100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5452

 

Introduced , by Rep. Norine K. Hammond

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
505 ILCS 35/1-2  from Ch. 5, par. 2401-2

    Amends the Illinois Conservation Enhancement Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose and policy of the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning agriculture.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Conservation Enhancement Act is
5amended by changing Section 1-2 as follows:
 
6    (505 ILCS 35/1-2)  (from Ch. 5, par. 2401-2)
7    Sec. 1-2. Purpose and policy. This Act creates 2 major
8programs, the the Save Illinois Topsoil Program and the
9Illinois Natural Resource Enhancement Program. It is the
10purpose of this Act that certain marginal agricultural land be
11kept or taken out of crop production or pasture to protect soil
12and water quality and to protect and support fish and wildlife
13habitat. It is State policy to encourage the retirement of
14marginal, highly erodible agricultural land, particularly land
15adjacent to public waters and drainage systems, from crop
16production and to reestablish a cover of perennial vegetation
17in order to conserve, protect and enhance important water and
18land resources.
19(Source: P.A. 85-960; 86-1475.)