Rep. Frank J. Mautino

Filed: 3/27/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 404

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 404, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The State Employee Housing Act is amended by
6changing Sections 5-5, 5-10, 5-15, 5-20, 5-25, 5-30, and 5-35
7as follows:
 
8    (5 ILCS 412/5-5)
9    Sec. 5-5. Policy development. The Department of
10Conservation, the Department of Corrections, the Historic
11Preservation Agency, the University of Illinois, and the
12University of Illinois Foundation shall each develop a policy
13on housing for State employees that addresses the following:
14        (1) Purpose of providing housing.
15        (2) Application procedures.
16        (3) Eligibility.

 

 

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1        (4) Tenant selection criteria.
2        (5) Accounting for housing in employee compensation.
3        (6) Employee responsibilities that necessitate
4    State-provided housing.
5        (7) Procedures for setting and adjusting rent,
6    security deposits, and utility payments.
7        (8) Documented justification for State ownership of
8    each house or property.
9(Source: P.A. 89-214, eff. 8-4-95.)
 
10    (5 ILCS 412/5-10)
11    Sec. 5-10. Taxable status. The Department of Agriculture,
12the Department of Conservation, the Department of Corrections,
13the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and the University of
14Illinois shall each develop procedures to determine whether
15housing provided to employees and non-employees is subject to
16taxation. The Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue
17Service may be consulted to determine the appropriate means of
18reporting the value of housing provided at below fair market
19rent to those who do not meet all established criteria.
20(Source: P.A. 89-214, eff. 8-4-95.)
 
21    (5 ILCS 412/5-15)
22    Sec. 5-15. Rental housing. The Department of Conservation,
23the Department of Corrections, the Historic Preservation
24Agency, the Department of Transportation, the University of

 

 

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1Illinois, and the University of Illinois Foundation shall each
2analyze the need for providing low-rent housing to its
3employees and shall consider alternatives to State-owned
4housing. Rent charged for State-owned housing shall be
5evaluated every 3 years for adjustments, including that
6necessitated by changing economic conditions.
7(Source: P.A. 89-214, eff. 8-4-95.)
 
8    (5 ILCS 412/5-20)
9    Sec. 5-20. Security deposit. The Department of
10Conservation, the Department of Corrections, the Department of
11Transportation, the Historic Preservation Agency, the
12University of Illinois, and the University of Illinois
13Foundation shall each analyze the need for all employee and
14non-employee tenants of State-owned housing to pay a reasonable
15security deposit and may each collect security deposits and
16maintain them in interest-bearing accounts.
17(Source: P.A. 89-214, eff. 8-4-95.)
 
18    (5 ILCS 412/5-25)
19    Sec. 5-25. Utilities. The Department of Conservation, the
20Department of Corrections, the Historic Preservation Agency,
21and the University of Illinois may each require its employees
22for whom it provides housing to pay their own utilities. If
23direct utility payment is required, a utility schedule shall be
24established for employees who can not directly pay utilities

 

 

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1due to extenuating circumstances, such as occupancy of
2dormitories not individually metered.
3(Source: P.A. 89-214, eff. 8-4-95.)
 
4    (5 ILCS 412/5-30)
5    Sec. 5-30. Tenant selection. The Department of
6Conservation, the Department of Corrections, the Historic
7Preservation Agency, the Department of Transportation, the
8University of Illinois, and the University of Illinois
9Foundation shall each develop and maintain application forms
10for its State-owned housing, written criteria for selecting
11employee tenants, and records of decisions as to who was
12selected to receive State housing and why they were selected.
13(Source: P.A. 89-214, eff. 8-4-95.)
 
14    (5 ILCS 412/5-35)
15    Sec. 5-35. Housing justification. The Department of
16Conservation, the Historic Preservation Agency, and the
17University of Illinois shall each develop written criteria for
18determining which employment positions necessitate provision
19of State housing. The criteria shall include the specific
20employee responsibilities that can only be performed
21effectively by occupying State housing.
22(Source: P.A. 89-214, eff. 8-4-95.)
 
