Full Text of HB4279 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 1-15 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 801/1-15)
| 7 | | Sec. 1-15. General powers and duties.
| 8 | | (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.
| 16 | | (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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| 1 | | problems; and evaluate curricula at all
levels
of education and | 2 | | provide assistance to instructors and (ii) may
sponsor an
| 3 | | annual
conference of leaders in government, industry, health, | 4 | | and education to
evaluate the state of this State's environment | 5 | | and natural resources.
| 6 | | (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.
| 12 | | (d) In addition to its other powers, the Department has the | 13 | | following
powers:
| 14 | | (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.
| 19 | | (2) To cooperate with and support the Illinois Science
| 20 | | 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.
| 25 | | (e) The Department is authorized to make grants to local | 26 | | not-for-profit
organizations for the purposes of development, |
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| 1 | | maintenance and study of
wetland areas.
| 2 | | (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.
| 17 | | (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.
| 21 | | (h) The Department has the authority to accept, receive, | 22 | | and administer on behalf of the State, federal grant funds | 23 | | associated with the development or preservation of | 24 | | recreational boating infrastructure on this State's waterways | 25 | | and distribute those funds as prescribed by the appropriate | 26 | | federal agency. Funds received by the Department shall be |
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| 1 | | deposited into the Natural Resources Federal Boating | 2 | | Infrastructure Grant Dollars Fund, a special fund created in | 3 | | the State treasury and used for the purposes of this subsection | 4 | | (h). Interest or income earned on moneys deposited into the | 5 | | fund shall be retained in the fund to be used by the Department | 6 | | in accordance with this subsection (h). | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-582, eff. 8-14-99; | 8 | | 92-326, eff. 8-9-01.)
| 9 | | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 10 | | Section 5.886 as follows: | 11 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.886 new) | 12 | | Sec. 5.886. The Natural Resources Federal Boating | 13 | | Infrastructure Grant Dollars Fund.
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