99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5893

 

Introduced , by Rep. Norine Hammond

 

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