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 1        AN   ACT   to   amend  the  Illinois  Endangered  Species
 2    Protection Act.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Endangered Species Protection
 6    Act is amended by adding Section 5.5 and changing Section  11
 7    as follows:

 8        (520 ILCS 10/5.5 new)
 9        Sec. 5.5.  Incidental taking.
10        (a)  The Department may authorize, under prescribed terms
11    and  conditions, any taking otherwise prohibited by Section 3
12    if that taking is incidental to, and not the purpose of,  the
13    carrying  out  of  an  otherwise  lawful activity.  No taking
14    under this Section shall  be  authorized  by  the  Department
15    unless the applicant submits to the Department a conservation
16    plan.
17        (b)  The  conservation  plan  shall  include  but  not be
18    limited to the following:
19             (1)  a description of the impact that  the  proposed
20        taking  is  likely  to have on one or more species on the
21        Illinois list;
22             (2)  the steps the applicant or other  parties  will
23        take to minimize and mitigate that impact and the funding
24        that   will   be  available  to  implement  those  steps,
25        including but not limited to bonds, insurance, or escrow;
26             (3)  what alternative  actions  to  the  taking  the
27        applicant   considered   and   the   reasons   why  those
28        alternatives will not be used;
29             (4)  data  and  information  to  assure   that   the
30        proposed  taking  will  not  reduce the likelihood of the
31        survival  or  recovery  of  the  endangered  species   or
 
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 1        threatened  species  in  the  wild  within  the  State of
 2        Illinois, the biotic community of which the species is  a
 3        part,  or the habitat essential to the species' existence
 4        in Illinois;
 5             (5)  an  implementing  agreement  that  specifically
 6        names, and describes the obligations and responsibilities
 7        of, all the parties that will be involved in  the  taking
 8        as authorized by the permit; and
 9             (6)  any  other  measures  that  the  Department may
10        require as being necessary or appropriate for purposes of
11        the plan.
12        (c)  After  reviewing  the  application  for   incidental
13    taking   and   the  conservation  plan,  the  Department  may
14    authorize the incidental taking if the Department finds, in a
15    written decision explaining its conclusions, that the  taking
16    will meet all of the following requirements:
17             (1)  the taking will not be the purpose of, but will
18        be  only  incidental to, the carrying out of an otherwise
19        lawful activity;
20             (2)  the parties to the conservation plan  will,  to
21        the maximum extent practicable, minimize and mitigate the
22        impact caused by the taking;
23             (3)  the  parties  to  the  conservation  plan  will
24        ensure  that  adequate  funding for the conservation plan
25        will be provided;
26             (4)  based on the best  available  scientific  data,
27        the  Department  has  determined that the taking will not
28        reduce the likelihood of the survival or recovery of  the
29        endangered  species  or  threatened  species  in the wild
30        within the State of Illinois,  the  biotic  community  of
31        which  the species is a part, or the habitat essential to
32        the species' existence in Illinois;
33             (5)  any measures required under  paragraph  (6)  of
34        subsection (b) of this Section will be performed; and
 
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 1             (6)  the   public   has   received   notice  of  the
 2        application and has had the opportunity to comment before
 3        the  Department   made   any   decision   regarding   the
 4        application.
 5        (d)  The  Department  may  require  that  a  party to the
 6    conservation  plan  make  additional  assurances   that   the
 7    requirements  under  items  (b)(1)  through  (b)(6)  of  this
 8    Section will be met before authorizing incidental taking.
 9        (e)  The Department shall impose on the authorization for
10    incidental taking any terms or conditions that the Department
11    finds  necessary  to ensure that the requirements under items
12    (b)(1) through (b)(6) of this Section  will  be  met.   These
13    terms  or  conditions  may  include  but  are  not limited to
14    reporting or monitoring requirements.
15        (f)  If an applicant is party to a  Habitat  Conservation
16    Plan  approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant
17    to Section 10 of the Endangered Species  Act  of  1973,  P.L.
18    93-205,  and amendments thereto, the Department may authorize
19    taking that is incidental to the carrying out of an otherwise
20    lawful activity.  Authorization shall be issued only  if  the
21    provisions of the Habitat Conservation Plan are found to meet
22    the requirements set forth in subsection (c) of this Section.
23        (g)  If  an  applicant  has  been  authorized  to take an
24    endangered  or  threatened  species  under  the  terms  of  a
25    biological opinion issued  by  the  U.S.  Fish  and  Wildlife
26    Service  pursuant  to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
27    of 1973, P.L. 93-205, and amendments thereto  or  regulations
28    implementing  Section 7 (50 CFR Part 402), the Department may
29    authorize taking that is incidental to the carrying out of an
30    otherwise lawful activity.   Authorization  shall  be  issued
31    only  if the Department finds that the taking will not reduce
32    the likelihood of the survival or recovery of the  endangered
33    species or threatened species in the wild within the State of
34    Illinois,  the  biotic  community  of  which the species is a
 
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 1    part, or the habitat essential to the species'  existence  in
 2    Illinois.

 3        (520 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 8, par. 341)
 4        Sec. 11.  Conservation program; public policy; rules.
 5        (a)  The  Department, with the advice of the Board, shall
 6    actively plan and implement a program for the conservation of
 7    endangered and threatened  species,  by  means  which  should
 8    include   published   data   search,   research,  management,
 9    cooperative agreements with other  agencies,  identification,
10    protection  and  acquisition of essential habitat, support of
11    beneficial legislation, issuance of grants from  appropriated
12    funds, and education of the public.
13        (b)  It is the public policy of all agencies of State and
14    local governments to utilize their authorities in furtherance
15    of   the  purposes  of  this  Act  by  evaluating  through  a
16    consultation process  with  the  Department  whether  actions
17    authorized,  funded,  or  carried  out  by them are likely to
18    jeopardize  the  continued  existence  of   Illinois   listed
19    endangered  and threatened species or are likely to result in
20    the destruction or adverse  modification  of  the  designated
21    essential  habitat  of  such  species,  which policy shall be
22    enforceable only by writ of mandamus; and where  a  State  or
23    local  agency  does  so consult in furtherance of this public
24    policy, such State or local agency shall be  deemed  to  have
25    complied  with its obligations under the "Illinois Endangered
26    Species Act", provided the agency action shall not result  in
27    the killing or injuring of any Illinois listed animal species
28    ,  or provided that authorization for taking a listed species
29    has been issued under Section 4,  5,  or  5.5  of  this  Act.
30    This  paragraph (b) shall not apply to any project of a State
31    agency on which a biological  opinion  has  been  issued  (in
32    accordance  with  Section 7 of the Federal Endangered Species
33    Act) prior to the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of
 
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 1    1985  stating  that  the action proposed by said project will
 2    not jeopardize the continued existence of any federal  listed
 3    endangered or threatened species.
 4        (c)  The  Department  shall  have  the authority to adopt
 5    such rules as are reasonable and necessary to  implement  the
 6    provisions of this Act.
 7    (Source: P.A. 84-1065.)

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