Bill Amendment: IL SB2910 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: NOXIOUS WEED LAW
Status: 2016-07-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0539 [SB2910 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB2910-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: NOXIOUS WEED LAW
Status: 2016-07-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0539 [SB2910 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB2910-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2910
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2910 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Noxious Weed Law is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 2, 4, and 14 as follows:
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6 | (505 ILCS 100/2) (from Ch. 5, par. 952)
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7 | Sec. 2. As used in this Act: (1) "Person" means any | ||||||
8 | individual, partnership,
firm, corporation, company, society, | ||||||
9 | association, the State or any
department, agency, or | ||||||
10 | subdivision thereof, or any other entity.
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11 | (2) "Control", "controlled" or "controlling" includes | ||||||
12 | being in
charge of or being in possession, whether as owner, | ||||||
13 | lessee, renter, or
tenant, under statutory authority, or | ||||||
14 | otherwise.
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15 | (3) "Director" means the Director of the Department of | ||||||
16 | Agriculture
of the State of Illinois, or his or her duly |
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1 | appointed representative.
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2 | (4) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the | ||||||
3 | State of
Illinois.
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4 | (5) "Noxious weed" means any plant which is determined by | ||||||
5 | the
Director, the Dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer | ||||||
6 | and Environmental Sciences Agriculture of the University of
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7 | Illinois and the Director of the Agricultural Experiment | ||||||
8 | Station at the
University of Illinois, to be injurious to | ||||||
9 | public health, crops,
livestock, land or other property.
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10 | (6) "Control Authority" means the governing body of each | ||||||
11 | county, and
shall represent all rural areas and cities, | ||||||
12 | villages and townships
within the county boundaries.
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13 | (7) "Applicable fund" means the fund current at the time | ||||||
14 | the work is
performed or the money is received.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 77-1037.)
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16 | (505 ILCS 100/4) (from Ch. 5, par. 954)
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17 | Sec. 4.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the | ||||||
18 | The duty of enforcing this Act and carrying out its provisions | ||||||
19 | is
vested in the Director, and the authorities designated in | ||||||
20 | this Act
acting under the supervision and direction of the | ||||||
21 | Director. The
Director, the Dean of the College of | ||||||
22 | Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Agriculture | ||||||
23 | of the University of
Illinois and the Director of the | ||||||
24 | Agricultural Experiment Station at the
University of Illinois, | ||||||
25 | shall determine what weeds are noxious for the
purposes of this |
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1 | Act, and shall compile and keep current a list of such
noxious | ||||||
2 | weeds, which list shall be published and incorporated in the
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3 | rules and regulations of the Department. The Director shall, | ||||||
4 | from time
to time, adopt and publish methods as official for | ||||||
5 | control and
eradication of noxious weeds and make and publish | ||||||
6 | such rules and
regulations as in his judgment are necessary to | ||||||
7 | carry out the provisions
of this Act. The failure of a Control | ||||||
8 | Authority or a Weed Control Superintendent to carry out the | ||||||
9 | duties and responsibilities under this Act shall not be the | ||||||
10 | responsibility of the Department.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 77-1037.)
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12 | (505 ILCS 100/14) (from Ch. 5, par. 964)
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13 | Sec. 14.
To prevent the dissemination of noxious weeds | ||||||
14 | through any article,
including machinery, equipment, plants, | ||||||
15 | materials and other things, the
Director, in consultation with | ||||||
16 | the Dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and | ||||||
17 | Environmental Sciences Agriculture of
the University of | ||||||
18 | Illinois and the Director of the Agricultural
Experiment | ||||||
19 | Station at the University of Illinois, shall, from time to
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20 | time, publish a list of noxious weeds which may be disseminated | ||||||
21 | through
articles and a list of articles capable of | ||||||
22 | disseminating such weeds, and
designate treatment of such | ||||||
23 | articles as, in his opinion, would prevent
such dissemination. | ||||||
24 | Until such article is treated in accordance with the
applicable | ||||||
25 | regulations, it shall not be moved from such premises except
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1 | under and in accordance with the written permission of the | ||||||
2 | Control
Authority having jurisdiction of the area in which such | ||||||
3 | article is
located, and the Control Authority may hold or | ||||||
4 | prevent its movement from
such premises. The movement of any | ||||||
5 | such article which has not been so
decontaminated, except in | ||||||
6 | accordance with such written permission, may
be stopped by the | ||||||
7 | Control Authority having jurisdiction over the place
in which | ||||||
8 | such movement is taking place and further movement and
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9 | disposition shall only be in accordance with such Control | ||||||
10 | Authority's
direction.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 77-1037.)
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.".
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