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Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
Filed: 3/5/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 550
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 550 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Insect Pest and Plant Disease Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 35 as follows:
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| (505 ILCS 90/35 new) |
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| Sec. 35. Importation of firewood. Within 9 months after the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly, the Department of Agriculture shall promulgate rules |
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| concerning the control of firewood importation into the State |
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| with special attention to controlling the infestation of insect |
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| pests, including the emerald ash borer. The Department of |
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| Agriculture may collaborate with the Department of Natural |
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| Resources to promulgate the rules required under this Section.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |