101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3128

 

Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 205/205-101 new

     Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall create a pollinator protection plan to protect the health and mitigate risk to honeybees and other managed pollinators in the State. Provides that the Department shall identify the top potential risks to pollinators in the State and provide approaches, tools, and resources to reduce these risks during a reasonable time frame. Provides that the Department shall report its findings to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2021.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
6205-101 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 205/205-101 new)
8    Sec. 205-101. Pollinator plan. The Department shall create
9a pollinator protection plan to protect the health and mitigate
10risk to honeybees and other managed pollinators in this State.
11The Department shall identify the top potential risks to
12pollinators in this State and provide approaches, tools, and
13resources to reduce these risks during a reasonable time frame.
14The Department shall report its findings to the General
15Assembly on or before January 1, 2021. This Section is repealed
16January 1, 2022.