research and |
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| provide assistance,
information and data relating to the |
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| technology and administration of
the natural history, |
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| entomology, zoology, and botany of this State; the geology
and |
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| natural resources of this State; the water and atmospheric |
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| resources of
this State; and the archeological and cultural |
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| history of this State.
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| (b) The Department (i) shall obtain, store, and process |
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| relevant
data; recommend technological, administrative, and |
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| legislative changes and
developments; cooperate with other |
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| federal, state, and local governmental
research agencies, |
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| facilities, or institutes in the selection of projects
for |
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| study; cooperate with the Board of Higher Education and with |
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| the public
and private colleges and universities in this State |
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| in developing relevant
interdisciplinary approaches to |
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| problems; and evaluate curricula at all
levels
of education and |
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| provide assistance to instructors and (ii) may
sponsor an
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| annual
conference of leaders in government, industry, health, |
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| and education to
evaluate the state of this State's environment |
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| and natural resources.
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| (c) The Director, in accordance with the Personnel Code, |
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| shall employ
such personnel, provide such facilities, and |
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| contract for such outside services
as may be necessary to carry |
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| out the purposes of the Department. Maximum use
shall be made |
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| of existing federal and state agencies, facilities, and |
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| personnel
in conducting research under this Act.
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| (d) In addition to its other powers, the Department has the |
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| following
powers:
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| (1) To obtain, store, process, and provide data and |
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| information
related to the powers and duties of the |
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| Department under this Act.
This subdivision (d)(1) does not |
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| give authority to the Department to
require reports from |
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| nongovernmental sources or entities.
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| (2) To cooperate with and support the Illinois Science
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| and Technology Advisory
Committee and the Illinois |
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| Coalition for the purpose of facilitating the
effective |
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| operations and activities of such entities. Support may |
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| include,
but need not be limited to, providing space for |
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| the operations of the
Committee and the Illinois Coalition.
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| (e) The Department is authorized to make grants to local |
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| not-for-profit
organizations for the purposes of development, |
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| maintenance and study of
wetland areas.
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| (f) The Department has the authority to accept, receive and |
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| administer
on behalf of the State any gifts, bequests, |
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| donations, income from property
rental and endowments. Any such |
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| funds received by the Department shall be
deposited into the |
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| Natural Resources Fund, a special fund which is hereby
created |
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| in the State treasury, and used for the purposes of this Act |
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| or,
when appropriate, for such purposes and under such |
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| restrictions, terms and
conditions as are predetermined by the |
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| donor or grantor of such funds or
property. Any accrued |
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| interest from money deposited into the Natural
Resources Fund |
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| shall be reinvested into the Fund and used in the same
manner |
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| as the principal. The Director shall maintain records which |
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| account
for and assure that restricted funds or property are |
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| disbursed or used
pursuant to the restrictions, terms or |
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| conditions of the donor.
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| (g) The Department shall recognize, preserve, and promote |
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| our special
heritage of recreational hunting and trapping by |
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| providing opportunities to
hunt and trap in accordance with the |
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| Wildlife Code.
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| (h) No license, permit, or other fee imposed or collected |
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| by the Department, and no related federal funds received by the |
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| State for the use of the Department, shall be used for any |
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| purpose other than the administration of the Department or the |
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| implementation and enforcement of its policies and programs or |
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| any purpose not in compliance with the federal funding |