23    (15 ILCS 315/Act rep.)

 

 

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1    Section 8. The State Museum Construction Act is repealed.
 
2    (20 ILCS 805/805-320 rep.)
3    (20 ILCS 805/805-435 rep.)
4    (20 ILCS 805/805-505 rep.)
5    Section 10. The Department of Natural Resources
6(Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
7is amended by repealing Sections 805-320, 805-435, and 805-505.
 
8    Section 15. The Illinois Geographic Information Council
9Act is amended by changing Sections 5-20 and 5-30 as follows:
 
10    (20 ILCS 1128/5-20)
11    Sec. 5-20. Meetings. The Council shall meet upon the call
12of its chairmen and shall meet at least twice a year.
13(Source: P.A. 94-961, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
14    (20 ILCS 1128/5-30)
15    Sec. 5-30. Evaluation of proposals.
16    The Council shall evaluate proposals made by the User
17Advisory Committee and make recommendations to the Governor and
18General Assembly on the efficient development, use, and funding
19of geographic information management technology (GIMT) for
20Illinois' State, regional, local, and academic agencies and
21institutions.
22    These include:

 

 

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1        (1) Standards for the collection (geodetic),
2    maintenance, dissemination, and documentation of spatial
3    data, consistent with established and on-going development
4    of national standards and guidelines when applicable.
5        (2) Funding strategies that encourage and support the
6    use of GIMT at local levels of government.
7        (3) Examining the impacts of the Freedom of Information
8    Act as it applies to digital data dissemination.
9        (4) Statewide basemap development.
10        (5) The development of multiyear strategies for
11    integration of GIMT in Illinois.
12        (6) (Blank). The Council shall report to the Governor
13    and the General Assembly by January 31st of each year on:
14            (a) the current status of efforts to integrate GIMT
15        into the decision making, evaluation, planning, and
16        management activities of State and local governments;
17            (b) the current status of integration of State and
18        local government efforts with those of the federal
19        government and the private sector; and
20            (c) Council objectives for the next 12-month
21        period.
22        (7) As necessary, the Council may enter into agreements
23    with professional non-profit organizations to achieve its
24    objectives.
25        (8) The Council may accept grants and gifts from
26    corporations, for-profit or not-for-profit, or

 

 

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1    associations for the purpose of conducting research,
2    evaluations, or demonstration projects directed towards
3    the development of an integrated statewide system of
4    geographic information management technology.
5(Source: P.A. 94-961, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
6    (20 ILCS 1128/5-15 rep.)
7    Section 20. The Illinois Geographic Information Council
8Act is amended by repealing Section 5-15.
 
9    Section 22. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
10Section 5.811 as follows:
 
11    (30 ILCS 105/5.811 new)
12    Sec. 5.811. The Mining Safety, Inspection, and Regulation
13Fund.
 
14    Section 25. The Illinois Coal Technology Development
15Assistance Act is amended by changing Section 3 and by adding
16Sections 7 and 8 as follows:
 
17    (30 ILCS 730/3)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 8203)
18    Sec. 3. Transfers to Coal Technology Development
19Assistance Funds. As soon as may be practicable after the first
20day of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to
21the Treasurer an amount equal to 1/64 of the revenue realized

 

 

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1from the tax imposed by the Electricity Excise Tax Law, Section
22 of the Public Utilities Revenue Act, Section 2 of the
3Messages Tax Act, and Section 2 of the Gas Revenue Tax Act,
4during the preceding month. Upon receipt of the certification,
5the Treasurer shall transfer the amount shown on such
6certification from the General Revenue Fund, less the amount of
7$416,666 each month that shall be transferred to the Mining
8Safety, Inspection, and Regulation Fund, which is hereby
9created as a special fund in the State treasury, to the Coal
10Technology Development Assistance Fund, which is hereby
11created as a special fund in the State treasury, except that no
12transfer to the Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund
13shall be made in any month in which the Fund has reached the
14following balance:
15        (1) $7,000,000 during fiscal year 1994.
16        (2) $8,500,000 during fiscal year 1995.
17        (3) $10,000,000 during fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
18        (4) During fiscal year 1998 through fiscal year 2004,
19    an amount equal to the sum of $10,000,000 plus additional
20    moneys deposited into the Coal Technology Development
21    Assistance Fund from the Renewable Energy Resources and
22    Coal Technology Development Assistance Charge under
23    Section 6.5 of the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and
24    Coal Resources Development Law of 1997.
25        (5) During fiscal year 2005, an amount equal to the sum
26    of $7,000,000 plus additional moneys deposited into the

