HB5677 A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5677 Introduced , by Rep. Jehan Gordon -Booth SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Natural Resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, as follows: General Funds $ 93,514,914 Other State Funds $459,960,765 Federal Funds $133,320,773 Total $686,796,412 OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b HB5677 OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2 in the General Assembly: 3 ARTICLE 1 4 Section 5. The following named sums, or so much thereof 5 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 6 hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 7 contingent expenses of the Department of Natural Resources: 8 GENERAL OFFICE 9 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 10 For ordinary and contingent expenses, including 11 payment of revolving fund bills ..................2,812,500 12 For expenses of the General Office ...............10,665,000 13 For expenses related to Diversity, Equity, 14 Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) goals ...........60,000 15 For grants and expenses associated with the 16 Youth and Young Conservation 17 Education program .............................. 2,500,000 18 Payable from the State Boating Act Fund: 19 For Contractual Services ............................ 70,000 20 Payable from the State Parks Fund: 21 For Contractual Services ............................ 70,500 22 HB5677 -2- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Payable from the Wildlife and Fish Fund: 1 For Personal Services .............................. 150,000 2 For State Contributions to State 3 Employees' Retirement System ....................... 76,800 4 For State Contributions to 5 Social Security ................................ ....11,500 6 For Group Insurance ................................ .62,600 7 For Contractual Services ........................... 618,800 8 For Travel ................................ ...........5,000 9 For Equipment ................................ ........1,100 10 Payable from the Underground Resources 11 Conservation Enforcement Fund: 12 For Contractual Services ................................ .0 13 For Ordinary and Contingent Expenses ................265,900 14 Payable from the Natura l Areas Acquisition Fund: 15 For Ordinary and Contingent Expenses .................35,000 16 Payable from the Federal Surface Mining Control and 17 Reclamation Fund: 18 For ordinary and contingent expenses for the 19 support of the Land Reclamation program ............341,900 20 Payable from Park and Conservation Fund: 21 For Contractual Services ............................ 405,000 22 For expenses of the Park and 23 Conservation Program ............................. 2,200,000 24 For ordinary and contingent expenses for 25 HB5677 -3- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b the support of the Abandoned Mined Lands 1 program. ................................ ...........511,700 2 Total $20,863,300 3 Section 10. The sum of $2,412,200, or so much therefore 4 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the DNR Special 5 Projects Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for 6 expenses of grant, inter -agency agreement or donation -funded 7 special projects for various costs including, but not limited 8 to, education, habitat protection and preservation, maintenance 9 and, improvements on department lands and facilities. 10 Section 15. The sum of $50,000, or therefore as may be 11 necessary, is appropriate d from the DNR Special Projects Fund 12 to the Department of Natural Resources for all ordinary and 13 contingent expenses related, but not limited to, the H.O.P.E. 14 Program. 15 Section 20. The sum of $1,000,000, or therefore as may be 16 necessary, is appropriated from the DNR Special Projects Fund 17 to the Department of Natural Resources for all ordinary and 18 contingent expenses related, but not limited to, the 19 department’s research, protection and education initiatives. 20 Section 25. The following named sums, or s o much thereof 21 HB5677 -4- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 1 hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 2 contingent expenses of the Department of Natural Resources: 3 OFFICE OF REALTY AND CAPITAL PLANNING 4 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 5 For expenses of the Office of Realty 6 and Capital Planning ............................. 5,606,400 7 Payable from the State Boating Act Fund: 8 For Personal Services ................................ ....0 9 For State Contributions to State 10 Employees' Retirement System ............................ 0 11 For State Contributi ons to 12 Social Security ................................ .........0 13 For Group Insurance ................................ ......0 14 For expenses of the Heavy Equipment 15 Dredging Crew. ................................ .....834,000 16 For expenses of the Office of Realty and 17 Capital Planning. ................................ ..275,000 18 Payable from the State Parks Fund: 19 For Commodities ................................ ......7,500 20 For Equipment ................................ ........20,000 21 For expenses of the Office of Realty and 22 Capital Planning. ................................ ..150,000 23 For Equipment ................................ .......10,000 24 HB5677 -5- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b For expenses of the Heavy Equipment 1 Dredging Crew ................................ ......211,700 2 For expenses of the Office of Realty and 3 Capital Planning. ................................ ..175,000 4 Payable from the Natural Areas Acquisition Fund: 5 For expenses of Natural Areas Execution .............207,800 6 Payable from Open Space Lands Acquisition 7 and Development Fund: 8 For expenses of the OSLAD Program: ...............1,447,800 9 Payable from the Partners for 10 Conservation Fund: 11 For expenses of the Partners for Conservation 12 Program ................................ ............871,500 13 Payable from the Historic Property Administrative Fund 14 For administrative purposes associated 15 with the Historic Tax Credit Program ...............500,000 16 Payable from the DNR Federal Projects Fund: 17 For federal projects, 18 including but not limited to 19 FEMA natural disaster projects and 20 federally declared disaster response 21 and repair ................................ .........200,000 22 Payable from the Illinois Wildlife 23 Preservation Fund: 24 For operation of Consultation Program .............1,073,100 25 HB5677 -6- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Payable from Park and Conservation Fund: 1 For the Office of Realty and 2 Capital Planning ................................ .5,008,000 3 For expenses of the Bikeways Program ...............525,000 4 Total $17,122,800 5 Section 30. The sum of $1,189,200, or so much thereof as 6 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Historic 7 Sites Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for the costs 8 associated with the preservation services program, including 9 operational expenses, maintenance, repairs, permanent 10 improvements, and speci al events. 