Bill Text: IL SB2956 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2956 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB2956-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning conservation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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6 | (525 ILCS 35/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 2103)
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7 | Sec. 3. From appropriations made from the Capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Development Fund,
Build Illinois Bond Fund or other
available | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | or designated funds for such
purposes, the Department shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | make grants to local governments as
financial assistance for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | the capital
development and improvement of park, recreation or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | conservation
areas, marinas and shorelines, including planning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | and engineering costs, and for the
acquisition of open space | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | lands, including
acquisition of easements and other property | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | interests less than fee simple
ownership if the Department | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | determines that such property
interests are sufficient to carry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | out the purposes of this Act, subject to
the conditions and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | limitations set forth in this Act.
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19 | No more than 10% of the amount so appropriated for any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | fiscal year may
be committed or expended on any one project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | described in an application
under this Act.
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22 | Any grant under this Act to a local government shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | conditioned upon
the state providing assistance on a 50/50 |
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1 | matching basis for the acquisition
of open space lands and for | ||||||
2 | capital development
and improvement proposals. However, a | ||||||
3 | local government defined as "distressed" under criteria | ||||||
4 | adopted by the Department through administrative rule shall be | ||||||
5 | eligible for assistance up to 90% for the acquisition
of open | ||||||
6 | space lands and for capital development
and improvement | ||||||
7 | proposals, provided that no more than 10% of the amount | ||||||
8 | appropriated under this Act in any fiscal year is made | ||||||
9 | available as grants to distressed local governments.
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10 | A minimum of 50% of any grant made to a unit of local | ||||||
11 | government under this Act must be paid to the unit of local | ||||||
12 | government at the time the Department awards the grant. The | ||||||
13 | remainder of the grant shall be distributed to the local | ||||||
14 | government quarterly on a reimbursement basis. Any portion of | ||||||
15 | the advanced payment not expended by the unit of local | ||||||
16 | government within 2 years shall be returned by the unit of | ||||||
17 | local government to the Department. The Department shall | ||||||
18 | distribute any such returned amount along with the remainder of | ||||||
19 | the grant to the unit of local government on a reimbursement | ||||||
20 | basis. A grant may be extended for a period longer than 2 years | ||||||
21 | to allow a unit of local government to complete an approved | ||||||
22 | project and to make any remaining grant funds available for | ||||||
23 | expenditure by the unit of local government if the grant funds | ||||||
24 | have been legally obligated by the unit of local government | ||||||
25 | prior to the expiration of the 2-year period. Nothing in this | ||||||
26 | Act or the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act prohibits the |
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1 | Department from granting an extension beyond 2 years. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 98-326, eff. 8-12-13; 98-520, eff. 8-23-13; | ||||||
3 | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.
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