 

 

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1    Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund from the
2    Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology Development
3    Assistance Charge under Section 6.5 of the Renewable
4    Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development
5    Law of 1997.
6        (6) During fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year
7    thereafter, an amount equal to the sum of $10,000,000 plus
8    additional moneys deposited into the Coal Technology
9    Development Assistance Fund from the Renewable Energy
10    Resources and Coal Technology Development Assistance
11    Charge under Section 6.5 of the Renewable Energy, Energy
12    Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997.
13(Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
14    (30 ILCS 730/7 new)
15    Sec. 7. Transfers to Mining Safety, Inspection, and
16Regulation Funds. As soon as may be practicable after the first
17day of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to
18the Treasurer an amount equal to 1/64 of the revenue realized
19from the tax imposed by the Electricity Excise Tax Law, Section
202 of the Public Utilities Revenue Act, Section 2 of the
21Messages Tax Act, and Section 2 of the Gas Revenue Tax Act,
22during the preceding month. Upon receipt of the certification,
23the Treasurer shall transfer $416,666 from the amount shown on
24the certification from the General Revenue Fund to the Mining
25Safety, Inspection, and Regulation Fund.
 

 

 

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1    (30 ILCS 730/8 new)
2    Sec. 8. Expenditures from Mining Safety, Inspection, and
3Regulation Fund. The contents of the Mining Safety, Inspection,
4and Regulation Fund may be used for expenses, subject to
5appropriation by the General Assembly, in the amounts and at
6such times as the Department of Natural Resources may deem
7necessary or desirable for the purposes of operations of the
8Office of Mines and Minerals within the Department of Natural
9Resources to ensure proper mining safety and regulations and
10other mining related issues.
 
11    (30 ILCS 768/Act rep.)
12    Section 27. The Park and Recreational Facility
13Construction Act is repealed.
 
14    Section 30. The Counties Code is amended by changing
15Section 5-1062 as follows:
 
16    (55 ILCS 5/5-1062)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1062)
17    Sec. 5-1062. Stormwater management.
18    (a) The purpose of this Section is to allow management and
19mitigation of the effects of urbanization on stormwater
20drainage in metropolitan counties located in the area served by
21the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, and references
22to "county" in this Section shall apply only to those counties.

 

 

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1This Section shall not apply to any county with a population in
2excess of 1,500,000, except as provided in subsection (c). The
3purpose of this Section shall be achieved by:
4        (1) consolidating the existing stormwater management
5    framework into a united, countywide structure;
6        (2) setting minimum standards for floodplain and
7    stormwater management; and
8        (3) preparing a countywide plan for the management of
9    stormwater runoff, including the management of natural and
10    man-made drainageways. The countywide plan may incorporate
11    watershed plans.
12    (b) A stormwater management planning committee shall be
13established by county board resolution, with its membership
14consisting of equal numbers of county board and municipal
15representatives from each county board district, and such other
16members as may be determined by the county and municipal
17members. However, if the county has more than 6 county board
18districts, the county board may by ordinance divide the county
19into not less than 6 areas of approximately equal population,
20to be used instead of county board districts for the purpose of
21determining representation on the stormwater management
22planning committee.
23    The county board members shall be appointed by the chairman
24of the county board. Municipal members from each county board
25district or other represented area shall be appointed by a
26majority vote of the mayors of those municipalities which have

 

 

