Full Text of HB2407 94th General Assembly
HB2407sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Dale A. Righter
Filed: 5/13/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2407
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2407 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 8g as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/8g)
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| Sec. 8g. Fund transfers.
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| (a) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 9 |
| for by law, as
soon as may be practical after the effective | 10 |
| date of this amendatory Act of
the 91st General Assembly, the | 11 |
| State Comptroller shall direct and the State
Treasurer shall | 12 |
| transfer the sum of $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund
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| to the Motor Vehicle License Plate Fund created by Senate Bill | 14 |
| 1028 of the 91st
General Assembly.
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| (b) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 16 |
| for by law, as
soon as may be practical after the effective | 17 |
| date of this amendatory Act of
the 91st General Assembly, the | 18 |
| State Comptroller shall direct and the State
Treasurer shall | 19 |
| transfer the sum of $25,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund
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| to the Fund for Illinois' Future created by Senate Bill 1066 of | 21 |
| the 91st
General Assembly.
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| (c) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 23 |
| for by law,
on August 30 of each fiscal year's license period, | 24 |
| the Illinois Liquor Control
Commission shall direct and the |
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| State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall
transfer from the | 2 |
| General Revenue Fund to the Youth Alcoholism and Substance
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| Abuse Prevention Fund an amount equal to the number of retail | 4 |
| liquor licenses
issued for that fiscal year multiplied by $50.
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| (d) The payments to programs required under subsection (d) | 6 |
| of Section 28.1
of the Horse Racing Act of 1975 shall be made, | 7 |
| pursuant to appropriation, from
the special funds referred to | 8 |
| in the statutes cited in that subsection, rather
than directly | 9 |
| from the General Revenue Fund.
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| Beginning January 1, 2000, on the first day of each month, | 11 |
| or as soon
as may be practical thereafter, the State | 12 |
| Comptroller shall direct and the
State Treasurer shall transfer | 13 |
| from the General Revenue Fund to each of the
special funds from | 14 |
| which payments are to be made under Section 28.1(d) of the
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| Horse Racing Act of 1975 an amount equal to 1/12 of the annual | 16 |
| amount required
for those payments from that special fund, | 17 |
| which annual amount shall not exceed
the annual amount for | 18 |
| those payments from that special fund for the calendar
year | 19 |
| 1998. The special funds to which transfers shall be made under | 20 |
| this
subsection (d) include, but are not necessarily limited | 21 |
| to, the Agricultural
Premium Fund; the Metropolitan Exposition | 22 |
| Auditorium and Office Building Fund;
the Fair and Exposition | 23 |
| Fund; the Standardbred Breeders Fund; the Thoroughbred
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| Breeders Fund; and the Illinois Veterans' Rehabilitation Fund.
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| (d-5) In each of the following fiscal years, the State | 26 |
| Comptroller shall order and the State Treasurer shall transfer | 27 |
| from the General Revenue Fund to the Agricultural Premium Fund | 28 |
| an amount equal to the following percentage of the total | 29 |
| statutory payments required from the Agricultural Premium Fund | 30 |
| for that fiscal year to county fairs under the Agricultural | 31 |
| Fair Act: in fiscal year 2007, 75%; in fiscal year 2008, 80%; | 32 |
| in fiscal year 2009, 85%; in fiscal year 2010, 90%; in fiscal | 33 |
| year 2011, 95%; and in fiscal year 2012 and in each fiscal year | 34 |
| thereafter, 100%. In each of the following fiscal years, the |
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| State Comptroller shall order and the State Treasurer shall | 2 |
| transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Fair and | 3 |
| Exposition Fund an amount equal to the following percentage of | 4 |
| the total statutory payments required from the Fair and | 5 |
| Exposition Fund for that fiscal year to fair and exposition | 6 |
| authorities under the Agricultural Fair Act: in fiscal year | 7 |
| 2007, 75%; in fiscal year 2008, 80%; in fiscal year 2009, 85%; | 8 |
| in fiscal year 2010, 90%; in fiscal year 2011, 95%; and in | 9 |
| fiscal year 2012 and in each fiscal year thereafter, 100%. | 10 |
| Notwithstanding any provision of this Section or of any other | 11 |
| law to the contrary, the total amount transferred in any fiscal | 12 |
| year from the General Revenue Fund to the Agricultural Premium | 13 |
| Fund or the Fair and Exposition Fund shall not exceed the | 14 |
| amount required under this subsection to be transferred in that | 15 |
| fiscal year.
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| (e) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 17 |
| for by law,
as soon as may be practical after the effective | 18 |
| date of this amendatory Act of
the 91st General Assembly, but | 19 |
| in no event later than June 30, 2000, the State
Comptroller | 20 |
| shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of
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| $15,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Fund for | 22 |
| Illinois' Future.
