103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1701

 

Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Ram Villivalam

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
See Index

    Amends the State Finance Act. Adds uses for which the Partners for Conservation Fund and the Partners for Conservation Projects Fund may be used, and adds amounts that will be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Partners for Conservation Fund until 2033 (rather than ending in 2023). Provides that the Partners for Conservation Fund is eligible to receive grants, gifts, and awards from any public or private entity for the purpose of expanding financial and technical assistance in order to advance nutrient loss reduction efforts within priority watersheds. Amends the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act. Changes the definition of "soil health", and adds other definitions. Creates the Illinois Healthy Soils and Watersheds Initiative to improve the health of soils and the function of watersheds through efforts that support the implementation of the State's Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy, reduce nutrient loss, improve soil and water quality, protect drinking water, increase the resilience of ecosystems to extreme weather events, protect and improve agricultural productivity, and support aquatic and wildlife habitat. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall adopt and revise guidelines to assist soil and water conservation districts in determining local goals and needs for implementing soil health and watershed conservation projects consistent with the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy and, after adoption, water conservation districts shall develop its own goals and needs assessment. Includes provisions about compliance and standards cost sharing, Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy alignment for State-owned, State-managed, and State-leased agricultural lands, and Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy reports. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Section 6z-32 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/6z-32)
7    Sec. 6z-32. Partners for Planning and Conservation.
8    (a) The Partners for Conservation Fund (formerly known as
9the Conservation 2000 Fund) and the Partners for Conservation
10Projects Fund (formerly known as the Conservation 2000
11Projects Fund) are created as special funds in the State
12Treasury. These funds shall be used to establish a
13comprehensive program to protect Illinois' natural resources
14through cooperative partnerships between State government and
15public and private landowners. Moneys in these Funds may be
16used, subject to appropriation, by the Department of Natural
17Resources, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department
18of Agriculture for purposes relating to natural resource
19protection, planning, recreation, tourism, climate resilience,
20and compatible agricultural and economic development
21activities. Without limiting these general purposes, moneys in
22these Funds may be used, subject to appropriation, for the
23following specific purposes:

 

 

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1        (1) To foster sustainable agriculture practices and
2    control soil erosion, sedimentation, and nutrient loss
3    from farmland, including grants to Soil and Water
4    Conservation Districts for conservation practice
5    cost-share grants and for personnel, educational, and
6    administrative expenses.
7        (2) To establish and protect a system of ecosystems in
8    public and private ownership through conservation
9    easements, incentives to public and private landowners,
10    natural resource restoration and preservation, water
11    quality protection and improvement, land use and watershed
12    planning, technical assistance and grants, and land
13    acquisition provided these mechanisms are all voluntary on
14    the part of the landowner and do not involve the use of
15    eminent domain.
16        (3) To develop a systematic and long-term program to
17    effectively measure and monitor natural resources and
18    ecological conditions through investments in technology
19    and involvement of scientific experts.
20        (4) To initiate strategies to enhance, use, and
21    maintain Illinois' inland lakes through education,
22    technical assistance, research, and financial incentives.
23        (5) To partner with private landowners and with units
24    of State, federal, and local government and with
25    not-for-profit organizations in order to integrate State
26    and federal programs with Illinois' natural resource

 

 

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1    protection and restoration efforts and to meet
2    requirements to obtain federal and other funds for
3    conservation or protection of natural resources.
4        (6) To implement the State's Nutrient Loss Reduction
5    Strategy, including, but not limited to, funding the
6    resources needed to support the Strategy's Policy Working
7    Group, cover water quality monitoring in support of
8    Strategy implementation, prepare a biennial report on the
9    progress made on the Strategy every 2 years, and provide
10    cost share funding for nutrient capture projects.
11        (7) To provide capacity grants to support soil and
12    water conservation districts, including, but not limited
13    to, developing soil health plans, conducting soil health
14    assessments, peer-to-peer training, convening
15    producer-led dialogues, professional development and
16    travel stipends for meetings and educational events.
17        (8) To develop guidelines and local goals and needs
18    assessments for advancing the goals of the Nutrient Loss
19    Reduction Strategy and protecting soil and watershed
20    health.
21        (9) To implement a crop insurance premium discount
22    program for practices that improve soil health.
23        (10) To incorporate climate science into the Nutrient
24    Loss Reduction Strategy science assessment, planning, and
25    scenario development to assess where climate resilience
26    planning may support conservation goals and protect

