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| Public Act 099-0606 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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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 Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act is amended | ||||
by changing Section 5 as follows:
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(30 ILCS 705/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 2305)
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Sec. 5. Time Limit on Expenditure of Grant Funds. Subject | ||||
to the restriction
of Section 35 of the State Finance Act "An | ||||
Act in relation to State finance", approved June 10,
1919, as | ||||
amended, no grant funds may be made available for expenditure | ||||
by
a grantee for a period longer than 2 years, except where | ||||
such grant funds
are disbursed in reimbursement of costs | ||||
previously incurred by the grantee and except as otherwise | ||||
provided in subsection (d) of Section 5-200 of the School | ||||
Construction Law.
Any grant funds not expended or legally | ||||
obligated by the end of the grant
agreement, or during the time | ||||
limitation to grant fund expenditures set
forth in this | ||||
Section, must be returned to the grantor agency within 45
days, | ||||
if the funds are not already on deposit with the grantor agency | ||||
or
the State Treasurer. Such returned funds shall be deposited | ||||
into the fund
from which the original
grant disbursement to the | ||||
grantee was made.
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(Source: P.A. 83-640.)
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Section 10. The School Construction Law is amended by | ||
changing Section 5-200 as follows: | ||
(105 ILCS 230/5-200) | ||
Sec. 5-200. School energy efficiency grants. | ||
(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to make | ||
grants to school districts and special education cooperatives, | ||
without regard to enrollment, for school energy efficiency | ||
projects. These grants shall be paid out of moneys appropriated | ||
for that purpose from the School Infrastructure Fund. No grant | ||
under this Section for one fiscal year shall exceed $250,000, | ||
but a school district or special education cooperative may | ||
receive grants for more than one project during one fiscal | ||
year. A school district or special education cooperative must | ||
provide local matching funds in an amount equal to the amount | ||
of the grant under this Section. A school district or special | ||
education cooperative has no entitlement to a grant under this | ||
Section. | ||
(b) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to | ||
implement this Section. These rules need not be the same as the | ||
rules for school construction project grants or school | ||
maintenance project grants.
The rules may specify: | ||
(1) the manner of applying for grants; | ||
(2) project eligibility requirements; | ||
(3) restrictions on the use of grant moneys; | ||
(4) the manner in which school districts and special | ||
education cooperatives must account for the use of grant | ||
moneys; and | ||
(5) any other provision that the State Board determines | ||
to be necessary or useful for the administration of this | ||
Section. | ||
(c) In each school year in which school energy efficiency | ||
project grants are awarded, 20% of the total amount awarded | ||
shall be awarded to a school district in a city with a | ||
population of more than 500,000, provided that the school | ||
district complies with the requirements of this Section and the | ||
rules adopted under this Section.
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(d) Notwithstanding Section 5 of the Illinois Grant Funds | ||
Recovery Act, for school energy efficiency grants awarded in | ||
2014, grant funds may be made available for expenditure by a | ||
grantee for a period of 4 years from the date the funds were | ||
distributed by the State. Any grant funds not expended or | ||
legally obligated by the end of the grant agreement must be | ||
returned to the grantor agency within 45 days if the funds are | ||
not already on deposit with the grantor agency or the State | ||
Treasurer. Such returned funds must be deposited into the fund | ||
from which the original grant disbursement to the grantee was | ||
made. | ||
(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-1423, eff. 8-3-10; | ||
97-205, eff. 7-28-11.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||