LOCAL LEGACY ACT House SponsorsRep. Kathleen A. Ryg-Paul D. Froehlich Local Government Committee Hearing Feb 17 2005 2:00PM Stratton Building Room C-1 Springfield, IL 2/16/2005HouseTabled By Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg New Act30 ILCS 105/5.640 new Creates the Local Legacy Act. Creates the Local Legacy Board and establishes its membership, powers, and duties. Provides that the Board must choose a chairperson, adopt rules necessary to implement the Act, and submit a report to the General Assembly and the Governor by January 1, 2006 and every 2 years thereafter. Creates the Local Legacy Program to fund county-municipal partnerships for the purpose of inventorying and protecting natural areas, farmland, and cultural resources. Requires counties interested in program funds to form a Local Steering Committee composed of county board members, municipal officers, and local residents and provides procedures for Committee oversight of grant requests. Requires any Committee to develop criteria and a Resource Protection Plan for prioritizing resources and the use of grant moneys under the Act. Allows a local municipality to object in writing to all or some of the Resource Protection Plan and provides that only those counties, municipalities, and units of local government that have adopted a Resource Protection Plan are eligible for grant moneys under the Act. Creates the Local Legacy Fund as a special fund in the State treasury and specifies the purposes for which the Fund moneys may be used. 2/4/2005HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg 2/7/2005HouseFirst Reading 2/7/2005HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/8/2005HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich 2/10/2005HouseAssigned to Local Government Committee 2/16/2005HouseTabled By Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg