Bill Text: IL SB2587 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the State Forest Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning forest designations.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-22 - Referred to Rules Committee [SB2587 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2587-Engrossed.html

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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 10. The State Forest Act is amended by changing
Section 6 as follows:
(525 ILCS 40/6) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5907)
Sec. 6. The Department shall have the authority to take all
measures necessary to secure plants and plant materials from
private sources and to establish and operate nurseries to
produce and distribute plants and plant materials. The
Department shall develop and implement a program of securing
plants and plant materials from private sources. The Department
shall utilize the most modern methods and techniques to operate
its nursery facilities.
The plants and plant materials secured or produced shall be
used exclusively for conservation purposes, such as for
wildlife habitat, erosion control, energy conservation,
natural community restoration, general reforestation,
research, commemorative plantings, and educational programs
such as Arbor Day. Plants and plant materials distributed by
the State shall not be used for ornamental, landscaping or
shade tree purposes. Plants and plant materials secured or
produced and distributed by the State nurseries are to be

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protected against abuses, such as may occur in the event of
livestock grazing or wildfire.
The Department may cooperate with any person or group
desirous of establishing plants or plant materials for
conservation plantings by (a) selling furnishing trees,
shrubs, flower seeds or other materials where deemed necessary
or desirable, or (b) providing labor, equipment and technical
supervision to plan and implement the conservation plantings,
or both.
Plants and plant materials may be provided, upon approval
of a written management plan, without charge to individual
landowners, State agencies and institutions, local
governments, civic groups and others for conservation
plantings but shall be sold at a price approximately equal to
the cost of acquisition or production and distribution.
Plants and plant materials may be provided without charge
to government agencies and institutions, organized groups or
individuals for special conservation plantings, research
plantings, educational purposes and commemorative plantings
but shall be sold at a price approximately equal to the cost of
acquisition or production and distribution.
Plants and plant materials may be made available to the
general public, mining companies, other industries and
agencies of the federal government but shall be sold at a price
approximately equal to the cost of acquisition or production
and distribution.

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Products such as Christmas trees, roundwood and other
materials derived from State distributed plants or plant
materials may be utilized, sold or removed, except that no such
plants shall be resold, bartered or given away and removed
alive with the roots attached.
The Department may effect exchanges, purchases or sales
involving plants and plant materials with other states or with
agencies of the federal government.
The Department shall have the authority to make such rules
and regulations pursuant to the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act as it deems necessary for carrying out,
administering and enforcing the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)