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 1        AN ACT in relation to the Governor's powers and duties.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Regulatory  Sunset  Act  is amended by
 5    changing Section 5 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 80/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 1905)
 7        Sec. 5.  Study and report.   The  Bureau  of  the  Budget
 8    shall  study  the  performance  of each regulatory agency and
 9    program scheduled for termination under this Act  and  report
10    annually to the Governor the results of such study, including
11    in  the report recommendations with respect to those agencies
12    and programs the Bureau of the Budget  determines  should  be
13    terminated  or  continued  by  the State.  The Governor shall
14    review the report of the Bureau of the  Budget  and  in  each
15    even-numbered   year  make  recommendations  to  the  General
16    Assembly on the termination  or  continuation  of  regulatory
17    agencies  and programs.  The Governor's recommendations shall
18    be made a part of the State budget submitted to  the  General
19    Assembly in even-numbered years.
20    (Source: P.A. 90-580, eff. 5-21-98.)

21        Section  10.   The  Counties  Code is amended by changing
22    Section 5-15011 as follows:

23        (55 ILCS 5/5-15011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-15011)
24        Sec. 5-15011. Construction  and  maintenance  of  sewers.
25    Every such county is authorized to construct, maintain, alter
26    and  extend  its  sewers,  pipelines,  channels,  ditches and
27    drains along, upon, under and  across  any  highway,  street,
28    alley  or  public  ground  in  the  State  as a proper use of
29    highways, but so as not to incommode the public use  thereof,
 
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 1    and the right and authority are granted to any such county to
 2    construct,  maintain  and  operate  any conduits, mainpipe or
 3    pipes, wholly or partially submerged, buried,  or  otherwise,
 4    in,  upon  and  along any of the lands owned by the State and
 5    under any of the public waters therein;  provided,  that  the
 6    extent and location of the lands and waters so to be used and
 7    appropriated  shall be approved in writing by the appropriate
 8    state agency Governor, upon  application  duly  made  to  him
 9    asking  for  such  approval:  And  provided further, that the
10    rights, permission and  authority  hereby  granted  shall  be
11    subject  to all public rights of commerce and navigation, and
12    to the authority of the  United  States  in  behalf  of  such
13    public  rights and also to the right of the State to regulate
14    and control fishing in the public waters.
15    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

16        Section 15.  The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
17    Sections 27-18 and 27-20.1 as follows:

18        (105 ILCS 5/27-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-18)
19        Sec.  27-18. Arbor and bird day. The last Friday in April
20    is  designated  The  Governor  shall  annually  designate  by
21    official proclamation a day in the  spring  to  be  known  as
22    "Arbor  and Bird Day," to be observed throughout the State as
23    a day for planting  trees,  shrubs  and  vines  about  public
24    grounds,  and as a day on which to hold appropriate exercises
25    in the public schools and elsewhere tending to show the value
26    of trees and birds and the necessity for their protection.
27    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

28        (105 ILCS 5/27-20.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.1)
29        Sec. 27-20.1. Illinois Law Week. The  first  full  school
30    week  in May is designated "Illinois Law Week".  The Governor
31    shall annually designate by official proclamation one week in
 
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 1    May to be  known  as  "Illinois  Law  Week"  to  be  observed
 2    throughout  the State to foster the importance of law and the
 3    respect thereof in Illinois. During  that  week,  the  public
 4    schools  may devote appropriate time, instruction, study, and
 5    exercises in  the  procedures  of  the  legislature  and  the
 6    enactment  of  laws,  the  courts  and  the administration of
 7    justice, the police  and  the  enforcement  of  law,  citizen
 8    responsibilities,  and other principles and ideals to promote
 9    the importance of government under law in the State.
10    (Source: P.A. 76-1183.)

11        Section 20.  The Illinois Diseased Animals Act is amended
12    by changing Section 11 as follows:

13        (510 ILCS 50/11) (from Ch. 8, par. 178)
14        Sec. 11. All claims against the State  arising  from  the
15    slaughter of animals as herein provided for, shall be made to
16    the  Department  under such rules, not inconsistent with this
17    Act, as the Department may prescribe.
18        The  Department  shall,  after  inspection,  hearing  and
19    inquiry by appraisers, in  each  case  determine  the  amount
20    which shall be paid on account of the animals so slaughtered,
21    which amount shall be the fair market value in health thereof
22    and  not less than the net market value for meat consumption,
23    provided that where the  appraisals  exceed  the  net  market
24    value  for  meat  consumption  in health thereof the payments
25    shall not be in excess of the following amounts:
26        (a)  bovine  species,  for  beef,  dairy   and   breeding
27    purposes  $300  for  any  registered  animal and $150 for any
28    unregistered animal, but not to exceed an  average  value  of
29    $250 per head for all such registered animals in any herd and
30    not  to  exceed  an  average  value of $125 per head for such
31    nonregistered animals in any herd;
32        (b)  equine species, $500 for any one animal;
 
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 1        (c)  swine, $50 per head for grade swine and $100 for any
 2    registered purebred animal or any breeding animal upon  which
 3    a  certificate of registration has been issued by an approved
 4    inbred livestock registry association;
 5        (d)  sheep, not to exceed $25 for any unregistered sheep,
 6    and not to exceed $75 for any registered sheep.
 7        No value other than the market utility value of any  such
 8    animal   shall   be  allowed  or  fixed,  however,  unless  a
 9    certificate  of   registration   issued   by   the   registry
10    association,  of  the breed of such animal, recognized by the
11    United States Government, is furnished to the appraisers. The
12    appraisers shall report under oath the value of the  animals,
13    together with a statement of the evidence or facts upon which
14    the  appraisement  is based, and the Department shall certify
15    the appraisement  and  statement  to  the  Governor  for  his
16    approval.  If  the  Governor  finds  that the appraisers have
17    proceeded in accordance with  law,  he  shall  approve  their
18    appraisement  for  payment,  and  The Comptroller shall, upon
19    presentation of the appraisement to  him,  draw  his  warrant
20    upon  the  State  Treasurer  for  the  amount  fixed  by such
21    appraisers in favor of the owner of  the  animals;  provided,
22    that  where  Federal authority authorizes the payment of part
23    of the value of such animals the State  shall  only  pay  the
24    balance of such appraisement fixed as aforesaid.
25    (Source: P.A. 78-592.)

26        (15 ILCS 45/Act rep.)
27        Section  90.   The  Small  Business  Tax  Policy  Act  is
28    repealed.

29        (225 ILCS 705/4.04 rep.)
30        Section  95.  The Coal Mining Act is amended by repealing
31    Section 4.04.
 
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 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.

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