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.