 

 

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1    conservation gains in order to safeguard soil health,
2    water quality, and the long-term resilience of the
3    agricultural sector while reducing susceptibility to
4    flooding and other extreme weather events. This effort
5    includes collaboration with the Illinois State
6    Climatologist and may also include the Federal Emergency
7    Management Agency, the USDA climate initiatives, the
8    Department of the Interior, the Department of Defense, the
9    Army Corps of Engineers, and other agencies.
10        (11) For capacity grants to support soil and water
11    conservation districts, including, but not limited to,
12    developing soil health plans and conducting soil health
13    assessments, peer-to-peer training, convening
14    producer-led dialogues, professional development,
15    training, travel stipends for meetings and educational,
16    events, and developing pilot projects within priority
17    watersheds.
18        (12) For the Department of Agriculture, Illinois
19    Environmental Protection Agency, and University of
20    Illinois Extension to engage the Serve Illinois Commission
21    and the federal Corporation for National and Community
22    Service to develop a Healthy Soils and Watersheds
23    AmeriCorps program in support of soil and water
24    conservation districts and local governments. This
25    includes the recruitment, interview, and selection of
26    members in a nonpartisan, nonpolitical and

 

 

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1    nondiscriminatory manner consistent with applicable
2    federal and State statutes. Members shall support efforts
3    to enhance local planning and capacity to achieve the
4    Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy goals and improve the
5    delivery of State and federal conservation programs.
6    (b) The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall
7automatically transfer on the last day of each month,
8beginning on September 30, 1995 and ending on June 30, 2033
92023, from the General Revenue Fund to the Partners for
10Conservation Fund, an amount equal to 1/10 of the amount set
11forth below in fiscal year 1996 and an amount equal to 1/12 of
12the amount set forth below in each of the other specified
13fiscal years:
14Fiscal Year Amount
151996$ 3,500,000
161997$ 9,000,000
171998$10,000,000
181999$11,000,000
192000$12,500,000
202001 through 2004$14,000,000
212005 $7,000,000
222006 $11,000,000
232007 $0
242008 through 2011 $14,000,000
252012 $12,200,000
262013 through 2017 $14,000,000

 

 

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12018 $1,500,000
22019 $14,000,000
32020 $7,500,000
42021 through 2023 $14,000,000
52024 $18,135,000
62025 $19,900,000
72026 $23,025,000
82027 $25,665,000
92028 $25,680,000
102029 through 2033 $25,695,000
11    (c) The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall
12automatically transfer on the last day of each month beginning
13on July 31, 2021 and ending June 30, 2022, from the
14Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund to the
15Partners for Conservation Fund, an amount equal to 1/12 of
16$4,135,000.
17    (c-1) The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall
18automatically transfer on the last day of each month beginning
19on July 31, 2022 and ending June 30, 2023, from the
20Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund to the
21Partners for Conservation Fund, an amount equal to 1/12 of
22$5,900,000.
23    (d) There shall be deposited into the Partners for
24Conservation Projects Fund such bond proceeds and other moneys
25as may, from time to time, be provided by law.
26    (e) The Partners for Conservation Fund is eligible to

 

 

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1receive grants, gifts, and awards from any public or private
2entity for the purpose of expanding financial and technical
3assistance in order to advance nutrient loss reduction efforts
4within priority watersheds.
5(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21;
6102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)
 
7    Section 10. The Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act
8is amended by adding Sections 3.24, 3.25, 3.26, 3.27, 3.28,
922.03a, 22.03b, 22.03c, 22.03d, 22.03e, 22.03f, and 22.03g as
10follows:
 