11 Section 35. The sum of $150,000, or so much thereof as may 12 be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Historic Sites 13 Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for awards and 14 grants associated with the preservation services program. 15 Section 40. The sum of $640,000, or so much thereof as may 16 be necessary, is appropriated from the Park and Conservation 17 Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for the costs 18 associated with the preservation services program, including 19 operational ex penses, maintenance, repairs, permanent 20 improvements, and special events. 21 HB5677 -7- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Section 45. The sum of $550,000, or so much thereof as may 1 be necessary, is appropriated from the Tourism Promotion Fund 2 to the Department of Natural Resources for the costs asso ciated 3 with the preservation services program, including operational 4 expenses, maintenance, repairs, permanent improvements, and 5 special events. 6 Section 50. The following named sums, or so much thereof 7 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 8 hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 9 contingent expenses of the Department of Natural Resources: 10 OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES 11 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 12 For expenses of the Office of 13 Strategic Services ............................... 1,048,700 14 Payable from State Boating Act Fund: 15 For Contractual Services ........................... 196,000 16 For Contractual Services for Postage 17 Expenses for DNR Headquarters ...................... 285,000 18 For Commodities ................................ .....120,000 19 For Printing ................................ ........210,000 20 For Operation of Auto Equipment ....................... 4,800 21 For expenses associated with 22 Watercraft Titling ................................ 482,600 23 For Refunds ................................ ..........15,000 24 HB5677 -8- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Payable from the State Parks Fund: 1 For the implementation of the 2 Camping/Lodging Reservation System .................300,000 3 For Public Events and Promotions ..................... 15,000 4 For operation and maintena nce of 5 new sites and facilities, including Sparta ..........25,000 6 Payable from the Wildlife and Fish Fund: 7 For Personal Services ............................. 1,530,000 8 For State Contributions to State 9 Employees' Retirement System ...................... 783,100 10 For State Contributions to 11 Social Security ................................ ....117,100 12 For Group Insurance ................................ 600,700 13 For Contractual Services ........................... 750,000 14 For Contractual Services for 15 Postage Expenses for DNR Headquarters ...............35,000 16 For Travel ................................ ...........20,000 17 For Commodities ................................ .....150,000 18 For Printing ................................ ........150,000 19 For Equipment ................................ ........61,400 20 For Operation of Auto Equipment ...................... 26,900 21 For expenses incurred for the 22 implementation, education and 23 maintenance of the 24 Point of Sale System, 25 HB5677 -9- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b including prior years’ costs ..................... 6,000,000 1 For Educational Publications Services and 2 Expenses ................................ ...........20,000 3 For expenses associated with the State Fair ..........43,200 4 For Refunds ................................ .........600,000 5 For expenses associated with the State Fair ...............0 6 Payable from Park and Conservation Fund: 7 For Ordinary and Contingent Expenses ..............3,037,000 8 For expenses associated with the State Fair ..........76,700 9 Payable from Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation 10 Council Federal Trust Fund: 11 For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 12 For Contractual Services for 13 Postage Expenses for DNR Headquarters .................... 0 14 For Commodities ................................ ...........0 15 For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 16 Total $16,703,200 17 Section 55. The following named sums, or so much thereof 18 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 19 hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 20 contingent expenses of the Department of Natural Resources: 21 SPARTA WORLD SHOOTING AND RECREATION COMPLEX 22 Payable from the State Parks Fund: 23 For the ordinary and contingent 24 HB5677 -10- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b expenses of the World Shooting and 1 Recreational Complex ............................. 1,500,000 2 For the ordinary and contingent 3 expenses of the World Shooting 4 and Recreational Complex, of which 5 no expenditures shall be authorized 6 from the appropriation until revenues 7 from sponsorships or donations sufficient 8 to offset such expenditures have been 9 collected and deposited into the 10 State Parks Fund ................................ ...350,000 11 For the Sparta Imprest Account ....................... 75,000 12 Payable from the Wildlife and Fish Fund: 13 For the ordinary and contingent 14 expenses of the World Shooting and 15 Recreational Complex ............................. 1,500,000 16 Total $3,425,000 17 Section 60. The following named sums, or so much thereof 18 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 19 hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 20 contingent expenses of the Department of Natural Resources: 21 OFFICE OF GRANT MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE 22 Payable from the Gene ral Revenue Fund: 23 For expenses of the Office of Grant 24 HB5677 -11- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Management and Assistance ........................ 1,926,800 1 Payable from the State Boating Act Fund: 2 For expenses of the Office of Grant 3 Management and Assistance ......................... 140,000 4 Payable from Wildlife and Fish Fund: 5 For expenses of the Office of Grant 6 Management and Assistance ......................... 830,700 7 Payable from Open Space Lands Acquisition 8 and Development Fund: 9 For expenses of the Office of Grant 10 Management and Assistance ......................... 428,700 11 Payable from DNR Federal Projects Fund: 12 For expenses of the Office of Grant 13 Management and Assistance .......................... 80,000 14 Total $3,406,200 15 Section 65. The following named sums, or so much thereof 16 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 17 hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 18 contingent expenses of the Department of Natural Resources: 19 OFFICE OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION 20 Payable from Wildlife and Fish Fund: 21 For Personal Services ........................... 10,378,000 22 For State Contributions to State 23 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 5,311,500 24 HB5677 -12- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b For State Contributions to 1 Social Security ................................ ....793,900 2 For Group Insurance ............................... 3,123,900 3 For Contractual Services .......................... 2,300,000 4 For Travel ................................ ...........75,000 5 For Commodities ................................ ...1,363,800 6 For Printing ................................ ........150,000 7 For Equipment ................................ .......200,000 8 For Telecommunications .............................. 230,000 9 For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 350,000 10 For Ordinary and Contingent Expenses 11 of The Chronic Wasting Disease Program 12 and other wildlife containment programs, 13 the surveillance and control of feral 14 livestock population s, and managing large 15 carnivore occurrences ............................ 1,800,000 16 For an Urban Fishing Program in 17 conjunction with the Chicago Park 18 District to provide fishing and resource 19 management at the park district lagoons ............336,000 20 For workshops, training and other 21 activities to improve the administration 22 of fish and wildlife federal aid 23 programs from federal aid administrative 24 grants received for such purposes ...................10,000 25 HB5677 -13- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b For fishery conservation and restoration 1 authorized by the Dingell -Johnson 2 Sport Fish Restoration Act ....................... 6,585,200 3 For wildlife restoration authorized 4 by the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 5 Restoration Act ................................ .19,785,800 6 Payable from Salmon Fund: 7 For Personal Services .............................. 150,800 8 For State Contributions to State 9 Employees' Retirement S ystem ....................... 77,200 10 For State Contributions to 11 Social Security ................................ ....11,600 12 For Group Insurance ................................ .53,400 13 Payable from the Illinois Fisheries Management Fund: 14 For operational expenses related to the 15 Division of Fisheries ............................ 3,346,700 16 Payable from Natural Areas Acquisition Fund: 17 For Personal Services ............................. 2,930,000 18 For State Contributions to State 19 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 1,499,600 20 For State Contributions to 21 Social Security ................................ ....224,100 22 For Group Insurance ................................ 907,700 23 For Contractual Services ............................ 190,700 24 For Travel ................................ ...........27,900 25 HB5677 -14- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b For Commodities ................................ ......43,800 1 For Printing ................................ ..............0 2 For Equipment ................................ ........86,300 3 For Telecommunications ............................... 38,100 4 For Operation of Auto Equipment ...................... 70,200 5 For expenses of the Natural Areas 6 Stewardship Program .............................. 3,499,900 7 For Expenses Related to the Endangere d 8 Species Protection Board ................................ .0 9 For Administration of the Illinois 10 Natural Areas Preservation Act ...................3,247,900 11 Payable from Partners for Conservation Fund: 12 For ordinary and contingent expenses 13 of operating the Partners for 14 Conservation Program ............................. 2,336,400 15 Payable from the Natural Resources 16 Restoration Trust Fund: 17 For Natural Resources Trustee Program .............2,900,000 18 Payable from the DNR Federal Projects Fund: 19 For expenses of federal projects, 20 including but not limited to those 21 related to federally funded wildlife 22 and natural areas management, emergencies, 23 or recreational grant lease programs .............1,607,800 24 Payable from Illinois Forestry Development Fund: 25 HB5677 -15- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b For ordinary and contingent expenses 1 of the Urban Forestry Program .................... 4,060,500 2 For payment of timber buyers’ bond forfeitures ......141,800 3 For payment of the expenses of 4 the Illinois Forestry Development Council ..........118,500 5 Payable from the State Migratory 6 Waterfowl Stamp Fund: 7 For Stamp Fund Operations ........................... 125,000 8 Payable from the DNR Federal Projects Fund: 9 For expenses of federal projects, including 10 but not limited to the continued staffing, 11 development, and support of aquatic 12 nuisance species management plans, 13 fulfilling those manageme nt plans and 14 agreements, monitoring and removal of 15 aquatic nuisance species (ANS), including 16 the detection, management and control, and 17 response actions necessary for Asian carp 18 and other ANS and related subgrantee 19 payments for such purposes, including 20 prior years’ costs .............................. 22,618,300 21 Total $103,107,300 22 Section 70. The sum of $250,000, or so much thereof as may 23 be necessary, is appropriated from the Wildlife and Fish Fund 24 HB5677 -16- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b to the Department of Natural Resources for the non -federal cost 1 share of a Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to 2 establish long -term contracts and permanent conservation 3 easements in the Illinois River Basin; to fund cost share 4 assistance to landowne rs to encourage approved conservation 5 practices in environmentally sensitive and highly erodible 6 areas of the Illinois River Basin; and to fund the monitoring 7 of long-term improvements of these conservation practices as 8 required in the Memorandum of Agreem ent between the State of 9 Illinois and the United States Department of Agriculture. 10 Section 75. The sum of $19,600,000, or so much thereof as 11 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Wildlife and Fish 12 Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for (i ) 13 reallocation of Wildlife and Fish grant reimbursements, (ii) 14 wildlife conservation and restoration plans and programs from 15 federal and/or state funds provided for such purposes or (iii) 16 both purposes. 17 Section 80. The sum of $650,000, or so much there of may 18 be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of Natural 19 Resources from the Partners for Conservation Fund for expenses 20 associated with Partners for Conservation Program to Implement 21 Ecosystem-Based Management for Illinois' Natural Resources. 22 HB5677 -17- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Section 85. The sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may 1 be necessary, is appropriated from the Roadside Monarch Habitat 2 Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for ordinary and 3 contingent expenses related to the development, enhancement and 4 restoration of Monarch butterfly and other pollinator habitats. 5 Section 90. The sum of $4,500,000, or so much thereof as 6 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Wildlife and Fish 7 Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for expenses of 8 subgrantee payments. 9 Section 95. The sum of $8,000,000, or so much thereof as 10 may be necessary, independently or in cooperation with the 11 Federal Government or any agency thereof, any municipal 12 corporation, or political subdivision of the State, or with any 13 public or private corporation, organization, or individual, is 14 appropriated to the Department of Natural Resources from the 15 Federal Title IV Fire Protection Assistance Fund for refunds 16 and for Rural Community Fire Protection Programs. 