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| (f) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 24 |
| for by law,
as soon as may be practical after the effective | 25 |
| date of this amendatory Act of
the 91st General Assembly, but | 26 |
| in no event later than June 30, 2000, the State
Comptroller | 27 |
| shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of
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| $70,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Long-Term Care | 29 |
| Provider
Fund.
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| (f-1) In fiscal year 2002, in addition to any other | 31 |
| transfers that may
be provided for by law, at the direction of | 32 |
| and upon notification from the
Governor, the State Comptroller | 33 |
| shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
transfer amounts not | 34 |
| exceeding a total of $160,000,000 from the General
Revenue Fund |
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| to the Long-Term Care Provider Fund.
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| (g) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 3 |
| for by law,
on July 1, 2001, or as soon thereafter as may be | 4 |
| practical, the State
Comptroller shall direct and the State | 5 |
| Treasurer shall transfer the sum of
$1,200,000 from the General | 6 |
| Revenue Fund to the Violence Prevention Fund.
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| (h) In each of fiscal years 2002 through 2004, but not
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| thereafter, in
addition to any other transfers that may be | 9 |
| provided for by law, the State
Comptroller shall direct and the | 10 |
| State Treasurer shall transfer $5,000,000
from the General | 11 |
| Revenue Fund to the Tourism Promotion Fund.
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| (i) On or after July 1, 2001 and until May 1, 2002, in | 13 |
| addition to any
other transfers that may be provided for by | 14 |
| law, at the direction of and upon
notification from the | 15 |
| Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the
State | 16 |
| Treasurer shall transfer amounts not exceeding a total of | 17 |
| $80,000,000
from the General Revenue Fund to the Tobacco | 18 |
| Settlement Recovery Fund.
Any amounts so transferred shall be | 19 |
| re-transferred by the State Comptroller
and the State Treasurer | 20 |
| from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the
General | 21 |
| Revenue Fund at the direction of and upon notification from the
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| Governor, but in any event on or before June 30, 2002.
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| (i-1) On or after July 1, 2002 and until May 1, 2003, in | 24 |
| addition to any
other transfers that may be provided for by | 25 |
| law, at the direction of and upon
notification from the | 26 |
| Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the
State | 27 |
| Treasurer shall transfer amounts not exceeding a total of | 28 |
| $80,000,000
from the General Revenue Fund to the Tobacco | 29 |
| Settlement Recovery Fund.
Any amounts so transferred shall be | 30 |
| re-transferred by the State Comptroller
and the State Treasurer | 31 |
| from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the
General | 32 |
| Revenue Fund at the direction of and upon notification from the
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| Governor, but in any event on or before June 30, 2003.
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| (j) On or after July 1, 2001 and no later than June 30, |
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| 2002, in addition to
any other transfers that may be provided | 2 |
| for by law, at the direction of and
upon notification from the | 3 |
| Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the
State | 4 |
| Treasurer shall transfer amounts not to exceed the following | 5 |
| sums into
the Statistical Services Revolving Fund:
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6 | | From the General Revenue Fund ................. |
$8,450,000 |
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7 | | From the Public Utility Fund .................. |
1,700,000 |
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8 | | From the Transportation Regulatory Fund ....... |
2,650,000 |
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9 | | From the Title III Social Security and |
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10 | | Employment Fund .............................. |
3,700,000 |
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11 | | From the Professions Indirect Cost Fund ....... |
4,050,000 |
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12 | | From the Underground Storage Tank Fund ........ |
550,000 |
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13 | | From the Agricultural Premium Fund ............ |
750,000 |
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14 | | From the State Pensions Fund .................. |
200,000 |
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15 | | From the Road Fund ............................ |
2,000,000 |
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16 | | From the Health Facilities |
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17 | | Planning Fund ................................ |
1,000,000 |
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18 | | From the Savings and Residential Finance |
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19 | | Regulatory Fund .............................. |
130,800 |
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20 | | From the Appraisal Administration Fund ........ |
28,600 |
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21 | | From the Pawnbroker Regulation Fund ........... |
3,600 |
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22 | | From the Auction Regulation |
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23 | | Administration Fund .......................... |
35,800 |
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24 | | From the Bank and Trust Company Fund .......... |
634,800 |
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25 | | From the Real Estate License |
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26 | | Administration Fund .......................... |
313,600 |
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| (k) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 28 |
| for by law,
as soon as may be practical after the effective | 29 |
| date of this amendatory Act of
the 92nd General Assembly, the | 30 |
| State Comptroller shall direct and the State
Treasurer shall | 31 |
| transfer the sum of $2,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund
to | 32 |
| the Teachers Health Insurance Security Fund.
