99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3263
 
Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
525 ILCS 10/3  from Ch. 5, par. 933

     Amends the Illinois Exotic Weed Act. Provides that The Director of Natural Resources shall, as needed, report to the Governor and the General Assembly on changes to be made to this Section, both to remove plants that the Director has determined by rule not to be exotic weeds, and to add exotic weeds to the list contained in this Section.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning conservation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Exotic Weed Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 3 as follows:
 


6    (525 ILCS 10/3)  (from Ch. 5, par. 933)




7    Sec. 3. Designated exotic weeds. Japanese honeysuckle 
8(Lonicera
japonica), multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), purple 
9loosestrife
(Lythrum salicaria),
common buckthorn (Rhamnus 
10cathartica), glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula),
saw-toothed 
11buckthorn (Rhamnus arguta), dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus 
12davurica),
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica), Chinese 
13buckthorn (Rhamnus
utilis), kudzu
(Pueraria lobata), exotic 
14bush honeysuckles (Lonicera maackii, Lonicera tatarica, 
15Lonicera morrowii, and Lonicera fragrantissima), exotic olives 
16(Elaeagnus umbellata, Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus 
17angustifolia), salt cedar (all members of the Tamarix genus), 
18poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), giant hogweed (Heracleum 
19mantegazzianum), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), 
20and lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), teasel (all members of 
21the Dipsacus genus), and Japanese, giant, and Bohemian knotweed 
22(Fallopia japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum; Fallopia 
23sachalinensis; and Fallopia x bohemica, resp.) are hereby 
 
 
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1designated
exotic weeds.  Upon petition the
Director of Natural 
2Resources, by rule,
shall exempt varieties of any species 
3listed in this Act that can be
demonstrated by published or 
4current research not to be an exotic weed as
defined in Section 
52. The Director of Natural Resources shall, as needed, report 
6to the Governor and the General Assembly on changes to be made 
7to this Section, both to remove plants that the Director has 
8determined by rule not to be exotic weeds, and to add exotic 
9weeds to the list contained in this Section. 

10(Source: P.A. 99-81, eff. 1-1-16.)