Illinois Administrative Code
Title 17 - CONSERVATION
Part 1523 - PARTNERS FOR CONSERVATION - ECOSYSTEMS PROGRAM
Section 1523.30 - Ecosystem Partnership Designation
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) A coalition of individuals, groups and/or organizations interested in being designated as an Ecosystem Partnership may request designation by writing the Director and providing:
b) The Director shall grant or deny designation as an Ecosystem Partnership in writing within 90 days after the receipt of the request. The Director shall consider the following criteria in reaching that decision:
c) The letter of designation from the Director shall be the official notification to the prospective Ecosystem Partnership that it has met the requirements in subsections (a) and (b) and has received Ecosystem Partnership designation. Maintenance of this designation is contingent on the fulfillment of the criteria contained in Section 1523.50.
d) The initial list of LPC temporary board members submitted to the Director and approved in the Director's letter of designation for the Ecosystem Partnership shall serve for a period not to exceed 9 months from the designation date. No official business can be conducted by the temporary board members until they organize and elect a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary/Treasurer. These LPC officers and the temporary board members shall then prepare and adopt bylaws that meet the criteria set forth in Section 1523.40, at a meeting open to the public, and perform other duties as may be required for the Ecosystem Partnership to become established and to operate. Procedures to record the minutes of all meetings held throughout this process must be in place and a copy of those minutes must be provided to the designated Ecosystem Administrator and the Conservation 2000 Administrator, and shall be made available to members of the public.