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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act
5is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1105/8)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7408)
7    Sec. 8. Illinois Coal Development Board.
8    (a) There may be established as an advisory board to the
9Department, the Illinois Coal Development Board, hereinafter
10in this Section called the Board. The Board shall be composed
11of the following voting members: the Director of the
12Department, who shall be Chairman thereof; the Deputy Director
13of the Bureau of Business Development within the Department of
14Commerce and Economic Opportunity; the President of the
15University of Illinois or his or her designee; the Director of
16Natural Resources or that Director's designee; the Director of
17the Office of Mines and Minerals within the Department of
18Natural Resources; 4 members of the General Assembly (one each
19appointed by the President of the Senate, the Senate Minority
20Leader, the Speaker of the House, and the House Minority
21Leader); and 8 persons appointed by the Governor, with the
22advice and consent of the Senate, including representatives of
23Illinois industries that are involved in the extraction,

 

 

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1utilization or transportation of Illinois coal, persons
2representing financial or banking interests in the State, and
3persons experienced in international business and economic
4development. These members shall be chosen from persons of
5recognized ability and experience in their designated field.
6The members appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of
74 years, unless otherwise provided in this subsection. The
8initial terms of the original appointees shall expire on July
91, 1985, except that the Governor shall designate 3 of the
10original appointees to serve initial terms that shall expire on
11July 1, 1983. The initial term of the member appointed by the
12Governor to fill the office created after July 1, 1985 shall
13expire on July 1, 1989. The initial terms of the members
14appointed by the Governor to fill the offices created by this
15amendatory Act of 1993 shall expire on July 1, 1995, and July
161, 1997, as determined by the Governor. A member appointed by a
17Legislative Leader shall serve for the duration of the General
18Assembly for which he or she is appointed, so long as the
19member remains a member of that General Assembly.
20    The Board may meet at least annually or at the call of the
21Chairman. At any time the majority of the Board may petition
22the Chairman for a meeting of the Board. Nine members of the
23Board shall constitute a quorum. Members of the Board shall be
24reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while
25performing their duties as members of the Board from funds
26appropriated to the Department for such purpose.

 

 

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1    (b) The Board shall provide advice and make recommendations
2on the following Department powers and duties:
3        (1) To develop an annual agenda which may include but
4    is not limited to research and methodologies conducted for
5    the purpose of increasing the utilization of Illinois' coal
6    and other fossil fuel resources, with emphasis on high
7    sulfur coal, in the following areas: coal extraction,
8    preparation and characterization; coal technologies
9    (combustion, gasification, liquefaction, and related
10    processes); marketing; public awareness and education, as
11    those terms are used in the Illinois Coal Technology
12    Development Assistance Act; transportation; procurement of
13    sites and issuance of permits; and environmental impacts.
14        (2) To support and coordinate Illinois coal research,
15    and to approve projects consistent with the annual agenda
16    and budget for coal research and the purposes of this Act
17    and to approve the annual budget and operating plan for
18    administration of the Board.
19        (3) To promote the coordination of available research
20    information on the production, preparation, distribution
21    and uses of Illinois coal. The Board shall advise the
22    existing research institutions within the State on areas
23    where research may be necessary.
24        (4) To cooperate to the fullest extent possible with
25    State and federal agencies and departments, independent
26    organizations, and other interested groups, public and

 

 

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1    private, for the purposes of promoting Illinois coal
2    resources.
3        (5) To submit an annual report to the Governor and the
4    General Assembly outlining the progress and
5    accomplishments made in the year, providing an accounting
6    of funds received and disbursed, reviewing the status of
7    research contracts, and furnishing other relevant
8    information.
9        (6) To focus on existing coal research efforts in
10    carrying out its mission; to make use of existing research
11    facilities in Illinois or other institutions carrying out
12    research on Illinois coal; as far as practicable, to make
13    maximum use of the research facilities available at the
14    Illinois State Geological Survey of the University of
15    Illinois, the Coal Extraction and Utilization Research
16    Center, the Illinois Coal Development Park and
17    universities and colleges located within the State of
18    Illinois; and to create a consortium or center which
19    conducts, coordinates and supports coal research
20    activities in the State of Illinois. Programmatic
21    activities of such a consortium or center shall be subject
22    to approval by the Department and shall be consistent with
23    the purposes of this Act. The Department may authorize
24    expenditure of funds in support of the administrative and
25    programmatic operations of such a center or consortium
26    consistent with its statutory authority. Administrative

 

 

