Public Act 102-1004
Public Act 1004 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 102-1004
| | SB3103 Enrolled | LRB102 22919 CMG 32073 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The State Parks Act is amended by changing | Section 6 as follows:
| (20 ILCS 835/6) (from Ch. 105, par. 468b)
| Sec. 6.
It is a violation of this Section for any person
to | do any of the following without approval by the Department of | Natural Resources:
| (1) cut, break, injure, destroy, take or remove any | tree, shrub, timber,
plant, or natural object in any park | or parkway, except that the Department
of
Natural | Resources may, by administrative rule, authorize
edible | fungi, nut, and berry collection in those areas of | Department owned,
leased, or
managed lands where the | collecting would not be in conflict or incompatible
with | (i)
Department of Natural Resources natural resource | management or recreational
programs
for that area and (ii) | the Natural Areas Preservation Act;
| (2) kill, cause to be killed, or pursue with intent to | kill any bird or
animal in a park or parkway, provided that | the Department of Natural
Resources may by administrative | order authorize hunting in
those areas of state parks |
| where such hunting would not be in conflict or
| incompatible with Department of Natural Resources
| recreational programs for that area;
| (3) take any fish from the waters of any park or | parkway, contrary to the
rules and regulations of the | Department of Natural Resources;
| (4) wilfully mutilate, injure, deface, or destroy any | guide post,
notice, tablet, fence, enclosure or work for | the protection or
ornamentation of any park or parkway;
| (5) light any fire upon any park or parkway, except in
| an authorized place or places or wilfully or carelessly | permit any fire
which he has lighted or caused to be | lighted, or which shall be under his
charge, to spread or | extend to or burn any shrubbery, trees, timber,
ornaments, | or improvements upon any State park, nature preserve or
| parkways, or leave any camp fires which he shall have | lighted or caused to
be lighted, or which shall have been | left in his charge, unattended by a
competent person;
| (6) place within any park or parkway or affix to any
| object therein contained, any work, character, or device | designed to
advertise any business, profession, article, | thing, exhibition, matter or
event;
| (7) violate any rule or regulation adopted and | published by the Department
of Natural Resources pursuant | to the provisions of this
Act.
| A person who violates this Section shall, for each |
| offense, be guilty of
a Class B misdemeanor.
| (Source: P.A. 93-341, eff. 7-24-03.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 5/27/2022
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