95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0974

 

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. John M. Sullivan - Emil Jones, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
525 ILCS 40/2   from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5902

    Amends the State Forest Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning forest designations.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Forest Act is amended by changing
5 Section 2 as follows:
 
6     (525 ILCS 40/2)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5902)
7     Sec. 2. State forests shall include only such lands as are
8 decided by the the Department of Natural Resources to be more
9 valuable for the growing of forests than for other purposes,
10 and shall have for their purpose the production of forest
11 products, the protection of watersheds that are subject to
12 serious erosion, the maintenance of purity of springs and
13 streams and to afford recreation places for the people of the
14 State.
15 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)