Full Text of SB1526 96th General Assembly
SB1526 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB1526
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Sen. Bill Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Requires that no fees imposed or collected by the Department or any related federal funds shall be used for any purpose other than the administration of the Department or the implementation and enforcement of its policies and programs or any purpose not in compliance with federal funding requirements. Effective immediately.
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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 | 5 |
| 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 | 9 |
| practical
problems, implement studies, conduct research and | 10 |
| provide assistance,
information and data relating to the | 11 |
| technology and administration of
the natural history, | 12 |
| entomology, zoology, and botany of this State; the geology
and | 13 |
| natural resources of this State; the water and atmospheric | 14 |
| resources of
this State; and the archeological and cultural | 15 |
| history of this State.
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| (b) The Department (i) shall obtain, store, and process | 17 |
| relevant
data; recommend technological, administrative, and | 18 |
| legislative changes and
developments; cooperate with other | 19 |
| federal, state, and local governmental
research agencies, | 20 |
| facilities, or institutes in the selection of projects
for | 21 |
| study; cooperate with the Board of Higher Education and with | 22 |
| the public
and private colleges and universities in this State | 23 |
| in developing relevant
interdisciplinary approaches to |
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| problems; and evaluate curricula at all
levels
of education and | 2 |
| provide assistance to instructors and (ii) may
sponsor an
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| annual
conference of leaders in government, industry, health, | 4 |
| and education to
evaluate the state of this State's environment | 5 |
| and natural resources.
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| (c) The Director, in accordance with the Personnel Code, | 7 |
| shall employ
such personnel, provide such facilities, and | 8 |
| contract for such outside services
as may be necessary to carry | 9 |
| out the purposes of the Department. Maximum use
shall be made | 10 |
| of existing federal and state agencies, facilities, and | 11 |
| personnel
in conducting research under this Act.
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| (d) In addition to its other powers, the Department has the | 13 |
| following
powers:
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| (1) To obtain, store, process, and provide data and | 15 |
| information
related to the powers and duties of the | 16 |
| Department under this Act.
This subdivision (d)(1) does not | 17 |
| give authority to the Department to
require reports from | 18 |
| 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 | 21 |
| Coalition for the purpose of facilitating the
effective | 22 |
| operations and activities of such entities. Support may | 23 |
| include,
but need not be limited to, providing space for | 24 |
| the operations of the
Committee and the Illinois Coalition.
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| (e) The Department is authorized to make grants to local | 26 |
| 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 | 3 |
| administer
on behalf of the State any gifts, bequests, | 4 |
| donations, income from property
rental and endowments. Any such | 5 |
| funds received by the Department shall be
deposited into the | 6 |
| Natural Resources Fund, a special fund which is hereby
created | 7 |
| in the State treasury, and used for the purposes of this Act | 8 |
| or,
when appropriate, for such purposes and under such | 9 |
| restrictions, terms and
conditions as are predetermined by the | 10 |
| donor or grantor of such funds or
property. Any accrued | 11 |
| interest from money deposited into the Natural
Resources Fund | 12 |
| shall be reinvested into the Fund and used in the same
manner | 13 |
| as the principal. The Director shall maintain records which | 14 |
| account
for and assure that restricted funds or property are | 15 |
| disbursed or used
pursuant to the restrictions, terms or | 16 |
| conditions of the donor.
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| (g) The Department shall recognize, preserve, and promote | 18 |
| our special
heritage of recreational hunting and trapping by | 19 |
| providing opportunities to
hunt and trap in accordance with the | 20 |
| Wildlife Code.
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| (h) No license, permit, or other fee imposed or collected | 22 |
| by the Department, and no related federal funds received by the | 23 |
| State for the use of the Department, shall be used for any | 24 |
| purpose other than the administration of the Department or the | 25 |
| implementation and enforcement of its policies and programs or | 26 |
| any purpose not in compliance with the federal funding |
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| requirements. | 2 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-582, eff. 8-14-99; | 3 |
| 92-326, eff. 8-9-01.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 |
| becoming law.
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