Bill Text: IL SB3263 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Exotic Weed Act. Provides that The Director of Natural Resources shall, as needed, report to the Governor and the General Assembly on changes to be made to this Section, both to remove plants that the Director has determined by rule not to be exotic weeds, and to add exotic weeds to the list contained in this Section.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3263 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB3263-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning conservation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Exotic Weed Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3 as follows:
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6 | (525 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 933)
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7 | Sec. 3. Designated exotic weeds. Japanese honeysuckle | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (Lonicera
japonica), multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), purple | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | loosestrife
(Lythrum salicaria),
common buckthorn (Rhamnus | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | cathartica), glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula),
saw-toothed | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | buckthorn (Rhamnus arguta), dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | davurica),
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica), Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | buckthorn (Rhamnus
utilis), kudzu
(Pueraria lobata), exotic | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | bush honeysuckles (Lonicera maackii, Lonicera tatarica, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Lonicera morrowii, and Lonicera fragrantissima), exotic olives | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | (Elaeagnus umbellata, Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | angustifolia), salt cedar (all members of the Tamarix genus), | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), giant hogweed (Heracleum | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | mantegazzianum), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | and lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), teasel (all members of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the Dipsacus genus), and Japanese, giant, and Bohemian knotweed | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (Fallopia japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum; Fallopia | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | sachalinensis; and Fallopia x bohemica, resp.) are hereby |
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1 | designated
exotic weeds. Upon petition the
Director of Natural | ||||||
2 | Resources, by rule,
shall exempt varieties of any species | ||||||
3 | listed in this Act that can be
demonstrated by published or | ||||||
4 | current research not to be an exotic weed as
defined in Section | ||||||
5 | 2. The Director of Natural Resources shall, as needed, report | ||||||
6 | to the Governor and the General Assembly on changes to be made | ||||||
7 | to this Section, both to remove plants that the Director has | ||||||
8 | determined by rule not to be exotic weeds, and to add exotic | ||||||
9 | weeds to the list contained in this Section.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 99-81, eff. 1-1-16 .)
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