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Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
Filed: 3/8/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2974
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2974 on page 1, |
| 3 | | immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 3. The Illinois Conservation Foundation Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 880/15)
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| 7 | | Sec. 15. Organization, powers, and duties of Foundation. As |
| 8 | | soon as
practical after the Foundation is created, the Board of |
| 9 | | Directors shall meet,
organize, and designate, by majority |
| 10 | | vote, a treasurer, secretary, and any
additional officers that |
| 11 | | may be needed to carry out the activities of the
Foundation, |
| 12 | | and shall adopt bylaws of the Foundation. The Department of
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| 13 | | Natural Resources may adopt other rules deemed necessary
to |
| 14 | | govern Foundation procedures.
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| 15 | | The Foundation may accept gifts or grants from the federal |
| 16 | | government, its
agencies or officers, or from any person, firm, |
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| 1 | | or corporation, and may expend
receipts on activities that it |
| 2 | | considers suitable to the performance of its
duties under this |
| 3 | | Act and consistent with any requirement of the grant, gift,
or |
| 4 | | bequest. Funds collected by the Foundation shall be considered
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| 5 | | private funds, except those received from public entities, and |
| 6 | | shall be
held in an appropriate account outside of the State
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| 7 | | Treasury.
Private funds collected by the Foundation are not |
| 8 | | subject to the Public
Funds Investment Act. The Foundation is |
| 9 | | exempt from the Accountability for the Investment of Public |
| 10 | | Funds Act. Foundation procurement is exempt from the Illinois
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| 11 | | Procurement Code when only private funds are used for |
| 12 | | procurement
expenditures.
The treasurer of the Foundation |
| 13 | | shall be custodian of all Foundation
funds. The Foundation's |
| 14 | | accounts and books shall be set up and maintained in a
manner |
| 15 | | approved by the Auditor General; and the Foundation and its |
| 16 | | officers
shall be responsible for the approval of recording of |
| 17 | | receipts, approval of
payments, and the proper filing of |
| 18 | | required reports. The Foundation may be
assisted in carrying |
| 19 | | out its functions by personnel of the
Department of Natural |
| 20 | | Resources.
The Department shall provide reasonable assistance |
| 21 | | to the Foundation to
achieve the purposes of the Foundation.
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| 22 | | The Foundation shall cooperate fully with the
boards, |
| 23 | | commissions, agencies, departments, and institutions of the |
| 24 | | State. The
funds held and made available by the Illinois |
| 25 | | Conservation Foundation shall be
subject to financial and |
| 26 | | compliance audits by the Auditor General in compliance
with the |
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| 1 | | Illinois State Auditing Act.
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| 2 | | The Foundation shall not have any power of eminent domain.
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| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 92-797, eff. 8-15-02.)
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| 4 | | Section 4. The Accountability for the Investment of Public |
| 5 | | Funds Act is amended by adding Section 12 as follows:
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| 6 | | (30 ILCS 237/12 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12. Exemptions. This Act does not apply to the |
| 8 | | Illinois Conservation Foundation Act.".
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