IL HB5577 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-6)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-08-04 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 9 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-08-04 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Amends the Wrongful Tree Cutting Act. Defines "land with a primary purpose of preservation or conservation". Provides that any party found to have intentionally cut or knowingly caused to be cut any timber or tree on land with a primary purpose of preservation or conservation that he or she did not have the legal right to cut or caused to be cut must pay the owner of the timber or tree 3 times stumpage value plus all remediation costs. Provides that nothing in the Act limits the rights provided under other law of an owner of land with a primary purpose of preservation or conservation. Provides that the court may not use the diminution of market value in determining damages. Provides that the court shall allow a plaintiff who prevails to recover the cost of expenses incurred. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Title
TREECUTTING-CONSERVATION LAND
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2016-08-04 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler |
2016-04-21 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr. |
2016-04-21 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard |
2016-04-20 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed |
2016-04-19 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christine Winger |
2016-04-08 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Pamela Reaves-Harris |
2016-04-08 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz |
2016-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
2016-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
2016-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison |
2016-04-07 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine |
2016-04-06 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris |
2016-04-06 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
2016-04-06 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons |
2016-04-01 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel |
2016-03-31 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman |
2016-03-28 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
2016-03-17 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan |
2016-03-16 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
2016-02-10 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
2016-02-10 | House | First Reading |
2016-02-09 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Litesa E. Wallace |
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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740 | 185 | 1 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
740 | 185 | 2 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
740 | 185 | 2.5 | New Code | See Bill Text |
740 | 185 | 2.6 | New Code | See Bill Text |
740 | 185 | 3 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
Illinois State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5577&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99 |
Text | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB5577.htm |