Comments: IL HB4515 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-31 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4515 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-31 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4515 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
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