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Public Act 92-0046

SB751 Enrolled                                 LRB9204285LBmg

    AN ACT concerning professional regulation.

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

    Section   5.   The  Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing
Act is amended by changing Section 20-40 as follows:

    (225 ILCS 65/20-40)
    Sec. 20-40. Fund.  There is  hereby  created  within  the
State  Treasury  the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund.
The monies in the Fund may be used by and at the direction of
the Department for the administration and enforcement of this
Act, including but not limited to:
         (a)  Distribution and publication of the Nursing and
    Advanced Practice Nursing Act and the rules at  the  time
    of  renewal  to  all  persons  licensed by the Department
    under this Act.
         (b)  Employment     of     secretarial,     nursing,
    administrative, enforcement,  and  other  staff  for  the
    administration of this Act.
         (c)  Conducting  a  survey, as prescribed by rule of
    the Department, once every 4  years  during  the  license
    renewal period.
         (d)  Conducting  of  training seminars for licensees
    under   this   Act   relating   to    the    obligations,
    responsibilities, enforcement and other provisions of the
    Act and its rules.
         (e)  Disposition of Fees:
              (i)  (Blank).
              (ii)  All  of  the  fees  and  fines  collected
         pursuant  to  this  Act  shall  be  deposited in the
         Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund.
              (iii)  For the fiscal year  beginning  July  1,
         1988,  the moneys deposited in the Nursing Dedicated
         and Professional Fund shall be appropriated  to  the
         Department  for  expenses  of the Department and the
         Board  in  the  administration  of  this  Act.   All
         earnings received from investment of moneys  in  the
         Nursing  Dedicated  and  Professional  Fund shall be
         deposited in the Nursing Dedicated and  Professional
         Fund and shall be used for the same purposes as fees
         deposited in the Fund.
              (iv)  For  the  fiscal  year  beginning July 1,
         2001 1991  and  for  each  fiscal  year  thereafter,
         $750,000  either  10% of the moneys deposited in the
         Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund  each  year,
         not  including  interest accumulated on such moneys,
         or any moneys deposited in the  Fund  in  each  year
         which  are  in  excess of the amount appropriated in
         that year to meet ordinary and  contingent  expenses
         of  the Board, whichever is less, shall be set aside
         and  appropriated  to  the  Illinois  Department  of
         Public  Health  for  nursing  scholarships   awarded
         pursuant  to  the Nursing Education Scholarship Law.
         Representatives  of the Department and  the  Nursing
         Education Scholarship Program Advisory Council shall
         review  this requirement and  the scholarship awards
         every 2 years.
              (v)  Moneys in the Fund may be  transferred  to
         the  Professions  Indirect  Cost  Fund as authorized
         under  Section  2105-300  of   the   Department   of
         Professional Regulation Law (20 ILCS 2105/2105-300).
(Source:  P.A.  90-61,  eff.  12-30-97;  90-372, eff. 7-1-98;
90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98; 91-239, 1-1-00.)

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
July 1, 2001.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 01, 2001.
    Approved June 29, 2001.

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