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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0550
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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410 ILCS 90/1 |
from Ch. 8, par. 231 |
410 ILCS 90/5 new |
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Amends the Pest and Predatory Animal Control Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Department of Natural Resources, shall promulgate rules concerning the control of firewood importation into the State with special attention to controlling the infestation of insect pests, including the emerald ash borer. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0550 |
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LRB095 10615 CMK 30838 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Pest and Predatory Animal Control Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 5 as |
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| follows:
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| (410 ILCS 90/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 231)
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| Sec. 1. The Department of Agriculture of the State of |
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| Illinois is
authorized to enter into an agreement with the |
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| Bureau of Sport Fisheries
and Wildlife, United States |
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| Department of the Interior, covering
cooperation with funds, |
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| facilities and personnel in conducting a program
which will |
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| prevent or minimize the economic depredations of wild and feral
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| animals and commensal rodents, insects, starlings and bird |
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| pests, abate their
nuisances and reduce the transmission of |
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| disease to persons, domestic
animals,
and wild life, and |
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| habitat.
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| (Source: Laws 1963, p. 3394.)
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| (410 ILCS 90/5 new) |
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| Sec. 5. Importation of firewood. Within 9 months after the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly, the Department of Agriculture shall promulgate rules |