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91_HB4022eng HB4022 Engrossed LRB9111141JMmbA 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 AffairsLieutenant Governoror his or her designee shall be a 19 member and serve as Chairman, except that (i) when Section 620of Article V of the Illinois Constitution is operative the21officer next in line of succession shall serve as Chairman22and (ii) until January 11, 1999, while the office of23Lieutenant Governor is otherwise vacant, the powers and24duties of the Lieutenant Governor under this Section shall be25carried out as provided in Section 67.35 of the Civil26Administrative Code of Illinois (renumbered; now Section27405-500 of the Department of Central Management Services Law,2820 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. HB4022 Engrossed -2- LRB9111141JMmbA 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 14Lieutenant Governorshall 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 HB4022 Engrossed -3- LRB9111141JMmbA 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 AffairsLieutenant Governormay 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.