(20 ILCS 4130/10)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2034)
    Sec. 10. Legacy Tree Program Task Force.
    (a) The Legacy Tree Program Task Force is created, shall meet on a quarterly basis for 4 years after the effective date of this Act, and shall, by no later than June 30, 2028, submit to the General Assembly, in accordance with Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, a report that contains the final recommendations developed under subsection (b).
    (b) The Legacy Tree Program Task Force shall establish recommendations for the creation of a statewide legacy tree recognition program to promote the identification, awareness, commemoration, and preservation of significant trees in the State.
    (c) The Task Force shall consist of the following members:
        (1) one representative of an environmental
    
organization, appointed by the Governor;
        (2) one representative of the Morton Arboretum,
    
appointed by the Governor;
        (3) the director of the Illinois Environmental
    
Protection Agency or a representative of their choosing;
        (4) one representative of the Illinois Forestry
    
Development Council, appointed by the Governor;
        (5) one representative of the Shawnee National
    
Forest, appointed by the Governor;
        (6) one representative of the Southern Illinois
    
University Department of Forestry, appointed by the Governor;
        (7) one representative of the University of Illinois
    
Extension forestry program, appointed by the Governor;
        (8) one representative of an association that
    
represents Illinois arborists, appointed by the Governor;
        (9) two representatives of the Department of Natural
    
Resources, appointed by the Governor;
        (10) one representative of an environmental
    
organization that is different than the organization in paragraph (1), appointed by the Governor;
        (11) one representative of the Chicago Urban Forestry
    
Board, appointed by the Governor;
        (12) one representative of a forest preserve district
    
in a county that is adjacent to Cook County, appointed by the Governor;
        (13) one representative of a forest preserve district
    
located south of Interstate 80, appointed by the Governor;
        (14) one representative of a statewide organization
    
representing park districts, appointed by the Governor;
        (15) one member of the House of Representatives,
    
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
        (16) one member of the House of Representatives,
    
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;
        (17) one member of the Senate, appointed by the
    
President of the Senate; and
        (18) one member of the Senate, appointed by the
    
Minority Leader of the Senate.
    (d) Members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation.
    (e) The Department of Natural Resources shall provide staff and administrative support services to the Task Force and serve as the lead and chair agency of the Task Force.
(Source: P.A. 103-863, eff. 1-1-25.)