Section 240.125  Firewood Importer Certificates

Any person desiring to import firewood into the State of Illinois for resale shall, before importing any firewood into this State, make annual application to the Department for a firewood importer certificate.  The certificate application shall be on forms made available by the Department via the Department's web site (www.agr.state.il.us) or by writing the Department at:  Illinois Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 19281 , Springfield IL 62794-928.  A firewood importer certificate shall expire December 31 each year.  Firewood imported into the State shall be free of all devastating insects or plant diseases and shall be subject to inspection at the discretion of the Department. Any person failing to comply with this Section is in violation of the Act and shall be subject to the applicable penalty provisions of Sections 22 and 22.01 of the Act.

(Source:  Added at 33 Ill. Reg. 203, effective January 1, 2009)