(525 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 5, par. 933) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-620)
Sec. 3. Designated exotic weeds. Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera
japonica), multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), purple loosestrife
(Lythrum salicaria),
common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula),
saw-toothed buckthorn (Rhamnus arguta), dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus davurica),
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica), Chinese buckthorn (Rhamnus
utilis), kudzu
(Pueraria lobata), exotic bush honeysuckles (Lonicera maackii, Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera morrowii, and Lonicera fragrantissima), exotic olives (Elaeagnus umbellata, Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus angustifolia), salt cedar (all members of the Tamarix genus), poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), and lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), teasel (all members of the Dipsacus genus), and Japanese, giant, and Bohemian knotweed (Fallopia japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum; Fallopia sachalinensis; and Fallopia x bohemica, resp.) are hereby designated
exotic weeds. Upon petition the
Director of Natural Resources, by rule,
shall exempt varieties of any species listed in this Act that can be
demonstrated by published or current research not to be an exotic weed as
defined in Section 2.
(Source: P.A. 99-81, eff. 1-1-16.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-620) Sec. 3. Designation of exotic weeds. The Department shall determine the plants that are exotic weeds for the purposes of this Act and shall compile and keep current a list of such exotic weeds, which list shall be published and incorporated in the rules of the Department. The Department, by rule, shall exempt varieties of any species listed in the rule that can be demonstrated by published or current research not to be an exotic weed as defined in Section 2. The Department shall consult with the Department of Agriculture before adding or removing any plant from the exotic weed list by administrative rule. The Department may also consult with any group serving interests in agriculture, industry, conservation, ecology, or management regarding exotic weeds. (Source: P.A. 103-620, eff. 1-1-25.)
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