093_HB2813
LRB093 09480 BDD 09715 b
1 AN ACT concerning exotic weeds.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Exotic Weed Act is amended by
5 changing Section 3 as follows:
6 (525 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 933)
7 Sec. 3. Designated Exotic Weeds. Japanese honeysuckle
8 (Lonicera japonica), multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora),
9 common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), glossy buckthorn
10 (Rhamnus frangula), saw-toothed buckthorn (Rhamnus arguta),
11 dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus davurica), Japanese buckthorn
12 (Rhamnus japonica), and Chinese buckthorn (Rhamnus utilis),
13 and purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) are hereby
14 designated exotic weeds. Upon petition the Director of
15 Natural Resources, by rule, shall exempt varieties of any
16 species listed in this Act that can be demonstrated by
17 published or current research not to be an exotic weed as
18 defined in Section 2.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)