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1 | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 1.31 as follows:
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6 | (520 ILCS 5/1.31) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.31)
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7 | Sec. 1.31. Pheasant Fund. There is created in the
State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Treasury the State
Pheasant Fund.
All interest earned on monies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | in this Fund shall remain in the
fund.
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10 | (a) Thirty percent of the money collected from the sale of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | State Habitat
Stamps, and all interest earned, gifts, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | donations, grants, and bequests of
money for the
conservation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | of wild pheasants shall be deposited
into the State Pheasant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Fund for
appropriation to the Illinois Conservation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Foundation. The Illinois Conservation Foundation shall invest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | the moneys in the Fund to provide
Department for the following | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | purposes :
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18 | (1) 50% of funds derived from the sale of State Habitat
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19 | Stamps and deposited into the State Pheasant Fund, and all | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | interest earned, gifts,
donations, grants and bequests of
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21 | money for the conservation of wild pheasants shall be used | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | by the
Department for the conservation of wild pheasants.
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23 | Before allocating any funds under the provisions of this |
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1 | subsection, the
Department shall submit plans for use of | ||||||
2 | the funds to the State Pheasant Committee for its approval. | ||||||
3 | Pheasant conservation projects may
include land | ||||||
4 | acquisition, pheasant habitat improvement on public or | ||||||
5 | private
land, pheasant research, and education of the | ||||||
6 | public regarding pheasants
and pheasant hunting. None of | ||||||
7 | the monies spent
under this Section shall be used for | ||||||
8 | administrative expenses.
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9 | (2) 50% of funds derived from the sale of
State Habitat | ||||||
10 | Stamps and deposited into the Pheasant
Fund shall be | ||||||
11 | allocated
by the Department to appropriate
not-for-profit | ||||||
12 | organizations for the purpose of wild pheasant | ||||||
13 | conservation.
Before allocating
any funds under the | ||||||
14 | provisions of this paragraph (2), the Department
shall | ||||||
15 | submit the organizations' plans for use of the funds to the | ||||||
16 | State
Pheasant Committee for its approval. By December 31 | ||||||
17 | of each year,
any organization receiving funds under this | ||||||
18 | paragraph (2) shall report
to the Department and the | ||||||
19 | Committee on its use of those funds.
Pheasant conservation | ||||||
20 | projects may include land acquisition, pheasant
habitat | ||||||
21 | improvement on public or private land, pheasant research, | ||||||
22 | or
education of the public regarding pheasants and pheasant | ||||||
23 | hunting.
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24 | (b) The State Pheasant Committee is created and
shall | ||||||
25 | consist of:
(1) the Chief of the Wildlife
Resources Division or | ||||||
26 | his designee, (2) the Chief of the Land Management
Division or |
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1 | his designee, (3) one representative appointed by the
Director | ||||||
2 | who is from a nonprofit institution, corporation, or university
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3 | within the State and is actively engaged in wildlife research | ||||||
4 | pertaining to
game birds, especially pheasants, (4) the Chief | ||||||
5 | of the Technical Services
Division or his designee, and (5) 2 | ||||||
6 | or
more representatives from statewide pheasant organizations,
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7 | appointed by the Director. The Committee shall review and | ||||||
8 | recommend all
allocation of funds from the State Pheasant Fund.
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9 | (c) At the end of each license accounting period, if 30% of | ||||||
10 | the money
collected from the sale of State Habitat Stamps and | ||||||
11 | deposited into the
State Pheasant Fund is less than $500,000, | ||||||
12 | the Director shall request a
transfer and the State Comptroller
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13 | and State Treasurer shall transfer from the Illinois Habitat | ||||||
14 | Fund to the
State Pheasant Fund the amount
necessary to bring | ||||||
15 | the total deposited into the State Pheasant Fund to $500,000.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 86-158; 86-1028; 87-135; 87-1015.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
18 | 2007.
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