093_HB2943

 
                                     LRB093 03697 JAM 03727 b

 1        AN ACT concerning exotic weeds.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Exotic Weed Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 3 as follows:

 6        (525 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 933)
 7        Sec.  3.   Designated Exotic Weeds.  Japanese honeysuckle
 8    (Lonicera japonica), multiflora rose (Rosa  multiflora),  and
 9    purple  loosestrife  (Lythrum salicaria), and kudzu (Pueraria
10    lobata) are hereby designated exotic  weeds.   Upon  petition
11    the  Director  of  Natural  Resources,  by rule, shall exempt
12    varieties of any species listed  in  this  Act  that  can  be
13    demonstrated  by  published  or current research not to be an
14    exotic weed as defined in Section 2.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

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