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91_SB0770eng SB770 Engrossed LRB9105605DHmgA 1 AN ACT regarding forestry development and assistance. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Urban and Community Forestry Assistance 5 Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 735/6) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9306) 7 Sec. 6. Grants; sources and amounts. Urban/Community 8 Forestry Assistance Grants shall be made available from 9 appropriations from the General Revenue Fund, Illinois 10 Forestry Development Fund, or other sources as appropriated 11 by the General Assembly. The grants shall be limited to 12 projects for which the applicant will provide at least 50% of 13 the cost. A single grant to a unit of local government shall 14 not exceed 5% of the amount allocated for the grant program 15 by the Department in the current fiscal year. The 16 Department shall seek and obtain the advice of the Forestry 17 Development Council with respect to awarding grants under 18 this Section. 19 In the event that any of the municipality's contribution 20 to the payment of the cost of the program is to be made by 21 contribution of in kind service, the application shall set 22 forth in detail how such contribution will be made. 23 Units of local government may delegate program 24 administration, including the receipt and expenditure of 25 funds, to special boards by ordinance. 26 (Source: P.A. 89-172, eff. 1-1-96.) 27 Section 10. The Illinois Forestry Development Act is 28 amended by re-enacting and changing Section 6a as follows: 29 (525 ILCS 15/6a) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9106a) SB770 Engrossed -2- LRB9105605DHmgA 1 (This Section had an internal repeal date of 12-31-98. 2 Public Act 90-809, which became law and took effect on that 3 date, replaced 12-31-98 with 12-31-2008.) 4 Sec. 6a. Illinois Forestry Development Council. 5 (a) The Illinois Forestry Development Council is hereby 6 recreated by this amendatory Act of the 91st General 7 Assembly. 8 (b) The Council shall consist of 24 members appointed as 9 follows: 10 (1) four members of the General Assembly, one 11 appointed by the President of the Senate, one appointed 12 by the Senate Minority Leader, one appointed by the 13 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one 14 appointed by the House Minority Leader; 15 (2) one member appointed by the Governor to 16 represent the Governor; 17 (3) the Directors of the Departments of Natural 18 Resources, Agriculture, and Commerce and Community 19 Affairs, the Executive Director of the Illinois Farm 20 Development Authority, and the Director of the Office of 21 Rural Affairs, or their designees; 22 (4) the chairman of the Department of Forestry or a 23 forestry academician, appointed by the Dean of 24 Agriculture at Southern Illinois University at 25 Carbondale; 26 (5) the head of the Department of Natural Resources 27 and Environmental Sciences or a forestry academician, 28 appointed by the Dean of Agriculture at the University of 29 Illinois; 30 (6) two members, appointed by the Governor, who 31 shall be private timber growers; 32 (7) one member, appointed by the president of the 33 Illinois Wood Products Association, who shall be involved 34 in primary forestry industry; SB770 Engrossed -3- LRB9105605DHmgA 1 (8) one member, appointed by the president of the 2 Illinois Wood Products Association, who shall be involved 3 in secondary forestry industry; 4 (9) one member who is actively involved in 5 environmental issues, appointed by the Governor; 6 (10) the president of the Association of Illinois 7 Soil and Water Conservation Districts; 8 (11) two persons who are actively engaged in 9 farming, appointed by the Governor; 10 (12) one member, appointed by the Governor, whose 11 primary area of expertise is urban forestry; 12 (13) one member appointed by the President of the 13 Illinois Arborists Association; 14 (14) the Supervisor of the Shawnee National Forest 15 and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural 16 Resource Conservation Service's State Conservationist, ex 17 officio, or their designees. 18 (c) Members of the Council shall serve without 19 compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses 20 incurred in the performance of their duties which are not 21 otherwise reimbursed. 22 (d) The Council shall select from its membership a 23 chairperson and such other officers as it considers 24 necessary. 25 (e) Other individuals, agencies and organizations may be 26 invited to participate as deemed advisable by the Council. 27 (f) The Council shall study and evaluate the forestry 28 resources and forestry industry of Illinois. The Council 29 shall: 30 (1) determine the magnitude, nature and extent of 31 the State's forestry resources; 32 (2) determine current uses and project future 33 demand for forest products, services and benefits in 34 Illinois; SB770 Engrossed -4- LRB9105605DHmgA 1 (3) determine and evaluate the ownership 2 characteristics of the State's forests, the motives for 3 forest ownership and the success of incentives necessary 4 to stimulate development of forest resources; 5 (4) determine the economic development and 6 management opportunities that could result from 7 improvements in local and regional forest product 8 marketing and from the establishment of new or additional 9 wood-related businesses in Illinois; 10 (5) confer with and offer assistance to the 11 Illinois Farm Development Authority relating to its 12 implementation of forest industry assistance programs 13 authorized by the Illinois Farm Development Act; 14 (6) determine the opportunities for increasing 15 employment and economic growth through development of 16 forest resources; 17 (7) determine the effect of current governmental 18 policies and regulations on the management of woodlands 19 and the location of wood products markets; 20 (8) determine the staffing and funding needs for 21 forestry and other conservation programs to support and 22 enhance forest resources development; 23 (9) determine the needs of forestry education 24 programs in this State; 25 (10) confer with and offer assistance to the 26 Department of Natural Resources relating to the 27 implementation of urban forestry assistance grants 28 pursuant to the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance 29 Act; and 30 (11) determine soil and water conservation benefits 31 and wildlife habitat enhancement opportunities that can 32 be promoted through approved forestry management plans. 33 (g) The Council shall report (i) its findings and 34 recommendations for future State action and (ii) its SB770 Engrossed -5- LRB9105605DHmgA 1 evaluation of Urban/Community Forestry Assistance Grants to 2 the General Assembly no later than July 1 of each year. 3 (h) This Section 6a is repealed December 31, 2008. 4 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 5 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-809, eff. 12-31-98.) 6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 7 becoming law.