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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Section 6z-32 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/6z-32)
7    Sec. 6z-32. Partners for Planning and Conservation.
8    (a) The Partners for Conservation Fund (formerly known as
9the Conservation 2000 Fund) and the Partners for Conservation
10Projects Fund (formerly known as the Conservation 2000 Projects
11Fund) are created as special funds in the State Treasury. These
12funds shall be used to establish a comprehensive program to
13protect Illinois' natural resources through cooperative
14partnerships between State government and public and private
15landowners. Moneys in these Funds may be used, subject to
16appropriation, by the Department of Natural Resources, the
17Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of
18Agriculture for purposes relating to natural resource
19protection, planning, recreation, tourism, and compatible
20agricultural and economic development activities. Without
21limiting these general purposes, moneys in these Funds may be
22used, subject to appropriation, for the following specific
23purposes:

 

 

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1        (1) To foster sustainable agriculture practices and
2    control soil erosion and sedimentation, including grants
3    to Soil and Water Conservation Districts and Conservation
4    Land Trusts for conservation stewardship and land
5    protection practice cost-share grants for water quality
6    protection and improvement and for personnel, educational,
7    and administrative expenses.
8        (2) To establish and protect a system of ecosystems in
9    public and private ownership through conservation
10    easements, incentives to public and private landowners,
11    natural resource restoration and preservation, water
12    quality protection and improvement, land use and watershed
13    planning, technical assistance and grants, and land
14    acquisition, provided these mechanisms are all voluntary
15    on the part of the landowner and do not involve the use of
16    eminent domain.
17        (3) To develop a systematic and long-term program to
18    effectively measure and monitor natural resources and
19    ecological conditions through investments in technology
20    and involvement of scientific experts.
21        (4) To initiate strategies to enhance, use, and
22    maintain Illinois' inland lakes through education,
23    technical assistance, research, and financial incentives.
24        (5) To partner with private landowners; Conservation
25    Land Trusts; and with units of State, federal, and local
26    government; and with not-for-profit organizations in order

 

 

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1    to integrate State and federal programs with Illinois'
2    natural resource protection and restoration efforts and to
3    meet requirements to obtain federal and other funds for
4    conservation or protection of natural resources.
5    (b) The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall
6automatically transfer on the last day of each month, beginning
7on September 30, 1995 and ending on June 30, 2021, from the
8General Revenue Fund to the Partners for Conservation Fund, an
9amount equal to 1/10 of the amount set forth below in fiscal
10year 1996 and an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount set forth
11below in each of the other specified fiscal years:
12Fiscal Year Amount
131996$ 3,500,000
141997$ 9,000,000
151998$10,000,000
161999$11,000,000
172000$12,500,000
182001 through 2004$14,000,000
192005 $7,000,000
202006 $11,000,000
212007 $0
222008 through 2021........................ $14,000,000
23    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
24contrary and in addition to any other transfers that may be
25provided for by law, on the last day of each month beginning on
26July 31, 2006 and ending on June 30, 2007, or as soon

 

 

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1thereafter as may be practical, the State Comptroller shall
2direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000 from
3the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Fund to the
4Conservation 2000 Fund.
5    (d) There shall be deposited into the Partners for
6Conservation Projects Fund such bond proceeds and other moneys
7as may, from time to time, be provided by law.
8(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-139,
9eff. 1-1-08.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
112011.