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Public Act 102-1004 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Parks Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 6 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 835/6) (from Ch. 105, par. 468b)
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Sec. 6.
It is a violation of this Section for any person
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do any of the following without approval by the Department of | ||||
Natural Resources :
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(1) cut, break, injure, destroy, take or remove any | ||||
tree, shrub, timber,
plant, or natural object in any park | ||||
or parkway, except that the Department
of
Natural | ||||
Resources may, by administrative rule, authorize
edible | ||||
fungi, nut, and berry collection in those areas of | ||||
Department owned,
leased, or
managed lands where the | ||||
collecting would not be in conflict or incompatible
with | ||||
(i)
Department of Natural Resources natural resource | ||||
management or recreational
programs
for that area and (ii) | ||||
the Natural Areas Preservation Act;
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(2) kill, cause to be killed, or pursue with intent to | ||||
kill any bird or
animal in a park or parkway, provided that | ||||
the Department of Natural
Resources may by administrative | ||||
order authorize hunting in
those areas of state parks |
where such hunting would not be in conflict or
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incompatible with Department of Natural Resources
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recreational programs for that area;
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(3) take any fish from the waters of any park or | ||
parkway, contrary to the
rules and regulations of the | ||
Department of Natural Resources;
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(4) wilfully mutilate, injure, deface, or destroy any | ||
guide post,
notice, tablet, fence, enclosure or work for | ||
the protection or
ornamentation of any park or parkway;
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(5) light any fire upon any park or parkway, except in
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an authorized place or places or wilfully or carelessly | ||
permit any fire
which he has lighted or caused to be | ||
lighted, or which shall be under his
charge, to spread or | ||
extend to or burn any shrubbery, trees, timber,
ornaments, | ||
or improvements upon any State park, nature preserve or
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parkways, or leave any camp fires which he shall have | ||
lighted or caused to
be lighted, or which shall have been | ||
left in his charge, unattended by a
competent person;
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(6) place within any park or parkway or affix to any
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object therein contained, any work, character, or device | ||
designed to
advertise any business, profession, article, | ||
thing, exhibition, matter or
event;
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(7) violate any rule or regulation adopted and | ||
published by the Department
of Natural Resources pursuant | ||
to the provisions of this
Act.
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A person who violates this Section shall, for each |
offense, be guilty of
a Class B misdemeanor.
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(Source: P.A. 93-341, eff. 7-24-03.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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