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1 AN ACT to create the Kids Share Endowment Act.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Kids Share Endowment Act.
6 Section 5. Purpose. The General Assembly finds that
7 there is a great need for local community initiatives that
8 are developed by community collaborations and improve and
9 promote positive outcomes for children, youth, and their
10 families. It is the purpose of this Act to establish the
11 Kids Share Endowment Program to support, fund, and evaluate
12 these initiatives.
13 Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
14 "Authority" means the Kids Share Endowment Authority.
15 "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Kids Share
16 Endowment Authority.
17 "Community collaboration" means a broad group of
18 community members, representing a wide range of perspectives,
19 that work together to develop and achieve a common vision or
20 goal.
21 "Program" means the Kids Share Endowment Program.
22 Section 15. Kids Share Endowment Authority and Program;
23 Board of Directors.
24 (a) The Kids Share Endowment Authority is created to
25 administer the Program under this Act.
26 (b) The Kids Share Endowment Program is created within
27 the Authority.
28 (c) The governing powers of the Authority are vested in
29 a Board of Directors of the Kids Share Endowment Authority.
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1 The chairperson of the Board is the Governor. There are 19
2 additional voting members:
3 (1) as ex officio members, each of the following or
4 his or her respective designee: the State Superintendent
5 of Education, the Secretary of Human Services, the
6 Director of Public Health, the Attorney General, and the
7 Director of Children and Family Services;
8 (2) 4 members appointed by the Governor who are
9 members of the General Assembly, 2 of whom are Senators
10 and not of the same political party and 2 of whom are
11 Representatives and not of the same political party; and
12 (3) 10 members appointed by the Governor, including
13 one each representing social services, a statewide
14 organization representing education, a civic
15 organization, business, a statewide organization
16 representing the interests of children, parents,
17 research, a statewide organization representing
18 municipalities, a statewide organization representing law
19 enforcement, and a statewide organization representing
20 park districts.
21 The non-legislative appointed members shall be appointed
22 for 3-year terms. Of the non-legislative members initially
23 appointed by the Governor under this Act, 3 shall serve until
24 July 1, 2003, 3 shall serve until July 1, 2004, and 4 shall
25 serve until July 1, 2005. Legislative members shall serve
26 during the term for which they where elected to the General
27 Assembly.
28 Eleven members constitute a quorum. The members shall not
29 receive any compensation but shall be reimbursed for all
30 reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance
31 of their duties.
32 Section 20. Powers and duties.
33 (a) The duties of the Authority under this Act include
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1 the following:
2 (1) Administering the Kids Share Endowment Program.
3 (2) Seeking, with the assistance of the Board, and
4 receiving funds that may be available from private and
5 public sources for the use of the Program.
6 (3) Distributing grants, subject to the approval of
7 the Board and to appropriations and other funding, to
8 community collaborations that address the healthy
9 development of children, youth, and families. The
10 Program may make financial commitments to grant
11 recipients for periods up to 3 years, subject to annual
12 review and approval. Approval of an initial grant or
13 annual grant renewal is contingent upon submission of a
14 local strategic plan that includes outcome-based
15 programs.
16 (4) Allocating a designated amount of the Endowment
17 to provide technical assistance, training, and evaluation
18 to help build the capacities of community collaborations.
19 This technical assistance should include assistance to
20 help collaborations identify needs, create a strategic
21 plan, maximize resources, and design collaborative
22 approaches, based on best practices, to achieve
23 identified outcomes. The Program is to ensure that
24 technical assistance, training, and evaluation continue
25 to be available to communities to ensure that they
26 achieve positive results for Illinois' children. The
27 Board and the Office of the Governor may contract with
28 not-for-profit or other outside agencies to provide the
29 technical assistance required under this paragraph.
30 (5) Allocating reasonable amounts of appropriations
31 and funding for costs necessary for the administration of
32 this Act and the Program.
33 (b) The Authority has those powers that are necessary to
34 carry out the purposes of this Act, including, without
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1 limitation, the power to:
2 (1) appoint an Executive Director of the
3 Authority, who shall, subject to the provisions of this
4 Act, execute the powers and discharge the duties vested
5 by law in the Authority and administer the Kids Share
6 Endowment Program;
7 (2) employ agents and employees necessary to carry
8 out the purposes of this Act and fix their compensation,
9 benefits, terms, and conditions of employment;
10 (3) contract with not-for-profit and other outside
11 agencies for purposes of administering this Act, and
12 enforce the terms of any contract entered into, whether
13 in law or equity, or by other legal means; and
14 (4) adopt any rules necessary to implement this
15 Act.
16 Section 25. Applications for grants.
17 (a) The Kids Share Endowment Program shall provide money
18 to support local community collaborations through funding,
19 evaluation, and technical assistance.
