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90_HB0818enr

      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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HB0818 Enrolled                                LRB9002939DNmb
 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        Soil  and  water conservation districts may engage in the
17    direct sale of trees, shrubs, or  other  plant  materials  as
18    provided  in  this Section.  Plant materials that may be sold
19    are seeds of annual or perennial plants, bare-root stock,  or
20    stock  in  pots not to exceed one gallon.  The plant material
21    shall be advertised as follows:
22             "These plants are for conservation purposes only and
23        shall not be used as ornamentals or for landscaping."
24        For purposes of  this  Section,  "stock"  means  hardwood
25    trees  not  to  exceed  48  inches, conifers not to exceed 36
26    inches, shrubs not to exceed 24 inches, or  any  other  plant
27    materials not to exceed 24 inches.
28    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 530.)

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