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90_HB0470enr
415 ILCS 5/9 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1009
415 ILCS 5/10 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1010
415 ILCS 5/42 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042
Amends the Environmental Protection Act to require the
Pollution Control Board to adopt rules by September 1, 1998
prohibiting the open burning of landscape waste in areas of
the State classified as moderate, serious, severe, or extreme
non-attainment areas for ozone or areas designated as
affected counties under the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law
of 1995. Preempts certain home rule powers.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Forestry Development Act by
2 changing Section 6a.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Forestry Development Act is
6 amended by changing Section 6a as follows:
7 (525 ILCS 15/6a) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9106a)
8 Sec. 6a. Illinois Forestry Development Council.
9 (a) The Illinois Forestry Development Council is hereby
10 recreated.
11 (b) The Council shall consist of 24 members appointed as
12 follows:
13 (1) four members of the General Assembly, one
14 appointed by the President of the Senate, one appointed
15 by the Senate Minority Leader, one appointed by the
16 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one
17 appointed by the House Minority Leader;
18 (2) one member appointed by the Governor to
19 represent the Governor;
20 (3) the Directors of the Departments of Natural
21 Resources, Agriculture, and Commerce and Community
22 Affairs, the Executive Director of the Illinois Farm
23 Development Authority, and the Director of the Office of
24 Rural Affairs, or their designees;
25 (4) the chairman of the Department of Forestry or a
26 forestry academician, appointed by the Dean of
27 Agriculture at Southern Illinois University at
28 Carbondale;
29 (5) the head of the Department of Natural Resources
30 and Environmental Sciences or a forestry academician,
31 appointed by the Dean of Agriculture at the University of
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1 Illinois;
2 (6) two members, appointed by the Governor, who
3 shall be private timber growers;
4 (7) one member, appointed by the president of the
5 Illinois Wood Products Association, who shall be involved
6 in primary forestry industry;
7 (8) one member, appointed by the president of the
8 Illinois Wood Products Association, who shall be involved
9 in secondary forestry industry;
10 (9) one member who is actively involved in
11 environmental issues, appointed by the Governor;
12 (10) the president of the Association of Illinois
13 Soil and Water Conservation Districts;
14 (11) two persons who are actively engaged in
15 farming, appointed by the Governor;
16 (12) one member, appointed by the Governor, whose
17 primary area of expertise is urban forestry;
18 (13) one member appointed by the President of the
19 Illinois Arborists Association;
20 (14) The Supervisor of the Shawnee National Forest
21 and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural
22 Resource Conservation Service's State Conservationist, ex
23 officio, or their designees.
24 (c) Members of the Council shall serve without
25 compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses
26 incurred in the performance of their duties which are not
27 otherwise reimbursed.
28 (d) The Council shall select from its membership a
29 chairperson and such other officers as it considers
30 necessary.
31 (e) Other individuals, agencies and organizations may be
32 invited to participate as deemed advisable by the Council.
33 (f) The Council shall study and evaluate the forestry
34 resources and forestry industry of Illinois. The Council
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1 shall:
2 (1) determine the magnitude, nature and extent of
3 the State's forestry resources;
4 (2) determine current uses and project future
5 demand for forest products, services and benefits in
6 Illinois;
7 (3) determine and evaluate the ownership
8 characteristics of the State's forests, the motives for
9 forest ownership and the success of incentives necessary
10 to stimulate development of forest resources;
11 (4) determine the economic development and
12 management opportunities that could result from
13 improvements in local and regional forest product
14 marketing and from the establishment of new or additional
15 wood-related businesses in Illinois;
16 (5) confer with and offer assistance to the
17 Illinois Farm Development Authority relating to its
18 implementation of forest industry assistance programs
19 authorized by the Illinois Farm Development Act;
20 (6) determine the opportunities for increasing
21 employment and economic growth through development of
22 forest resources;
23 (7) determine the effect of current governmental
24 policies and regulations on the management of woodlands
25 and the location of wood products markets;
26 (8) determine the staffing and funding needs for
27 forestry and other conservation programs to support and
28 enhance forest resources development;
29 (9) determine the needs of forestry education
30 programs in this State;
31 (10) confer with and offer assistance to the
32 Department of Natural Resources relating to the
33 implementation of urban forestry assistance grants
34 pursuant to the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance
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1 Act; and
2 (11) determine soil and water conservation benefits
3 and wildlife habitat enhancement opportunities that can
4 be promoted through approved forestry management plans.
5 (g) The Council shall report its findings and
6 recommendations for future State action to the General
7 Assembly no later than July 1 of each year, 1988.
8 (h) This Section 6a is repealed December 31, 2008 1998.
9 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96;
10 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.