Public Act 102-0840
 
SB3433 EnrolledLRB102 24380 RJT 33614 b


  
    AN ACT concerning conservation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Exotic Weed Act is amended  by 
changing Section 4 as follows:
 


    (525 ILCS 10/4)  (from Ch. 5, par. 934)




    Sec. 4. Control of exotic weeds. 
    (a) It shall be unlawful for any
person, corporation, 
political subdivision, agency or department of the
State to 
buy, sell, offer for sale, distribute or plant seeds, plants 
or
plant parts of exotic weeds without a permit issued by the 
Department of
Natural Resources.  Such permits shall be issued 
only: 
        (1) for
experiments into
controlling and eradicating 
    exotic weeds; 
        (2) for research to demonstrate
that a variety of a 
    species listed in this Act is not an exotic weed as
defined 
    in Section 2; or

        (3) for the use of exotic olive (Elaeagnus umbellata, 
    Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus angustifolia) berries in the 
    manufacture of value added products, not to include the 
    resale of whole berries or seeds. The exotic berry permit 
    holder must register annually with the Department of 
    Natural Resources and be able to demonstrate to the 
    Department that seeds remaining post-manufacture are 
    sterile or otherwise unviable.
    (b) The commercial propagation of exotic weeds for sale 
outside
Illinois, certified under the Insect Pest and Plant 
Disease Act, is
exempted from the provisions of this Section.

    (c) The Department of Natural Resources may adopt rules 
for the administration of this Section. 
    (d)   Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Section 
for the control of exotic weeds, a municipality may adopt an 
ordinance to eradicate common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), 
glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula), saw-toothed buckthorn 
(Rhamnus arguta), dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus davurica), 
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica), and Chinese buckthorn 
(Rhamnus utilis) on all public and private property within its 
geographic boundaries. 
(Source: P.A. 99-81, eff. 1-1-16.)