11    (70 ILCS 405/3.24 new)
12    Sec. 3.24. "Healthy soils practices" means systems of
13agricultural, forestry, and land management practices that:
14        (1) improve the health of soils, including, but not
15    limited to, consideration of depth of topsoil horizons,
16    water infiltration rate, water-holding capacity, organic
17    matter content, biologically accessible nutrient content,
18    bulk density, biological activity, and biological and
19    microbiological diversity;
20        (2) follow the principles of: minimizing soil
21    disturbance and external inputs; keeping soil covered;
22    maximizing biodiversity; diversifying crop rotations;
23    maximizing presence of living roots; integrating animals
24    and insects into land management, including grazing

 

 

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1    animals, birds, beneficial insects, or keystone species,
2    such as earthworms; and incorporating the context of local
3    conditions in decision-making, including, for example,
4    soil type, topography, and time of year; and
5        (3) include practices such as conservation tillage or
6    no-till, cover-cropping, perennialization of highly
7    erodible land, precision nitrogen and phosphorus
8    application, managed grazing, integrated crop-livestock
9    systems, silvopasture, agroforestry, perennial crops,
10    integrated pest management, nutrient best management
11    practices, invasive species removal and the planting of
12    native species and those practices recommended by the
13    United States Department of Agriculture's "Natural
14    Resources Conservation Service - Field Office Technical
15    Guide".
 
16    (70 ILCS 405/3.25 new)
17    Sec. 3.25. "Soil health assessment" means a suite of
18soil-health-indicator measures, including, but not limited to,
19soil organic matter, soil structure, infiltration and bulk
20density, water-holding capacity, microbial biomass, and soil
21respiration.
 
22    (70 ILCS 405/3.26 new)
23    Sec. 3.26. "Initiative" means the Illinois Healthy Soils
24and Watersheds Initiative.
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 405/3.27 new)
2    Sec. 3.27. "Healthy watershed" means the continued
3capacity of a surface and groundwater ecosystem to function as
4a vital living ecosystem that is resilient to drought and
5storm events and that sustains humans, plants, and animals.
6"Healthy watershed" includes watersheds that provide public
7and private benefits, including, but not limited to, improved
8water cycle, water quality, drinking water security,
9recreation and tourism, stormwater management, flood
10mitigation, habitat resilience, and crop risk.
 
11    (70 ILCS 405/3.28 new)
12    Sec. 3.28. "Healthy soil" means the continuing capacity of
13a soil to function as a vital, living biological system that
14sustains plants, animals, and humans, increases soil organic
15matter, improves soil structure and water-and nutrient-holding
16capacity and nutrient cycling, enhances water infiltration and
17filtration capability, promotes water quality, and results in
18net long-term ecological benefits. "Healthy soil" includes
19soil that hosts a diversity of beneficial organisms, grow
20vigorous crops, enhance agricultural resilience, including the
21ability of crops and livestock to tolerate and recover from
22drought, temperature extremes, extreme precipitation events,
23pests, diseases, and other stresses, break down harmful
24chemicals, and help convert organic residues into stable soil

 

 

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1organic matter and retaining nutrients, especially nitrogen
2and phosphorus.
 
3    (70 ILCS 405/22.03a new)
4    Sec. 22.03a. Illinois Healthy Soils and Watersheds
5Initiative.
6    (a) The Illinois Healthy Soils and Watersheds Initiative
7is created. It is the purpose of the Initiative to improve the
8health of soils and the function of watersheds through efforts
9that support the implementation of the Nutrient Loss Reduction
10Strategy, reduce nutrient loss, improve soil and water
11quality, protect drinking water, increase the resilience of
12ecosystems to extreme weather events, protect and improve
13agricultural productivity, and support aquatic and wildlife
14habitat.
15    The Initiative shall be administered by the Director of
16Agriculture with consultation from soil and water conservation
17districts, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the
18Department of Natural Resources, and the University of
19Illinois Extension Program. The Department shall create
20guidelines and guidance to assist soil and water conservation
21districts in developing goals and needs assessments in order
22to identify desired capacity and funding levels and establish
23regular, measurable, cost-effective, and technically
24achievable goals to advance voluntary and incentive-based
25strategies that improve healthy soils and watersheds and

