SB2904 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2904

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Dale E. Risinger

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 805/805-233 new

Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that if the Department of Natural Resources adds acreage to or renovates any existing acreage in the Hazel and Bill Rutherford Wildlife Prarie State Park, then any lighting installed on the added or renovated acreage must be properly shielded to prevent light scatter into the sky.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning natural resources.

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

Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 805-233 as follows:

(20 ILCS 805/805-233 new)

Sec. 805-233. Prevention of light pollution at State parks. If the Department adds acreage to or renovates any existing acreage in the Hazel and Bill Rutherford Wildlife Prarie State Park, then any lighting installed on the added or renovated acreage must be properly shielded to prevent light scatter into the sky. The purpose of this Section is to reduce the effects of light pollution at the park and allow the astronomical observation of the night sky.