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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5452 Introduced , by Rep. Norine K. Hammond SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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505 ILCS 35/1-2 | from Ch. 5, par. 2401-2 |
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Amends the Illinois Conservation Enhancement Act. Makes a technical change in
a Section concerning the legislative purpose and policy of the Act.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB5452 | | LRB100 20009 SLF 35290 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning agriculture.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Conservation Enhancement Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 1-2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (505 ILCS 35/1-2) (from Ch. 5, par. 2401-2)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1-2. Purpose and policy. This Act creates 2 major |
| 8 | | programs,
the
the Save Illinois Topsoil Program and the |
| 9 | | Illinois
Natural Resource Enhancement Program. It is the |
| 10 | | purpose of this Act that
certain marginal agricultural land be |
| 11 | | kept or taken out of crop production
or pasture to protect soil |
| 12 | | and water quality and to protect and support
fish and wildlife |
| 13 | | habitat. It is State policy to encourage the retirement
of |
| 14 | | marginal, highly erodible agricultural land, particularly land |
| 15 | | adjacent
to public waters and drainage systems, from crop |
| 16 | | production and to
reestablish a cover of perennial vegetation |
| 17 | | in order to conserve, protect
and enhance important water and |
| 18 | | land resources. |
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 85-960; 86-1475.)
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