Bill Text: IL HB5893 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Forest Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning forest designations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5893 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB5893-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB5893 Introduced , by Rep. Norine Hammond SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
525 ILCS 40/2 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5902
Amends the State Forest Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning forest designations.
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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 State Forest Act is amended by changing
Section 2 as follows:
(525 ILCS 40/2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5902)
Sec. 2. State forests shall include only such lands as are
decided by the the Department of Natural Resources to be more
valuable for the growing of forests than for other purposes,
and shall have for their purpose the production of forest
products, the protection of watersheds that are subject to
serious erosion, the maintenance of purity of springs and
streams and to afford recreation places for the people of the
State.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)