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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 842
2 AMENDMENT NO. _______. Amend House Bill 842, on page 1,
3 immediately below line 5, by inserting the following:
4 "Section 5. Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee;
5 duties.
6 (a) The Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee is
7 created within the Department of Agriculture.
8 (b) The Advisory Committee shall study and investigate
9 the potential for carbon sequestration in Illinois, focusing
10 on air quality and the preservation of agricultural
11 resources.
12 (c) The Director of Agriculture shall appoint the
13 members of the Advisory Committee. The membership of the
14 Advisory Committee shall include representatives of the
15 following: the Department of Agriculture, the Department of
16 Natural Resources, the United States Department of
17 Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the
18 University of Illinois. The Director of Agriculture may
19 appoint any other members deemed necessary. The Director of
20 Agriculture shall designate one of the Advisory Committee
21 members to serve as the chairperson of the Advisory Committee
22 and shall provide staffing support for the Committee. All
23 Advisory Committee members shall serve without compensation,
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1 but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the
2 performance of their duties.
3 Section 10. Report. The Committee shall report to the
4 General Assembly not later than February 1, 2002, setting out
5 its findings and recommendations and proposing how best to
6 proceed with the study of carbon sequestration, including
7 various trading options and alternatives, considering air
8 quality and the preservation of agricultural resources.
9 Section 90. Repeal. This Act is repealed on June 1,
10 2002.
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.".