Rep. Michael J. Madigan

Filed: 5/7/2010

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1215

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1215 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

                        "Article 1

    Section 5.  The amount of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Coal Development Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity  for a grant to the owner of a generating station located in Williamson County, Illinois using Illinois coal to generate electricity for rural Southern Illinois communities for the purposes specified in the Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act and Section 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act. 

     Section 10.  The amount of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Coal Development Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the owner of a generating station located in Sangamon County, Illinois using Illinois coal to generate electricity for the purposes specified in the Illinois Coal and Energy and Development Bond Act and Section 8.1 of the Energy and Conservation and Coal Development Act.

    Section 15.  The amount of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Coal Development Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the owner of a generating station located in Washington County, Illinois using Illinois coal to generate electricity for the purposes specified in the Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act and Section 8.1 of the Energy and Conservation and Coal Development Act.

    Section 20.  No contract shall be entered into or obligation incurred or any expenditure made from any appropriation herein made in this Article until after the purpose and amounts have been approved in writing by the Governor.

                        Article 2

     Section 5.  The sum of $800,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business on June 30, 2010, from the appropriation heretofore made in Article 50, Section 84.6 of Public Act 96-890, is reappropriated from the Federal High Speed Rail Trust Fund to the Department of Transportation for grants, construction, and all other costs relating to high speed rail projects in compliance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provided such amounts not exceed funds made available by the federal government for this purpose.

     Section 10.  No contract shall be entered into or obligation incurred or any expenditure made from any appropriation herein made in this Article until after the purpose and amounts have been approved in writing by the Governor.

                        Article 99

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2010.”.