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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5adding Section 22.62 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.62 new)
7    Sec. 22.62. Pretreated seed ban; ethanol production.
8    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, pretreated
9seeds shall not be used in the production of ethanol.
10    (b) In this Section, "pretreated seeds" means any
11manufactured seed that is treated before planting with
12pesticides, as that term is defined in Section 4 of the
13Illinois Pesticide Act.