Bill Text: IL HB5791 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires, within one year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the Department of Public Health, to perform an assessment of State parks, including recreational trails, and other outdoor recreation areas and facilities to determine where it is appropriate to install signage to warn visitors of possible Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Provides that the assessment shall include, but shall not be limited to, considerations related to the installation of signage in areas of reported new or increased contact with ticks and an evaluation of any relevant data on tick-borne diseases. Provides that the assessment shall be updated no less than once every 3 years, or more often as deemed necessary by both the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Public Health. Requires that a summary of the assessment be posted by the Department of Natural Resources on its website within 60 days of the completion of the assessment. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall thereafter install and maintain signs at all State-managed parks and outdoor recreation areas and facilities, including, but not limited to, recreational trail entryways, campgrounds, and any other location as defined and determined by the Department as necessary and based on the assessment, warning individuals that ticks may be found in the area and cause Lyme or other tick-borne diseases. Authorizes the Department to use models already in use throughout the State or in another state or any model the Department determines appropriate when determining the design for such signage. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-11-16 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5791 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5791-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB5791 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 805/805-570 new
Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires, within one year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the Department of Public Health, to perform an assessment of State parks, including recreational trails, and other outdoor recreation areas and facilities to determine where it is appropriate to install signage to warn visitors of possible Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Provides that the assessment shall include, but shall not be limited to, considerations related to the installation of signage in areas of reported new or increased contact with ticks and an evaluation of any relevant data on tick-borne diseases. Provides that the assessment shall be updated no less than once every 3 years, or more often as deemed necessary by both the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Public Health. Requires that a summary of the assessment be posted by the Department of Natural Resources on its website within 60 days of the completion of the assessment. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall thereafter install and maintain signs at all State-managed parks and outdoor recreation areas and facilities, including, but not limited to, recreational trail entryways, campgrounds, and any other location as defined and determined by the Department as necessary and based on the assessment, warning individuals that ticks may be found in the area and cause Lyme or other tick-borne diseases. Authorizes the Department to use models already in use throughout the State or in another state or any model the Department determines appropriate when determining the design for such signage. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources
(Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois is amended by adding Section 805-570 as follows:
(20 ILCS 805/805-570 new)
Sec. 805-570. Lyme and other tick-borne disease warning
signs. Within one year following the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Department,
in collaboration with the Department of Public Health, shall
perform an assessment of State parks, including recreational
trails, and other outdoor recreation areas and facilities to
determine where it is appropriate to install signage to warn
visitors of possible Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. The
assessment shall include, but shall not be limited to,
considerations related to the installation of signage in areas
of reported new or increased contact with ticks and an
evaluation of any relevant data on tick-borne diseases. The
assessment shall be updated no less than once every 3 years, or
more often as deemed necessary by both the Department of
Natural Resources and the Department of Public Health. A
summary of the assessment shall be posted by the Department of

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Natural Resources on its website within 60 days of the
completion of the assessment. The Department shall thereafter
install and maintain signs at all State-managed parks and
outdoor recreation areas and facilities, including, but not
limited to, recreational trail entryways, campgrounds, and any
other location as defined and determined by the Department as
necessary and based on the assessment, warning individuals
that ticks may be found in the area and cause Lyme or other
tick-borne diseases. The Department may use models already in
use throughout the State or in another state or any model the
Department determines appropriate when determining the design
for such signage.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.