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90_HB0818

      70 ILCS 405/22.05         from Ch. 5, par. 127.5
          Amends the Soil and  Water  Conservation  Districts  Act.
      Provides  that  soil and water conservation districts may not
      engage in the direct sale of trees, shrubs, or similar  plant
      material  to  land  owners or the general public but may work
      with area businesses to facilitate the sale and  distribution
      of these materials.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Soil and Water Conservation Districts
 2    Act by changing Section 22.05.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act
 6    is amended by changing Section 22.05 as follows:
 7        (70 ILCS 405/22.05) (from Ch. 5, par. 127.5)
 8        Sec. 22.05. To make available, on such terms as it  shall
 9    prescribe,  to  landowners  or occupiers within the district,
10    the  use  of  agricultural  and  engineering  machinery   and
11    equipment,  and  such  other  material  or  equipment as will
12    assist such landowners or occupiers to  carry  on  operations
13    upon  their  lands  for  the  conservation  of soil and water
14    resources and for the prevention and control of soil  erosion
15    and erosion floodwater and sediment damages.
16        Districts  may  not  engage  in the direct sale of trees,
17    shrubs, or  similar  plant  material  to  landowners  or  the
18    general public.  They may, however, work with area businesses
19    to facilitate the sale and distribution of these materials.
20    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 530.)
21        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
22    becoming law.

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