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HB5157 • 2026

FINANCE-GEO-KARIS BEACH FUND

FINANCE-GEO-KARIS BEACH FUND

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Sponsor
Joyce Mason
Last action
2026-02-10
Official status
Referred to Rules Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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FINANCE-GEO-KARIS BEACH FUND

FINANCE-GEO-KARIS BEACH FUND

What This Bill Does

  • FINANCE-GEO-KARIS BEACH FUND

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-10 Illinois General Assembly

    First Reading

  2. 2026-02-10 Illinois General Assembly

    Referred to Rules Committee

  3. 2026-02-05 Illinois General Assembly

    Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason

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FINANCE-GEO-KARIS BEACH FUND

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5157

Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Joyce Mason

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/8.25c

from Ch. 127, par. 144.25c

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that revenue from the North
Point Marina State Recreation Area shall be deposited into the Adeline Jay
Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina Fund. Provides that the Adeline Jay
Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina Fund may receive moneys from the General
Revenue Fund and from any other lawful source. Provides that moneys in the
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina Fund may be used only for
purposes related to the North Point Marina State Recreation Area in Lake
County.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning finance.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The State Finance Act is amended by changing
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Section 8.25c as follows:

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(30 ILCS 105/8.25c)

(from Ch. 127, par. 144.25c)
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Sec. 8.25c.
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina
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Fund.

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(a)
Revenue from the North Point Marina State Recreation
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Area shall be deposited into the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
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Illinois Beach Marina Fund. In addition, the Adeline Jay
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Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina Fund may receive moneys from
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the General Revenue Fund and from any other lawful source.

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Beginning in fiscal year 1991 and continuing through the third
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quarter of fiscal year 1993, the State Comptroller shall order
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transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer from the
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Illinois Beach Marina Fund (now known as the Adeline Jay
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Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina Fund) to the General Revenue
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Fund 50% of the revenue deposited into the Illinois Beach
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Marina Fund. Beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal year
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1993 and thereafter until the sum of $31,200,000 is paid to the
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General Revenue Fund, the State Comptroller shall order
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transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer from the

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Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina Fund (formerly
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known as the Illinois Beach Marina Fund) to the General
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Revenue Fund 35% of revenue deposited into the Adeline Jay
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Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina Fund (formerly known as the
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Illinois Beach Marina Fund) in any fiscal year. In addition,
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beginning in fiscal year 1991 and thereafter until the sum of
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$8,000,000 is paid to the State Boating Act Fund the State
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Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer
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shall transfer from the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach
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Marina Fund (formerly known as the Illinois Beach Marina Fund)
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to the State Boating Act Fund 15% of the revenue deposited into
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the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina Fund (formerly
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known as the Illinois Beach Marina Fund). Beginning in fiscal
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year 1992, the transfers from the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
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Illinois Beach Marina Fund (formerly known as the Illinois
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Beach Marina Fund) to the State Boating Act Fund shall be made
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only at the direction of and in the amount authorized by the
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Department of Natural Resources. Moneys transferred under
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authorization of this Section to the State Boating Act Fund in
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fiscal year 1992 before the effective date of this amendatory
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Act of 1991 may be transferred to the Illinois Beach Marina
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Fund (now known as the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach
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Marina Fund) at the direction of the Department of Natural
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Resources. The transfers required under this Section shall be
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made within 30 days after the end of each quarter based on the
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State Comptroller's record of receipts for the quarter. The

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initial transfers shall be made within 30 days after June 30,
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1990 based on revenues received in the preceding quarter.
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Additional transfers in excess of the limits established under
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this Section may be authorized by the Department of Natural
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Resources for accelerated payback of the amount due.

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(b) The Department may, subject to appropriations by the
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General Assembly, use moneys in the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
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Illinois Beach Marina Fund (formerly known as the Illinois
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Beach Marina Fund)
only for purposes related to the North
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Point Marina State Recreation Area in Lake County.

to pay for
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operation, maintenance, repairs, or improvements to the marina
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project; provided, however, that payment of the amounts due
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under the terms of subsection (a) shall have priority on all
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moneys deposited in this Fund.
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(c) Moneys on deposit in excess of
the amounts necessary
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for expenditures under subsection (b)

that needed for payments
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to the General Revenue Fund and the State Boating Act Fund and
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in excess of those moneys needed for the operation,
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maintenance, repairs, or improvements to the Adeline Jay
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Geo-Karis Illinois Beach Marina as determined by the
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Department of Natural Resources
may be transferred at the
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discretion of the Department to the State Parks Fund.
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(Source: P.A. 95-522, eff. 8-28-07; 96-1160, eff. 1-1-11.)

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