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| Public Act 099-0081 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning conservation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Exotic Weed Act is amended by | ||||
changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:
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(525 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 933)
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Sec. 3. Designated Exotic Weeds. Japanese honeysuckle | ||||
(Lonicera
japonica), multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), purple | ||||
loosestrife
(Lythrum salicaria),
common buckthorn (Rhamnus | ||||
cathartica), glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula),
saw-toothed | ||||
buckthorn (Rhamnus arguta), dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus | ||||
davurica),
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica), Chinese | ||||
buckthorn (Rhamnus
utilis), and kudzu
(Pueraria lobata), | ||||
exotic bush honeysuckles (Lonicera maackii, Lonicera tatarica, | ||||
Lonicera morrowii, and Lonicera fragrantissima), exotic olives | ||||
(Elaeagnus umbellata, Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus | ||||
angustifolia), salt cedar (all members of the Tamarix genus), | ||||
poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), giant hogweed (Heracleum | ||||
mantegazzianum), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), | ||||
and lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), teasel (all members of | ||||
the Dipsacus genus), and Japanese, giant, and Bohemian knotweed | ||||
(Fallopia japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum; Fallopia | ||||
sachalinensis; and Fallopia x bohemica, resp.) are hereby | ||||
designated
exotic weeds. Upon petition the
Director of Natural | ||
Resources, by rule,
shall exempt varieties of any species | ||
listed in this Act that can be
demonstrated by published or | ||
current research not to be an exotic weed as
defined in Section | ||
2.
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(Source: P.A. 93-128, eff. 7-10-03.)
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(525 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 5, par. 934)
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Sec. 4. Control of Exotic Weeds. | ||
(a) It shall be unlawful for any
person, corporation, | ||
political subdivision, agency or department of the
State to | ||
buy, sell, offer for sale, distribute or plant seeds, plants or
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plant parts of exotic weeds without a permit issued by the | ||
Department of
Natural Resources. Such permits shall be issued | ||
only: | ||
(1) for
experiments into
controlling and eradicating | ||
exotic weeds; or | ||
(2) for research to demonstrate
that a variety of a | ||
species listed in this Act is not an exotic weed as
defined | ||
in Section 2; or .
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(3) for the use of exotic olive (Elaeagnus umbellata, | ||
Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus angustifolia) berries in the | ||
manufacture of value added products, not to include the | ||
resale of whole berries or seeds. The exotic berry permit | ||
holder must register annually with the Department of | ||
Natural Resources and be able to demonstrate to the | ||
Department that seeds remaining post-manufacture are | ||
sterile or otherwise unviable. | ||
(b) The commercial propagation of exotic weeds for sale | ||
outside
Illinois, certified under the Insect Pest and Plant | ||
Disease Act, is
exempted from the provisions of this Section.
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(c) The Department of Natural Resources may adopt rules for | ||
the administration of this Section. | ||
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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