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90_HB0818ham002

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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 818
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 818, AS AMENDED, by
 3    replacing everything  after  the  enacting  clause  with  the
 4    following:
 5        "Section  5.   The  Soil and Water Conservation Districts
 6    Act 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
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 1        shall not be used as ornamentals or for landscaping."
 2        For purposes of  this  Section,  "stock"  means  hardwood
 3    trees  not  to  exceed  48  inches, conifers not to exceed 36
 4    inches, shrubs not to exceed 24 inches, or  any  other  plant
 5    materials not to exceed 24 inches.
 6    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 530.)".

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