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type: "Bill"
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title: "LOCAL LEGACY ACT"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "93rd"
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identifier: "HB 231"
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citation: "Illinois HB 231 (93rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2003-01-22"
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last_action: "2003-07-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42e233d2-9092-4e5c-a264-4a4ac21d2fc0"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=231&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=520&SessionID=3&GA=93"
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source_hash: "9ac48a25b0b1ff15cc25065e1fa452149a45c136fb1074c930dafe6dee63d038"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 231 (93rd) — LOCAL LEGACY ACT
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0231&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=520&DocNum=231&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0231eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=520&DocNum=231&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0231enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=520&DocNum=231&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **33–20** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dave Winters — primary (person)
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- William E. Peterson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2003-01-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dave Winters `filing`
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- **2003-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-01-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-01-29** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-01-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
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- **2003-02-06** Re-assigned to Environment and Energy Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-02-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment and Energy Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2003-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2003-03-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2003-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
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- **2003-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
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- **2003-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Kurtz
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- **2003-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
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- **2003-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
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- **2003-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
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- **2003-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2003-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2003-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003 `reading-1`
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- **2003-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
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- **2003-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-04-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-30** Do Pass Agriculture & Conservation; 005-004-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
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- **2003-05-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
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- **2003-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Peterson
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- **2003-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
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- **2003-05-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
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- **2003-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 033-020-002 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2003-05-15** Passed Both Houses
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- **2003-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2003-07-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2003-07-24** Effective Date January 1, 2004
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- **2003-07-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0328 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42e233d2-9092-4e5c-a264-4a4ac21d2fc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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