Full Text of SB3462 101st General Assembly
SB3462sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Ram Villivalam Filed: 5/27/2020
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3462
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3462 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. References to Act. This Act may be referred to | 5 | | as the Illinois Partners for Nutrient Loss Reduction Act. | 6 | | Section 3. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: | 7 | | (1) Excessive levels of nutrients are degrading the quality | 8 | | of streams, rivers, and lakes within the State of Illinois and | 9 | | contributing to the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. | 10 | | (2) The State's Environmental Protection Agency and | 11 | | Department of Agriculture collaborated with the Policy Working | 12 | | Group, working with academics, environmental nonprofits, | 13 | | representatives of federal, State, and local agencies, | 14 | | wastewater treatment professionals, and the agricultural | 15 | | community to develop the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction | 16 | | Strategy in 2015. They continue to collaborate to implement the |
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| 1 | | Strategy. | 2 | | (3) The Strategy sets a milestone to reduce nitrogen loads | 3 | | in Illinois waters that leave the State by 15% and phosphorus | 4 | | loads by 25% by 2025 from baseline levels of 1980-1996. One | 5 | | goal is to reduce both nitrogen and phosphorus loads by 45%. | 6 | | (4) The Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of | 7 | | Natural Resources, and the Department of Agriculture require | 8 | | resources to administer and implement the Strategy in order to | 9 | | meet the Strategy's 2025 milestone and goal. | 10 | | (5) Nutrient capture practices cost share grants will | 11 | | assist Illinois' agricultural economy in meeting the goals of | 12 | | the Strategy. | 13 | | (6) Soil and Water Conservation Districts assist Illinois | 14 | | farmers in implementing nutrient capture practices on their | 15 | | farmland. | 16 | | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | 17 | | Section 6z-32 as follows:
| 18 | | (30 ILCS 105/6z-32)
| 19 | | Sec. 6z-32. Partners for Planning and Conservation.
| 20 | | (a) The Partners for Conservation Fund (formerly known as | 21 | | the Conservation 2000 Fund) and the Partners for
Conservation | 22 | | Projects Fund (formerly known as the Conservation 2000 Projects | 23 | | Fund) are
created as special funds in the State Treasury. These | 24 | | funds
shall be used to establish a comprehensive program to |
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| 1 | | protect Illinois' natural
resources through cooperative | 2 | | partnerships between State government and public
and private | 3 | | landowners. Moneys in these Funds may be
used, subject to | 4 | | appropriation, by the Department of Natural Resources, | 5 | | Environmental Protection Agency, and the
Department of | 6 | | Agriculture for purposes relating to natural resource | 7 | | protection,
planning, recreation, tourism, and compatible | 8 | | agricultural and economic development
activities. Without | 9 | | limiting these general purposes, moneys in these Funds may
be | 10 | | used, subject to appropriation, for the following specific | 11 | | purposes:
| 12 | | (1) To foster sustainable agriculture practices and | 13 | | control soil erosion ,
and sedimentation, and nutrient loss | 14 | | from farmland, including grants to Soil and Water | 15 | | Conservation Districts
for conservation practice | 16 | | cost-share grants and for personnel, educational, and
| 17 | | administrative expenses.
| 18 | | (2) To establish and protect a system of ecosystems in | 19 | | public and private
ownership through conservation | 20 | | easements, incentives to public and private
landowners, | 21 | | natural resource restoration and preservation, water | 22 | | quality protection and improvement, land use and watershed | 23 | | planning, technical assistance and grants, and
land | 24 | | acquisition provided these mechanisms are all voluntary on | 25 | | the part of the
landowner and do not involve the use of | 26 | | eminent domain.
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| 1 | | (3) To develop a systematic and long-term program to | 2 | | effectively measure
and monitor natural resources and | 3 | | ecological conditions through investments in
technology | 4 | | and involvement of scientific experts.
| 5 | | (4) To initiate strategies to enhance, use, and | 6 | | maintain Illinois' inland
lakes through education, | 7 | | technical assistance, research, and financial
incentives.
| 8 | | (5) To partner with private landowners and with units | 9 | | of State, federal, and local government and with | 10 | | not-for-profit organizations in order to integrate State | 11 | | and federal programs with Illinois' natural resource | 12 | | protection and restoration efforts and to meet | 13 | | requirements to obtain federal and other funds for | 14 | | conservation or protection of natural resources. | 15 | | (6) To implement the State's Nutrient Loss Reduction | 16 | | Strategy, including, but not limited to, funding the | 17 | | resources needed to support the Strategy's Policy Working | 18 | | Group, cover water quality monitoring in support of | 19 | | Strategy implementation, prepare a biennial report on the | 20 | | progress made on the Strategy every 2 years, and provide | 21 | | cost share funding for nutrient capture projects.
