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90_SB1485

      20 ILCS 205/40.42
      505 ILCS 45/8             from Ch. 5, par. 248
          Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and  the
      County  Cooperative  Extension  Law.  Provides that the State
      may make an annual appropriation from the Agriculture Premium
      Fund or from any other source of funding available to provide
      matching funds and general support for cooperative  extension
      programs.  Adjusts  the  amounts  that may be appropriated to
      counties for Cooperative Extension Service programs according
      to the Consumer Price Index.  Effective July 1, 1998.
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 1        AN  ACT  concerning  funds  for  the  county  cooperative
 2    extension services, amending named Acts.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
 6    amended by changing Section 40.42 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 205/40.42)
 8        Sec. 40.42.  State Cooperative  Extension  Service  Trust
 9    Fund.   The  Department of Agriculture shall deposit into the
10    State Cooperative Extension Service Trust Fund, a trust  fund
11    created  outside  the  State  treasury  and held by the State
12    Treasurer  as  custodian,  all  funds  appropriated  to   the
13    Department  as  matching funds and for the purpose of general
14    support for to  support  cooperative  extension  programs  as
15    provided  in  the  County  Cooperative Extension Law.  At the
16    direction of the Treasurer of the University of Illinois, the
17    Director of Agriculture shall direct the State Treasurer  and
18    the  State  Comptroller  to  transfer  the trust funds to the
19    University of Illinois as provided under Section 8(d) of  the
20    County  Cooperative  Extension Law.  The Department shall not
21    have responsibility  for  or  control  over  the  cooperative
22    extension service or its programs because of this trust fund.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-691, eff. 12-31-96.)
24        Section  10.   The  County  Cooperative  Extension Law is
25    amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
26        (505 ILCS 45/8) (from Ch. 5, par. 248)
27        Sec. 8. County extension education funds.
28        (a)  The county governing board shall  annually  consider
29    the  total  budget  certified  by  the county or multi-county
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 1    extension board in order to consider the total  funds  needed
 2    for Cooperative Extension Service programs in the county. The
 3    county  governing  board  may  appropriate  and pay 75%, then
 4    beginning on July 1, 1979, 70%, then  beginning  on  July  1,
 5    1980,  65%,  then  beginning  on  July  1,  1981,  60%,  then
 6    beginning  on July 1, 1982, 55% and then beginning on July 1,
 7    1983  and  continuing  thereafter,  50%,  of  the  total   so
 8    determined from the general corporate fund or other available
 9    funds  or  from  an  existing  extension education tax of the
10    county for the extension educational program in the county or
11    multi-county group of which it is a part, provided  that  the
12    amount  so  appropriated  shall not exceed $54,400 $25,200 in
13    counties of less than 10,000 inhabitants, $61,200 $28,350  in
14    counties  of 10,000 or more but less than 20,000 inhabitants,
15    $68,000 $31,500 in counties of 20,000 or more but  less  than
16    30,000  inhabitants, $91,000 $42,000 in counties of 30,000 or
17    more but less than 50,000 inhabitants,  $117,000  $54,000  in
18    counties of 50,000 or more but less than 100,000 inhabitants,
19    $156,000 $72,000 in counties of 100,000 or more but less than
20    250,000 inhabitants, $233,000 $108,000 in counties of 250,000
21    or  more but less than 500,000 inhabitants, $311,000 $144,000
22    in counties of  500,000  or  more  but  less  than  1,000,000
23    inhabitants and $583,000 $270,000 in counties of 1,000,000 or
24    more  inhabitants.  The  amount  to be so appropriated by the
25    county governing board may be reduced by  the  total  of  any
26    private  gifts  or  grants  specifically  made to support the
27    county extension programs included in such determination, and
28    may also be reduced by the fair market value of office  space
29    furnished  the  Cooperative  Extension  Service by the county
30    governing board, provided it is suitable for extension  needs
31    and  meets  the  housing standards adopted by the Cooperative
32    Extension Service.
33        In order to  provide  matching  funds,  which  shall  not
34    exceed an amount equal to 50% of the funds needed as provided
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 1    herein,  and  funds  for  the  purpose  of general support to
 2    counties for Cooperative Extension programs  the  State  will
 3    recognize  those  needs  and may make an annual appropriation
 4    from the Agricultural Premium Fund or  any  other  source  of
 5    funding  available  ,  in an amount equal to 50% of the total
 6    funds needed as provided herein.
 7        On or before October 15 of each  year,  the  director  of
 8    extension  of the University of Illinois shall forward to the
 9    Director of Agriculture, the Governor,  the  Speaker  of  the
10    House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of
11    Representatives,   the  President  of  the  Senate,  and  the
12    Minority Leader of the Senate, a report of the determinations
13    made by the various county  governing  boards  of  the  total
14    funds  needed  for  Cooperative Extension Service programs in
15    the respective counties. The State matching funds and   funds
16    for  the  purpose  of general support shall be included in an
17    appropriation request by the Department  of  Agriculture  for
18    the  next  State fiscal year.  That request shall be separate
19    and apart from the operating appropriation  request  for  the
20    Department  of Agriculture.  The funds so appropriated by the
21    State to the Department of  Agriculture  shall  be  deposited
22    into  the  State Cooperative Extension Service Trust Fund and
23    transferred as provided in Section 8 (d)  of  this  Act.  The
24    Department of Agriculture shall have no responsibility for or
25    control   over  the  cooperative  extension  service  or  its
26    programs.
27        All funds provided pursuant to this Act may be  used  for
28    operations or facilities.
29        (b)  If  sufficient  funds  are  not  available  from the
30    general corporate fund or if sums greater  than  the  maximum
31    listed  above  are  needed  for  the  county's  share  of the
32    extension education program, the county governing board shall
33    have the power to increase by not more  than  .05  per  cent,
34    with  approval  by  referendum,  the maximum rate at which it
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 1    levies, or can levy, taxes for general county purposes.  Such
 2    additional  rate  shall  not be included within any statutory
 3    limitation or rate or amount for other  county  purposes  and
 4    shall be in addition thereto.
 5        Any  county that under this Cooperative Extension Law has
 6    approved a rate by referendum prior to the effective date  of
 7    this  amendment, shall have authority to continue such tax as
 8    approved, but may use the provisions of  this  subsection  as
 9    amended  provided that another referendum must be held if the
10    rate desired is greater than the rate previously approved.
11        (c)  Upon approval by resolution the county  board  shall
12    certify  the resolution and the question of the adoption of a
13    levy sufficient to produce the sums determined by the  county
14    board  to the proper election officials, who shall submit the
15    question to the electors of the  county  at  an  election  in
16    accordance with the general election law.  No such levy shall
17    be  made  until the adoption by majority vote of the electors
18    voting on the proposition.
19        (d)  Funds  received  from  local   sources   and   funds
20    appropriated  by  the county governing board or the State for
21    the county extension education program in any county shall be
22    paid over to the University of Illinois.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-691, eff. 12-31-96.)
24        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
25    July 1, 1998.

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