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Public Act 91-0853
HB4022 Enrolled LRB9111141JMmbA
AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Community
Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 605-75 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-75)
Sec. 605-75. Keep Illinois Beautiful.
(a) There is created the Keep Illinois Beautiful Program
Advisory Board consisting of 7 members appointed by the
Director of Commerce and Community Affairs Governor with the
advice and consent of the Senate. Of those 7, 4 shall be
appointed from a list of at least 10 names submitted by the
boards of directors from the various certified community
programs. Each certified community program may submit only
one recommendation to be considered by the Director Governor.
The Director of Commerce and Community Affairs Lieutenant
Governor or his or her designee shall be a member and serve
as Chairman, except that (i) when Section 6 of Article V of
the Illinois Constitution is operative the officer next in
line of succession shall serve as Chairman and (ii) until
January 11, 1999, while the office of Lieutenant Governor is
otherwise vacant, the powers and duties of the Lieutenant
Governor under this Section shall be carried out as provided
in Section 67.35 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
(renumbered; now Section 405-500 of the Department of Central
Management Services Law, 20 ILCS 405/405-500). The Board
shall meet at least annually quarterly at the discretion of
the Chairman and at such other times as the Chairman or any 4
members consider necessary. Four members shall constitute a
quorum.
(b) The purpose of the Board shall be to assist local
governments and community organizations in:
(1) Educating the public about the need for
recycling and reducing solid waste.
(2) Promoting the establishment of recycling and
programs that reduce litter and other solid waste through
re-use and diversion.
(3) Developing local markets for recycled products.
(4) Cooperating with other State agencies and with
local governments having environmental responsibilities.
(5) Seeking funding from governmental and
non-governmental sources.
(c) The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Lieutenant Governor shall employ and fix the salary of a
Statewide coordinator who, to the extent possible, shall
assist local governments and community organizations that
plan to implement programs set forth in subsection (b). The
Department Board shall establish guidelines for the
certification by the Board of local governments and community
organizations. The guidelines shall be approved by a
majority of the members of the Board.
The Department Statewide coordinator may encourage local
governments and community organizations to apply for
certification of programs by the Board. However, the
Department Statewide coordinator shall give equal
consideration to newly certified programs and older certified
programs.
The Statewide coordinator shall submit proposed programs
to the Board. The Board shall approve program proposals by a
majority vote of the quorum present. In no event shall the
Board veto a program by a vote of fewer than 4 members. A
vetoed proposal may be resubmitted to the Board by the
Statewide coordinator after necessary changes in the proposal
have been made.
(d) The Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund is created as a
special fund in the State treasury. Moneys from any public
or private source may be deposited into the Keep Illinois
Beautiful Fund. Moneys in the Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund
shall be appropriated only for the purposes of this Section.
Pursuant to action by the Board, the Department of Commerce
and Community Affairs Lieutenant Governor may authorize
grants from moneys appropriated from the Keep Illinois
Beautiful Fund for certified community based programs for up
to 50% of the cash needs of the program; provided, that at
least 50% of the needs of the program shall be contributed to
the program in cash, and not in kind, by local sources.
Moneys appropriated for certified community based
programs in municipalities of more than 1,000,000 population
shall be itemized separately and may not be disbursed to any
other community.
(e) On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
91st General Assembly, the Lieutenant Governor shall transfer
to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, and the
Department shall receive, all assets and property possessed
by the Lieutenant Governor under this Section and all
liabilities and obligations for which the Lieutenant Governor
was responsible under this Section. Nothing in this
subsection affects the validity of certifications and grants
issued under this Section before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 90-609, eff. 6-30-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
1, 2000.
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