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91_HB2758

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Public Radio and Television Grant Act
 2    by changing Sections 6 and 7 and adding Section 7.5.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.  The Public Radio and Television Grant Act is
 6    amended by changing Sections 6 and 7 and adding  Section  7.5
 7    as follows:

 8        (30 ILCS 745/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 1556)
 9        Sec.  6.   Grant  Limitations.  Notwithstanding any other
10    provision of this Act, except Section 7.5, no  station  shall
11    in  any  year  be allocated funds under this Act in excess of
12    one-half of its actual operating cost for  the  prior  fiscal
13    year.  Grants provided under Section 7.5 shall be disregarded
14    in computing this limitation. Those funds  not  obligated  by
15    virtue  of  this  limitation  shall  be  distributed  to  the
16    remaining  stations  in  accordance  with  the  provisions of
17    Section 5 of this Act.
18        Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  this  Act,  no
19    station  shall be allocated more than 60% of all funds in its
20    grant pool.  Those funds not  obligated  by  virtue  of  this
21    limitation  shall  be  distributed  to the remaining eligible
22    stations in accordance with the provisions of  Section  5  of
23    this Act.
24    (Source: P.A. 84-1040.)

25        (30 ILCS 745/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 1557)
26        Sec. 7.  Required Assurances.  Except for grants provided
27    under  Section 7.5 of this Act, each eligible station and its
28    station licensee shall certify to the State Comptroller  when
29    applying  for  grant  funds  under  this  Act  that any funds
30    received pursuant to the provisions of  this  Act  shall  not

 
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 1    supplant  or cause to be reduced any other sources of funding
 2    for such stations, and will be used solely for the benefit of
 3    a  public  broadcasting   station   and   not   for   general
 4    institutional overhead or parent organization expenses.
 5    (Source: P.A. 84-1040.)

 6        (30 ILCS 745/7.5 new)
 7        Sec.    7.5.  Digital    capability   grants.    Eligible
 8    television stations shall receive grants in equal amounts  to
 9    be  used  solely to attain the digital capability required by
10    federal law.   Grant moneys received under this Section  that
11    are  not expended before December 31, 2003 shall be paid into
12    the General Revenue Fund.

13        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
14    becoming law.

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