Public Act 93-0341

HB2950 Enrolled                      LRB093 03674 SJM 03704 b

    AN ACT concerning State parks.

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

    Section  5.  The  State  Parks Act is amended by changing
Section 6 as follows:

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

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
becoming law.