Bill Text: IL SB3103 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the State Parks Act. Specifies that certain actions are not violations of the Act if they are done with the approval of the Department of Natural Resources. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1004 [SB3103 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB3103-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 102-1004 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Parks Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 6 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 835/6) (from Ch. 105, par. 468b)
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Sec. 6.
It is a violation of this Section for any person
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do any of the following without approval by the Department of | ||||
Natural Resources:
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(1) cut, break, injure, destroy, take or remove any | ||||
tree, shrub, timber,
plant, or natural object in any park | ||||
or parkway, except that the Department
of
Natural | ||||
Resources may, by administrative rule, authorize
edible | ||||
fungi, nut, and berry collection in those areas of | ||||
Department owned,
leased, or
managed lands where the | ||||
collecting would not be in conflict or incompatible
with | ||||
(i)
Department of Natural Resources natural resource | ||||
management or recreational
programs
for that area and (ii) | ||||
the Natural Areas Preservation Act;
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(2) kill, cause to be killed, or pursue with intent to | ||||
kill any bird or
animal in a park or parkway, provided that | ||||
the Department of Natural
Resources may by administrative | ||||
order authorize hunting in
those areas of state parks | ||||
where such hunting would not be in conflict or
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incompatible with Department of Natural Resources
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recreational programs for that area;
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(3) take any fish from the waters of any park or | ||
parkway, contrary to the
rules and regulations of the | ||
Department of Natural Resources;
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(4) wilfully mutilate, injure, deface, or destroy any | ||
guide post,
notice, tablet, fence, enclosure or work for | ||
the protection or
ornamentation of any park or parkway;
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(5) light any fire upon any park or parkway, except in
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an authorized place or places or wilfully or carelessly | ||
permit any fire
which he has lighted or caused to be | ||
lighted, or which shall be under his
charge, to spread or | ||
extend to or burn any shrubbery, trees, timber,
ornaments, | ||
or improvements upon any State park, nature preserve or
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parkways, or leave any camp fires which he shall have | ||
lighted or caused to
be lighted, or which shall have been | ||
left in his charge, unattended by a
competent person;
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(6) place within any park or parkway or affix to any
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object therein contained, any work, character, or device | ||
designed to
advertise any business, profession, article, | ||
thing, exhibition, matter or
event;
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(7) violate any rule or regulation adopted and | ||
published by the Department
of Natural Resources pursuant | ||
to the provisions of this
Act.
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A person who violates this Section shall, for each | ||
offense, be guilty of
a Class B misdemeanor.
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(Source: P.A. 93-341, eff. 7-24-03.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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