17 Section 100. The sum of $275,000, or so much thereof as 18 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Wildlife and Fish 19 Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for ordinary and 20 contingent expenses of Resource Conservation. 21 HB5677 -18- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Section 105. The sum of $1,372,900, or so much there of as 1 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Wildlife and Fish 2 Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for expenses of the 3 Wildlife and Habitat Conservation. 4 OFFICE OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT 5 Section 110. The sum of $6,008,900, or so much thereof ma y 6 be necessary, is appropriated to the Department of Natural 7 Resources from the DNR Federal Projects Fund for expenses 8 related to the Coastal Management Program. 9 Section 115. The sum of $4,004,800, or so much thereof as 10 may be necessary, is appropriate d to the Department of Natural 11 Resources from the DNR Federal Projects Fund for expenses 12 related to the Great Lakes Initiative. 13 Section 120. The following named sums, or so much thereof 14 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 15 hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 16 contingent expenses of the Department of Natural Resources: 17 OFFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 18 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 19 For Alcohol Enforcement ................................ ....0 20 For expenses of the Office of Law 21 Enforcement ................................ ......16,015,100 22 HB5677 -19- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Payable from State Boating Act Fund: 1 For Personal Services ............................. 1,438,300 2 For State Contributions to State 3 Employees' Retirement System ....................... 736,100 4 For State Contributions to 5 Social Security ................................ ....110,000 6 For Group Insurance ................................ .219,100 7 For Contractual Services ............................ 717,300 8 For Travel ................................ ...........67,800 9 For Commodities ................................ .....307,400 10 For Equipment ................................ .....1,347,500 11 For Expenses of DUI/OUI Equipment .................... 20,000 12 For Telecommunications .............................. 440,100 13 For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 582,300 14 For Operational Expenses of the Snowmobile 15 Program ................................ .............35,000 16 Payable from State Parks Fund: 17 For Personal Services ............................. 1,210,500 18 For State Contributions to State 19 Employees' Retirement System ....................... 619,500 20 For State Contributions to 21 Social Security ................................ .....92,600 22 For Group Insurance ................................ .219,100 23 For Equipment ................................ .......934,000 24 Payable from Wildlife and Fish Fund: 25 HB5677 -20- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b For Personal Services ............................. 7,590,000 1 For State Contributions to State 2 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 3,884,600 3 For State Contributions to 4 Social Security ................................ ....580,600 5 For Group Insurance ............................... 1,708,800 6 For Contractual Services .......................... 1,045,800 7 For Travel ................................ ...........56,500 8 For Commodities ................................ .....231,000 9 For Printing ................................ .........57,000 10 For Equipment ................................ .....1,573,200 11 For Telecommunications .............................. 576,400 12 For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 362,900 13 Payable from Conservation Police Operations 14 Assistance Fund: 15 For expenses associated with the 16 Conservation Police Officers ..................... 3,283,500 17 Payable from the Drug Traffic 18 Prevention Fund: 19 For use in enforcing laws regulating 20 controlled substances and cannabis 21 on Department of Natural Resources 22 regulated lands and waterways to the 23 extent funds are received by the 24 Department ................................ ......... 25,000 25 HB5677 -21- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Total $46,087,000 1 Section 125. The sum of $20,000, or so much thereof as may 2 be necessary, is appropriated from the State Boating Act Fund 3 to the Department of Natural Resources for expenses of Alcohol 4 Enforcement. 5 Section 130. The following named sums, or so much thereof 6 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 7 hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 8 contingent expenses of the Department of Natural Resources: 9 OFFICE OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION 10 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 11 For expenses of the Office of Land 12 Management and Education ....................... 22,377,500 13 For ordinary and contingent expenses of 14 State Parks and Historic Sites ..................5,300,000 15 Payable from State Boating Act Fund: 16 For Personal Services ............................. 1,407,800 17 For State Contributions to State 18 Employees' Retirement System ....................... 720,500 19 For State Contributions to 20 Social Security ................................ ....107,700 21 For Group Insurance ................................ .532,100 22 For Contractual Services ............................ 700,000 23 HB5677 -22- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b For Commodities ................................ .....175,000 1 For Snowmobile Programs .............................. 53,000 2 Payable from State Parks Fund: 3 For Personal Services ............................. 1,281,000 4 For State Contributions to State 5 Employees' Retirement System ....................... 655,600 6 For State Contributions to 7 Social Security ................................ .....98,000 8 For Group Insurance ................................ .594,700 9 For Contractual Services .......................... 3,060,000 10 For Travel ................................ ...........38,000 11 For Commodities ................................ .....610,000 12 For Equipment ................................ .......300,000 13 For Telecommunications .............................. 345,000 14 For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 510,000 15 For expenses related to the 16 Illinois-Michigan Canal ............................ 120,000 17 For operations and maintenance from 18 revenues derived from the sale of 19 surplus crops and timber harvest .................1,210,000 20 Payable from the State Parks Fund: 21 For Refunds ................................ ..........40,000 22 Payable from the Wildlife and Fish Fund: 23 For Personal Services ............................. 3,230,000 24 For State Contributions to State 25 HB5677 -23- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Employees' Retirement System ..................... 