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1    actions undertaken by or for such a center or consortium
2    shall be subject to the approval of the Department.
3        (7) To make a reasonable attempt, before initiating any
4    research under this Act, to avoid duplication of effort and
5    expense by coordinating the research efforts among various
6    agencies, departments, universities or organizations, as
7    the case may be.
8        (8) To adopt, amend and repeal rules, regulations and
9    bylaws governing the Board's organization and conduct of
10    business.
11        (9) To authorize the expenditure of monies from the
12    Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund, the Public
13    Utility Fund and other funds in the State Treasury
14    appropriated to the Department, consistent with the
15    purposes of this Act.
16        (10) To seek, accept, and expend gifts or grants in any
17    form, from any public agency or from any other source. Such
18    gifts and grants may be held in trust by the Department and
19    expended at the direction of the Department and in the
20    exercise of the Department's powers and performance of the
21    Department's duties.
22        (11) To publish, from time to time, the results of
23    Illinois coal research projects funded through the
24    Department.
25        (12) To authorize loans from appropriations from the
26    Build Illinois Bond Purposes Fund, the Build Illinois Bond

 

 

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1    Fund and the Illinois Industrial Coal Utilization Fund.
2        (13) To authorize expenditures of monies for coal
3    development projects under the authority of Section 13 of
4    the General Obligation Bond Act.
5    (c) The Board shall also provide advice and make
6recommendations on the following Department powers and duties:
7        (1) To create and maintain thorough, current and
8    accurate records on all markets for and actual uses of coal
9    mined in Illinois, and to make such records available to
10    the public upon request.
11        (2) To identify all current and anticipated future
12    technical, economic, institutional, market, environmental,
13    regulatory and other impediments to the utilization of
14    Illinois coal.
15        (3) To monitor and evaluate all proposals and plans of
16    public utilities related to compliance with the
17    requirements of Title IV of the federal Clean Air Act
18    Amendments of 1990, or with any other law which might
19    affect the use of Illinois coal, for the purposes of (i)
20    determining the effects of such proposals or plans on the
21    use of Illinois coal, and (ii) identifying alternative
22    plans or actions which would maintain or increase the use
23    of Illinois coal.
24        (4) To develop strategies and to propose policies to
25    promote environmentally responsible uses of Illinois coal
26    for meeting electric power supply requirements and for

 

 

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1    other purposes.
2        (5) (Blank).
3(Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999; 96-739, eff.
41-1-10.)
 
5    Section 10. The Illinois Coal Technology Development
6Assistance Act is amended by changing Sections 2 and 5 as
7follows:
 
8    (30 ILCS 730/2)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 8202)
9    Sec. 2. As used in this Act:
10    (a) "coal" or "coal resources" means Illinois coal or coal
11products extracted from the ground or reclaimed from the waste
12material produced by coal extraction operations;
13    (b) "coal demonstration and commercialization" means
14projects for the construction and operation of facilities to
15prove the scientific and engineering validity or the commercial
16application of a coal extraction, preparation, combustion,
17gasification, liquefaction or other synthetic process,
18environmental control, or transportation method;
19    (c) "coal research" means scientific investigations
20conducted for the purpose of increasing the utilization of coal
21resources and includes investigations in the areas of
22extraction, preparation, characterization, combustion,
23gasification, liquefaction and other synthetic processes,
24environmental control, marketing, transportation, procurement

 

 

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1of sites, and environmental impacts;
2    (d) "Fund" means the Coal Technology Development
3Assistance Fund;
4    (e) "Board" means the Illinois Coal Development Board or
5its successor;
6    (f) "Department" means the Department of Commerce and
7Economic Opportunity;
8    (g) (blank). "public awareness and education" means
9programs of education, curriculum development, public service
10announcements, informational advertising and informing the
11news media on issues related to the use of Illinois coal, the
12coal industry and related developments. Public awareness and
13education shall be directed toward school age residents of the
14State, the citizens of the State and other interested parties.
15(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
16    (30 ILCS 730/5)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 8205)
17    Sec. 5. The Department shall have the following powers and
18duties:
19    (a) To solicit, accept and approve or disapprove
20applications for financial support of coal research projects
21and coal demonstration and commercialization projects.
22    (b) To enter into contracts with business, industrial,
23university, governmental or other qualified individuals or
24organizations to carry out programs to increase public
25awareness and education concerning Illinois coal, to implement

 

 

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1coal research and coal demonstration and commercialization
2projects, and to carry out programs designed to preserve and
3enhance markets for Illinois coal.
4    (c) To make a reasonable attempt, before initiating any
5projects under this Act, to avoid duplication of support for
6previous or ongoing activities, or projects that would be more
7appropriately funded under the Illinois Coal and Energy
8Development Bond Act.
9    (d) To seek, accept and expend gifts or grants in any form,
10from any public agency or any other source, for the purposes of
11this Act.
12    (e) To adopt, amend and repeal rules, regulations and
13guidelines to implement and administer this Act.
14(Source: P.A. 89-499, eff. 6-28-96.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.