Agriculture & Conservation Committee

Filed: 2/13/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4549

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4549 by replacing
3 line 13 on page 7 through line 23 on page 8 with the following:
4         "(6) two members, appointed by the Governor, who shall
5     be private timber growers;
6         (7) one member, appointed by the president of a
7     statewide association involved in promoting wood products
8     the Illinois Wood Products Association, who shall be
9     involved in primary forest forestry industry;
10         (8) one member, appointed by the president of a
11     statewide association involved in promoting wood products
12     the Illinois Wood Products Association, who shall be
13     involved in secondary forest forestry industry;
14         (9) one member who is actively involved in
15     environmental issues, appointed by the Governor;
16         (10) the president of a statewide association involved
17     in promoting soil and water conservation the Association of
18     Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts;

 

 

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1         (11) two persons who are actively engaged in farming,
2     appointed by the Governor;
3         (12) one member, appointed by the Governor, whose
4     primary area of expertise is urban forestry;
5         (13) one member appointed by the president of a
6     statewide organization of arborists President of the
7     Illinois Arborists Association;
8         (14) the Supervisor of the Shawnee National Forest and
9     the United States Department of Agriculture Natural
10     Resource Conservation Service's State Conservationist, ex
11     officio, or their designees; .
12         (15) the president of a statewide association involved
13     in promoting Illinois forestry;
14         (16) the president of a statewide association involved
15     in promoting Illinois walnut trees;
16         (17) the chair of a statewide association involved in
17     promoting Illinois tree farms;
18         (18) the president of a statewide association of
19     American foresters; and
20         (19) the president of a statewide association
21     promoting Illinois wildlife.
22     For those appointees that are currently serving on the
23 Council prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
24 the 95th General Assembly, their term shall expire 2 years
25 after that effective date.".