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1 | AN ACT concerning conservation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Forest Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 6 as follows:
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6 | (525 ILCS 40/6) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5907)
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7 | Sec. 6.
The Department shall have the authority to take all | ||||||
8 | measures
necessary to secure plants and plant materials from | ||||||
9 | private sources and to
establish and operate nurseries to | ||||||
10 | produce and distribute plants and plant
materials. The | ||||||
11 | Department shall develop and implement a program of
securing | ||||||
12 | plants and plant materials from private sources. The Department
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13 | shall utilize the most modern methods and
techniques to operate | ||||||
14 | its nursery facilities.
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15 | The plants and plant materials secured or produced
shall be | ||||||
16 | used exclusively for conservation purposes, such as
for | ||||||
17 | wildlife habitat, erosion control, energy conservation, | ||||||
18 | natural
community restoration, general reforestation, | ||||||
19 | research, commemorative
plantings, and educational programs | ||||||
20 | such as Arbor Day unless otherwise agreed through a memorandum | ||||||
21 | of understanding with the Illinois Green Industry Association | ||||||
22 | which would allow the sale of plants as liner stock . Plants and | ||||||
23 | plant
materials distributed by the State shall not be used for |
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1 | ornamental,
landscaping or shade tree purposes. Plants and | ||||||
2 | plant
materials secured or produced and distributed by the | ||||||
3 | State nurseries are to
be protected against
abuses, such as may | ||||||
4 | occur in the event of livestock grazing or wildfire.
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5 | The Department may cooperate with any person or group | ||||||
6 | desirous of
establishing plants or plant materials for | ||||||
7 | conservation plantings by (a)
furnishing trees, shrubs, seeds | ||||||
8 | or other materials where deemed necessary
or desirable, or (b) | ||||||
9 | providing labor, equipment and technical supervision to
plan | ||||||
10 | and implement the conservation plantings, or both.
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11 | Plants and plant materials may be provided, upon approval | ||||||
12 | of a written
management plan, without charge to individual | ||||||
13 | landowners, State agencies
and institutions, local | ||||||
14 | governments, civic groups and others for conservation | ||||||
15 | plantings.
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16 | Plants and plant materials may be provided without charge | ||||||
17 | to government
agencies and institutions, organized groups or | ||||||
18 | individuals for special
conservation plantings, research | ||||||
19 | plantings, educational purposes and
commemorative plantings.
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20 | Plants and plant materials may be made available to the | ||||||
21 | general public,
mining companies, other industries and
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22 | agencies of the federal government but shall be sold at a price
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23 | approximately equal to the cost of acquisition or production | ||||||
24 | and distribution.
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25 | Products such as Christmas trees, roundwood and other | ||||||
26 | materials derived
from State distributed plants or plant |
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1 | materials may be utilized, sold or
removed, except that no such | ||||||
2 | plants shall be resold, bartered or given away
and removed | ||||||
3 | alive with the roots attached unless otherwise agreed through a | ||||||
4 | memorandum of understanding with the Illinois Green Industry | ||||||
5 | Association which would allow the sale of plants as liner | ||||||
6 | stock .
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7 | The Department may effect exchanges, purchases or sales | ||||||
8 | involving plants
and plant materials with other states or with | ||||||
9 | agencies of the federal
government.
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10 | The Department shall have the authority to make such rules | ||||||
11 | and
regulations pursuant to the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
12 | Procedure Act as it
deems necessary for carrying out, | ||||||
13 | administering and enforcing the
provisions of this Act.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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