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| (k-1) In addition to any other transfers that may be | 34 |
| provided for by
law, on July 1, 2002, or as soon as may be |
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| practical thereafter, the State
Comptroller shall direct and | 2 |
| the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of
$2,000,000 from | 3 |
| the General Revenue Fund to the Teachers Health Insurance
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| Security Fund.
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| (k-2) In addition to any other transfers that may be | 6 |
| provided for by
law, on July 1, 2003, or as soon as may be | 7 |
| practical thereafter, the State
Comptroller shall direct and | 8 |
| the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of
$2,000,000 from | 9 |
| the General Revenue Fund to the Teachers Health Insurance
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| Security Fund.
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| (k-3) On or after July 1, 2002 and no later than June 30, | 12 |
| 2003, in
addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 13 |
| for by law, at the
direction of and upon notification from the | 14 |
| Governor, the State Comptroller
shall direct and the State | 15 |
| Treasurer shall transfer amounts not to exceed the
following | 16 |
| sums into the Statistical Services Revolving Fund:
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17 | | Appraisal Administration Fund ................. |
$150,000 |
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18 | | General Revenue Fund .......................... |
10,440,000 |
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19 | | Savings and Residential Finance |
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20 | | Regulatory Fund ........................... |
200,000 |
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21 | | State Pensions Fund ........................... |
100,000 |
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22 | | Bank and Trust Company Fund ................... |
100,000 |
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23 | | Professions Indirect Cost Fund ................ |
3,400,000 |
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24 | | Public Utility Fund ........................... |
2,081,200 |
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25 | | Real Estate License Administration Fund ....... |
150,000 |
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26 | | Title III Social Security and |
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27 | | Employment Fund ........................... |
1,000,000 |
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28 | | Transportation Regulatory Fund ................ |
3,052,100 |
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29 | | Underground Storage Tank Fund ................. |
50,000 |
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| (l) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 31 |
| for by law, on
July 1, 2002, or as soon as may be practical | 32 |
| thereafter, the State Comptroller
shall direct and the State | 33 |
| Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $3,000,000 from
the General | 34 |
| Revenue Fund to the Presidential Library and Museum Operating
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| Fund.
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| (m) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 3 |
| for by law, on
July 1, 2002 and on the effective date of this | 4 |
| amendatory Act of the 93rd
General Assembly, or as soon | 5 |
| thereafter as may be practical, the State Comptroller
shall | 6 |
| direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of | 7 |
| $1,200,000 from
the General Revenue Fund to the Violence | 8 |
| Prevention Fund.
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| (n) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 10 |
| for by law,
on July 1,
2003, or as soon thereafter as may be | 11 |
| practical, the State Comptroller shall
direct and the
State | 12 |
| Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $6,800,000 from the General | 13 |
| Revenue
Fund to
the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund.
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| (o) On or after July 1, 2003, and no later than June 30, | 15 |
| 2004, in
addition to any
other transfers that may be provided | 16 |
| for by law, at the direction of and upon
notification
from the | 17 |
| Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State | 18 |
| Treasurer
shall
transfer amounts not to exceed the following | 19 |
| sums into the Vehicle Inspection
Fund:
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20 | | From the Underground Storage Tank Fund ....... |
$35,000,000. |
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| (p) On or after July 1, 2003 and until May 1, 2004, in | 22 |
| addition to any
other
transfers that may be provided for by | 23 |
| law, at the direction of and upon
notification from
the | 24 |
| Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State | 25 |
| Treasurer shall
transfer
amounts not exceeding a total of | 26 |
| $80,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to
the
Tobacco | 27 |
| Settlement Recovery Fund. Any amounts so transferred shall be
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| re-transferred
from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the | 29 |
| General Revenue Fund at the
direction of and upon notification | 30 |
| from the Governor, but in any event on or
before June
30, 2004.
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| (q) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 32 |
| for by law, on
July 1,
2003, or as soon as may be practical | 33 |
| thereafter, the State Comptroller shall
direct and the
State | 34 |
| Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $5,000,000 from the General |
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| Revenue
Fund to
the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund.
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| (r) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 3 |
| for by law, on
July 1,
2003, or as soon as may be practical | 4 |
| thereafter, the State Comptroller shall
direct and the
State | 5 |
| Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $1,922,000 from the General | 6 |
| Revenue
Fund to
the Presidential Library and Museum Operating | 7 |
| Fund.
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| (s) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 9 |
| for by law, on
or after
July 1, 2003, the State Comptroller | 10 |
| shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
transfer the
sum of | 11 |
| $4,800,000 from the Statewide Economic Development Fund to the | 12 |
| General
Revenue Fund.
