Bill Text: IL HB4147 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Forestry Development Act. With regard to the membership of the Illinois Forestry Development Council, provides that 4 members representing the leaders of the General Assembly (rather than 4 members of the General Assembly) shall be appointed to the Council. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-19 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4147 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4147-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4147 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech - Rita Mayfield SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
525 ILCS 15/6b
Amends the Illinois Forestry Development Act. With regard to the membership of the Illinois Forestry Development Council, provides that 4 members representing the leaders of the General Assembly (rather than 4 members of the General Assembly) shall be appointed to the Council. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning conservation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Forestry Development Act is
amended by changing Section 6b as follows:
(525 ILCS 15/6b)
Sec. 6b. Illinois Forestry Development Council.
(a) The Illinois Forestry Development Council is created
by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
(b) The Council shall consist of 29 members appointed as
follows:
(1) four members representing the leaders of the
General Assembly, one appointed by the President of the
Senate, one appointed by the Senate Minority Leader, one
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and one appointed by the House Minority Leader;
(2) one member appointed by the Governor to represent
the Governor;
(3) the Directors of the Departments of Natural
Resources, Agriculture, and Commerce and Economic
Opportunity, the Executive Director of the Illinois
Finance Authority, and the Director of the Office of Rural
Affairs, or their designees;

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(4) the chair of the Department of Forestry or a
forestry academician, appointed by the Dean of
Agricultural Sciences at Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale;
(5) the head of the Department of Natural Resources
and Environmental Sciences or a forestry academician,
appointed by the Dean of Agricultural Consumer and
Environmental Sciences of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign;
(6) two members, appointed by the Governor, who shall
be private timber growers;
(7) one member, appointed by the president of a
statewide association involved in promoting wood products,
who shall be involved in primary forest industry;
(8) one member, appointed by the president of a
statewide association involved in promoting wood products,
who shall be involved in secondary forest industry;
(9) one member who is actively involved in
environmental issues, appointed by the Governor;
(10) the president of a statewide association involved
in promoting soil and water conservation;
(11) two persons who are actively engaged in farming,
appointed by the Governor;
(12) one member, appointed by the Governor, whose
primary area of expertise is urban forestry;
(13) one member appointed by the president of a

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statewide organization of arborists;
(14) the Supervisor of the Shawnee National Forest and
the United States Department of Agriculture Natural
Resource Conservation Service's State Conservationist, ex
officio, or their designees;
(15) the president of a statewide association involved
in promoting Illinois forestry;
(16) the president of a statewide association involved
in promoting Illinois walnut trees;
(17) the chair of a statewide association involved in
promoting Illinois tree farms;
(18) the president of a statewide association of
American foresters; and
(19) the president of a statewide association
promoting Illinois wildlife.
(c) Members of the Council shall serve without
compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties which are not
otherwise reimbursed.
(d) The Council shall select from its membership a
chairperson and such other officers as it considers necessary.
Appointees to the Council shall serve for an initial term of 2
years and may be reappointed for one additional term.
(e) Other individuals, agencies and organizations may be
invited to participate as deemed advisable by the Council.
(f) The Council shall study and evaluate the forest

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resources and forest industry of Illinois. The Council shall:
(1) determine the magnitude, nature and extent of the
State's forest resources;
(2) determine current uses and project future demand
for forest products, services and benefits in Illinois;
(3) determine and evaluate the ownership
characteristics of the State's forests, the motives for
forest ownership and the success of incentives necessary
to stimulate development of forest resources;
(4) determine the economic development and management
opportunities that could result from improvements in local
and regional forest product marketing and from the
establishment of new or additional wood-related businesses
in Illinois;
(5) confer with and offer assistance to the Illinois
Finance Authority relating to its implementation of forest
industry assistance programs authorized by the Illinois
Finance Authority Act;
(6) determine the opportunities for increasing
employment and economic growth through development of
forest resources;
(7) determine the effect of current governmental
policies and regulations on the management of woodlands
and the location of wood products markets;
(8) determine the staffing and funding needs for
forest and other conservation programs to support and

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enhance forest resources development;
(9) determine the needs of forest education programs
in this State;
(10) confer with and offer assistance to the
Department of Natural Resources relating to the
implementation of urban forest assistance grants pursuant
to the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Act; and
(11) determine soil and water conservation benefits
and wildlife habitat enhancement opportunities that can be
promoted through approved forest management plans.
(g) The Council shall report (i) its findings and
recommendations for future State action and (ii) its
evaluation of Urban/Community Forestry Assistance Grants to
the General Assembly no later than July 1 of each year.
(Source: P.A. 96-217, eff. 8-10-09; 96-545, eff. 8-17-09.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.