93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2977

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Lawrence M. Walsh

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 801/15-5

    Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Provides that the Department's Office of Scientific Research and Analysis shall contain within it an Illinois Center for Sustainability and Research division, rather than a Waste Management and Research Center division. Effective July 1, 2004.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning natural resources.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources Act is
5 amended by changing Section 15-5 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 801/15-5)
7     Sec. 15-5. Office of Scientific Research and Analysis. The
8 Department of Natural Resources shall have within it an Office
9 of Scientific Research and Analysis. The Office shall contain
10 within it a Natural History Survey division, a State Water
11 Survey division, a State Geological Survey division, an
12 Illinois Center for Sustainability and Research a Waste
13 Management and Research Center division, and such other related
14 research functions and responsibilities as may be appropriate.
15 The Board of Natural Resources and Conservation is retained as
16 the governing board for the Scientific Surveys and Waste
17 Management and Research Center.
18 (Source: P.A. 89-50, eff. 7-1-95; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 90-490,
19 eff. 8-17-97.)
 
20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
21 2004.