Bill Amendment: IL HB0255 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: CONSERVATION-TECH
Status: 2024-06-21 - Sent to the Governor [HB0255 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB0255-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: CONSERVATION-TECH
Status: 2024-06-21 - Sent to the Governor [HB0255 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB0255-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 255 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 255 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources | ||||||
5 | (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
6 | Illinois is amended by changing Section 805-30 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 805/805-30) (was 20 ILCS 805/63a38) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 805-30. Illinois Veteran Conservation Corps and | ||||||
9 | Illinois Youth and Young Adult Conservation Program Corps; | ||||||
10 | Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps and Illinois Youth | ||||||
11 | Recreation Corps . The Department has the power to administer | ||||||
12 | the Illinois Veteran Conservation Corps, Illinois Young Adult | ||||||
13 | Conservation Corps, Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps, and the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Youth Recreation Corps programs created by the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Veteran, Youth , and Young Adult Conservation Program | ||||||
16 | Jobs Act and to adopt promulgate rules and regulations for the |
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1 | administration of the programs. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12.)
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3 | Section 10. The Illinois Veteran, Youth, and Young Adult | ||||||
4 | Conservation Jobs Act is amended by changing Sections 1, 2, 4, | ||||||
5 | 5, 6, 7, and 8 as follows:
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6 | (525 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 2551) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 1. This Article II shall be known and may be cited as | ||||||
8 | the Illinois Veteran, Youth , and Young Adult Conservation | ||||||
9 | Program Jobs Act. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12.)
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11 | (525 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 2552) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 2. Declaration of Intent. The General Assembly finds | ||||||
13 | that youth, representing all segments of society, benefit from | ||||||
14 | education and employment in the healthful outdoor atmosphere | ||||||
15 | of the State's park systems, recreational facilities, and | ||||||
16 | other public land and water areas and, through those education | ||||||
17 | and employment opportunities, will develop, enhance, and | ||||||
18 | maintain the natural resources of the State of Illinois while | ||||||
19 | gaining an understanding and appreciation of the State's | ||||||
20 | environment and heritage the level of unemployment among | ||||||
21 | veterans, the youths of this State, particularly those age 14 | ||||||
22 | through 18, and young adults, age 18 through 25, is | ||||||
23 | unsatisfactory. This situation is not conducive to the |
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1 | development of veterans and the youth and young adults of | ||||||
2 | Illinois as the future of the State . The General Assembly | ||||||
3 | further finds that the availability of conservation and | ||||||
4 | recreational programs for veterans, youth , and young adults in | ||||||
5 | parks and recreational facilities and other lands operated by | ||||||
6 | the State, by units of local government, and by local | ||||||
7 | not-for-profit entities is severely limited. The General | ||||||
8 | Assembly therefore creates this the Illinois Veteran, Youth, | ||||||
9 | and Young Adult Conservation Jobs Act to establish (a) the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Youth and Young Adult Conservation Program Veteran | ||||||
11 | Conservation Corps and the Illinois Young Adult Conservation | ||||||
12 | Corps to provide year-round employment for veterans and young | ||||||
13 | adults of this State for the purpose of conservation, | ||||||
14 | rehabilitation, protection and enhancement of the State's | ||||||
15 | public land and (b) the Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps and | ||||||
16 | the Illinois Youth Recreation Corps to provide education and | ||||||
17 | potential employment opportunities for the veterans and youth | ||||||
18 | and young adults of this State to further the development and | ||||||
19 | maintenance of the natural resources by Illinois' youth, and | ||||||
20 | in so doing to prepare them for the responsibility of | ||||||
21 | maintaining and managing these resources for the purpose of | ||||||
22 | administering and operating conservation or recreational | ||||||
23 | programs operated by units of local government or local | ||||||
24 | not-for-profit entities at conservation and open spaces, | ||||||
25 | parks, or recreational facilities or other similar facilities | ||||||
26 | or locations . |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12.)