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| (t) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 14 |
| for by law, on
or after
July 1, 2003, the State Comptroller | 15 |
| shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
transfer the
sum of | 16 |
| $50,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Budget | 17 |
| Stabilization
Fund.
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| (u) On or after July 1, 2004 and until May 1, 2005, in | 19 |
| addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by | 20 |
| law, at the direction of and upon notification from the | 21 |
| Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State | 22 |
| Treasurer shall transfer amounts not exceeding a total of | 23 |
| $80,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Tobacco | 24 |
| Settlement Recovery Fund. Any amounts so transferred shall be | 25 |
| retransferred by the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer | 26 |
| from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the General | 27 |
| Revenue Fund at the direction of and upon notification from the | 28 |
| Governor, but in any event on or before June 30, 2005.
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| (v) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 30 |
| for by law, on July 1, 2004, or as soon thereafter as may be | 31 |
| practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State | 32 |
| Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $1,200,000 from the General | 33 |
| Revenue Fund to the Violence Prevention Fund. | 34 |
| (w) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided |
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| for by law, on July 1, 2004, or as soon thereafter as may be | 2 |
| practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State | 3 |
| Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $6,445,000 from the General | 4 |
| Revenue Fund to the Presidential Library and Museum Operating | 5 |
| Fund.
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| (x) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided | 7 |
| for by law, on January 15, 2005, or as soon thereafter as may | 8 |
| be practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State | 9 |
| Treasurer shall transfer to the General Revenue Fund the | 10 |
| following sums: | 11 |
| From the State Crime Laboratory Fund, $200,000; | 12 |
| From the State Police Wireless Service Emergency Fund, | 13 |
| $200,000; | 14 |
| From the State Offender DNA Identification System | 15 |
| Fund, $800,000; and | 16 |
| From the State Police Whistleblower Reward and | 17 |
| Protection Fund, $500,000.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-11, eff. 6-11-01; 92-505, eff. 12-20-01; | 19 |
| 92-600, eff. 6-28-02; 93-32, eff. 6-20-03; 93-648, eff. 1-8-04; | 20 |
| 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 93-1067, eff. 1-15-05.)
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| Section 10. The Agricultural Fair Act is amended by | 22 |
| changing Sections 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 20 as | 23 |
| follows:
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| (30 ILCS 120/9) (from Ch. 85, par. 659)
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| Sec. 9. Premiums.
The formulas for distributing monies from | 26 |
| the Agricultural Premium
Fund to eligible county fairs shall be | 27 |
| contingent upon the following
provisions:
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| (a) Of the total amount of premiums which are to be paid to | 29 |
| persons for
exhibitions at its annual fair for the current year | 30 |
| for exhibits of any
events related to agriculture including
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| horticulture, flora culture, poultry, livestock, light horses,
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| harness-racing and running horse races, rodeos, and domestic |
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| and mechanical
arts, no one department or class shall be paid | 2 |
| premiums
awarded in
excess of 30% of the total premiums awarded | 3 |
| by the county fair except those
departments or classes limited | 4 |
| to junior exhibitors. Harness
horse races and running horse | 5 |
| races shall be considered as one
department.
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| (b) (Blank).
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| (c) A reasonable entry fee for all classes may be charged | 8 |
| which will
not exceed the maximum limit as established by the | 9 |
| Department.
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| (d) No part of any appropriation made for the benefit of | 11 |
| county fairs
shall be used in payment for personnel or acts | 12 |
| which
are solely for the entertainment of persons attending the | 13 |
| fair or for
acts which have been hired or contracted for by the | 14 |
| fair, except events
related to agriculture, including tractor | 15 |
| pulls, truck pulls, rodeos and
other acts which may be exempt | 16 |
| in the judgment of the Director.
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| (e) Prizes awarded for light horses, and for harness-racing | 18 |
| and running
horses shall be payable from such appropriation.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-934, eff. 6-1-01.)
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| (30 ILCS 120/10) (from Ch. 85, par. 660)
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| Sec. 10. (a) Effective with fiscal year 1987, each county | 22 |
| fair's authorized
base
shall be set at 66 2/3% of the approved | 23 |
| amount of premium paid in either of the 2 previous fiscal years
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| fiscal year 1984 or 1985 , whichever year has the largest | 25 |
| approved amount.
The authorized base of the Gallatin, | 26 |
| Montgomery and Massac county fairs for
fiscal
years 1987 and | 27 |
| 1988 shall be $15,000 each. If there is a
change in the | 28 |
| appropriation, the Director shall allocate to each fair the
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| same percentages of that appropriation as it received of the | 30 |
| authorized
bases for all fairs.
