Full Text of HB0025 97th General Assembly
HB0025 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB0025 Introduced 1/12/2011, by Rep. Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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225 ILCS 735/9a | from Ch. 111, par. 709a |
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Amends the Timber Buyers Licensing Act. On or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, provides that a timber buyer who purchases timber in the State shall no longer be required to deduct from the payment to the
timber grower a percentage of the purchase price and forward such amount to the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that upon the effective date of the amendatory Act, a timber buyer is no longer required to pay to the Department, when the periodic report is submitted, a percentage amount equal to the gross value of the timber utilized during the period. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Timber Buyers Licensing Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 9a as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 735/9a) (from Ch. 111, par. 709a)
| 7 | | Sec. 9a.
Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 8 | | the 97th General Assembly, when When a timber buyer purchases | 9 | | timber in this State, the buyer
shall determine the amount to | 10 | | be paid for such timber, or the value of items
to be bartered | 11 | | for such timber, and shall deduct from the payment to the
| 12 | | timber grower an amount which equals 4% of the purchase price | 13 | | and shall
forward such amount to the Department of Natural | 14 | | Resources, along with a report
of the purchase on forms | 15 | | provided
by the Department. On or after the effective date of | 16 | | this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, this | 17 | | deduction shall no longer be required.
| 18 | | Every timber grower who utilizes timber produced on land he | 19 | | owns or operates
for sawing into lumber, for processing, or for | 20 | | resale, except a person who
occasionally uses his own timber | 21 | | for sawing or processing for his own use
and not for resale, | 22 | | shall report periodically, as required by regulation
of the | 23 | | Department, the quantity of timber produced and utilized by the |
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| 1 | | owner
or operator during the reporting period. Until the | 2 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 3 | | Assembly, such Such timber grower shall pay to
the Department, | 4 | | when the periodic report is submitted, an amount equal to
4% of | 5 | | the gross value of the timber utilized during the period. On or | 6 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th | 7 | | General Assembly, these payments shall no longer be required. | 8 | | The value
of such timber shall be determined pursuant to rule | 9 | | of
the Department. Such rules shall include a voluntary | 10 | | arbitration program for
use in situations in which a dispute | 11 | | arises as to the gross value of the
timber.
| 12 | | The fees required by this Section shall be deposited in the | 13 | | Illinois
Forestry Development Fund, a special fund in the State | 14 | | Treasury, for the
purposes of the "Illinois Forestry | 15 | | Development Act".
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.
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