1,653,200 1 For State Contributions to 2 Social Security ................................ ....247,100 3 For Group Insurance ............................... 1,565,000 4 For Contractual Services .......................... 1,830,000 5 For Travel ................................ ............8,000 6 For Commodities ................................ .....625,000 7 For Equipment ................................ .......400,000 8 For Telecommunications ............................... 35,000 9 For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 250,000 10 For Union County and Horseshoe 11 Lake Conservation Areas, 12 Farming and Wildlife operations .................... 615,000 13 For operations and maintenance from 14 revenues derived from the sale of 15 surplus crops and timber harvest .................2,205,000 16 Payable from Wildlife Prairie Park Fund: 17 Grant to Wildlife Prairie Park for the 18 Park’s Operations and Improvements ..................70,000 19 Payable from Illinois and Michigan Canal Fund: 20 For expenses related to the 21 Illinois-Michigan Canal ............................. 30,000 22 Payable from the Partners for Conservation Fund: 23 For expenses of the Partners for 24 Conservation Program ................................ .....0 25 HB5677 -24- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Payable from Park and Conservation Fund: 1 For expenses of the Park and Conservation 2 Program ................................ .........18,947,000 3 For expenses of the Bikeways program ..............1,719,400 4 For the expenses related to FEMA 5 Grants to the extent that such funds 6 are available to the Department .................... 500,000 7 For expenses of the Park and Conservation 8 Program ................................ ..........9,500,000 9 Payable from the Adeline Jay Geo -Karis 10 Illinois Beach Marina Fund: 11 For operating expenses of the 12 North Point Marina at Winthrop Harbor ...............25,000 13 For Refunds ................................ ..........10,000 14 Total $83,700,600 15 Section 135. The sum of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as 16 may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Parks Fund to 17 the Department of Natural Resources for the costs as sociated 18 with historic preservation and site management including, but 19 not limited to, operational expenses, grants, awards, 20 maintenance, repairs, permanent improvements, and special 21 events. 22 Section 140. The sum of $3,300,000, or so much thereof as 23 HB5677 -25- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b may be necessary, is appropriated from the Park and 1 Conservation Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for 2 the costs associated with historic preservation and site 3 management including, but not limited to, operational expenses, 4 grants, awards, maintenan ce, repairs, permanent improvements, 5 and special events. 6 Section 145. The sum of $4,360,000, or so much thereof as 7 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Tourism Promotion 8 Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for the costs 9 associated with hi storic preservation and site management 10 including, but not limited to, operational expenses, grants, 11 awards, maintenance, repairs, permanent improvements, and 12 special events. 13 Section 150. The sum of $3,200,000, or so much thereof as 14 may be necessary, i s appropriated from the Illinois Historic 15 Sites Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for the costs 16 associated with historic preservation and site management 17 including, but not limited to, operational expenses, grants, 18 awards, maintenance, repairs, p ermanent improvements, and 19 special events. 20 Section 155. The sum of $2,247,500, or so much thereof as 21 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Wildlife and Fish 22 HB5677 -26- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for expenses of 1 Wildlife and Habitat Conservati on at State Parks and Historic 2 Sites. 3 Section 160. The following named sums, or so much thereof 4 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 5 hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 6 contingent expenses of the Department of Natural Resources: 7 OFFICE OF MINES AND MINERALS 8 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 9 For expenses of the Office of 10 Mines and Minerals ............................... 1,778,700 11 Payable from the Explosives Regulatory Fund: 12 For expenses associated with Explosive 13 Regulation ................................ .........288,000 14 Payable from the Aggregate Operations 15 Regulatory Fund: 16 For expenses associated with Aggregate 17 Mining Regulation ................................ ..352,300 18 Payable from the Coal Mining Regulatory Fund: 19 For the purpose of coordinating 20 training and education programs 21 for miners and laboratory analysis 22 and testing of coal samples and mine 23 atmospheres ................................ ........115,000 24 HB5677 -27- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b For expenses associated with Surface 1 Coal Mining Regulation ............................. 266,000 2 For operation of the Mining Safety Program ...........30,000 3 Payable from the Federal Surface Mining Control 4 and Reclamation Fund: 5 For Personal Services ............................. 2,160,200 6 For State Contributions to State 7 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 1,105,600 8 For State Contributions to 9 Social Security ................................ ....57,900 10 For Group Insurance ................................ 751,200 11 For Contractual Services ........................... 500,000 12 For expenses associated with litigation 13 of Mining Regulatory actions ............................. 0 14 For Travel ................................ ...........26,000 15 For Commodities ................................ .......4,900 16 For Printing ................................ ..........1,000 17 For Equipment ................................ .......300,000 18 For Electronic Data Processing ....................... 50,000 19 For Telecommunications ............................... 40,000 20 For Operation of Auto Equipment ...................... 45,000 21 For the purpose of coordinating 22 training and education programs for 23 miners and laboratory analysis and 24 testing of coal samples and mine 25 HB5677 -28- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b atmospheres ................................ ........300,000 1 For Small Operators' Assistance Program ...................0 2 Payable from the Land Reclamation Fund: 3 For the purpose of reclaiming surface 4 mined lands, with respect to which 5 a bond has been forfeited ........................ 1,500,000 6 Payable from Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund: 7 For expenses of Coal Mining Regulation ............3,845,000 8 For expenses of Coal Mining Safety ................4,093,000 9 Payable from the Abandoned Mined Lands 10 Reclamation Council Federal Trust Fund: 11 For Personal Services ............................ 5,005,700 12 For State Contributions to State 13 Employees' Retirement System .................... 2,561,900 14 For State Contributions to 15 Social Security ................................ ...383,000 16 For Group Insurance ................................ 