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| (b) The Department shall reimburse each eligible county | 32 |
| fair as follows:
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| 100% of the
first $2,000 of approved premiums awarded at |
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| each eligible county fair;
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| 85% of the next $2,000;
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| 75% of the next $3,000;
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| 65% of the next $3,000;
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| 55% of the next $4,000; and
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| 50% of the remaining premiums paid until the total | 7 |
| reimbursement equals the
authorized base amount for each fair.
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| (c) If, after all approved state aid claims are paid for | 9 |
| the current
year pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section, | 10 |
| any amount remains in the
appropriations for state aid, that
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| remaining amount shall be distributed on a
grant basis. If the | 12 |
| total amount of excess approved state aid claims over the
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| authorized
base is equal to or less than the remaining amount | 14 |
| appropriated
for state aid, then each participating fair shall | 15 |
| receive a grant equivalent
to the excess of its approved claim | 16 |
| over its authorized base. If the total
amount
of excess | 17 |
| approved state aid claims exceeds the remaining monies | 18 |
| appropriated
for
state aid, the grants shall be distributed to | 19 |
| the participating fairs in
proportion to the total amounts of | 20 |
| their respective excess approved claims. If,
after all approved | 21 |
| claims are paid, any amount remains, that amount shall
be | 22 |
| distributed to all county fairs eligible under this Section in | 23 |
| proportion
to their total state aid claims. Fairs filing | 24 |
| approved claims exceeding
both their authorized base and the | 25 |
| grant provided for in this subsection
shall participate in the | 26 |
| Growth Incentive Program set forth in Section 10.1.
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| Grant monies received by a county fair shall be used only
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| for premiums, awards, judge's fees, and other expenses incurred | 29 |
| by the
fair which are directly related to the operation of the | 30 |
| fair and
approved by regulation of the Department. Each fair | 31 |
| shall file with the
Department a fiscal accounting of the | 32 |
| expenditure of the grant monies
received under this subsection | 33 |
| each year at the same time it files its
report under Section 12 | 34 |
| in relation to the fair held in the next
succeeding year.
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| Effective with fiscal year 1989 and each odd numbered | 2 |
| fiscal year
thereafter, the authorized base of all | 3 |
| participating county fairs shall be
adjusted by applying 66 | 4 |
| 2/3% to the amount of approved premiums paid in the
highest of | 5 |
| the previous 2 fiscal years.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-934, eff. 6-1-01.)
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| (30 ILCS 120/12) (from Ch. 85, par. 662)
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| Sec. 12. On or before
Before October 15 of each year, the | 9 |
| president and
secretary of each county fair claiming state aid | 10 |
| shall have postmarked to or shall file with the
Department a | 11 |
| fiscal accounting of the expenditure of the grant monies | 12 |
| received
under Section 10 and a sworn statement of the actual | 13 |
| amount of cash premiums paid
at the fair that year. The sworn | 14 |
| statement shall state the following:
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| a) That all gambling and gambling devices which are | 16 |
| declared
unlawful by laws of Illinois and the sale of alcoholic | 17 |
| liquors other
than beer have been prohibited and excluded from | 18 |
| the grounds of the fair
and from adjacent grounds under the | 19 |
| fair's authority, during the fair
and at all other times when | 20 |
| the fair grounds or adjacent grounds are in
the possession of | 21 |
| and under the immediate control and supervision of the
fair | 22 |
| officials.
| 23 |
| b) That all receipts from any source other than admissions | 24 |
| to the
grandstand and entry fees for races, not necessary for | 25 |
| the payment of
labor and advertising, have been prorated among | 26 |
| all other claims and
expenses or that all other claims and | 27 |
| expenses have been paid in full.
| 28 |
| The statement shall correspond with the published offer of | 29 |
| premiums,
and shall be accompanied by an itemized list of all | 30 |
| premiums paid upon
the basis of the premiums provided, a copy | 31 |
| of the published premium list
of the fair, and a full statement | 32 |
| of receipts and expenditures for the
current year that has been | 33 |
| duly verified by the president and secretary
of the fair.
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| The Department may within the period not to exceed 30 days | 2 |
| after a
fair has filed its claim pay 75% of the fair's | 3 |
| authorized base amount if
the claim for premiums filed is equal | 4 |
| to or exceeds such fair's
authorized base for that year. If the | 5 |
| claim filed is less than the
fair's authorized base, the | 6 |
| Department shall only pay 75% of the amount
of the claim filed. | 7 |
| Should the amount paid a fair exceed the amount
authorized | 8 |
| after the final audit of such claim, then the fair shall
within | 9 |
| 30 days after notice by the Department pay to the Department | 10 |
| the
difference between the amount received and the amount as | 11 |
| approved for such
fair in the final audit as long as funds are | 12 |
| available .
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| (Source: P.A. 81-159.)
