Public Act 102-0016 SB2017 Enrolled LRB102 16155 CPF 22006 b AN ACT concerning State government. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: ARTICLE 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE Section 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the FY2022 Budget Implementation Act. Section 1-5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to make changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the State budget for Fiscal Year 2022. ARTICLE 2. STATE FINANCE ACT AMENDMENTS AFFECTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET Section 2-5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing Sections 5.67, 5.176, 5.177, 5.857, 5h.5, 6z-6, 6z-32, 6z-63, 6z-70, 6z-77, 6z-82, 6z-100, 6z-121, 6z-122, 8.3, 8.12, 8.25-4, 8.25e, 8g, 8g-1, 13.2, and 25 and by adding Sections 5.938, 5.939, and 6z-128 as follows: (30 ILCS 105/5.67) (from Ch. 127, par. 141.67) Sec. 5.67. The Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Fund. This Section is repealed June 30, 2021. Public Act 102-0016 SB2017 Enrolled LRB102 16155 CPF 22006 b (Source: P.A. 81-1509.) (30 ILCS 105/5.176) (from Ch. 127, par. 141.176) Sec. 5.176. The Illinois Civic Center Bond Fund. This Section is repealed June 30, 2021. (Source: P.A. 84-1308.) (30 ILCS 105/5.177) (from Ch. 127, par. 141.177) Sec. 5.177. The Illinois Civic Center Bond Retirement and Interest Fund. This Section is repealed June 30, 2021. (Source: P.A. 84-1308.) (30 ILCS 105/5.857) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) Sec. 5.857. The Capital Development Board Revolving Fund. This Section is repealed July 1, 2022 2021. (Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-645, eff. 6-26-20.) (30 ILCS 105/5.938 new) Sec. 5.938. The DoIT Special Projects Fund. (30 ILCS 105/5.939 new) Sec. 5.939. The Essential Government Services Support Fund. Public Act 102-0016 SB2017 Enrolled LRB102 16155 CPF 22006 b (30 ILCS 105/5h.5) Sec. 5h.5. Cash flow borrowing and general funds liquidity; Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, and 2022. (a) In order to meet cash flow deficits and to maintain liquidity in general funds and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund, on and after July 1, 2017 and through June 30, 2022 2021, the State Treasurer and the State Comptroller, in consultation with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, shall make transfers to general funds and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund, as directed by the State Comptroller, out of special funds of the State, to the extent allowed by federal law. No such transfer may reduce the cumulative balance of all of the special funds of the State to an amount less than the total debt service payable during the 12 months immediately following the date of the transfer on any bonded indebtedness of the State and any certificates issued under the Short Term Borrowing Act. At no time shall the outstanding total transfers made from the special funds of the State to general funds and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund under this Section exceed $1,500,000,000; once the amount of $1,500,000,000 has been transferred from the special funds of the State to general funds and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund, additional transfers may be made from the special funds of the State to general funds and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund under this Section only to the extent that moneys have first Public Act 102-0016 SB2017 Enrolled LRB102 16155 CPF 22006 b been re-transferred from general funds and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund to those special funds of the State. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no such transfer may be made from any special fund that is exclusively collected by or directly appropriated to any other constitutional officer without the written approval of that constitutional officer. (b) If moneys have been transferred to general funds and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, Public Act 100-23 shall constitute the continuing authority for and direction to the State Treasurer and State Comptroller to reimburse the funds of origin from general funds by transferring to the funds of origin, at such times and in such amounts as directed by the Comptroller when necessary to support appropriated expenditures from the funds, an amount equal to that transferred from them plus any interest that would have accrued thereon had the transfer not occurred, except that any moneys transferred pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section shall be repaid to the fund of origin within 60 48 months after the date on which they were borrowed. When any of the funds from which moneys have been transferred pursuant to subsection (a) have insufficient cash from which the State Comptroller may make expenditures properly supported by appropriations from the fund, then the State Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from general funds to the fund only such amount as is immediately Public Act 102-0016 SB2017 Enrolled LRB102 16155 CPF 22006 b necessary to satisfy outstanding expenditure obligations on a timely basis. (c) On the first day of each quarterly period in each fiscal year, until such time as a report indicates that all moneys borrowed and interest pursuant to this Section have been repaid, the Comptroller shall provide to the President and the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability a report on all transfers made pursuant to this Section in the prior quarterly period. The report must be provided in electronic format. The report must include all of the following: (1) the date each transfer was made; (2) the amount of each transfer; (3) in the case of a transfer from general funds to a fund of origin pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section, the amount of interest being paid to the fund of origin; and (4) the end of day balance of the fund of origin, the general funds, and the Health Insurance Reserve Fund on the date the transfer was made. (Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-636, eff. 6-10-20.) (30 ILCS 105/6z-6) (from Ch. 127, par. 142z-6) Public Act 102-0016 SB2017 Enrolled LRB102 16155 CPF 22006 b Sec. 6z-6. All moneys received pursuant to the federal Community Services Block Grant shall be deposited into the Community Services Block Grant Fund and used for the purposes permitted under the Grant. All money received from the federal Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program under the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 shall be deposited into the Community Services Block Grant Fund and used for the purposes permitted under the Program and any related federal guidance. (Source: P.A. 83-1053.) (30 ILCS 105/6z-32) Sec. 6z-32. Partners for Planning and Conservation. (a) The Partners for Conservation Fund (formerly known as the Conservation 2000 Fund) and the Partners for Conservation Projects Fund (formerly known as the Conservation 2000 Projects Fund) are created as special funds in the State Treasury. These funds shall be used to establish a comprehensive program to protect Illinois' natural resources through cooperative partnerships between State government and public and private landowners. Moneys in these Funds may be used, subject to appropriation, by the Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Agriculture for purposes relating to natural resource protection, planning, recreation, tourism, and compatible agricultural and economic development activities. Without Public Act 102-0016 SB2017 Enrolled LRB102 16155 CPF 22006 b limiting these general purposes, moneys in these Funds may be used, subject to appropriation, for the following specific purposes: (1) To foster sustainable agriculture practices and control soil erosion, and sedimentation, and nutrient loss from farmland, including grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts for conservation practice cost-share grants and for personnel, educational, and administrative expenses. (2) To establish and protect a system of ecosystems in public and private ownership through conservation easements, incentives to public and private landowners, natural resource restoration and preservation, water quality protection and improvement, land use and watershed planning, technical assistance and grants, and land acquisition provided these mechanisms are all voluntary on the part of the landowner and do not involve the use of eminent domain. (3) To develop a systematic and long-term program to effectively measure and monitor natural resources and ecological conditions through investments in technology and involvement of scientific experts. (4) To initiate strategies to enhance, use, and maintain Illinois' inland lakes through education, technical assistance, research, and financial incentives. (5) To partner with private landowners and with units Public Act 102-0016 SB2017 Enrolled LRB102 16155 CPF 22006 b of State, federal, and local government and with not-for-profit organizations in order to integrate State and federal programs with Illinois' natural resource protection and restoration efforts and to meet requirements to obtain federal and other funds for conservation or protection of natural resources. (6) To implement the State's Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy, including, but not limited to, funding the resources needed to support the Strategy's Policy Working Group, cover water quality monitoring in support of Strategy implementation, prepare a biennial report on the progress made on the Strategy every 2 years, and provide cost share funding for nutrient capture projects.