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| Bill | LOCAL LEGACY ACT | 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, 2005 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. Authorizes the 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 those counties, municipalities, and units of local government that have adopted a Resource Protection Plan shall receive preferential status 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. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 93rd | HB 231 | Illinois HB 231 (93rd) |
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enacted | 3 | 36 | 2 | 2003-01-22 | 2003-07-24 | openstates | ocd-bill/42e233d2-9092-4e5c-a264-4a4ac21d2fc0 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=231&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=520&SessionID=3&GA=93 | 9ac48a25b0b1ff15cc25065e1fa452149a45c136fb1074c930dafe6dee63d038 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 231 (93rd) — LOCAL LEGACY ACT
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, 2005 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. Authorizes the 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 those counties, municipalities, and units of local government that have adopted a Resource Protection Plan shall receive preferential status 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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 115–1 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 33–20 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Dave Winters — primary (person)
- William E. Peterson — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2003-01-22 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dave Winters
filing - 2003-01-23 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-01-23 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2003-01-29 Assigned to Executive Committee
referral-committee - 2003-01-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- 2003-02-06 Re-assigned to Environment and Energy Committee
referral-committee - 2003-02-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Environment and Energy Committee; 014-000-000
committee-passage - 2003-02-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2003-03-05 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2003-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2003-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
- 2003-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2003-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Kurtz
- 2003-03-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- 2003-03-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- 2003-03-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- 2003-03-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-001
reading-3, passage - 2003-04-02 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2003-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003
reading-1 - 2003-04-10 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
- 2003-04-15 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-04-15 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-04-16 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation
referral-committee - 2003-04-30 Do Pass Agriculture & Conservation; 005-004-000
committee-passage - 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- 2003-05-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- 2003-05-07 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Peterson
- 2003-05-08 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2003-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
- 2003-05-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- 2003-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 033-020-002
reading-3, passage - 2003-05-15 Passed Both Houses
- 2003-06-13 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2003-07-24 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2003-07-24 Effective Date January 1, 2004
- 2003-07-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0328
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42e233d2-9092-4e5c-a264-4a4ac21d2fc0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).