Bill Text: IL HB0255 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Youth and Young Adult Conservation Education Act. Directs the Department of Natural Resources to establish a Youth and Young Adult Conservation Program in order to provide educational and employment opportunities to youth and young adults of this State while furthering the development and maintenance of the State's natural resources. Sets out various programmatic requirements. Specifies that the Department of Natural Resources is to have the full cooperation of various other State agencies in carrying out the Act. Specifies that funding for the Act and its programs is to be provided by State and federal funds. Authorizes the Department to enter into agreements to implement the Act. Grants the Department rulemaking authority to implement and administer the Act.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-4)

Status: (Enrolled) 2024-06-21 - Sent to the Governor [HB0255 Detail]

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0255 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
525 ILCS 15/1 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9101
Amends the Illinois Forestry Development Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning conservation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Forestry Development Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(525 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9101)
Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and and may be cited as the
"Illinois Forestry Development Act".
(Source: P.A. 83-446.)