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| (30 ILCS 120/13) (from Ch. 85, par. 663)
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| Sec. 13. Rehabilitation
State reimbursement . Except as | 16 |
| otherwise allowed by the
Director, to qualify for disbursements | 17 |
| made by the
Department from an appropriation made under the | 18 |
| provisions of this Section, the
land on which the fair is held | 19 |
| must be owned by the county fair board
participating in this | 20 |
| disbursement or by a State, city, village, or county
government | 21 |
| body, or be held under a lease that is at least 20 years in
| 22 |
| duration, the terms of which require the lessee to have | 23 |
| continuous possession
of the land during every day of the lease | 24 |
| period. No county fair shall
qualify for
disbursements made by | 25 |
| the
Department from an appropriation made under the provisions | 26 |
| of this Section
unless it shall have notified the Department in | 27 |
| writing of its intent to
participate prior to obligating any | 28 |
| funds for which reimbursement will be
requested. Each county | 29 |
| fair shall be reimbursed annually
for that part of the amount | 30 |
| expended by the fair during the year for
liability
and casualty | 31 |
| insurance, as provided in this Section, and the
rehabilitation | 32 |
| of its grounds, including major construction projects and
minor | 33 |
| maintenance and repair projects; as follows:
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| 100% of the first $5,000 or any part thereof;
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| 75% of the next $20,000 or any part thereof;
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| 50% of the next $20,000 or any part thereof.
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| The lesser of either $20,000
$10,000 or 50% of the amount
| 5 |
| received by a
county fair pursuant to
this Section may be | 6 |
| expended for liability and casualty
insurance.
| 7 |
| If a county fair expends more than is needed in any
year | 8 |
| for approved projects to maximize State reimbursement under | 9 |
| this
Section and provides itemized
receipts and other evidence | 10 |
| of expenditures
for that year, any excess may be carried over | 11 |
| to the
succeeding year. The amount carried over shall | 12 |
| constitute a claim for
reimbursement for a subsequent period | 13 |
| not to exceed 7 years as
long as
funds are available.
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| Before June 30 of each year, the president and secretary of | 15 |
| each
county fair which has participated in this program shall | 16 |
| file with
the Department a sworn statement of the amount | 17 |
| expended during the period
July 1 to June 30 of the State's | 18 |
| fiscal year, accompanied by
itemized receipted bills and other | 19 |
| evidence of expenditures. If the
Department
approves the claim, | 20 |
| the State Comptroller is authorized and directed to
draw a | 21 |
| warrant payable from the Agricultural Premium Fund on the State
| 22 |
| Treasurer for the amount of the rehabilitation
claims.
| 23 |
| If after all claims are paid, there remains any amount of | 24 |
| the
appropriation for rehabilitation, the remaining amount | 25 |
| shall be
distributed as a grant to the participating fairs | 26 |
| qualifying for the
maximum reimbursement and shall be | 27 |
| distributed to the eligible fairs on
an equal basis
not
to | 28 |
| exceed each eligible fair's pro rata share granted in this
| 29 |
| paragraph.
A sworn statement of the amount expended accompanied | 30 |
| by the itemized
receipted bills as evidence of expenditure must | 31 |
| be filed with the
Department by June 30 of each year.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-329, eff. 8-8-97; 91-934, eff. 6-1-01.)
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| (30 ILCS 120/14) (from Ch. 85, par. 664)
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| Sec. 14. 4-H. University of Illinois extension units that | 2 |
| conduct
Extension 4-H groups supervised by the University of | 3 |
| Illinois
Extension and conducting at least
one show
or | 4 |
| exhibition of the eligible members' project work approved by | 5 |
| the State 4-H Office
of the members and that pay premium moneys
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| paying promptly
in
cash or an award of comparable monetary | 7 |
| value , including $800 maximum in judges' fees,
shall be | 8 |
| eligible to participate in an
appropriation made for this | 9 |
| purpose by the General Assembly. As directed by the University, | 10 |
| each county's extension leader shall report to the State 4-H | 11 |
| Office the eligible number of members participating in the 4-H | 12 |
| year. The University shall then file with the Bureau of County | 13 |
| Fairs and Horse Racing an Accountability for Agricultural | 14 |
| Premiums report certifying the number of eligible 4-H members. | 15 |
| All appropriated moneys are to be fully expended as specified | 16 |
| (see Part 260 Fairs Operating Under the Agricultural Fair Act | 17 |
| Sec. 260.305). If moneys are not fully expended, they shall be | 18 |
| returned to the Illinois Department of Agriculture, Bureau of | 19 |
| County Fairs and Horse Racing. The
provisions of this Section | 20 |
| shall not apply to more than one show or
exhibition per | 21 |
| calendar year of any one class or type of project work. Based | 22 |
| on each year's specified appropriation and as determined by the | 23 |
| Department, the county or extension unit
The
clubs
shall | 24 |
| participate in the appropriation at a rate predetermined by the | 25 |
| Bureau
of not less than $10.50
per eligible member enrolled for | 26 |
| the year as recorded in the State " 4-H "
Office. The rate per | 27 |
| member shall be specified for each year in the Act
making the | 28 |
| appropriation for this purpose. In addition, $400 per county
is | 29 |
| allotted for judges' fees.
