*LRB09910345SXM30572b* HB3128 99THEngrossed GENERALLRB099 ASSEMBLY10345 StateSXM of30572 Illinoisb andAN 2016ACT HB3128concerning byfinance. Rep.
Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCS 105/5.866 new ILCS 730/3 from Ch.
96 1/2, par.
8203 ILCS 730/7 new Amends the State Finance Act.
Creates the Coal Mining Conservation and Reclamation Fund as a special fund in the State treasury.
Amends the Illinois Coal Technology Development Assistance Act.
Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall use all monies in the Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Fund to administer the Department's responsibilities.
Provides that, notwithstanding any other law to the or any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would transfer any amounts from the Fund into any other fund of the State.
Provides that during fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount of $333,333.33 shall be transferred from the Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund to the Fund.
Effective immediately.
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Section 5.3.
The StateIllinois FinanceAdministrative Procedure Act is amended by addingchanging SectionSections 5.8661-20 and 1-70 as follows:
(5 ILCS 100/1-20) (from Ch.
127, par.
1001-20) Sec.
1-20.
"Agency" means each officer, board, commission, and agency created by the Constitution, whether in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of State government, but other than the circuit court;
each officer, department, board, commission, agency, institution, authority, university, and body politic and corporate of the State;
each administrative unit or corporate outgrowth of the State government that is created by or pursuant to statute, other than units of local government and their officers, school districts, and boards of election commissioners;
and each administrative unit or corporate outgrowth of the above and as may be created by executive order of the Governor.
"Agency", however, does not include the following:
(1) The House of Representatives and Senate and their respective standing and service committees, including without limitation the Board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol and the Architect of the Capitol established HB3128 Engrossed - 2 - LRB099 10345 SXM 30572 b under the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984.
(2) The Governor , except with respect to intergovernmental agreements.
(3) The justices and judges of the Supreme and Appellate Courts.
(4) The Legislative Ethics Commission.
(Source:
P.A.
95-331, eff.
8-21-07.) (5 ILCS 100/1-70) (from Ch.
127, par.
1001-70) Sec.
1-70.
"Rule" means each agency statement of general applicability that implements, applies, interprets, or prescribes law or policy, but does not include (i) statements concerning only the internal management of an agency and not affecting private rights or procedures available to persons or entities outside the agency, (ii) informal advisory rulings issued under Section 5-150, (iii) intra-agency memoranda, (iv) the prescription of standardized forms, (v) documents prepared or filed or actions taken by the Legislative Reference Bureau under Section 5.04 of the Legislative Reference Bureau Act, or (vi) guidance documents prepared by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency under Section 39.5 or subsection (s) of Section 39 of the Environmental Protection Act.
"Rule" also includes the exclusive means by which a State agency may enter into or implement an intergovernmental agreement as provided in Section 3 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act.
HB3128 Engrossed - 3 - LRB099 10345 SXM 30572 b (Source:
P.A.
97-95, eff.
7-12-11;
97-1081, eff.
8-24-12.) Section 5.
The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(5 ILCS 220/3) (from Ch.
127, par.
743) Sec.
3.
Intergovernmental cooperation.
(a) Any power or powers, privileges, functions, or authority exercised or which may be exercised by a public agency of this State may be exercised, combined, transferred, and enjoyed jointly with any other public agency of this State and jointly with any public agency of any other state or of the United States to the extent that laws of such other state or of the United States do not prohibit joint exercise or enjoyment and except where specifically and expressly prohibited by law.
This includes, but is not limited to, (i) arrangements between the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and agencies in other states which issue professional licenses and (ii) agreements between the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid) and public agencies for the establishment and enforcement of child support orders and for the exchange of information that may be necessary for the enforcement of those child support orders.
(b) The exclusive means by which a State agency, as defined in Section 1-20 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, may enter into or implement an intergovernmental agreement with HB3128 Engrossed - 4 - LRB099 10345 SXM 30572 b another State agency by the prior adoption of rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
Two or more State agencies that wish to participate in the same intergovernmental agreement may do so by adopting joint rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
The rules must include, at a minimum, the actual terms and conditions of the specific intergovernmental agreement that is contemplated by the State agency or agencies.
Within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, each State agency must file, with the Legislative Audit Commission, a copy of each intergovernmental agreement entered into by that agency, or any of its predecessor agencies, with another State agency prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly that was not fully performed by all parties before that effective date.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no State agency, as defined in Section 1-20 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with another State agency that authorizes sharing of appropriation line items unless that agreement is approved by a joint resolution of the General Assembly.
(Source:
P.A.
95-331, eff.
8-21-07.) Section 10.
The State Finance Act is amended by adding HB3128 Engrossed - 5 - LRB099 10345 SXM 30572 b Section 5.866 as follows:
Section 10.15.
Upon receipt of the certification, the HB3128 - 2 - LRB099 10345 SXM 30572 b Treasurer shall transfer the amount shown on such certification from the General Revenue Fund to the Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the State treasury, except that no transfer shall be made in any month in which the Fund has reached the following balance:
HB3128 Engrossed - 6 - LRB099 10345 SXM 30572 b (1) $7,000,000 during fiscal year 1994.
(6) During fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the sum of $10,000,000 plus additional moneys deposited into the Coal Technology HB3128 - 3 - LRB099 10345 SXM 30572 b Development Assistance Fund from the Renewable Energy Resources and Coal Technology Development Assistance Charge under Section 6.5 of the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997.
(b) During fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount of $333,333.33 shall be transferred from HB3128 Engrossed - 7 - LRB099 10345 SXM 30572 b the Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund to the Coal Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Fund on the first day of each month.
HB3128 - 4 - LRB099 10345 SXM 30572 b Section 99.