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1the greatest percentage of their respective populations
2residing in such county board district or other represented
3area. All municipal and county board representatives shall be
4entitled to a vote; the other members shall be nonvoting
5members, unless authorized to vote by the unanimous consent of
6the municipal and county board representatives. A municipality
7that is located in more than one county may choose, at the time
8of formation of the stormwater management planning committee
9and based on watershed boundaries, to participate in the
10stormwater management planning program of either or both of the
11counties. Subcommittees of the stormwater management planning
12committee may be established to serve a portion of the county
13or a particular drainage basin that has similar stormwater
14management needs. The stormwater management planning committee
15shall adopt by-laws, by a majority vote of the county and
16municipal members, to govern the functions of the committee and
17its subcommittees. Officers of the committee shall include a
18chair and vice chair, one of whom shall be a county
19representative and one a municipal representative.
20    The principal duties of the committee shall be to develop a
21stormwater management plan for presentation to and approval by
22the county board, and to direct the plan's implementation and
23revision. The committee may retain engineering, legal and
24financial advisors and inspection personnel. The committee
25shall meet at least quarterly and shall hold at least one
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1its submittal to the county board.
2    (c) In the preparation of a stormwater management plan, a
3county stormwater management planning committee shall
4coordinate the planning process with each adjoining county to
5ensure that recommended stormwater projects will have no
6significant impact on the levels or flows of stormwaters in
7inter-county watersheds or on the capacity of existing and
8planned stormwater retention facilities. An adopted stormwater
9management plan shall identify steps taken by the county to
10coordinate the development of plan recommendations with
11adjoining counties.
12    (d) (Blank). Before the stormwater management planning
13committee recommends to the county board a stormwater
14management plan for the county or a portion thereof, it shall
15submit the plan to the Office of Water Resources of the
16Department of Natural Resources and to the Northeastern
17Illinois Planning Commission for review and recommendations.
18The Office and the Commission, in reviewing the plan, shall
19consider such factors as impacts on the levels or flows in
20rivers and streams and the cumulative effects of stormwater
21discharges on flood levels. The Office of Water Resources shall
22determine whether the plan or ordinances enacted to implement
23the plan complies with the requirements of subsection (f).
24Within a period not to exceed 60 days, the review comments and
25recommendations shall be submitted to the stormwater
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1amendments to the plan shall be submitted to the Office and the
2Commission for review.
3    (e) Prior to recommending the plan to the county board, the
4stormwater management planning committee shall hold at least
5one public hearing thereon and shall afford interested persons
6an opportunity to be heard. The hearing shall be held in the
7county seat. Notice of the hearing shall be published at least
8once no less than 15 days in advance thereof in a newspaper of
9general circulation published in the county. The notice shall
10state the time and place of the hearing and the place where
11copies of the proposed plan will be accessible for examination
12by interested parties. If an affected municipality having a
13stormwater management plan adopted by ordinance wishes to
14protest the proposed county plan provisions, it shall appear at
15the hearing and submit in writing specific proposals to the
16stormwater management planning committee. After consideration
17of the matters raised at the hearing, the committee may amend
18or approve the plan and recommend it to the county board for
19adoption.
20    The county board may enact the proposed plan by ordinance.
21If the proposals for modification of the plan made by an
22affected municipality having a stormwater management plan are
23not included in the proposed county plan, and the municipality
24affected by the plan opposes adoption of the county plan by
25resolution of its corporate authorities, approval of the county
26plan shall require an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds

 

 

