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91_HB4022
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1 AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of
2 Illinois.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Community
6 Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
7 amended by changing Section 605-75 as follows:
8 (20 ILCS 605/605-75)
9 Sec. 605-75. Keep Illinois Beautiful.
10 (a) There is created the Keep Illinois Beautiful Program
11 Advisory Board consisting of 7 members appointed by the
12 Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Of those
13 7, 4 shall be appointed from a list of at least 10 names
14 submitted by the boards of directors from the various
15 certified community programs. Each certified community
16 program may submit only one recommendation to be considered
17 by the Governor. The Director of Commerce and Community
18 Affairs Lieutenant Governor or his or her designee shall be a
19 member and serve as Chairman, except that (i) when Section 6
20 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution is operative the
21 officer next in line of succession shall serve as Chairman
22 and (ii) until January 11, 1999, while the office of
23 Lieutenant Governor is otherwise vacant, the powers and
24 duties of the Lieutenant Governor under this Section shall be
25 carried out as provided in Section 67.35 of the Civil
26 Administrative Code of Illinois (renumbered; now Section
27 405-500 of the Department of Central Management Services Law,
28 20 ILCS 405/405-500). The Board shall meet at least
29 quarterly at the discretion of the Chairman and at such other
30 times as the Chairman or any 4 members consider necessary.
31 Four members shall constitute a quorum.
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1 (b) The purpose of the Board shall be to assist local
2 governments and community organizations in:
3 (1) Educating the public about the need for
4 recycling and reducing solid waste.
5 (2) Promoting the establishment of recycling and
6 programs that reduce litter and other solid waste through
7 re-use and diversion.
8 (3) Developing local markets for recycled products.
9 (4) Cooperating with other State agencies and with
10 local governments having environmental responsibilities.
11 (5) Seeking funding from governmental and
12 non-governmental sources.
13 (c) The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
14 Lieutenant Governor shall employ and fix the salary of a
15 Statewide coordinator who, to the extent possible, shall
16 assist local governments and community organizations that
17 plan to implement programs set forth in subsection (b). The
18 Board shall establish guidelines for the certification by the
19 Board of local governments and community organizations. The
20 guidelines shall be approved by a majority of the members of
21 the Board.
22 The Statewide coordinator may encourage local governments
23 and community organizations to apply for certification of
24 programs by the Board. However, the Statewide coordinator
25 shall give equal consideration to newly certified programs
26 and older certified programs.
27 The Statewide coordinator shall submit proposed programs
28 to the Board. The Board shall approve program proposals by a
29 majority vote of the quorum present. In no event shall the
30 Board veto a program by a vote of fewer than 4 members. A
31 vetoed proposal may be resubmitted to the Board by the
32 Statewide coordinator after necessary changes in the proposal
33 have been made.
34 (d) The Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund is created as a
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1 special fund in the State treasury. Moneys from any public
2 or private source may be deposited into the Keep Illinois
3 Beautiful Fund. Moneys in the Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund
4 shall be appropriated only for the purposes of this Section.
5 Pursuant to action by the Board, the Department of Commerce
6 and Community Affairs Lieutenant Governor may authorize
7 grants from moneys appropriated from the Keep Illinois
8 Beautiful Fund for certified community based programs for up
9 to 50% of the cash needs of the program; provided, that at
10 least 50% of the needs of the program shall be contributed to
11 the program in cash, and not in kind, by local sources.
12 Moneys appropriated for certified community based
13 programs in municipalities of more than 1,000,000 population
14 shall be itemized separately and may not be disbursed to any
15 other community.
16 (e) On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
17 91st General Assembly, the Lieutenant Governor shall transfer
18 to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, and the
19 Department shall receive, all assets and property possessed
20 by the Lieutenant Governor under this Section and all
21 liabilities and obligations for which the Lieutenant Governor
22 was responsible under this Section. Nothing in this
23 subsection affects the validity of certifications and grants
24 issued under this Section before the effective date of this
25 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
26 (Source: P.A. 90-609, eff. 6-30-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
28 1, 2000.