 

 

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1reduce nutrient loss. These assessments shall be used to
2identify opportunities to access and leverage financial and
3technical assistance from local, State, and federal sources to
4guide resources to their best potential use.
5    The Initiative shall complement and improve coordination
6of existing resources and processes, such as those underway
7through the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy, the erosion and
8sediment control program, stormwater financial assistance
9program, those described by Section 6z-32 of the State Finance
10Act, and shall not replace existing, local, State, private, or
11federal funding or technical assistance programs. The
12Department shall report on progress of the Initiative as a
13component of biennial reporting for the Illinois Nutrient Loss
14Reduction Strategy described in this Act.
15    The Initiative shall promote voluntary and incentive-based
16conservation efforts. No part of this Section shall be used to
17impose mandates or require practice adoption.
 
18    (70 ILCS 405/22.03b new)
19    Sec. 22.03b. Guidelines for goals and needs assessment.
20The Department shall adopt and revise guidelines to assist
21soil and water conservation districts in determining local
22goals and needs for implementing soil health and watershed
23conservation projects consistent with the Nutrient Loss
24Reduction Strategy.
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1conservation districts in determining local goals and needs
2for project implementation to accomplish the goals of the
3Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy, the Department shall
4consider:
5        (1) the relevant physical and geological features of
6    individual watersheds and drainage basins of the State,
7    including, but not limited to, data relating to land use
8    and land use activities, soil type, hydrology, geology,
9    waterbody characteristics, stream buffers, and built
10    infrastructure;
11        (2) the presence of a nonpoint source priority
12    watershed as identified in the Nutrient Loss Reduction
13    Strategy science assessment;
14        (3) watershed-scale information about current and
15    future climate projections and expected impacts from
16    climate change regarding streamflow, soil health, and
17    other factors that would exasperate nutrient loss as well
18    as increased additional risks related to flooding, water
19    quality impairments, and other impacts to the ecosystem
20    function and biological diversity;
21        (4) previously established goals and deadlines within
22    local watershed-based plans, total maximum daily load
23    allocation plans, water quality implementation plans,
24    stormwater plans, soil health plans, or nutrient
25    assessment and reduction plans;
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1    adoption, consistent with the Nutrient Loss Reduction
2    Strategy-approved practices list determined by the
3    Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy science committee.
4    Guidance should also be provided to districts to meet USDA
5    Natural Resource Conservation Service determined
6    conservation practice standards or Illinois Urban Manual
7    Practice Standards;
8        (6) information regarding beginning, socially
9    disadvantaged, and veteran farmers and ranchers, as well
10    as disadvantaged communities;
11        (7) availability of State, federal, and private
12    financial and technical assistance programs to soil and
13    water conservation districts, local governments, and
14    conservation partners to implement the Nutrient Loss
15    Reduction Strategy projects; and
16        (8) opportunities for evaluating results-based
17    practices utilizing tools, such as the U.S. Department of
18    Agriculture's revised universal soil loss equation, that
19    model environmental outcomes at the field, county,
20    watershed, or State level.
21    The information collected through the development of the
22guidelines shall be summarized and provided to the soil and
23water conservation districts to inform the development of
24local goals and needs assessments.
25    Initial guidelines shall be completed and provided to soil
26and water conservation districts by December 31 of each year

 

 

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1and shall include the grant agreement for the Soil and Water
2Conservation District Grants Program as well as outlining the
3funding resource support contained within the grant agreement
4to better inform the development of local goals and needs
5assessments.
 