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1of the county board members present and voting. If the county
2board wishes to amend the county plan, it shall submit in
3writing specific proposals to the stormwater management
4planning committee. If the proposals are not approved by the
5committee, or are opposed by resolution of the corporate
6authorities of an affected municipality having a municipal
7stormwater management plan, amendment of the plan shall require
8an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the county board
9members present and voting.
10    (f) The county board may prescribe by ordinance reasonable
11rules and regulations for floodplain management and for
12governing the location, width, course and release rate of all
13stormwater runoff channels, streams and basins in the county,
14in accordance with the adopted stormwater management plan.
15These rules and regulations shall, at a minimum, meet the
16standards for floodplain management established by the Office
17of Water Resources and the requirements of the Federal
18Emergency Management Agency for participation in the National
19Flood Insurance Program.
20    (g) In accordance with, and if recommended in, the adopted
21stormwater management plan, the county board may adopt a
22schedule of fees as may be necessary to mitigate the effects of
23increased stormwater runoff resulting from new development.
24The fees shall not exceed the cost of satisfying the onsite
25stormwater retention or detention requirements of the adopted
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1activities undertaken by the county or its included
2municipalities to mitigate the effects of urban stormwater
3runoff by providing regional stormwater retention or detention
4facilities, as identified in the county plan. All such fees
5collected by the county shall be held in a separate fund, and
6shall be expended only in the watershed within which they were
7collected.
8    (h) For the purpose of implementing this Section and for
9the development, design, planning, construction, operation and
10maintenance of stormwater facilities provided for in the
11stormwater management plan, a county board that has established
12a stormwater management planning committee pursuant to this
13Section may cause an annual tax of not to exceed 0.20% of the
14value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
15of all taxable property in the county to be levied upon all the
16taxable property in the county. The tax shall be in addition to
17all other taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected in
18the county and shall be in addition to the maximum tax rate
19authorized by law for general county purposes. The 0.20%
20limitation provided in this Section may be increased or
21decreased by referendum in accordance with the provisions of
22Sections 18-120, 18-125, and 18-130 of the Property Tax Code.
23    Any revenues generated as a result of ownership or
24operation of facilities or land acquired with the tax funds
25collected pursuant to this subsection (h) shall be held in a
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1for implementing this Section.
2    However, unless at least part of the county has been
3declared after July 1, 1986 by presidential proclamation to be
4a disaster area as a result of flooding, the tax authorized by
5this subsection (h) shall not be levied until the question of
6its adoption, either for a specified period or indefinitely,
7has been submitted to the electors thereof and approved by a
8majority of those voting on the question. This question may be
9submitted at any election held in the county after the adoption
10of a resolution by the county board providing for the
11submission of the question to the electors of the county. The
12county board shall certify the resolution and proposition to
13the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition
14at an election in accordance with the general election law. If
15a majority of the votes cast on the question is in favor of the
16levy of the tax, it may thereafter be levied in the county for
17the specified period or indefinitely, as provided in the
18proposition. The question shall be put in substantially the
19following form:
20-------------------------------------------------------------
21    Shall an annual tax be levied
22for stormwater management purposes            YES
23(for a period of not more than
24...... years) at a rate not exceeding      ------------------
25.....% of the equalized assessed
26value of the taxable property of              NO

 

 

