HB0025 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0025

Introduced 1/12/2011, by Rep. Jim Sacia

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 735/9a

from Ch. 111, par. 709a

Amends the Timber Buyers Licensing Act. On or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, provides that a timber buyer who purchases timber in the State shall no longer be required to deduct from the payment to the timber grower a percentage of the purchase price and forward such amount to the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that upon the effective date of the amendatory Act, a timber buyer is no longer required to pay to the Department, when the periodic report is submitted, a percentage amount equal to the gross value of the timber utilized during the period. Effective immediately.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Timber Buyers Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 9a as follows:

(225 ILCS 735/9a) (from Ch. 111, par. 709a)

Sec. 9a. Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, when When a timber buyer purchases timber in this State, the buyer shall determine the amount to be paid for such timber, or the value of items to be bartered for such timber, and shall deduct from the payment to the timber grower an amount which equals 4% of the purchase price and shall forward such amount to the Department of Natural Resources, along with a report of the purchase on forms provided by the Department. On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, this deduction shall no longer be required.

Every timber grower who utilizes timber produced on land he owns or operates for sawing into lumber, for processing, or for resale, except a person who occasionally uses his own timber for sawing or processing for his own use and not for resale, shall report periodically, as required by regulation of the Department, the quantity of timber produced and utilized by the owner or operator during the reporting period. Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, such Such timber grower shall pay to the Department, when the periodic report is submitted, an amount equal to 4% of the gross value of the timber utilized during the period. On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, these payments shall no longer be required. The value of such timber shall be determined pursuant to rule of the Department. Such rules shall include a voluntary arbitration program for use in situations in which a dispute arises as to the gross value of the timber.

The fees required by this Section shall be deposited in the Illinois Forestry Development Fund, a special fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of the "Illinois Forestry Development Act".

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.