6    (70 ILCS 405/22.03c new)
7    Sec. 22.03c. Local goals and needs assessment. Upon the
8adoption of guidelines described in Section 22.03b, each soil
9and water conservation district shall develop its own goals
10and needs assessment to guide implementation of the Nutrient
11Loss Reduction Strategy through voluntary and incentive-based
12strategies. The goals and needs assessment shall be
13technically feasible, economically reasonable, and consistent
14with the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy.
15    The Department shall provide a template to the districts
16for the local goals and needs assessment, including the
17required information listed in this Section as well as
18information regarding available data and support materials
19collected as the guidance information listed in Section 25.
20    Each district is encouraged to collaborate with other
21local governmental entities and local stakeholders in
22developing and implementing its goals and needs assessment.
23Each district shall use the guidelines provided by the
24Department in developing its goals and needs assessment.
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1assist in the preparation of the district's goals and needs
2assessment. Districts may also work collaboratively to
3establish joint plans to leverage existing capacity and
4resources most effectively.
5    To carry out its assessment, a district shall identify
6conservation activities consistent with the Nutrient Loss
7Reduction Strategy-approved practices for various types of
8soils and land uses. The assessment shall include planned
9activities for maximizing the benefit of conservation
10activities to reduce nutrient losses, promote healthy soil and
11watersheds, and support the viability of the agricultural
12sector.
13    The goals and needs assessment must consider opportunities
14to access, leverage, and use State and federal resources
15within a specific soil and water conservation district service
16area.
17    Soil and water conservation districts may also convene
18producer-led dialogues to identify special initiatives or
19pilot projects to leverage additional resources and implement
20projects at scale across multiple operations and land
21ownerships. These efforts should seek to leverage funding and
22resources from local, State, federal, and private entities.
23    These efforts may be coordinated with research and pilot
24projects directed by the Nutrient Research and Education
25Council.
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1water conservation district shall:
2        (1) evaluate existing assets, such as current
3    practices, current cropping systems, crop processing and
4    market infrastructure, riparian buffers, wetlands, public
5    lands, funding, education, research and peer-to-peer
6    training opportunities, and existing partnerships;
7        (2) consider the eligible funding categories available
8    through the Partners for Conservation Fund and the
9    district's ability to advance healthy soils practices
10    consistent with Natural Resource Conservation Service soil
11    health principles and the Nutrient Loss Reduction
12    Strategy-approved practices list within a soil and water
13    conservation district service area;
14        (3) determine vulnerabilities, such as runoff risk,
15    riparian function, stormwater, floodplains and stream
16    impairments, and observed and predicted impacts from
17    climate change, especially to socially disadvantaged
18    farmers, ranchers, and communities;
19        (4) identify opportunities to conduct outreach to
20    agricultural producers and landowners and to develop
21    individual soil health plans as well as other
22    beneficiaries of nutrient loss reduction efforts;
23        (5) establish goals for achieving measurable outcomes
24    for nutrient loss reduction, soil and watershed health,
25    and farmer viability through voluntary and incentive-based
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1    support beginning, socially disadvantaged, and veteran
2    farmers as well as small and mid-scale farmers;
3        (6) estimate 2-year funding levels needed from State,
4    federal and private sources in order to achieve goals; and
5        (7) identify opportunities to develop partnerships and
6    leverage resources from local governments, utilities,
7    State and federal agencies, and private entities.
8    The Department shall identify shared goals and priorities
9between districts and shall assist in developing partnerships
10and shared funding approaches to maximize capacity and
11resources. This may include, but is not limited to, supporting
12the development of applications to the U.S. Department of
13Agriculture's Regional Conservation Partnership Program and
14Conservation Innovation Grant Programs. Initial goals and
15needs assessments shall be submitted to the Department by
16December 31, 2024.
 
17    (70 ILCS 405/22.03d new)
18    Sec. 22.03d. Compliance and standards; cost sharing. To be
19eligible to receive State cost-share support after January 1,
202024, soil and water conservation districts shall have an
21updated goals and needs assessment.
22    The Department shall update its rules and procedures for
23cost-share funding to be inclusive of all relevant Nutrient
24Loss Reduction Strategy-approved practices promoting the rapid
25adoption of cost-effective and technically feasible projects.