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1........ County?
2-------------------------------------------------------------
3    (i) Upon the creation and implementation of a county
4stormwater management plan, the county may petition the circuit
5court to dissolve any or all drainage districts created
6pursuant to the Illinois Drainage Code or predecessor Acts
7which are located entirely within the area of the county
8covered by the plan.
9    However, any active drainage district implementing a plan
10that is consistent with and at least as stringent as the county
11stormwater management plan may petition the stormwater
12management planning committee for exception from dissolution.
13Upon filing of the petition, the committee shall set a date for
14hearing not less than 2 weeks, nor more than 4 weeks, from the
15filing thereof, and the committee shall give at least one
16week's notice of the hearing in one or more newspapers of
17general circulation within the district, and in addition shall
18cause a copy of the notice to be personally served upon each of
19the trustees of the district. At the hearing, the committee
20shall hear the district's petition and allow the district
21trustees and any interested parties an opportunity to present
22oral and written evidence. The committee shall render its
23decision upon the petition for exception from dissolution based
24upon the best interests of the residents of the district. In
25the event that the exception is not allowed, the district may
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1court. In that case, the notice and hearing requirements for
2the court shall be the same as herein provided for the
3committee. The court shall likewise render its decision of
4whether to dissolve the district based upon the best interests
5of residents of the district.
6    The dissolution of any drainage district shall not affect
7the obligation of any bonds issued or contracts entered into by
8the district nor invalidate the levy, extension or collection
9of any taxes or special assessments upon the property in the
10former drainage district. All property and obligations of the
11former drainage district shall be assumed and managed by the
12county, and the debts of the former drainage district shall be
13discharged as soon as practicable.
14    If a drainage district lies only partly within a county
15that adopts a county stormwater management plan, the county may
16petition the circuit court to disconnect from the drainage
17district that portion of the district that lies within that
18county. The property of the drainage district within the
19disconnected area shall be assumed and managed by the county.
20The county shall also assume a portion of the drainage
21district's debt at the time of disconnection, based on the
22portion of the value of the taxable property of the drainage
23district which is located within the area being disconnected.
24    The operations of any drainage district that continues to
25exist in a county that has adopted a stormwater management plan
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1adopted plan.
2    (j) Any county that has adopted a county stormwater
3management plan under this Section may, after 10 days written
4notice to the owner or occupant, enter upon any lands or waters
5within the county for the purpose of inspecting stormwater
6facilities or causing the removal of any obstruction to an
7affected watercourse. The county shall be responsible for any
8damages occasioned thereby.
9    (k) Upon petition of the municipality, and based on a
10finding of the stormwater management planning committee, the
11county shall not enforce rules and regulations adopted by the
12county in any municipality located wholly or partly within the
13county that has a municipal stormwater management ordinance
14that is consistent with and at least as stringent as the county
15plan and ordinance, and is being enforced by the municipal
16authorities.
17    (l) A county may issue general obligation bonds for
18implementing any stormwater plan adopted under this Section in
19the manner prescribed in Section 5-1012; except that the
20referendum requirement of Section 5-1012 shall not apply to
21bonds issued pursuant to this Section on which the principal
22and interest are to be paid entirely out of funds generated by
23the taxes and fees authorized by this Section.
24    (m) The powers authorized by this Section may be
25implemented by the county board for a portion of the county
26subject to similar stormwater management needs.

 

 

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1    (n) The powers and taxes authorized by this Section are in
2addition to the powers and taxes authorized by Division 5-15;
3in exercising its powers under this Section, a county shall not
4be subject to the restrictions and requirements of that
5Division.
6    (o) Pursuant to paragraphs (g) and (i) of Section 6 of
7Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, this Section
8specifically denies and limits the exercise of any power which
9is inconsistent herewith by home rule units in any county with
10a population of less than 1,500,000 in the area served by the
11Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission. This Section does
12not prohibit the concurrent exercise of powers consistent
13herewith.
14(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
 
15    (55 ILCS 5/5-1062.1 rep.)
16    Section 35. The Counties Code is amended by repealing
17Section 5-1062.1.
 
18    Section 40. The Coal Mining Act is amended by changing
19Section 2.08 as follows:
 
20    (225 ILCS 705/2.08)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 308)
21    Sec. 2.08. The Director of the Office of Mines and Minerals
22within the Department of Natural Resources, or his or her
23designee, shall be the executive officer of the Mining Board

 

 

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1and shall execute the orders, rules and regulations made and
2promulgated by the Mining Board. The Manager of the Office of
3Mines and Minerals may act as executive officer in the absence
4of the Director of the Office of Mines and Minerals.
5(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
 
6    Section 45. The Energy Assistance Act is amended by
7changing Section 5 as follows:
 
8    (305 ILCS 20/5)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1405)
9    Sec. 5. Policy Advisory Council.
10    (a) Within the Department of Commerce and Economic
11Opportunity is created a Low Income Energy Assistance Policy
12Advisory Council.
13    (b) The Council shall be chaired by the Director of
14Commerce and Economic Opportunity or his or her designee. There
15shall be 19 20 members of the Low Income Energy Assistance
16Policy Advisory Council, including the chairperson and the
17following members:
18        (1) one member designated by the Illinois Commerce
19    Commission;
20        (2) (blank); one member designated by the Illinois
21    Department of Natural Resources;
22        (3) one member designated by the Illinois Energy
23    Association to represent electric public utilities serving
24    in excess of 1 million customers in this State;

 

 

