The Department has the power to expend monies appropriated to the Department from the Park and Conservation Fund in the State treasury for conservation and park purposes.
     Eighty percent of the revenue derived from fees paid for certificates of title, duplicate certificates of title and corrected certificates of title and deposited in the Park and Conservation Fund, as provided for in § 2-119 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, shall be expended solely by the Department pursuant to an appropriation for acquisition, development, and maintenance of bike paths, including grants for the acquisition and development of bike paths and 20% of the revenue derived from fees shall be deposited into the Illinois Fisheries Management Fund, a special fund created in the State Treasury to be used for the operation of the Division of Fisheries within the Department.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 ILCS 805/805-420

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     Revenue derived from fees paid for the registration of motor vehicles of the first division and deposited in the Park and Conservation Fund, as provided for in § 3-806 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, shall be expended by the Department for the following purposes:
         (A) Fifty percent of funds derived from the vehicle
    
registration fee shall be used by the Department for normal operations.
        (B) Fifty percent of funds derived from the vehicle
    
registration fee shall be used by the Department for construction and maintenance of State owned, leased, and managed sites.
    The monies deposited into the Park and Conservation Fund and the Illinois Fisheries Management Fund under this Section shall not be subject to administrative charges or chargebacks unless otherwise authorized by this Act.