Bill Text: IL HB5119 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that conservation practice cost-share grants from the Partners for Conservation Fund may be made to livestock operations. Effective July 1, 2012.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5119 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5119-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5119 Introduced , by Rep. Wayne Rosenthal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 105/6z-32
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that conservation practice cost-share grants from the Partners for Conservation Fund may be made to livestock operations. Effective July 1, 2012.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 6z-32 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/6z-32)
Sec. 6z-32. Partners for Planning and Conservation.
(a) The Partners for Conservation Fund (formerly known as
the Conservation 2000 Fund) and the Partners for Conservation
Projects Fund (formerly known as the Conservation 2000 Projects
Fund) are created as special funds in the State Treasury. These
funds shall be used to establish a comprehensive program to
protect Illinois' natural resources through cooperative
partnerships between State government and public and private
landowners. Moneys in these Funds may be used, subject to
appropriation, by the Department of Natural Resources,
Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of
Agriculture for purposes relating to natural resource
protection, planning, recreation, tourism, and compatible
agricultural and economic development activities. Without
limiting these general purposes, moneys in these Funds may be
used, subject to appropriation, for the following specific
purposes:

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(1) To foster sustainable agriculture practices and
control soil erosion and sedimentation, including grants
to Soil and Water Conservation Districts for conservation
practice cost-share grants, which may include cost-share
grants to livestock operations for water quality
protection and improvement, and for Soil and Water
Conservation District personnel, educational, and
administrative expenses.
(2) To establish and protect a system of ecosystems in
public and private ownership through conservation
easements, incentives to public and private landowners,
natural resource restoration and preservation, water
quality protection and improvement, land use and watershed
planning, technical assistance and grants, and land
acquisition provided these mechanisms are all voluntary on
the part of the landowner and do not involve the use of
eminent domain.
(3) To develop a systematic and long-term program to
effectively measure and monitor natural resources and
ecological conditions through investments in technology
and involvement of scientific experts.
(4) To initiate strategies to enhance, use, and
maintain Illinois' inland lakes through education,
technical assistance, research, and financial incentives.
(5) To partner with private landowners and with units
of State, federal, and local government and with

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not-for-profit organizations in order to integrate State
and federal programs with Illinois' natural resource
protection and restoration efforts and to meet
requirements to obtain federal and other funds for
conservation or protection of natural resources.
(b) The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall
automatically transfer on the last day of each month, beginning
on September 30, 1995 and ending on June 30, 2021, from the
General Revenue Fund to the Partners for Conservation Fund, an
amount equal to 1/10 of the amount set forth below in fiscal
year 1996 and an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount set forth
below in each of the other specified fiscal years:
Fiscal Year Amount
1996 $ 3,500,000
1997 $ 9,000,000
1998 $10,000,000
1999 $11,000,000
2000 $12,500,000
2001 through 2004 $14,000,000
2005 $7,000,000
2006 $11,000,000
2007 $0
2008 through 2011........................ $14,000,000
2012 $12,200,000
2013 through 2021........................ $14,000,000
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the

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contrary and in addition to any other transfers that may be
provided for by law, on the last day of each month beginning on
July 31, 2006 and ending on June 30, 2007, or as soon
thereafter as may be practical, the State Comptroller shall
direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000 from
the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Fund to the
Conservation 2000 Fund.
(d) There shall be deposited into the Partners for
Conservation Projects Fund such bond proceeds and other moneys
as may, from time to time, be provided by law.
(Source: P.A. 97-641, eff. 12-19-11.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2012.