Bill Text: IL HB2843 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Conservation Enhancement Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose and policy of the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2843 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB2843-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning agriculture.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Conservation Enhancement Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 1-2 as follows:
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6 | (505 ILCS 35/1-2) (from Ch. 5, par. 2401-2)
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7 | Sec. 1-2. Purpose and policy. This Act creates 2 major | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | programs,
the
the Save Illinois Topsoil Program and the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Illinois
Natural Resource Enhancement Program. It is the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | purpose of this Act that
certain marginal agricultural land be | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | kept or taken out of crop production
or pasture to protect soil | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | and water quality and to protect and support
fish and wildlife | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | habitat. It is State policy to encourage the retirement
of | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | marginal, highly erodible agricultural land, particularly land | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | adjacent
to public waters and drainage systems, from crop | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | production and to
reestablish a cover of perennial vegetation | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | in order to conserve, protect
and enhance important water and | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | land resources. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 85-960; 86-1475.)
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