Full Text of SB2587 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning conservation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 10. The State Forest Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 6 as follows:
| 6 | | (525 ILCS 40/6) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5907)
| 7 | | Sec. 6.
The Department shall have the authority to take all | 8 | | measures
necessary to secure plants and plant materials from | 9 | | private sources and to
establish and operate nurseries to | 10 | | produce and distribute plants and plant
materials. The | 11 | | Department shall develop and implement a program of
securing | 12 | | plants and plant materials from private sources. The Department
| 13 | | shall utilize the most modern methods and
techniques to operate | 14 | | its nursery facilities.
| 15 | | The plants and plant materials secured or produced
shall be | 16 | | used exclusively for conservation purposes, such as
for | 17 | | wildlife habitat, erosion control, energy conservation, | 18 | | natural
community restoration, general reforestation, | 19 | | research, commemorative
plantings, and educational programs | 20 | | such as Arbor Day. Plants and plant
materials distributed by | 21 | | the State shall not be used for ornamental,
landscaping or | 22 | | shade tree purposes. Plants and plant
materials secured or | 23 | | produced and distributed by the State nurseries are to
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| 1 | | protected against
abuses, such as may occur in the event of | 2 | | livestock grazing or wildfire.
| 3 | | The Department may cooperate with any person or group | 4 | | desirous of
establishing plants or plant materials for | 5 | | conservation plantings by (a) selling
furnishing trees, | 6 | | shrubs, flower seeds or other materials where deemed necessary
| 7 | | or desirable, or (b) providing labor, equipment and technical | 8 | | supervision to
plan and implement the conservation plantings, | 9 | | or both.
| 10 | | Plants and plant materials may be provided, upon approval | 11 | | of a written
management plan, without charge to individual | 12 | | landowners, State agencies
and institutions, local | 13 | | governments, civic groups and others for conservation | 14 | | plantings but shall be sold at a price approximately equal to | 15 | | the cost of acquisition or production and distribution .
| 16 | | Plants and plant materials may be provided without charge | 17 | | to government
agencies and institutions, organized groups or | 18 | | individuals for special
conservation plantings, research | 19 | | plantings, educational purposes and
commemorative plantings | 20 | | but shall be sold at a price approximately equal to the cost of | 21 | | acquisition or production and distribution .
| 22 | | Plants and plant materials may be made available to the | 23 | | general public,
mining companies, other industries and
| 24 | | agencies of the federal government but shall be sold at a price
| 25 | | approximately equal to the cost of acquisition or production | 26 | | and distribution.
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| 1 | | Products such as Christmas trees, roundwood and other | 2 | | materials derived
from State distributed plants or plant | 3 | | materials may be utilized, sold or
removed, except that no such | 4 | | plants shall be resold, bartered or given away
and removed | 5 | | alive with the roots attached.
| 6 | | The Department may effect exchanges, purchases or sales | 7 | | involving plants
and plant materials with other states or with | 8 | | agencies of the federal
government.
| 9 | | The Department shall have the authority to make such rules | 10 | | and
regulations pursuant to the Illinois Administrative | 11 | | Procedure Act as it
deems necessary for carrying out, | 12 | | administering and enforcing the
provisions of this Act.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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