907,700 17 For Contractual Services ......................... 1,000,000 18 For Travel ................................ ..........100,000 19 For Commodities ................................ ......40,000 20 For Printing ................................ ..........1,000 21 For Equipment ................................ .....1,000,000 22 For Electronic Data Processing ...................... 150,000 23 For Telecommunications ............................... 45,000 24 For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 150,000 25 HB5677 -29- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b For expenses associated with 1 Environmental Mitigation Projects, 2 Studies, Research, and Administrative 3 Support ................................ ..........2,000,000 4 Total $30,954,100 5 Section 165. The sum of $410,600, or so much thereof as 6 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Surface 7 Mining Control and Reclamation Fund to the Department of 8 Natural Resources for ordinary and contingent expenses for the 9 support of the Land Reclamation program. 10 Section 170. The following named sums, or so much thereof 11 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 12 hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 13 contingent expenses of the Department of Natural Resources: 14 OFFICE OF OIL AND GAS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 15 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 16 For expenses of the Office of Oil and 17 Gas Resource Management .......................... 2,240,100 18 Payable from the Mines and Minerals Underground 19 Injection Control Fund: 20 For Personal Services ................................ ....0 21 For State Contributions to State 22 Employees' Retirement System ............................ 0 23 HB5677 -30- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b For State Contributions to 1 Social Security ................................ .........0 2 For Group Insurance ................................ ......0 3 For Travel ................................ ................0 4 For Equipment ................................ .............0 5 For Expenses of Oil and Gas Regulation ..............750,000 6 Payable from Plugging and Restoration Fund: 7 For Personal Services ............................. 1,500,000 8 For State Contributions to State 9 Employees' Retirement System ...................... 767,700 10 For State Contributions to 11 Social Security ................................ .....81,400 12 For Group Insurance ................................ .125,200 13 For Contractual Services ............................ 42,800 14 For Travel ................................ ............2,000 15 For Commodities ................................ .......2,500 16 For Equipment ................................ .......423,800 17 For Electronic Data Processing ........................ 6,000 18 For Telecommunications ............................... 10,000 19 For Operation of Auto Equipment ..................... 220,000 20 For Plugging & Restoration Projects, 21 including prior years’ costs ..................... 2,000,000 22 For Refunds ................................ ..........25,000 23 For expenses associated with the Methane 24 Emissions Reduction Program authorized by 25 HB5677 -31- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Section 60113 of the Inflation Reduction 1 Act (IRA) of 2022 ............................... 4,200,000 2 Payable from the Oil and Gas Resource 3 Management Fund: 4 For expenses associated with the operations 5 Of the Office of Oil and Gas ....................... 500,000 6 Payable from Underground Resources 7 Conservation Enforcement Fund: 8 For Personal Services ............................... 858,100 9 For State Contributions to State 10 Employees' Retirement System ...................... 439,200 11 For State Contributions to 12 Social Security ................................ .....48,200 13 For Group Insurance ................................ .187,800 14 For Contractual Services ............................ 252,000 15 For Travel ................................ ...........17,000 16 For Commodities ................................ ......13,500 17 For Printing ................................ ..........2,000 18 For Equipment ................................ .......143,000 19 For Electronic Data Processing ...................... 515,000 20 For Telecommunications ............................... 35,000 21 For Operation of Auto Equipment ...................... 78,000 22 For Interest Penalty Escrow ............................... 0 23 For Refunds ................................ .........500,000 24 Total $15,985,300 25 HB5677 -32- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Section 175. The following named sums, or so much thereof 1 as may be necessary, for the objects and purposes hereinafter 2 named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and contingent 3 expenses of the Department of Natural Resources: 4 OFFICE OF WATER RESOURCES 5 Payable form the General Revenue Fund: 6 For equipment: ................................ .....640,000 7 For Community Water Infrastructure Planning .......1,235,000 8 For non-federal cost sharing 9 participation with the U.S. Army Corps 10 of Engineers, including costs associated 11 with operating, water supply, and maintenance 12 contracts or agreements, including 13 prior years’ costs ............................... 2,600,000 14 For expenses related to water supply 15 planning initiatives with the 16 Prairie Research Institute, including 17 prior years’ costs .............................. 1,500,000 18 For expenses related to a 3x3x3 study 19 on flood mitigation in East St. Louis, 20 including prior years’ costs .................... 1,500,000 21 For expenses of the Office of 22 Water Resources ................................ ..4,120,800 23 Payable from the State Boating Act Fund: 24 HB5677 -33- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b For Personal Services ............................... 342,500 1 For State Contributions to State 2 Employees' Retirement System ....................... 175,300 3 For State Contributions to 4 Social Security ................................ .....26,200 5 For Group Insurance ................................ .125,200 6 For expenses of the Boat Grant Match ................130,000 7 For Repairs and Modifications to Facilities ..........53,900 8 Payable from the Wildlife and Fish Fund: 9 For payment of the Department’s 10 share of operation and mai ntenance 11 of statewide stream gauging network, 12 water data storage and retrieval 13 system, in cooperation with the U.S. 14 Geological Survey ................................ ..550,000 15 Payable from the Capital Development Fund: 16 For Personal Services ............................. 1,766,100 17 For State Contributions t o State 18 Employees’ Retirement System ...................... 903,900 19 For State Contributions to Social Security ..........135,200 20 For Group Insurance ................................ .313,000 21 Payable from the National Flood Insurance 22 Program Fund: 23 For execution of state assistance 24 programs to improve the adminis tration 25 HB5677 -34- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b of the National Flood Insurance 1 Program (NFIP) and National Dam 2 Safety Program as approved by 3 the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 4 (82 Stat. 572) ................................ ...1,000,000 5 Payable from the DNR Federal Projects Fund: 6 For expenses of Water Resources Planning, 7 Resource Management Programs and 8 Project Implementation ............................. 100,000 9 For FEMA Mapping Grant ................................ ....0 10 Total $17,217,100 11 Section 180. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as 12 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Department o f Natural 13 Resources for expenditure by the Office of Water Resources from 14 the Flood Control Land Lease Fund for disbursement of monies 15 received pursuant to Act of Congress dated September 3, 1954 16 (68 Statutes 1266, same as appears in Section 701c -3, Title 33, 17 United States Code Annotated), provided such disbursement shall 18 be in compliance with 15 ILCS 515/1 Illinois Compiled Statutes. 19 Section 185. The sum of $1,652,500, or so much thereof as 20 may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Boating Act 21 Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for expenses of the 22 Office of Water Resources. 23 HB5677 -35- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Section 190. The following named sums, or so much thereof 1 as may be necessary, for the objects and purposes hereinafter 2 named, are appropriated to meet the ordina ry and contingent 3 expenses of the Department of Natural Resources: 4 ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM 5 Payable form the General Revenue Fund: 6 For Contractual Services .......................... 1,800,000 7 For Travel ................................ ...........35,000 8 For Commodities ................................ ......90,000 9 For Printing ................................ .........20,000 10 For Equipment ................................ .......150,000 11 For Telecommunications .............................. 350,000 12 For Operation of Auto Equipment ....................... 7,000 13 For ordinary and contingent expenses, including 14 payment of revolving fund bills ..................2,000,000 15 For expenses of the Illinois 16 State Museum ................................ .....3,573,800 17 Total $8,025,800 18 Total, this Article $435,466,300 19 ARTICLE 2 20 Section 5. The sum of $300,000, or so much thereof as may 21 HB5677 -36- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 1 on June 30, 2024, from an appropriation heretofore made for 2 such purposes in Article 47, Section 205 o f Public Act 103 -3 0006, as amended, is reappropriated from the General Revenue 4 Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for a grant to the 5 Illinois Lyme Association for ordinary and contingent expenses 6 associated with Tick Research, Education, and Evalua tion. 7 Section 10. The sum of $28,137,815, or so much thereof as 8 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 9 on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore made in 10 Article 47, Section 115 and Article 48, Section 10 of Public 11 Act 103-0006, as amended, is reappropriated to the Department 12 of Natural Resources from the DNR Federal Projects Fund for 13 expenses related to the Coastal Management Program. 14 Section 15. The sum of $1,677,100, or so much thereof as 15 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 16 on June 30, 2024, from a reappropriation heretofore made in 17 Article 48, Section 15 of Public Act 103 -0006, as amended, is 18 reappropriated to the Department of Natural Resources from the 19 DNR Federal Projects Fund fo r expenses related to the Great 20 Lakes Initiative. 21 Section 20. The sum of $978,797, or so much thereof as may 22 HB5677 -37- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b be necessary and as remains unexpended at the close of business 1 on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore made for such 2 purpose in Article 47, Section 75 and Article 48, Section 20 3 of Public Act 103-0006, as amended, is reappropriated from the 4 Wildlife and Fish Fund to the Department of Natural Resources 5 for the non-federal cost share of a Conservation Reserve 6 Enhancement Program to establ ish long-term contracts and 7 permanent conservation easements in the Illinois River Basin; 8 to fund cost share assistance to landowners to encourage 9 approved conservation practices in environmentally sensitive 10 and highly erodible areas of the Illinois River Basin; and to 11 fund the monitoring of long -term improvements of these 12 conservation practices as required in the Memorandum of 13 Agreement between the State of Illinois and the United States 14 Department of Agriculture. 15 Section 25. The sum of $7,561,244, or so much thereof as 16 may be necessary and as remains unexpended at the close of 17 business on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore made 18 in Article 47, Section 5 and Article 48, Section 25 of Public 19 Act 103-0006, as amended, is reappropriated to the De partment 20 of Natural Resources from the Park and Conservation Fund for 21 expenses of the Park and Conservation Program. 22 Section 30. The sum of $16,361,400, or so much thereof as 23 HB5677 -38- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b may be necessary and as remains unexpended at the close of 1 business on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore made 2 in Article 47, Section 135 and Article 48, Section 30 of Public 3 Act 103-0006, as amended, is reappropriated to the Department 4 of Natural Resources from the Park and Conservation Fund for 5 expenses of the Park and Conservation Program. 6 Section 35. The sum of $2,522,342, or so much thereof as 7 may be necessary and as remains unexpended at the close of 8 business on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore made 9 in Article 47, Section 85 and Article 48, Section 35 of Public 10 Act 103-0006, as amended, is reappropriated to the Department 11 of Natural Resources from the Partners for Conservation Fund 12 for expenses associated with the Partners for Conservation 13 Program to Implement Ecosystem -Based Management for Illinois’ 14 Natural Resources. 15 Section 40. The sum of $16,856,420, or so much thereof as 16 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 17 on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore made in 18 Article 47, Section 70 and Article 48, Section 40 of Public Act 19 103-0006, as amended, is reappropriated to the Department of 20 Natural Resources from the Illinois Forestry Development Fund 21 for ordinary and contingent expenses of the Urban Forestry 22 Program. 23 HB5677 -39- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Section 45. The sum of $3,614,248, or so much t hereof as 1 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 2 on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore made in 3 Article 47, Section 135 and Article 48, Section 45 of Public 4 Act 103-0006, as amended, is reappropriated to the Department 5 of Natural Resources from the State Parks Fund for operations 6 and maintenance. 7 Section 50. The sum of $8,198,057, or so much thereof as 8 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 9 on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore mad e in 10 Article 47, Section 135 and Article 48, Section 50 of Public 11 Act 103-0006, as amended, is reappropriated to the Department 12 of Natural Resources from the Wildlife and Fish Fund for 13 operations and maintenance. 