Public Act 0840 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 102-0840
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| SB3433 Enrolled | LRB102 24380 RJT 33614 b |
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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 Section 4 as follows:
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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
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; |
(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 |
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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. |
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Section |
for the control of exotic weeds, a municipality may adopt an |
ordinance to eradicate common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), |
glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula), saw-toothed buckthorn |
(Rhamnus arguta), dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus davurica), |
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica), and Chinese buckthorn |
(Rhamnus utilis) on all public and private property within its |
geographic boundaries. |
(Source: P.A. 99-81, eff. 1-1-16.)
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