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Sen. Daniel Biss
Filed: 3/5/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 681
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 681 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Exotic Weed Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (525 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 933)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3. Designated Exotic Weeds. Japanese honeysuckle |
| 8 | | (Lonicera
japonica), multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), purple |
| 9 | | loosestrife
(Lythrum salicaria),
common buckthorn (Rhamnus |
| 10 | | cathartica), glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula),
saw-toothed |
| 11 | | buckthorn (Rhamnus arguta), dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus |
| 12 | | davurica),
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica), Chinese |
| 13 | | buckthorn (Rhamnus
utilis), and kudzu
(Pueraria lobata), |
| 14 | | exotic bush honeysuckles (Lonicera maackii, Lonicera tatarica, |
| 15 | | Lonicera morrowii, and Lonicera fragrantissima), exotic olives |
| 16 | | (Elaeagnus umbellata, Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus |
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| 1 | | angustifolia), salt cedar (all members of the Tamarix genus), |
| 2 | | poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), giant hogweed (Heracleum |
| 3 | | mantegazzianum), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), |
| 4 | | and lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), teasel (all members of |
| 5 | | the Dipsacus genus), and Japanese, giant, and Bohemian knotweed |
| 6 | | (Fallopia japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum; Fallopia |
| 7 | | sachalinensis; and Fallopia x bohemica, resp.) are hereby |
| 8 | | designated
exotic weeds. Upon petition the
Director of Natural |
| 9 | | Resources, by rule,
shall exempt varieties of any species |
| 10 | | listed in this Act that can be
demonstrated by published or |
| 11 | | current research not to be an exotic weed as
defined in Section |
| 12 | | 2.
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| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 93-128, eff. 7-10-03.)
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| 14 | | (525 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 5, par. 934)
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| 15 | | Sec. 4. Control of Exotic Weeds. |
| 16 | | (a) It shall be unlawful for any
person, corporation, |
| 17 | | political subdivision, agency or department of the
State to |
| 18 | | buy, sell, offer for sale, distribute or plant seeds, plants or
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| 19 | | plant parts of exotic weeds without a permit issued by the |
| 20 | | Department of
Natural Resources. Such permits shall be issued |
| 21 | | only: |
| 22 | | (1) for
experiments into
controlling and eradicating |
| 23 | | exotic weeds; or |
| 24 | | (2) for research to demonstrate
that a variety of a |
| 25 | | species listed in this Act is not an exotic weed as
defined |
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| 1 | | in Section 2; or .
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| 2 | | (3) for the use of exotic olive (Elaeagnus umbellata, |
| 3 | | Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus angustifolia) berries in the |
| 4 | | manufacture of value added products, not to include the |
| 5 | | resale of whole berries or seeds. The exotic berry permit |
| 6 | | holder must register annually with the Department of |
| 7 | | Natural Resources and be able to demonstrate to the |
| 8 | | Department that seeds remaining post-manufacture are |
| 9 | | sterile or otherwise unviable. |
| 10 | | (b) The commercial propagation of exotic weeds for sale |
| 11 | | outside
Illinois, certified under the Insect Pest and Plant |
| 12 | | Disease Act, is
exempted from the provisions of this Section.
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| 13 | | (c) The Department of Natural Resources may adopt rules for |
| 14 | | the administration of this Section. |
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)".
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