94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1078


 
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. John M. Sullivan - Emil Jones, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













525 ILCS 40/2
  from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5902








    Amends the State Forest Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
forest designations.
















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A BILL FOR









 











SB1078

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    AN ACT concerning conservation.

 
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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 Forest Act is amended by changing 
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Section 2 as follows:
 



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    (525 ILCS 40/2)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5902)



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    Sec. 2. State forests shall include only such lands as are 
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decided by the
the
Department of Natural Resources to be more 
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valuable for
the growing of forests
than for other purposes, 
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and shall have for their purpose the production of
forest 
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products, the protection of watersheds that are subject to 
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serious
erosion, the maintenance of purity of springs and 
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streams and to afford
recreation places for the people of the 
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State.
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(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)