99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0681
 
Introduced 2/3/2015, by Sen. Daniel Biss
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



525 ILCS 10/3  from Ch. 5, par. 933

     Amends the Illinois Exotic Weed Act. Adds exotic bush honeysuckles (Lonicera maackii, Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera morrowii, and Lonicera fragrantissima), exotic olives (Elaeagnus umbellata, Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus angustifolia), salt cedar (all members of the Tamarix genus), poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), and lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), teasel (all members of the Dipsacus genus), and Japanese, giant, and Bohemian knotweed (Fallopia japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum; Fallopia sachalinensis; and Fallopia x bohemica, resp.) to designated exotic weeds.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning conservation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Exotic Weed Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 3 as follows:
 



6    (525 ILCS 10/3)  (from Ch. 5, par. 933)



7    Sec. 3. Designated Exotic Weeds. Japanese honeysuckle 
8(Lonicera
japonica), multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), purple 
9loosestrife
(Lythrum salicaria),
common buckthorn (Rhamnus 
10cathartica), glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula),
saw-toothed 
11buckthorn (Rhamnus arguta), dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus 
12davurica),
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica), Chinese 
13buckthorn (Rhamnus
utilis), and kudzu
(Pueraria lobata), 
14exotic bush honeysuckles (Lonicera maackii, Lonicera tatarica, 
15Lonicera morrowii, and Lonicera fragrantissima), exotic olives 
16(Elaeagnus umbellata, Elaeagnus pungens, Elaeagnus 
17angustifolia), salt cedar (all members of the Tamarix genus), 
18poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), giant hogweed (Heracleum 
19mantegazzianum), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), 
20and lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), teasel (all members of 
21the Dipsacus genus), and Japanese, giant, and Bohemian knotweed 
22(Fallopia japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum; Fallopia 
23sachalinensis; and Fallopia x bohemica, resp.) are hereby 
 
 
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1designated
exotic weeds.  Upon petition the
Director of Natural 
2Resources, by rule,
shall exempt varieties of any species 
3listed in this Act that can be
demonstrated by published or 
4current research not to be an exotic weed as
defined in Section 
52.

6(Source: P.A. 93-128, eff. 7-10-03.)