Full Text of SB0902 96th General Assembly
SB0902sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. John M. Sullivan Filed: 11/18/2010
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 902
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 902 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 1-230 as follows:
| 6 | | (515 ILCS 5/1-230) (from Ch. 56, par. 1-230)
| 7 | | Sec. 1-230. Wildlife and Fish Fund; disposition of money
| 8 | | received. All fees, fines, income of whatever kind or nature | 9 | | derived
from hunting and fishing activities on lands, waters, | 10 | | or both under the
jurisdiction or control of the Department, | 11 | | and all penalties collected under
this Code shall be deposited | 12 | | into the State Treasury and
shall be set apart in a special | 13 | | fund to be known as the Wildlife and Fish
Fund; except that | 14 | | fees derived solely from the sale of salmon stamps, income
from | 15 | | art contests for the salmon stamp, including income from the | 16 | | sale
of reprints, and gifts, donations, grants, and bequests of |
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| 1 | | money for the
conservation and propagation of salmon shall be | 2 | | deposited into the State
Treasury and set apart in the special | 3 | | fund to be known as the Salmon
Fund; and except that fees | 4 | | derived solely from the sale of state
migratory waterfowl | 5 | | stamps, and gifts, donations, grants and bequests of
money for | 6 | | the conservation and propagation of waterfowl, shall be | 7 | | deposited
into the State Treasury and set apart in the special | 8 | | fund to be known as the
State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund. | 9 | | All interest that accrues from moneys
in the Wildlife and Fish | 10 | | Fund, the Salmon Fund, and the State Migratory
Waterfowl Stamp | 11 | | Fund shall be retained in those funds respectively.
Except for | 12 | | the additional moneys deposited under Section 805-550 of the | 13 | | Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the
Civil | 14 | | Administrative Code of Illinois, appropriations from the | 15 | | Wildlife and Fish Fund shall be made only to the
Department for | 16 | | the carrying out of the powers and functions vested by law
in | 17 | | the Department
for the administration and management of fish | 18 | | and wildlife resources of this State for such activities as (i) | 19 | | the purchase of land for fish hatcheries,
wildlife refuges, | 20 | | preserves, and public shooting and fishing grounds; (ii)
the | 21 | | purchase and distribution of wild birds, the eggs of wild | 22 | | birds, and
wild mammals; (iii) the rescuing, restoring and | 23 | | distributing of fish; (iv)
the maintenance of wildlife refuges | 24 | | or preserves, public shooting grounds,
public fishing grounds, | 25 | | and fish hatcheries; and (v) the feeding and care
of wild | 26 | | birds, wild mammals, and fish. Appropriations from the Salmon |
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shall be made only to the Department to be used solely for | 2 | | the conservation
and propagation of salmon, including | 3 | | construction, operation, and
maintenance of a cold water | 4 | | hatchery, and for payment of the costs of
printing salmon | 5 | | stamps, the expenses incurred in acquiring salmon stamp
| 6 | | designs, and the expenses of producing reprints.
| 7 | | Appropriations from the State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp | 8 | | Fund shall be
made only to the Department to be used solely for | 9 | | the following purposes:
| 10 | | (a) 50% of funds derived from the sale of State | 11 | | migratory waterfowl
stamps and 100% of all gifts, | 12 | | donations, grants, and bequests of money for
the | 13 | | conservation and propagation of waterfowl for projects | 14 | | approved by
the Department shall be used for the purpose of | 15 | | attracting waterfowl and
improving public migratory | 16 | | waterfowl areas within the State. These projects
may | 17 | | include the repair, maintenance, and operation of these | 18 | | areas only in
emergencies as determined by the State Duck | 19 | | Stamp Committee; but none of
the moneys spent within the | 20 | | State shall be used for administrative expenses.
| 21 | | (b) 50% of funds derived from the sale of State | 22 | | migratory waterfowl
stamps shall be turned over by the | 23 | | Department to appropriate non-profit
organizations for the | 24 | | development of waterfowl propagation areas within the
| 25 | | Dominion of Canada or the United States that specifically | 26 | | provide
waterfowl for the Mississippi Flyway. Before |
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| 1 | | turning over any moneys from
the State Migratory Waterfowl | 2 | | Stamp Fund, the Department shall obtain
evidence that the | 3 | | project is acceptable to the appropriate governmental
| 4 | | agency of the Dominion of Canada or the United States or of | 5 | | one of
its Provinces or States having jurisdiction over the | 6 | | lands and waters
affected by the project and shall consult | 7 | | those agencies and the State
Duck Stamp Committee for | 8 | | approval before allocating funds.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 95-853, eff. 8-18-08; 96-1160, eff. 1-1-11.)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law.".
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