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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 650
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 650 as follows:
3 by replacing the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to create the Illinois Natural Resources
5 Congress."; and
6 on page 1, line 5, by replacing "Conservation" with "Natural
7 Resources"; and
8 on page 1, line 6, by replacing "Conservation" with "Natural
9 Resources"; and
10 on page 1, by replacing lines 7 and 8 with "the Illinois
11 Natural Resources Congress."; and
12 on page 1, by replacing lines 11 through 15 with the
13 following:
14 "appointed officials to protect, conserve, and appropriately
15 use the natural resources of the State to ensure that
16 opportunities are available for the enjoyment of natural
17 resources to enhance quality of life for all Illinois
18 citizens and future generations. The Illinois Natural
19 Resources Congress shall recommend to the Natural Resources
20 Council long-range goals, strategies, and programs that would
21 balance the protection and use of the natural resources of
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1 Illinois while protecting private property rights and
2 ensuring a sustainable, economically viable agriculture and
3 business climate."; and
4 on page 1, by replacing lines 16 through 27 with the
5 following:
6 "Section 15. Duties. The Illinois Natural Resources
7 Congress shall, from time to time, make recommendations to a
8 Natural Resources Council.
9 The Illinois Natural Resources Congress shall be composed
10 of representatives of organizations in Illinois, including
11 but not limited to not-for-profit entities, businesses, or
12 other entities, whose goals and actions are to provide
13 consistency, clarity, and coherence to present and future
14 policies, programs, and strategies affecting Illinois' water
15 and land resources. Members of the Congress shall serve
16 without compensation or reimbursed expenses. The Congress
17 shall establish operating by-laws that ensure each member has
18 a voting right on the by-laws and on any recommendation that
19 is forwarded by the Congress to the Natural Resources
20 Council. It shall take a two-thirds vote of the members of
21 the Congress to approve the by-laws and recommendations to
22 the Council. A copy of the by-laws shall be filed with the
23 Council. Recommendations submitted to the Council shall
24 detail the goal and impact of those recommendations on
25 recreation, natural resources, the State's economy,
26 agriculture and business, and property rights."; and
27 on page 1, by replacing line 28 with the following:
28 "Section 20. Natural Resources Council. There is
29 created a Natural Resources Council consisting of the
30 Director or Secretary, as appropriate, of each of the
31 following State agencies: the Department of Agriculture; the
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1 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs; the Department
2 of Natural Resources; the Department of Transportation; the
3 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; the Department of
4 Public Health; and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
5 The Council shall meet as necessary to receive and
6 evaluate recommendations from the Congress and take
7 appropriate action. Members of the Council may provide
8 in-kind services to the Congress."; and
9 on page 2, by deleting lines 1 and 2.