093_HB0666enr
HB0666 Enrolled LRB093 05358 JAM 05448 b
1 AN ACT in relation to conservation.
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), common buckthorn
10 (Rhamnus cathartica), glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula),
11 saw-toothed buckthorn (Rhamnus arguta), dahurian buckthorn
12 (Rhamnus davurica), Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica),
13 Chinese buckthorn (Rhamnus utilis), and kudzu (Pueraria
14 lobata) are hereby designated exotic weeds. Upon petition
15 the Director of Natural Resources, by rule, shall exempt
16 varieties of any species listed in this Act that can be
17 demonstrated by published or current research not to be an
18 exotic weed as defined in Section 2.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.