 

 

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1Updates to the rules and procedures for State cost-share
2programs shall also address barriers to access experienced by
3beginning, socially disadvantaged, and veteran farmers.
4    The Department may require results-based practices,
5consistent with the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy-approved
6practice list, or the assessments of the environmental
7outcomes of projects, at the field or county level, as a
8condition of cost-share funding.
 
9    (70 ILCS 405/22.03e new)
10    Sec. 22.03e. Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy alignment
11for State-owned, State-managed, and State-leased agricultural
12lands. State agencies, including, but not limited to, the
13Department of Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture,
14Department of Transportation, and each public university, as
15that term is defined in Section 5 of the Credit for Prior
16Learning Act, shall evaluate existing soil health practices on
17agricultural lands that are owned and managed by the State or
18leased from the State, and update management plans, contracts,
19or other resources to support the rapid adoption of
20cost-effective and technically feasible practices identified
21within the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy-approved practice
22list.
 
23    (70 ILCS 405/22.03f new)
24    Sec. 22.03f. Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Reports.

 

 

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1Every 2 years, beginning in 2023, the Department, in
2consultation with the Department of Natural Resources, the
3University of Illinois Extension Program, and the Illinois
4Environmental Protection Agency, shall produce a Nutrient Loss
5Reduction Strategy Report that shall inform the agencies and
6lawmakers of the current state of nutrient loss within
7Illinois, progress toward achieving nutrient loss reduction
8targets as outlined in the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy,
9and make recommendations for accelerating the implementation
10of practices that would reduce overall nutrient loads into the
11waters of this State. The report shall include, but is not
12limited to, the following information:
13        (1) An executive summary outlining the findings and
14    recommendations of the report.
15        (2) A scientific assessment of the total nutrient
16    loads for phosphorus and nitrogen and load reduction
17    scenarios for both point sources and nonpoint sources.
18        (3) An assessment of the impacts and risks from
19    climate change and extreme weather for advancing the goals
20    of the strategy as well as opportunities for adaptive
21    management.
22        (4) Identification of priority watersheds and
23    potential impacts from nutrient loss to disadvantaged
24    communities, including impacts to drinking water systems
25    and costs to community services.
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1    loss such as natural infrastructure projects such as
2    wetland restoration, riparian buffer zones, and
3    reforestation.
4        (6) A summary of guidelines for determining local
5    goals and needs for advancing the Nutrient Loss Reduction
6    Strategy priorities.
7        (7) A summary of local goals and needs provided by the
8    soil and water conservation districts.
9        (8) A summary of activities by local governments,
10    utilities, and waste management facilities to implement
11    nutrient management practices as it relates to wastewater
12    treatment, stormwater management, and drainage.
13        (9) Opportunities to improve collaboration among
14    State, federal, and private stakeholders.
15        (10) Policy and funding recommendations to advance
16    goals and priorities sufficient to achieve the interim
17    goal of reducing, by 2025, loads of nitrate-nitrogen by
18    15% and total phosphorus by 25% and the long-term goal of
19    reducing loads from Illinois for total phosphorus and
20    total nitrogen each by 45%.
 
21    (70 ILCS 405/22.03g new)
22    Sec. 22.03g. Report delivery. The Department of
23Agriculture shall submit copies of completed reports under
24Sections 22.03a and 22.03f to the Governor, the President of
25the Senate, and the Speaker of the House. In addition, copies

 

 

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1shall be submitted to the House Agriculture and Conservation
2Committee, the House Energy and Environment Committee, the
3Senate Agriculture Committee, and the Senate Environment and
4Conservation Committee.
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    30 ILCS 105/6z-32
4    70 ILCS 405/3.24 new
5    70 ILCS 405/3.25 new
6    70 ILCS 405/3.26 new
7    70 ILCS 405/3.27 new
8    70 ILCS 405/3.28 new
9    70 ILCS 405/22.03a new
10    70 ILCS 405/22.03b new
11    70 ILCS 405/22.03c new
12    70 ILCS 405/22.03d new
13    70 ILCS 405/22.03e new
14    70 ILCS 405/22.03f new
15    70 ILCS 405/22.03g new