Illinois House Bill 5577 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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.

TREECUTTING-CONSERVATION LAND

Rep. Litesa Wallace [D]	Rep. Eddie Jackson [D]	Rep. Linda LaVia [D]	Rep. Martin Moylan [D]
Rep. Emanuel Welch [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]	Rep. Robyn Gabel [D]	Rep. Carol Ammons [D]
Rep. Camille Lilly [D]	Rep. David Harris [R]	Sen. Laura Fine [D]	Rep. Thomas Morrison [R]
Rep. Sonya Harper [D]	Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [D]	Rep. Elaine Nekritz [D]	Rep. Pamela Reaves-Harris [D]
Rep. Christine Winger [R]	Rep. Margo McDermed [R]	Rep. Robert Pritchard [R]	Rep. Timothy Butler [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
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

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
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

Type	Source
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