93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2904

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Dale E. Risinger

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 805/805-233 new

    Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that if the Department of Natural Resources adds acreage to or renovates any existing acreage in the Hazel and Bill Rutherford Wildlife Prarie State Park, then any lighting installed on the added or renovated acreage must be properly shielded to prevent light scatter into the sky.


LRB093 18712 BDD 44441 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB2904 LRB093 18712 BDD 44441 b

1     AN ACT concerning natural resources.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources
5 (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
6 is amended by adding Section 805-233 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 805/805-233 new)
8     Sec. 805-233. Prevention of light pollution at State parks.
9 If the Department adds acreage to or renovates any existing
10 acreage in the Hazel and Bill Rutherford Wildlife Prarie State
11 Park, then any lighting installed on the added or renovated
12 acreage must be properly shielded to prevent light scatter into
13 the sky. The purpose of this Section is to reduce the effects
14 of light pollution at the park and allow the astronomical
15 observation of the night sky.