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1        (4) one member agreed upon by gas public utilities that
2    serve more than 500,000 and fewer than 1,500,000 customers
3    in this State;
4        (5) one member agreed upon by gas public utilities that
5    serve 1,500,000 or more customers in this State;
6        (6) one member designated by the Illinois Energy
7    Association to represent combination gas and electric
8    public utilities;
9        (7) one member agreed upon by the Illinois Municipal
10    Electric Agency and the Association of Illinois Electric
11    Cooperatives;
12        (8) one member agreed upon by the Illinois Industrial
13    Energy Consumers;
14        (9) three members designated by the Department to
15    represent low income energy consumers;
16        (10) two members designated by the Illinois Community
17    Action Association to represent local agencies that assist
18    in the administration of this Act;
19        (11) one member designated by the Citizens Utility
20    Board to represent residential energy consumers;
21        (12) one member designated by the Illinois Retail
22    Merchants Association to represent commercial energy
23    customers;
24        (13) one member designated by the Department to
25    represent independent energy providers; and
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1    of Chicago.
2    (c) Designated and appointed members shall serve 2 year
3terms and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
4The designating organization shall notify the chairperson of
5any changes or substitutions of a designee within 10 business
6days of a change or substitution. Members shall serve without
7compensation, but may receive reimbursement for actual costs
8incurred in fulfilling their duties as members of the Council.
9    (d) The Council shall have the following duties:
10        (1) to monitor the administration of this Act to ensure
11    effective, efficient, and coordinated program development
12    and implementation;
13        (2) to assist the Department in developing and
14    administering rules and regulations required to be
15    promulgated pursuant to this Act in a manner consistent
16    with the purpose and objectives of this Act;
17        (3) to facilitate and coordinate the collection and
18    exchange of all program data and other information needed
19    by the Department and others in fulfilling their duties
20    pursuant to this Act;
21        (4) to advise the Department on the proper level of
22    support required for effective administration of the Act;
23        (5) to provide a written opinion concerning any
24    regulation proposed pursuant to this Act, and to review and
25    comment on any energy assistance or related plan required
26    to be prepared by the Department;

 

 

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1        (6) to advise the Department on the use of funds
2    collected pursuant to Section 11 of this Act, and on any
3    changes to existing low income energy assistance programs
4    to make effective use of such funds, so long as such uses
5    and changes are consistent with the requirements of the
6    Act.
7(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
8    (305 ILCS 20/8 rep.)
9    Section 50. The Energy Assistance Act is amended by
10repealing Section 8.
 
11    Section 55. The Interstate Ozone Transport Oversight Act is
12amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
 
13    (415 ILCS 130/20)
14    Sec. 20. Legislative referral and public hearings.
15    (a) Not later than 10 days after the development of any
16proposed memorandum of understanding by the Ozone Transport
17Assessment Group potentially requiring the State of Illinois to
18undertake emission reductions in addition to those specified by
19the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, or subsequent to the
20issuance of a request made by the United States Environmental
21Protection Agency on or after June 1, 1997 for submission of a
22State Implementation Plan for Illinois relating to ozone
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1shall submit the proposed memorandum of understanding or State
2Implementation Plan to the House Committee and the Senate
3Committee for their consideration. At that time, the Director
4shall also submit information detailing any alternate
5strategies.
6    (b) To assist the legislative review required by this Act,
7the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of
8Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall conduct a joint study
9of the impacts on the State's economy which may result from
10implementation of the emission reduction strategies contained
11within any proposed memorandum of understanding or State
12Implementation Plan relating to ozone and from implementation
13of any alternate strategies. The study shall include, but not
14be limited to, the impacts on economic development, employment,
15utility costs and rates, personal income, and industrial
16competitiveness which may result from implementation of the
17emission reduction strategies contained within any proposed
18memorandum of agreement or State Implementation Plan relating
19to ozone and from implementation of any alternate strategies.
20The study shall be submitted to the House Committee and Senate
21Committee not less than 10 days prior to any scheduled hearing
22conducted pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section.
23    (c) Upon receipt of the information required by subsections
24(a) and (b) of this Section, the House Committee and Senate
25Committee shall each convene one or more public hearings to
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1interested parties on the memorandum of understanding's or
2State Implementation Plan's prospective economic and
3environmental impacts, including its impacts on energy use,
4economic development, utility costs and rates, and
5competitiveness. Additionally, comments shall be received on
6the prospective economic and environmental impacts, including
7impacts on energy use, economic development, utility costs and
8rates, and competitiveness, which may result from
9implementation of any alternate strategies.
10(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
11    (515 ILCS 5/1-235 rep.)
12    Section 60. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
13repealing Section 1-235.
 
