Bill Text: IL HB4405 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that any portion of an advanced grant payment not expended by a grantee within 2 years shall be returned to the Department of Natural Resources for distribution with the remainder of the grant on a reimbursement basis. Clarifies that grant funds may be made available for expenditure by a grantee for a period longer than 2 years as long as the grant funds have been legally obligated by the unit of local government prior to the expiration of the 2-year period. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4405 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4405-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4405 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
525 ILCS 35/3 from Ch. 85, par. 2103
Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that any portion of an advanced grant payment not expended by a grantee within 2 years shall be returned to the Department of Natural Resources for distribution with the remainder of the grant on a reimbursement basis. Clarifies that grant funds may be made available for expenditure by a grantee for a period longer than 2 years as long as the grant funds have been legally obligated by the unit of local government prior to the expiration of the 2-year period. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning conservation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development
Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(525 ILCS 35/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 2103)
Sec. 3. From appropriations made from the Capital
Development Fund, Build Illinois Bond Fund or other available
or designated funds for such purposes, the Department shall
make grants to local governments as financial assistance for
the capital development and improvement of park, recreation or
conservation areas, marinas and shorelines, including planning
and engineering costs, and for the acquisition of open space
lands, including acquisition of easements and other property
interests less than fee simple ownership if the Department
determines that such property interests are sufficient to carry
out the purposes of this Act, subject to the conditions and
limitations set forth in this Act.
No more than 10% of the amount so appropriated for any
fiscal year may be committed or expended on any one project
described in an application under this Act.
Any grant under this Act to a local government shall be
conditioned upon the state providing assistance on a 50/50

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matching basis for the acquisition of open space lands and for
capital development and improvement proposals. However, a
local government defined as "distressed" under criteria
adopted by the Department through administrative rule shall be
eligible for assistance up to 90% for the acquisition of open
space lands and for capital development and improvement
proposals, provided that no more than 10% of the amount
appropriated under this Act in any fiscal year is made
available as grants to distressed local governments.
A minimum of 50% of any grant made to a unit of local
government under this Act must be paid to the unit of local
government at the time the Department awards the grant. The
remainder of the grant shall be distributed to the local
government quarterly on a reimbursement basis. Any portion of
the advanced payment not expended by the unit of local
government within 2 years shall be returned by the unit of
local government to the Department. The Department shall
distribute any such returned amount along with the remainder of
the grant to the unit of local government on a reimbursement
basis. A grant may be extended for a period longer than 2 years
to allow a unit of local government to complete an approved
project and to make any remaining grant funds available for
expenditure by the unit of local government if the grant funds
have been legally obligated by the unit of local government
prior to the expiration of the 2-year period. Nothing in this
Act or the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act prohibits the

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Department from granting an extension beyond 2 years.
(Source: P.A. 98-326, eff. 8-12-13; 98-520, eff. 8-23-13;
98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.