102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2421
 
Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
30 ILCS 105/5.935 new
30 ILCS 105/6z-124 new

     Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Cook County Water Infrastructure Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that, subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to municipalities to fund infrastructure improvements to facilitate water supplies from Lake Michigan for residents of Cook County. Provides that, in making grants from the Cook County Water Infrastructure Fund, the Agency must prioritize water infrastructure projects in non-supplying municipalities in Cook County over water infrastructure projects in supplying municipalities in Cook County. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
5Section 5.935 and 6z-124 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.935 new)
7    Sec. 5.935. The Cook County Water Infrastructure Fund.
 
8    (30 ILCS 105/6z-124 new)
9    Sec. 6z-124. Water supplies from Lake Michigan.
10    (a) As used in this Section:
11    "Non-supplying municipality in Cook County" means a 
12municipality in Cook County that receives its water from 
13another municipality and does not sell its water to another 
14municipality.
15    "Supplying municipality in Cook County" means a 
16municipality in Cook County that either receives water 
17directly from Lake Michigan or buys its water from another 
18municipality and then sells some of its water to another 
19municipality.
20    (b) The Cook County Water Infrastructure Fund is created 
21as a special fund in the State treasury. Subject to 
22appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be used by the 
 
 
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1Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to 
2municipalities to fund infrastructure improvements to 
3facilitate water supplies from Lake Michigan for residents of 
4Cook County.
5    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Cook 
6County Water Infrastructure Fund is not subject to sweeps, 
7administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other fiscal or 
8budgetary maneuver that would in any way transfer any funds 
9from the Cook County Water Infrastructure Fund into any other 
10fund of the State.
11    (c) In making grants from the Cook County Water 
12Infrastructure Fund, the Agency must prioritize water 
13infrastructure projects in non-supplying municipalities in 
14Cook County over water infrastructure projects in supplying 
15municipalities in Cook County. 
16    (d) The Environmental Protection Agency may adopt rules 
17under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement 
18this Section. 
 
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
20becoming law.