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	1	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5433 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Prairie Lawns Act. Establishes the Prairie Lawns Program, which requires the Department of Natural Resources to provide assistance for installing pollinator-friendly native plants in residential lawns to protect and support native species of pollinators. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules for the Program. Provides for individual support grants to reimburse Illinois residents for up to $400, subject to appropriation and other requirements. Provides for demonstration neighborhood grants to units of local government and nonprofit organizations through a request for proposal process, subject to appropriation and other requirements. Provides that homeowners associations and common interest communities may not prohibit the planting of pollinator habitats. Defines terms. LRB103 39476 BDA 69671 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5433 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Prairie Lawns Act. Establishes the Prairie Lawns Program, which requires the Department of Natural Resources to provide assistance for installing pollinator-friendly native plants in residential lawns to protect and support native species of pollinators. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules for the Program. Provides for individual support grants to reimburse Illinois residents for up to $400, subject to appropriation and other requirements. Provides for demonstration neighborhood grants to units of local government and nonprofit organizations through a request for proposal process, subject to appropriation and other requirements. Provides that homeowners associations and common interest communities may not prohibit the planting of pollinator habitats. Defines terms. LRB103 39476 BDA 69671 b LRB103 39476 BDA 69671 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5433 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	3	+	New Act New Act
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	5	+	Creates the Prairie Lawns Act. Establishes the Prairie Lawns Program, which requires the Department of Natural Resources to provide assistance for installing pollinator-friendly native plants in residential lawns to protect and support native species of pollinators. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules for the Program. Provides for individual support grants to reimburse Illinois residents for up to $400, subject to appropriation and other requirements. Provides for demonstration neighborhood grants to units of local government and nonprofit organizations through a request for proposal process, subject to appropriation and other requirements. Provides that homeowners associations and common interest communities may not prohibit the planting of pollinator habitats. Defines terms.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning conservation.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
7	15		5 Prairie Lawns Act.
8		-	6 Section 5. ~~Definitions~~. In this Act:
9		-	7 ~~"Department"~~ means the Department of Natural Resources.
10		-	8 ~~"Pollinator habitat"~~ ~~means any lawn,~~ ~~planted area of a~~
11		-	9 ~~lawn, or planter box or pot where there grows native flowers,~~
12		-	10 ~~native vegetation,~~ ~~or pollinator-friendly~~ ~~plants.~~
13		-	11 ~~Section 10.~~ ~~Prairie~~ Lawns ~~Program created.~~
14		-	12 ~~(a) The Department shall establish~~ and ~~administer the~~
15		-	13 ~~Prairie Lawns Program to provide assistance for installing~~
16		-	14 ~~pollinator-friendly native plants in residential~~ lawns in
17		-	15 ~~order to protect and support native species of bees,~~
18		-	16 ~~butterflies, moths,~~ ~~beetles, flies,~~ and ~~other pollinators.~~
19		-	17 ~~(b) To promote the Prairie Lawns Program, the Department~~
20		-	18 ~~shall:~~
21		-	19 ~~(1) conduct outreach and publicity for the Program by,~~
22		-	20 ~~among other things:~~
23		-	21 (A) ~~establishing~~ and ~~administering~~ a ~~public~~
24		-	22 ~~awareness campaign to raise awareness about creating~~
	16	+	6 Section 5. Department; defined. In this Act, "Department"
	17	+	7 means the Department of Natural Resources.
	18	+	8 Section 10. Prairie Lawns Program created.
	19	+	9 (a) The Department shall establish and administer the
	20	+	10 Prairie Lawns Program to provide assistance for installing
	21	+	11 pollinator-friendly native plants in residential lawns in
	22	+	12 order to protect and support native species of bees,
	23	+	13 butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, and other pollinators.
	24	+	14 (b) To promote the Prairie Lawns Program, the Department
	25	+	15 shall:
	26	+	16 (1) conduct outreach and publicity for the Program by,
	27	+	17 among other things:
	28	+	18 (A) establishing and administering a public
	29	+	19 awareness campaign to raise awareness about creating
	30	+	20 pollinator habitats; and
	31	+	21 (B) creating and providing a Prairie Lawns yard
	32	+	22 sign for grant recipients and making the sign
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34		-	2 (B) creating and providing a Prairie Lawns yard
35		-	3 sign for grant recipients and making the sign
36		-	4 available for download on the Department's website;
37		-	5 (2) provide educational assistance for installing
38		-	6 pollinator-friendly native plants in residential lawns by,
39		-	7 among other things:
40		-	8 (A) making educational materials available on the
41		-	9 Department website; and
42		-	10 (B) offering units of local government and
43		-	11 nonprofit organizations assistance with related
44		-	12 education and outreach efforts;
45		-	13 (3) cooperate with units of local government and
46		-	14 nonprofit organizations in creating demonstration
47		-	15 neighborhoods, which are community projects intended to
48		-	16 enhance pollinator habitats and raise awareness about
49		-	17 pollinators.
50		-	18 A unit of local government or a nonprofit organization
51		-	19 overseeing a demonstration neighborhood shall work with
52		-	20 local residents to install pocket gardens, trees, bushes,
53		-	21 shrubs, meadows, and lawns that are beneficial to
54		-	22 pollinators in residential lawns.
55		-	23 Section 15. Individual support grants.