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2 | (525 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 2554) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 4. Definition of Terms. For the purposes of this Act: | ||||||
4 | (a) "Department" means the Department of Natural | ||||||
5 | Resources. | ||||||
6 | (b) "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources. | ||||||
7 | (c) "Local sponsor" means any unit of local government or | ||||||
8 | not-for-profit entity that can make available for a summer | ||||||
9 | conservation or recreation program park lands, conservation or | ||||||
10 | recreational lands or facilities, equipment, materials, | ||||||
11 | administration, supervisory personnel, etc. | ||||||
12 | (d) "Managing supervisor" means an enrollee in the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps or the Illinois Youth | ||||||
14 | Recreation Corps who is selected by the local sponsor to | ||||||
15 | supervise the activities of the veterans or youth employee | ||||||
16 | enrollees working on the conservation or recreation project. A | ||||||
17 | managing supervisor in the Illinois Youth Recreation Corps may | ||||||
18 | be 19 years of age or older. | ||||||
19 | (e) "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who has served or | ||||||
20 | is currently serving as a member of the United States Armed | ||||||
21 | Forces, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of | ||||||
22 | a Reserve Component of the United States Armed Forces. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
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24 | (525 ILCS 50/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 2555) |
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1 | Sec. 5. Cooperation. The Department of Natural Resources | ||||||
2 | shall have the full cooperation of the Illinois State Board of | ||||||
3 | Education Department of Veterans' Affairs , the Department of | ||||||
4 | Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Illinois State Job | ||||||
5 | Coordinating Council created by the Federal Job Training | ||||||
6 | Partnership Act (Public Law 97-300), and the Department of | ||||||
7 | Employment Security to carry out the purposes of this Act. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
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9 | (525 ILCS 50/6) (from Ch. 48, par. 2556) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 6. Funding. Funding for the Illinois Veteran, Youth , | ||||||
11 | and Young Adult Conservation Program ("Program") Jobs Act | ||||||
12 | shall be from any State or federal funds or grants or other | ||||||
13 | funding so received by the Department and any matching funds | ||||||
14 | required by the Department from local sponsors that choose to | ||||||
15 | participate in the Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps or the | ||||||
16 | Illinois Youth Recreation Corps programs . | ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12.)
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18 | (525 ILCS 50/7) (from Ch. 48, par. 2557) | ||||||
19 | Sec. 7. Illinois Youth and Young Adult Conservation | ||||||
20 | Program Corps . With respect to the Illinois Young Adult | ||||||
21 | Conservation Corps program: | ||||||
22 | (a) Enrollment. The Illinois Youth and Young Adult | ||||||
23 | Conservation Program Corps shall be limited to citizens of | ||||||
24 | this State who at the time of enrollment and participation are |
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1 | 15 18 through 25 years of age inclusive and who are unemployed . | ||||||
2 | The Department shall make public notification of the | ||||||
3 | availability of jobs for young adults in the Illinois Young | ||||||
4 | Adult Conservation Corps by the means of newspapers, | ||||||
5 | electronic media, educational facilities, units of local | ||||||
6 | government and the Department of Employment Security offices. | ||||||
7 | The Department may adopt shall promulgate reasonable rules | ||||||
8 | pertaining to application for jobs with the Illinois Youth and | ||||||
9 | Young Adult Conservation Program Corps . | ||||||
10 | Any applicant who knowingly and purposely provides | ||||||
11 | wrongful information regarding age, employment or educational | ||||||
12 | records shall be deemed ineligible to participate in the | ||||||
13 | program. Any applicant who successfully gains employment in | ||||||
14 | the program and is later proven to have falsified his or her | ||||||
15 | application shall be dismissed immediately from the program. | ||||||
16 | (b) When applicable, participants Terms of Employment. | ||||||
17 | Once enrolled in the Illinois Young Adult Conservation Corps, | ||||||
18 | each enrollee shall receive at least the standard minimum wage | ||||||
19 | as set by the State of Illinois and shall work normal working | ||||||
20 | hours as determined by the Department. The participants | ||||||
21 | enrollees shall not be classified as employees of the State | ||||||
22 | for purposes of contributions to the State Employees' | ||||||
23 | Retirement System of Illinois or any other public employment | ||||||
24 | retirement system of the State. | ||||||
25 | (c) Permissible Activities. The Director shall designate | ||||||
26 | suitable projects and curriculum in which participants in |
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1 | enrollees of the program shall participate. No project | ||||||
2 | designated for enrollee participation shall result in the | ||||||
3 | displacement of individuals currently employed or positions | ||||||
4 | currently existing, either directly or under contract with any | ||||||
5 | private contractor, by the Department through the reduction of | ||||||
6 | overtime or nonovertime hours, wages or employment benefits. | ||||||
7 | Projects and curriculum so designated by the Director | ||||||
8 | shall be for the purpose of : (1) development, enhancement, and | ||||||
9 | maintenance of the natural resources of the State of Illinois; | ||||||
10 | (2) environmental stewardship and civic responsibility; and | ||||||
11 | (3) enhancement of enhancing public lands owned or leased by | ||||||
12 | the Department or developing and enhancing projects or | ||||||
13 | initiatives undertaken in whole or part by the Department. | ||||||
14 | Such projects and curriculum shall include improving the | ||||||
15 | habitat of fauna and flora; improving utilization of | ||||||
16 | conservation or recreation facilities and lands by the public; | ||||||
17 | improving water quality; and any other project deemed by the | ||||||
18 | Department to improve the environmental, economic and | ||||||
19 | recreational quality of the State's natural resources State | ||||||
20 | owned or leased lands . | ||||||
21 | All projects designated for activity by the Director shall | ||||||
22 | be within a reasonable commuting time for each participant | ||||||
23 | enrollee . To the extent possible, the Director shall designate | ||||||
24 | areas where a pool of participants enrollees may work. In no | ||||||
25 | circumstance shall participants enrollees be required to spend | ||||||
26 | more than 1 1/2 hours of commuting time to a project or a |
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1 | designated area; provided, a participant an enrollee may agree | ||||||
2 | to spend more than 1 1/2 hours of commuting time to a project | ||||||
3 | or a designated area. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12.)