14    (520 ILCS 20/2 rep.)
15    (520 ILCS 20/6 rep.)
16    (520 ILCS 20/7 rep.)
17    (520 ILCS 20/8 rep.)
18    (520 ILCS 20/9 rep.)
19    Section 65. The Wildlife Habitat Management Areas Act is
20amended by repealing Sections 2, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
 
21    Section 70. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended
22by changing Section 23a as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (615 ILCS 5/23a)  (from Ch. 19, par. 70a)
2    Sec. 23a. The Department is authorized to carry out
3inspections of any dam within the State, and to establish
4standards and issue permits for the safe construction of new
5dams and the reconstruction, repair, operation and maintenance
6of all existing dams. If any inspection carried out by the
7Department or by a federal agency in which the Department
8concurs determines that a dam is in an unsafe condition, the
9Department shall so notify the appropriate public officials of
10the affected city or county, the State's Attorney of the county
11in which the dam is located, and the Illinois Emergency
12Management Agency.
13    The Department may compel the installation of fishways in
14dams wherever deemed necessary.
15    The Department may establish by rule minimum water levels
16for water behind dams on streams and rivers as necessary to
17preserve the fish and other aquatic life and to safeguard the
18health of the community.
19    Upon a determination of the Department that a dam
20constitutes a serious threat to life or a threat of substantial
21property damage, the Department may issue orders to require
22changes in the structure or its operation or maintenance
23necessary for proper control of water levels at normal stages
24and for the disposal of flood waters and for the protection of
25navigation and any persons or property situated downstream from
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1that no existing dam, based solely upon the enactment by any
2governmental unit of any new rule, regulation, ordinance, law,
3or other requirement passed after the construction of the dam,
4shall be deemed to constitute a serious threat to life or a
5threat of substantial property damage if it was designed and
6constructed under a permit from the State of Illinois in
7conformance with all applicable standards existing at the time
8of its construction and is in good repair.
9    The Department shall be required, prior to taking any
10action to compel alteration or breaching of any dam, to furnish
11in writing to the owner of the dam (1) a detailed and specific
12list of defects discovered in the course of inspection of the
13dam, including the specific nature of any inadequacies in the
14capacity of the spillway system and any indications of seepage,
15erosion, or other evidence of structural deficiency in the dam
16or spillway; and (2) a statement of the applicable standards
17that if complied with by the owner of the dam would put the dam
18into compliance with the State's requirements.
19    No order shall be issued requiring alteration of any
20existing dam until after notice and opportunity for hearing has
21been provided by the Department to the dam owners. If the owner
22or owners of the dam are unknown, notice will be provided by
23publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county
24in which the structure is located. Any order issued under this
25Section shall include a statement of the findings supporting
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1    Opportunity for hearing is not required in emergency
2situations when the Department finds there is imminent hazard
3to personal public safety of people.
4    The Department may enforce the provisions of this Section
5and of rules and orders issued hereunder by injunction or other
6appropriate action.
7    Neither the Department of Natural Resources nor employees
8or agents of the Department shall be liable for damages
9sustained through the partial or total failure of any dam or
10the operation or maintenance of any dam by reason of the
11Department's regulation thereof. Nothing in this Act shall
12relieve an owner or operator of a dam from the legal duties,
13obligations, and liabilities arising from ownership or
14operation.
15    The Department shall review and update its operations
16manuals for the Algonquin Dam and the William G. Stratton Lock
17and Dam on an annual basis.
18(Source: P.A. 96-388, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
19    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.".