| 22 | | (b) The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall | 23 | | automatically transfer
on the last day of each month, beginning | 24 | | on September 30, 1995 and ending on
June 30, 2026 2021 ,
from | 25 | | the General Revenue Fund to the Partners for Conservation
Fund,
| 26 | | an
amount equal to 1/10 of the amount set forth below in fiscal |
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| 1 | | year 1996 and
an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount set forth | 2 | | below in each of the other
specified fiscal years:
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3 | | Fiscal Year |
Amount |
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4 | | 1996 |
$ 3,500,000 |
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5 | | 1997 |
$ 9,000,000 |
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6 | | 1998 |
$10,000,000 |
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7 | | 1999 |
$11,000,000 |
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8 | | 2000 |
$12,500,000 |
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9 | | 2001 through 2004 |
$14,000,000 |
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10 | | 2005
| $7,000,000 | |
11 | | 2006
| $11,000,000
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12 | | 2007
| $0
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13 | | 2008 through 2011
| $14,000,000
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14 | | 2012 | $12,200,000 | |
15 | | 2013 through 2017 | $14,000,000 | |
16 | | 2018 | $1,500,000 | |
17 | | 2019 | $14,000,000 | |
18 | | 2020 | $7,500,000 | |
19 | | 2021 | $18,135,000 $14,000,000 | |
20 | | 2022 | $19,900,000 | |
21 | | 2023 | $23,025,000 | |
22 | | 2024 | $25,665,000 | |
23 | | 2025 | $25,680,000 | |
24 | | 2026 | $25,695,000 |
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25 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 26 | | contrary and in addition to any other transfers that may be |
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| 1 | | provided for by law, on the last day of each month beginning on | 2 | | July 31, 2006 and ending on June 30, 2007, or as soon | 3 | | thereafter as may be practical, the State Comptroller shall | 4 | | direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000 from | 5 | | the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Fund to the | 6 | | Partners for Conservation Fund (formerly known as the | 7 | | Conservation 2000 Fund).
| 8 | | (d) There shall be deposited into the Partners for
| 9 | | Conservation Projects Fund such
bond proceeds and other moneys | 10 | | as may, from time to time, be provided by law.
| 11 | | (e) For years 2021 through 2026, $1,075,000 from the | 12 | | Partners for Conservation Fund shall be provided annually to | 13 | | the Agency and used as follows: | 14 | | (1) $530,000 for coordination of Strategy | 15 | | implementation, including, but not limited to, meeting | 16 | | coordination, reporting, and watershed coordination; and | 17 | | (2) $545,000 to cover water quality monitoring in | 18 | | support of Strategy implementation. | 19 | | (f) For years 2021 through 2026, funding from the Partners | 20 | | for Conservation Fund shall be provided annually to the | 21 | | Department of Agriculture: | 22 | | (1) to be used for Soil and Water Conservation | 23 | | Districts for personnel, educational, and administrative | 24 | | expenses; | 25 | | (2) to fund the Cover Crops Insurance Premium Discount | 26 | | Program; and |
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| 1 | | (3) for conservation practices cost share grants and | 2 | | technical assistance. | 3 | | Funding provided to the Department of Agriculture under | 4 | | this subsection shall be in the amount set forth below in each | 5 | | of the specified fiscal years: | |
6 | | Fiscal Year | Amount | |
7 | | 2021 | $10,060,000 | |
8 | | 2022 | $11,825,000 | |
9 | | 2023 | $14,950,000 | |
10 | | 2024 | $17,590,000 | |
11 | | 2025 | $17,605,000 | |
12 | | 2026 | $17,620,000 |
| 13 | | (g) For years 2021 through 2026, $7,000,000 funding from | 14 | | the Partners for Conservation Fund shall be provided annually | 15 | | to the Department of Natural Resources and used as follows: | 16 | | (1) $6,000,000 for personnel, educational, | 17 | | administrative, and conservation practices expenses; and | 18 | | (2) $1,000,000 for conservation practices on publicly | 19 | | owned property of the Department of Natural Resources, and | 20 | | its surrounding area, that is leased to agricultural | 21 | | producers. | 22 | | In this Section, "strategy" means the 2015 Illinois | 23 | | Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy document and its biennial | 24 | | reports of 2017 and 2019. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 101-10, eff. 6-5-19.)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.".
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