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5 | (525 ILCS 50/8) (from Ch. 48, par. 2558) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 8. Contracts Illinois Youth Recreation Corps . The | ||||||
7 | Department may enter into contracts, intergovernmental | ||||||
8 | agreements, grants, cooperative agreements, memoranda of | ||||||
9 | understanding, or other instruments as necessary to implement | ||||||
10 | the Youth and Young Adult Conservation Program. The Illinois | ||||||
11 | Procurement Code shall not apply to contracts entered into for | ||||||
12 | the purpose of fulfilling the purposes of this Act with | ||||||
13 | not-for-profit organizations that have a documented commitment | ||||||
14 | to addressing the barriers to employment and education for | ||||||
15 | minority youth and young adults, as determined by the | ||||||
16 | Department. With respect to the Illinois Youth Recreation | ||||||
17 | Corps: | ||||||
18 | (a) Purpose. The Illinois Youth Recreation Corps is | ||||||
19 | established for the purpose of making grants to local sponsors | ||||||
20 | to provide wages to youth operating and instructing in | ||||||
21 | conservation or recreational programs. Such programs shall | ||||||
22 | provide conservation or recreational opportunities and shall | ||||||
23 | include, but are not limited to, the coordination and teaching | ||||||
24 | of natural resource conservation and management, physical | ||||||
25 | activities, or learning activities directly related to natural |
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1 | resource conservation management or recreation. Such programs | ||||||
2 | may charge user fees, but such fees shall be designed to | ||||||
3 | promote as much community involvement as possible, as | ||||||
4 | determined by the Department. | ||||||
5 | (b) Application. Local sponsors who can provide necessary | ||||||
6 | facilities, materials and management for summer conservation | ||||||
7 | or recreational activities within the community and who desire | ||||||
8 | a grant under this Act for the purpose of hiring managing | ||||||
9 | supervisors as necessary and eligible youth for such | ||||||
10 | conservation or recreational programs may make application to | ||||||
11 | the Department of Natural Resources. Applications shall be | ||||||
12 | evaluated on the basis of program content, location, need, | ||||||
13 | local commitment of resources, and consistency with the | ||||||
14 | purposes of this Act. | ||||||
15 | (c) Enrollment. The Illinois Youth Recreation Corps shall | ||||||
16 | be limited to citizens of this State who at the time of | ||||||
17 | enrollment are 14 through 18 years of age inclusive and who | ||||||
18 | have skills that can be utilized in the summer conservation or | ||||||
19 | recreational program. The ratio of youth employee enrollees to | ||||||
20 | a managing supervisor must not be less than 10 to 1 for any | ||||||
21 | local sponsor with a total number of youth employee enrollees | ||||||
22 | of 10 or more. Any local sponsor program with a total number of | ||||||
23 | youth employee enrollees of less than 10 must be limited to one | ||||||
24 | managing supervisor. | ||||||
25 | The local sponsors shall make public notification of the | ||||||
26 | availability of jobs for eligible youth in the Illinois Youth |
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1 | Recreation Corps by the means of newspapers, electronic media, | ||||||
2 | educational facilities, units of local government and | ||||||
3 | Department of Employment Security offices. Application for | ||||||
4 | employment shall be made directly to the local sponsor. | ||||||
5 | The Department shall adopt reasonable rules pertaining to | ||||||
6 | the administration of the Illinois Youth Recreation Corps. | ||||||
7 | (d) Terms of Employment. The enrollment period for any | ||||||
8 | successful applicant of the program shall not be longer than | ||||||
9 | 60 working days during the months of June, July and August. | ||||||
10 | Once enrolled in the program, each enrollee shall receive a | ||||||
11 | reasonable wage as set by the Department and shall work hours | ||||||
12 | as required by the conservation or recreation program but not | ||||||
13 | in excess of a maximum number of hours as determined by the | ||||||
14 | Department, except that an enrollee working as a managing | ||||||
15 | supervisor shall receive a higher wage than an enrollee | ||||||
16 | working in any other capacity on the conservation or | ||||||
17 | recreation program. Enrollees shall be employees of the local | ||||||
18 | sponsor and not contractual hires for the purpose of | ||||||
19 | employment taxes, except that enrollees shall not be | ||||||
20 | classified as employees of the State or the local sponsor for | ||||||
21 | purposes of contributions to the State Employees' Retirement | ||||||
22 | System of Illinois or any other public employee retirement | ||||||
23 | system. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 97-738, eff. 7-5-12.)
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25 | (525 ILCS 50/7.5 rep.) |
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