| 30 |
| The extension leader
Extension Leader of each county
County
| 31 |
| or unit
Unit shall certify to the State
" 4-H " Officer under | 32 |
| oath , on a form furnished by the
Department , the amount paid | 33 |
| out in premiums , judges' fees, and ribbons at the show or | 34 |
| exhibition for the
current year , and the name of the officer or |
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| organization making the
payments and the number of eligible
| 2 |
| members enrolled for the current year. This
certification shall | 3 |
| be accompanied by itemized receipts as evidence of
the | 4 |
| certified amounts, and it must be filed with the Department | 5 |
| before
December 31 of each year. Upon receipt of the | 6 |
| certification the
Department shall reimburse the officer or | 7 |
| organization making the
payments in accordance with the | 8 |
| provisions of this Section.
| 9 |
| If the amount appropriated by the General Assembly for the | 10 |
| payments
of the premiums is insufficient to pay in full the | 11 |
| amount which the Extension "4-H" Groups are entitled, the sum
| 12 |
| shall be
prorated among all those entitled to it.
| 13 |
| If after all approved claims are paid and there remains any | 14 |
| amount of
the appropriation, the remaining portion shall be | 15 |
| distributed as a grant
to the participating Cooperative | 16 |
| Extension "4-H" Groups. These
monies
shall be granted on a | 17 |
| prorated basis of membership. A fiscal accounting
of the | 18 |
| expenditures of the grant monies shall be filed with the
| 19 |
| Department no later than December 31 of the year in which the | 20 |
| club
receives such grant monies.
| 21 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-934, eff. 6-1-01.)
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| (30 ILCS 120/16) (from Ch. 85, par. 666)
| 23 |
| Sec. 16. Agricultural education.
Vocational Agricultural | 24 |
| Education Section Fairs, which shall not be located in
more | 25 |
| than 25 sections, shall be organized and conducted under the
| 26 |
| supervision of the Department
State Board of Education . The | 27 |
| Department
State Board of Education
shall designate the | 28 |
| sections of the State for Agricultural Education
Vocational
| 29 |
| Agricultural
Fairs. These fairs shall participate in an | 30 |
| appropriation
appropriations at a
rate designated by the Bureau | 31 |
| that is in compliance with the current year's appropriation
of | 32 |
| not less than $10,250 for each section holding an Agricultural | 33 |
| Education
a Vocational
Agricultural Section Fair or Fairs |
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| during the current year.
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| The rate per
section shall be specified for each year in | 3 |
| the Act making the
appropriation for this purpose. Such monies | 4 |
| are to be paid as premiums
awarded to agricultural education
| 5 |
| vocational agricultural students exhibiting livestock or
| 6 |
| agricultural products at the fair or fairs in the section in | 7 |
| which the
student resides. No premium shall be duplicated for | 8 |
| any particular
exhibition of livestock or agricultural | 9 |
| products in the fair or fairs
held in any one section.
| 10 |
| The State Board of Education shall certify to the
| 11 |
| Department, under oath, at least 10 days prior to the holding | 12 |
| of any
sections fair, a list of all premiums to be offered at | 13 |
| that fair. Within
30 days after the close of the fair, a | 14 |
| section fair manager as designated by the Department
the | 15 |
| Supervisor
shall certify to the
Department , under oath , on | 16 |
| blank forms furnished by the Department , a
detailed report of | 17 |
| premium awards
financial statement showing all premiums | 18 |
| awarded to agricultural education
vocational
agricultural | 19 |
| students at that fair. Warrants shall be issued by the
State | 20 |
| Comptroller payable to the agricultural education teacher or | 21 |
| teachers
persons entitled to them on vouchers
certified by the | 22 |
| Department.
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| If after all approved claims are paid there remains any | 24 |
| amount of the
appropriation, the remaining portion shall be | 25 |
| distributed equally among
the participating agricultural | 26 |
| education
vocational agricultural section fairs to be expended
| 27 |
| for the purposes set forth in this Section. A fiscal accounting | 28 |
| of the
expenditure of funds distributed under this paragraph | 29 |
| shall be filed
with the Department by each participating fair | 30 |
| not later than one year
after the date of its receipt of such | 31 |
| funds.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-159.)
