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1 AN ACT concerning State parks.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The State Parks Act is amended by changing
5 Section 6 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 835/6) (from Ch. 105, par. 468b)
7 Sec. 6. It is a violation of this Section for any person
8 to:
9 (1) Cut, break, injure, destroy, take or remove any
10 tree, shrub, timber, plant, or natural object in any park or
11 parkway, except that the Department of Natural Resources may,
12 by administrative rule, authorize edible fungi, nut, and
13 berry collection in those areas of Department owned, leased,
14 or managed lands where the collecting would not be in
15 conflict or incompatible with (i) Department of Natural
16 Resources natural resource management or recreational
17 programs for that area and (ii) the Natural Areas
18 Preservation Act;
19 (2) Kill, cause to be killed, or pursue with intent to
20 kill any bird or animal in a park or parkway, provided that
21 the Department of Natural Resources may by administrative
22 order authorize hunting in those areas of state parks where
23 such hunting would not be in conflict or incompatible with
24 Department of Natural Resources recreational programs for
25 that area;
26 (3) Take any fish from the waters of any park or
27 parkway, contrary to the rules and regulations of the
28 Department of Natural Resources;
29 (4) Wilfully mutilate, injure, deface, or destroy any
30 guide post, notice, tablet, fence, enclosure or work for the
31 protection or ornamentation of any park or parkway;
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1 (5) Light any fire upon any park or parkway, except in
2 an authorized place or places or wilfully or carelessly
3 permit any fire which he has lighted or caused to be lighted,
4 or which shall be under his charge, to spread or extend to or
5 burn any shrubbery, trees, timber, ornaments, or improvements
6 upon any State park, nature preserve or parkways, or leave
7 any camp fires which he shall have lighted or caused to be
8 lighted, or which shall have been left in his charge,
9 unattended by a competent person;
10 (6) Place within any park or parkway or affix to any
11 object therein contained, any work, character, or device
12 designed to advertise any business, profession, article,
13 thing, exhibition, matter or event;
14 (7) Violate any rule or regulation adopted and published
15 by the Department of Natural Resources pursuant to the
16 provisions of this Act.
17 A person who violates this Section shall, for each
18 offense, be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.
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