14 Section 55. The sum of $942,284, or so much thereof as may 15 be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 16 on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore made in 17 Article 47, Section 70 and Article 48, Section 55 of Public Act 18 103-0006, as amended, is reappropriated to the Departm ent of 19 Natural Resources from the State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund 20 for Stamp Fund Operations. 21 HB5677 -40- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Section 60. The sum of $14,624,722, or so much thereof as 1 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 2 on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore made in 3 Article 47, Section 95 and Article 48, Section 65 of Public Act 4 103-0006, as amended, is reappropriated from the Wildlife and 5 Fish Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for expenses 6 of subgrantee payments. 7 Section 65. The sum of $1,262,761, or so much thereof as 8 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 9 on June 30, 2024, from a reappropriation heretofore made in 10 Article 48, Section 75 of Public Act 103 -0006, as amended, is 11 reappropriated fro m the Wildlife and Fish Fund to the 12 Department of Natural Resources for expenses of subgrantee 13 payments. 14 Section 70. The sum of $97,440,569, or so much thereof as 15 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 16 on June 30, 2024, from ap propriations heretofore made in 17 Article 47, Section 80 and Article 48, Section 80 of Public Act 18 103-0006, as amended, is reappropriated from the Wildlife and 19 Fish Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for (i) 20 reallocation of Wildlife and Fish grant r eimbursements, (ii) 21 wildlife conservation and restoration plans and programs from 22 federal and/or state funds provided for such purposes or (iii) 23 HB5677 -41- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b both purposes. 1 Section 75. The sum of $2,258,126, or so much thereof as 2 may be necessary and remains unexpen ded at the close of business 3 on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore made in 4 Article 48, Section 85 of Public Act 103 -0006, as amended, is 5 reappropriated from the Wildlife and Fish Fund to the 6 Department of Natural Resources for expenses of subgra ntee 7 payments. 8 Section 80. The sum of $605,159, or so much thereof as may 9 be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 10 on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore made in 11 Article 47, Section 40 and Article 48, Section 90 of Public Act 12 103-0006, as amended, is reappropriated from the Illinois 13 Historic Sites Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for 14 awards and grants associated with the preservation services 15 program. 16 Section 85. The sum of $42,169, or so much thereof as may 17 be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 18 on June 30, 2024, from a reappropriation heretofore made in 19 Article 48, Section 95 of Public Act 103 -0006, as amended, is 20 reappropriated from the Wildlife and Fish fund to the 21 Department of Natur al Resources for ordinary and contingent 22 HB5677 -42- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b expenses of Resource Conservation. 1 Section 90. The sum of $12,005,688, or so much thereof as 2 may be necessary, independently or in cooperation with the 3 Federal Government or any agency thereof, any municipal 4 corporation, or political subdivision of the State, or with any 5 public or private corporation, organization, or individual and 6 remains unexpended at the close of business on June 30, 2024, 7 from appropriations heretofore made in Article 47, Section 100 8 and Article 48, Section 100 of Public Act 103 -0006, as amended, 9 is reappropriated to the Department of Natural Resources from 10 the Federal Title IV Fire Protection Assistance Fund for 11 refunds and for Rural Community Fire Protection Programs. 12 Section 95. The su m of $7,454,298, or so much thereof as 13 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 14 on June 30, 2024, from appropriations heretofore made in 15 Article 47, Section 105, and Article 48, Section 105 of Public 16 Act 103-0006, as amended, is rea ppropriated to the Department 17 of Natural Resources from the DNR Federal Projects Fund for 18 expenses related to the Great Lakes Initiative. 19 Section 100. The sum of $13,149,399, or so much thereof as 20 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 21 on June 30, 2024 from appropriations heretofore made in Article 22 HB5677 -43- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b 47, Section 165, and Article 48, Section 110 of Public Act 103 -1 0006, as amended, is reappropriated to the Department of 2 Natural Resources from the Land Reclamation Fund for the 3 purpose of reclaiming surface mined lands, with respect to 4 which a bond has been forfeited. 5 Section 105. The sum of $799,781, or so much therefore may 6 be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 7 on June 30, 2024, from an appropriation heretof ore made for 8 such purposes in Article 47, Section 115 of Public Act 103 -9 0006, as amended, is reappropriated from the General Revenue 10 Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for expenses for 11 two dam safety studies in Rock Island County. 12 Section 110. The sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as may 13 be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 14 on June 30, 2024, from an appropriation heretofore made for 15 such purposes in Article 48, Section 125 of Public Act 103 -16 0006, as amended, is reappro priated from the Park and 17 Conservation Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for 18 the cost associated with a vulnerability assessment to preserve 19 and restore the beaches and parks along the 67 th and 79 th streets 20 in the City of Chicago. 21 HB5677 -44- OMB103 00175 BJD 45175 b Section 115. The sum of $462,733, or so much thereof as may 1 be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 2 on June 30, 2024, from an appropriation heretofore made for 3 such purposes in Article 48, Section 130 of Public Act 103 -4 0006, as amended , is reappropriated to the Department of 5 Natural Resources from the General Revenue Fund for a grant to 6 the City of Wilmington for land rights acquisition and expenses 7 associated with the Wilmington Dam and Mill Race Dam, and for 8 costs associated with publ ic safety or infrastructure 9 improvements. 10 Section 120. The sum of $13,875,000, or so much thereof as 11 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 12 on June 30, 2024, from an appropriation heretofore made for 13 such purposes in Article 47 , Section 210 of Public Act 103 -14 0006, as amended, is reappropriated from the DNR Federal 15 Projects Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for 16 expenses and grants connected with the Urban and Community 17 Forestry Program as authorized by Section 23003 of the 18 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. 19 Total, this Article $251,330,112 20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 21 2024. 22