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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2314 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 525 ILCS 22/20 Amends the Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act. Authorizes grants to be provided under the Act for financing shoreline restoration and protection projects on behalf of counties and park districts. LRB104 10465 BDA 20540 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2314 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 525 ILCS 22/20 525 ILCS 22/20 Amends the Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act. Authorizes grants to be provided under the Act for financing shoreline restoration and protection projects on behalf of counties and park districts. LRB104 10465 BDA 20540 b LRB104 10465 BDA 20540 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2314 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Amends the Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act. Authorizes grants to be provided under the Act for financing shoreline restoration and protection projects on behalf of counties and park districts.
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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 5. The Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act
7	15		5 is amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
8	16		6 (525 ILCS 22/20)
9	17		7 Sec. 20. Establishment of the Healthy Forests, Wetlands,
10	18		8 and Prairies Grant Program.
11	19		9 (a) The Department of Natural Resources, subject to
12	20		10 appropriation, shall establish and administer a Healthy
13	21		11 Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant Program to restore
14	22		12 degraded forest lands and native prairies and to promote the
15	23		13 growth of native vegetation that removes carbon dioxide from
16	24		14 the atmosphere and helps mitigate the impact of climate
17	25		15 change.
18	26		16 (b) Entities that may apply to participate in the Healthy
19	27		17 Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant Program include:
20	28		18 (1) State agencies and units of local government,
21	29		19 including, but not limited to, municipalities, townships,
22	30		20 counties, forest preserves, and park districts;
23	31		21 (2) conservation land trusts;
24	32		22 (3) not-for-profit entities with conservation
25	33		23 missions, including, but not limited to, climate change
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	37	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2314 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	40	+	Amends the Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Act. Authorizes grants to be provided under the Act for financing shoreline restoration and protection projects on behalf of counties and park districts.
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34	68		1 mitigation, preservation of natural lands, and
35	69		2 conservation of the State's natural resources; and
36	70		3 (4) other entities that, because of their missions,
37	71		4 are determined by the Department to be eligible recipients
38	72		5 of the grants under this Act.
39	73		6 (c) At least 75% of the moneys appropriated for the
40	74		7 Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant Program shall be
41	75		8 awarded to the State agencies, units of local government, land
42	76		9 trusts, and other entities that the Department determines are
43	77		10 eligible for a grant under this Section. The Department may
44	78		11 use an amount not to exceed 23% of the moneys appropriated for
45	79		12 the Program for the purposes of restoring degraded forest
46	80		13 lands and native prairies and to promote the growth of native
47	81		14 vegetation that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and
48	82		15 help mitigate the impact of climate change. The Department may
49	83		16 use an amount not to exceed 2% of the moneys appropriated for
50	84		17 the Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies Grant Program for
51	85		18 administrative costs associated with the Program.
52	86		19 (d) The Department shall adopt any rules necessary for the
53	87		20 implementation of this Act, including rules establishing
54	88		21 requirements and timeframes for the submission of grant
55	89		22 applications by entities that are authorized to apply to
56	90		23 participate in the Healthy Forests, Wetlands, and Prairies
57	91		24 Grant Program.
58	92		25 (e) Grants provided under this Act may be used by eligible
59	93		26 entities for the purpose of:
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70		-	1 (1) matching funds for federal or private dollars for
71		-	2 projects that forward the goal of climate change
72		-	3 mitigation through promotion of the management, planting,
73		-	4 maintaining, and preserving of native grasses, plants, and
74		-	5 trees;
75		-	6 (2) financing projects along roadways and in parks and
76		-	7 forest preserves on public or private lands to plant
77		-	8 native trees and prairie grasses demonstrated to absorb
78		-	9 carbon;
79		-	10 (3) financing projects that promote the stewardship of
80		-	11 existing public and private urban forests and natural
81		-	12 lands, including the removal of invasive or nonnative
82		-	13 plant species;
83		-	14 (4) funding regional teams tasked with planting native
84		-	15 prairie grasses and trees, prescribed burning for the
85		-	16 maintenance of natural lands, removing invasive plant
86		-	17 species, and educational outreach; and
87		-	18 (5) promoting education and marketing regarding local
88		-	19 projects or steps community members may take to promote
89		-	20 the growth of native vegetation that removes carbon
90		-	21 dioxide from the atmosphere; and .
91		-	22 (6) financing shoreline restoration and protection
92		-	23 projects on behalf of counties and park districts.
93		-	24 (Source: P.A. 103-923, eff. 1-1-25.)
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