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| (30 ILCS 120/17) (from Ch. 85, par. 667)
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| Sec. 17. Fair and expositions.
Any county fair eligible to | 2 |
| participate in appropriations made from
the Agricultural | 3 |
| Premium Fund, except in counties where a Fair and Exposition
| 4 |
| Authority participated in the appropriation in 1999, may elect | 5 |
| instead in any
odd numbered
year
to participate in the | 6 |
| appropriation from the Fair and Exposition Fund.
The Department | 7 |
| must be notified of such election by January 1 of the
year of | 8 |
| participation in that fund. Any such election shall be binding
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| for 4 calendar years. No county fair shall participate for the | 10 |
| same calendar
year in appropriations under both this Fund and | 11 |
| the Agricultural Premium Fund.
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| In counties where a Fair and Exposition Authority | 13 |
| participated in 1999, the
Authority shall continue to | 14 |
| participate in the appropriation from the Fair and
Exposition | 15 |
| Fund. The
Fair and Exposition Authority shall consist of 7 | 16 |
| members appointed by the
county board chairman with the advice | 17 |
| and consent of the county board.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-934, eff. 6-1-01.)
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| (30 ILCS 120/18) (from Ch. 85, par. 668)
| 20 |
| Sec. 18. Money shall be paid into the Fair and Exposition | 21 |
| Fund by the
Illinois Racing Board, as provided in Section 28 of | 22 |
| the Illinois Horse
Racing Act of 1975. The General Assembly | 23 |
| shall from time to time make
appropriations payable from such | 24 |
| fund to the Department for distribution to
county fairs and to
| 25 |
| any
Fair and Exposition Authority that participated in the | 26 |
| appropriation in
1999. Such appropriations shall be
| 27 |
| distributed by the Department to county fairs which are | 28 |
| eligible to participate
in appropriations made from the | 29 |
| Agricultural Premium Fund but which elect
instead to | 30 |
| participate in appropriations made from the Fair and Exposition | 31 |
| Fund
and to Fair and Exposition Authorities that participated | 32 |
| in the appropriation
in 1999. If a county has more than
one
| 33 |
| county fair, such fairs shall jointly elect to participate |
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| either in
appropriations made from the Agricultural Premium | 2 |
| Fund or in appropriations
made from the Fair and Exposition | 3 |
| Fund. All participating county fairs of the
same county shall | 4 |
| participate in the same appropriation. Except as otherwise
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| allowed by the Director, a participant, to be
eligible to | 6 |
| expend moneys appropriated from the
Fair and Exposition Fund | 7 |
| for the purchase of new or additional land
construction or | 8 |
| maintenance of buildings, grounds, facilities, infrastructure,
| 9 |
| or any improvement to the grounds must hold
the land on which | 10 |
| such fair or exposition is to be conducted as a fee or under
a | 11 |
| lease of at least 20 years, the terms of which require the | 12 |
| lessee to have
continuous possession of the land during every | 13 |
| day of the lease period , or must be owned by the fair | 14 |
| association participating in this disbursement, by an | 15 |
| agricultural society, or by a fair and exposition authority .
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| (Source: P.A. 91-934, eff. 6-1-01.)
| 17 |
| (30 ILCS 120/20) (from Ch. 85, par. 670)
| 18 |
| Sec. 20. Appropriations made from the Fair and Exposition | 19 |
| Fund may be used
for
financing agricultural, educational, trade | 20 |
| and
scientific
exhibits; for premium and award purposes as set | 21 |
| forth in
subsections (a) through (e) of
Section 9; and for | 22 |
| other expenses incurred by the fair that are directly
related | 23 |
| to
the operation of the fair and approved by rule by the | 24 |
| Department if the participant holds the land on which the fair | 25 |
| or exposition is conducted as a fee or is under a lease of at | 26 |
| least 20 years (the terms of which require the lessee to have | 27 |
| continuous possession of the land during every day of the lease | 28 |
| period), or is owned by the fair association participating in | 29 |
| this disbursement, by an agricultural society, or by a fair and | 30 |
| exposition authority, except as otherwise allowed by the | 31 |
| Director .
| 32 |
| In addition, county fairs eligible to participate in the | 33 |
| Fair and
Exposition Fund appropriation that hold the land on |
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| which the county fair is
conducted as a fee or under a lease of | 2 |
| at least 20 years, the terms of which
require the lessee to | 3 |
| have continuous possession of the land during every day
of the | 4 |
| lease period, or as otherwise allowed by the Director, may be
| 5 |
| reimbursed for expenditures for purchase of new or
additional | 6 |
| land, construction or maintenance of buildings, facilities, | 7 |
| grounds,
or infrastructure, or improvements to the grounds.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-934, eff. 6-1-01.)".
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