20 (b) To be eligible to receive funding from the Kids
21 Share Endowment Program, a community collaboration must:
22 (1) Develop a strategic plan that addresses local
23 needs, maximizes resources, and builds on existing
24 strengths. The strategic plan must include:
25 (A) a description of goals and objectives
26 proposed to be obtained;
27 (B) a description of the programs, services,
28 and projects to be provided;
29 (C) a description of how measurable outcomes
30 of the programs, services, and projects will be
31 determined using appropriate, reliable indicators;
32 and
33 (D) a description of how the programs,
34 services, and projects will be integrated into a
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1 consumer-oriented and easily accessible system.
2 (2) Demonstrate effective use of current federal,
3 State, and local dollars and why sufficient funding for
4 the proposal is not available through current traditional
5 funding streams.
6 (c) A successful community designed proposal for funding
7 may focus on these or other areas:
8 (1) enhancing the quality of existing services for
9 children, youth, and families;
10 (2) filling service gaps that current funding
11 streams do not address;
12 (3) promoting healthy social-emotional development
13 of children and youth;
14 (4) improving and developing facilities to service
15 children, youth, and their families;
16 (5) short term, one-time expenses; and
17 (6) pilot projects.
18 Section 30. Kids Share Endowment Program Fund. The Kids
19 Share Endowment Program Fund is created as a special fund in
20 the State Treasury. Moneys shall be transferred into the
21 Kids Share Endowment Program Fund from the Tobacco Settlement
22 Recovery Fund in accordance with Section 6z-43 of the State
23 Finance Act. All interest or other earnings that accrue from
24 investment of the Kids Share Endowment Program Fund moneys
25 shall be credited to the Kids Share Endowment Program Fund.
26 Moneys in the Fund may be expended, pursuant to
27 appropriation, for purposes consistent with the authority and
28 purposes specified by this Act. The Program may also receive
29 funding from private and other State or federal sources.
30 Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
31 Section 6z-43 and adding Section 5.545 as follows:
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1 (30 ILCS 105/5.545 new)
2 Sec. 5.545. The Kids Share Endowment Program Fund.
3 (30 ILCS 105/6z-43)
4 Sec. 6z-43. Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund.
5 (a) There is created in the State Treasury a special
6 fund to be known as the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund,
7 into which shall be deposited all monies paid to the State
8 pursuant to (1) the Master Settlement Agreement entered in
9 the case of People of the State of Illinois v. Philip Morris,
10 et al. (Circuit Court of Cook County, No. 96-L13146) and (2)
11 any settlement with or judgment against any tobacco product
12 manufacturer other than one participating in the Master
13 Settlement Agreement in satisfaction of any released claim as
14 defined in the Master Settlement Agreement, as well as any
15 other monies as provided by law. All earnings on Fund
16 investments shall be deposited into the Fund. Upon the
17 creation of the Fund, the State Comptroller shall order the
18 State Treasurer to transfer into the Fund any monies paid to
19 the State as described in item (1) or (2) of this Section
20 before the creation of the Fund plus any interest earned on
21 the investment of those monies. The Treasurer may invest the
22 moneys in the Fund in the same manner, in the same types of
23 investments, and subject to the same limitations provided in
24 the Illinois Pension Code for the investment of pension funds
25 other than those established under Article 3 or 4 of the
26 Code.
27 (b) As soon as may be practical after June 30, 2001, the
28 State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
29 transfer the unencumbered balance in the Tobacco Settlement
30 Recovery Fund as of June 30, 2001 into the Budget
31 Stabilization Fund. The Treasurer may invest the moneys in
32 the Budget Stabilization Fund in the same manner, in the same
33 types of investments, and subject to the same limitations
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1 provided in the Illinois Pension Code for the investment of
2 pension funds other than those established under Article 3 or
3 4 of the Code.
4 (c) For the 6-year period beginning on July 1, 2002, as
5 soon as practical after July 1 of each year, the State
6 Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer
7 shall transfer from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund into
8 the Kids Share Endowment Program Fund the sum of $50,000,000
9 from deposits made into the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund
10 during the fiscal year immediately preceding July 1 of each
11 of these respective years.
12 (Source: P.A. 91-646, eff. 11-19-99; 91-704, eff. 7-1-00;
13 91-797, eff. 6-9-00; revised 6-28-00.)
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.
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