Bill Sponsors: IL HB5577 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-08-04 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler [HB5577 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-08-04 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler [HB5577 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Representative Litesa Wallace [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-067 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Eddie Jackson [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-114 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Linda LaVia [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-083 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Martin Moylan [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-055 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Emanuel Welch [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-007 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Michelle Mussman [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-056 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Robyn Gabel [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-018 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Carol Ammons [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-103 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Camille Lilly [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-078 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative David Harris [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-053 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Laura Fine [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-009 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Thomas Morrison [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-054 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Sonya Harper [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-006 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Sara Feigenholtz [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-006 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Elaine Nekritz [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-057 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Pamela Reaves-Harris [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-010 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Christine Winger [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-045 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Margo McDermed [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-037 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Robert Pritchard [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-070 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Timothy Butler [R] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-087 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |