Bill Text: IL HB0260 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Plant Advertising Act. Provides that nurseries in this State shall not advertise plants as "bee-friendly" if a systemic insecticide has been used on the plants. Provides that "nursery" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-30 - Tabled [HB0260 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB0260-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB0260 Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Plant Advertising Act. Provides that nurseries in this State shall not advertise plants as "bee-friendly" if a systemic insecticide has been used on the plants. Provides that "nursery" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning agriculture.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Plant
Advertising Act.
Section 5. Prohibited advertising. Nurseries in this State
shall not advertise plants as "bee-friendly" if a systemic
insecticide has been used on the plants. As used in this Act,
"nursery" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Insect
Pest and Plant Disease Act.