30 ILCS 745/0.01
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Radio and Television Grant Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 745 — Public Radio and Television Grant Act.
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Provisions
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Definitions
Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: "Illinois public radio station" or "radio station" means a non-commercial public radio broadcasting station licensed as such by the Federal Communications Commission, or authorized under a program test authority by the Federal Communications Commi…
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Certification process
Certification process. Each eligible station shall certify to the Illinois Arts Council, in such form and at such time as the Council shall require, its actual operating cost for the prior fiscal year. Upon acceptance by the Illinois Arts Council, such certification shall constitute the basis for grants provided under…
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Allocation of Funds
Allocation of Funds. Funds appropriated for the purpose of making grants to stations under this Act shall be divided into 2 grant pools, with 75% of such appropriated funds constituting a grant pool for public television stations and 25% of such appropriated funds constituting a grant pool for public radio stations. (S…
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Basic Grants
Basic Grants. Each eligible station shall receive an annual basic service grant in an amount equal to 30% of the grant pool for which it is eligible divided by the number of eligible stations. (Source: P.A. 84-1040.)
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Operating Grants
Operating Grants. Each eligible station shall receive an annual operating support grant amounting to a pro-rata share of 70% of the grant pool for which it is eligible. This share shall bear the same ratio to 70% of the grant pool from which it came as the station's actual operating cost bore in the previous fiscal yea…
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Grant Limitations
Grant Limitations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no station shall in any year be allocated funds under this Act in excess of one-half of its actual operating cost for the prior fiscal year. Those funds not obligated by virtue of this limitation shall be distributed to the remaining stations in accord…
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Required Assurances
Required Assurances. Each eligible station and its station licensee shall certify to the Illinois Arts Council when applying for grant funds under this Act that any funds received pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall not supplant or cause to be reduced any other sources of funding for such stations, and will be…
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Illinois Public Broadcasting Council
Illinois Public Broadcasting Council. There is hereby created a public corporation to be called the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council whose directors shall consist of one representative of each station eligible to receive grants under this Act. This Corporation shall function under such bylaws as shall be written by…
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Powers and Duties
Powers and Duties. The Illinois Public Broadcasting Council shall have power to accept grants or appropriations from the Federal government or the State, or any agency or instrumentality thereof to be used for the purchase of equipment for the exclusive use by the members of the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council as…