Bill Text: IL HB5352 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that mowing roadside vegetation on the rights-of-way or median of a primary highway, interstate highway, or secondary road between March 15 and August 15 is prohibited. Provides exceptions to the mowing prohibition. Provides that the mowing prohibition shall be enforced by the Department of Transportation and violations of the prohibition will result in various civil penalties to be deposited into the Illinois Habitat Fund. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall adopt rules to implement the new provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5352 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5352-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5352 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
605 ILCS 5/111.2 new
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that mowing roadside vegetation on the rights-of-way or median of a primary highway, interstate highway, or secondary road between March 15 and August 15 is prohibited. Provides exceptions to the mowing prohibition. Provides that the mowing prohibition shall be enforced by the Department of Transportation and violations of the prohibition will result in various civil penalties to be deposited into the Illinois Habitat Fund. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall adopt rules to implement the new provisions.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
Section 111.2 as follows:
(605 ILCS 5/111.2 new)
Sec. 111.2. Mowing prohibited.
(a) Mowing roadside vegetation on the rights-of-way or
median of a primary highway, interstate highway, or secondary
road between March 15 and August 15 is prohibited, except:
(1) within 100 yards of an inhabited dwelling;
(2) on the right-of-way or median within one mile of
the corporate limits of a municipality;
(3) to promote native species of vegetation or other
long-lived and adaptable vegetation;
(4) to establish control of damaging insect
populations, invasive plant species;
(5) as provided in Section 9-111, 9-119.5, or 9-119.6;
(6) within 100 yards of a 2-way, 3-way, or 4-way
intersection;
(7) within rest areas, weigh stations, and wayside
parks;
(8) within 50 feet of a drainage tile or tile intake;

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(9) within 100 feet of a mailbox; and
(10) within 25 feet of the edge of a right-of-way
adjacent to an agricultural demonstration or research
plot.
(b) The Department shall enforce this Section. Any person
who violates subsection (a) shall pay a civil penalty, to be
deposited into the Illinois Habitat Fund, in the following
amounts:
(1) for the first violation, $100;
(2) for the second violation, $200;
(3) for a third or subsequent violation, $1,000.
(c) The Department shall adopt rules to implement this
Section.