56		-	24 (a) The Department shall adopt rules and develop criteria
57		-	25 to award through the Prairie Lawns Program individual support
	36	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5433 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	37	+	New Act New Act
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	39	+	Creates the Prairie Lawns Act. Establishes the Prairie Lawns Program, which requires the Department of Natural Resources to provide assistance for installing pollinator-friendly native plants in residential lawns to protect and support native species of pollinators. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules for the Program. Provides for individual support grants to reimburse Illinois residents for up to $400, subject to appropriation and other requirements. Provides for demonstration neighborhood grants to units of local government and nonprofit organizations through a request for proposal process, subject to appropriation and other requirements. Provides that homeowners associations and common interest communities may not prohibit the planting of pollinator habitats. Defines terms.
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68		-	1 grants that will allow eligible Illinois residents to be
69		-	2 reimbursed for up to $400 in costs associated with
70		-	3 establishing a pollinator habitat in their yards.
71		-	4 (b) Individual support grant recipients must provide at
72		-	5 least a 25% match for their total reimbursement request. This
73		-	6 match can be in the form of purchasing materials, hiring
74		-	7 contractors, or as in-kind time spent planting or maintaining
75		-	8 plants.
76		-	9 (c) An individual support grant applicant shall submit a
77		-	10 map of the applicant's completed project in the application
78		-	11 for reimbursement.
79		-	12 (d) This Section is subject to appropriation.
80		-	13 Section 20. Demonstration neighborhood grants.
81		-	14 (a) The Department shall adopt rules and develop criteria
82		-	15 to award demonstration neighborhood grants to units of local
83		-	16 government and nonprofit organizations to create demonstration
84		-	17 neighborhoods as described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b)
85		-	18 of Section 10 of this Act.
86		-	19 (b) Units of local government and nonprofit organizations
87		-	20 shall be invited to apply for individual support grants under
88		-	21 this Act through a request for proposal process.
89		-	22 (c) This Section is subject to appropriation.
90		-	23 Section 25. No prohibition on pollinator habitats. Common
91		-	24 interest communities, as defined in Section 1-5 of the Common
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102		-	1 Interest Community Association Act, shall not prohibit any
103		-	2 resident or owner from planting a pollinator habitat within
104		-	3 the boundaries of the resident's or owner's property or lot.
105		-	4 Residents and owners shall not plant a pollinator habitat in
106		-	5 or on a common area, property owned by the common interest
107		-	6 community, or the property or lot owned by another owner
108		-	7 without the prior written consent of the common interest
109		-	8 community or other owner. Common interest communities shall
110		-	9 not enact or enforce rules and regulations that impair the
111		-	10 proper maintenance and care of pollinator habitats.
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	67	+	1 available for download on the Department's website;
	68	+	2 (2) provide educational assistance for installing
	69	+	3 pollinator-friendly native plants in residential lawns by,
	70	+	4 among other things:
	71	+	5 (A) making educational materials available on the
	72	+	6 Department website; and
	73	+	7 (B) offering units of local government and
	74	+	8 nonprofit organizations assistance with related
	75	+	9 education and outreach efforts;
	76	+	10 (3) cooperate with units of local government and
	77	+	11 nonprofit organizations in creating demonstration
	78	+	12 neighborhoods, which are community projects intended to
	79	+	13 enhance pollinator habitats and raise awareness about
	80	+	14 pollinators.
	81	+	15 A unit of local government or a nonprofit organization
	82	+	16 overseeing a demonstration neighborhood shall work with
	83	+	17 local residents to install pocket gardens, trees, bushes,
	84	+	18 shrubs, meadows, and lawns that are beneficial to
	85	+	19 pollinators in residential lawns.
	86	+	20 Section 15. Individual support grants.
	87	+	21 (a) The Department shall adopt rules and develop criteria
	88	+	22 to award through the Prairie Lawns Program individual support
	89	+	23 grants that will allow eligible Illinois residents to be
	90	+	24 reimbursed for up to $400 in costs associated with
	91	+	25 establishing a pollinator habitat in their yards.
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	102	+	1 (b) Individual support grant recipients must provide at
	103	+	2 least a 25% match for their total reimbursement request. This
	104	+	3 match can be in the form of purchasing materials, hiring
	105	+	4 contractors, or as in-kind time spent planting or maintaining
	106	+	5 plants.
	107	+	6 (c) An individual support grant applicant shall submit a
	108	+	7 map of the applicant's completed project in the application
	109	+	8 for reimbursement.
	110	+	9 (d) This Section is subject to appropriation.
	111	+	10 Section 20. Demonstration neighborhood grants.
	112	+	11 (a) The Department shall adopt rules and develop criteria
	113	+	12 to award demonstration neighborhood grants to units of local
	114	+	13 government and nonprofit organizations to create demonstration
	115	+	14 neighborhoods as described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b)
	116	+	15 of Section 10 of this Act.
	117	+	16 (b) Units of local government and nonprofit organizations
	118	+	17 shall be invited to apply for individual support grants under
	119	+	18 this Act through a request for proposal process.
	120	+	19 (c) This Section is subject to appropriation.
	121	+	20 Section 25. No prohibition on pollinator habitats.
	122	+	21 Homeowners associations and common interest communities shall
	123	+	22 not prohibit any resident or homeowner from planting a
	124	+	23 pollinator habitat. Homeowners associations and common
	125	+	24 interest communities shall not enact or enforce rules and
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	136	+	1 regulations that impair the proper maintenance and care of
	137	+	2 pollinator habitats. For the purpose of this Section, a
	138	+	3 "pollinator habitat" is any lawn, planted area of a lawn, or
	139	+	4 planter box or pot where there grows native flowers, native
	140	+	5 vegetation, or pollinator-friendly plants.
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