Illinois House Bill 4515

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-31 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Makes legislative findings concerning the growth of American white pelican populations and their impacts on recreational fish populations in the Upper Mississippi River System. Directs the Department of Natural Resources to collaborate with an accredited university or college in the State to conduct a study of the American white pelican communities that reside, during their migration, in Pool 13 of the Upper Mississippi River System in order to: (1) evaluate the movements and foraging activities of those communities; (2) assess how the migration of those communities impacts fish populations in the Upper Mississippi River System; and (3) collect the data necessary to develop trophic models of the Upper Mississippi River System that incorporate impacts of piscivorous birds, such as the American white pelican. Requires the Department to report the findings of its study to the General Assembly by no later than December 31, 2025. Effective immediately.

IDNR-AMERICAN PELICAN STUDY

Rep. Ryan Spain [R]

Rep. Tony McCombie [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-31	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-01-31	House	First Reading
2024-01-19	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
2024-01-19	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ryan Spain

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	801	1-38	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4515&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB4515.htm