1 | 1 | | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1837 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 735/9a from Ch. 111, par. 709a225 ILCS 735/11 from Ch. 111, par. 711525 ILCS 15/5 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9105525 ILCS 15/7 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9107 Amends the Timber Buyers Licensing Act. Removes language that requires a person buying timber from a timber grower to deduct from the payment to the timber grower an amount which equals 4% of the purchase price or 4% of the minimum fair market value and forward such amount to the Department of Natural Resources. Removes language that requires a timber grower who utilizes timber produced on land the timber grower owns or operates for sawing into lumber, processing, or resale to pay to the Department an amount equal to 4% of the minimum fair market value of the timber utilized during a period. Makes conforming changes. LRB104 04665 AAS 14692 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1837 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 735/9a from Ch. 111, par. 709a225 ILCS 735/11 from Ch. 111, par. 711525 ILCS 15/5 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9105525 ILCS 15/7 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9107 225 ILCS 735/9a from Ch. 111, par. 709a 225 ILCS 735/11 from Ch. 111, par. 711 525 ILCS 15/5 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9105 525 ILCS 15/7 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9107 Amends the Timber Buyers Licensing Act. Removes language that requires a person buying timber from a timber grower to deduct from the payment to the timber grower an amount which equals 4% of the purchase price or 4% of the minimum fair market value and forward such amount to the Department of Natural Resources. Removes language that requires a timber grower who utilizes timber produced on land the timber grower owns or operates for sawing into lumber, processing, or resale to pay to the Department an amount equal to 4% of the minimum fair market value of the timber utilized during a period. Makes conforming changes. LRB104 04665 AAS 14692 b LRB104 04665 AAS 14692 b A BILL FOR |
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2 | 2 | | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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2025 and 2026 SB1837 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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3 | 3 | | 225 ILCS 735/9a from Ch. 111, par. 709a225 ILCS 735/11 from Ch. 111, par. 711525 ILCS 15/5 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9105525 ILCS 15/7 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9107 225 ILCS 735/9a from Ch. 111, par. 709a 225 ILCS 735/11 from Ch. 111, par. 711 525 ILCS 15/5 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9105 525 ILCS 15/7 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9107 |
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4 | 4 | | 225 ILCS 735/9a from Ch. 111, par. 709a |
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5 | 5 | | 225 ILCS 735/11 from Ch. 111, par. 711 |
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6 | 6 | | 525 ILCS 15/5 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9105 |
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7 | 7 | | 525 ILCS 15/7 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9107 |
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8 | 8 | | Amends the Timber Buyers Licensing Act. Removes language that requires a person buying timber from a timber grower to deduct from the payment to the timber grower an amount which equals 4% of the purchase price or 4% of the minimum fair market value and forward such amount to the Department of Natural Resources. Removes language that requires a timber grower who utilizes timber produced on land the timber grower owns or operates for sawing into lumber, processing, or resale to pay to the Department an amount equal to 4% of the minimum fair market value of the timber utilized during a period. Makes conforming changes. |
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14 | 14 | | 1 AN ACT concerning regulation. |
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15 | 15 | | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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16 | 16 | | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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17 | 17 | | 4 Section 1. Legislative intent. The General Assembly finds |
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18 | 18 | | 5 the 4% timber buyer harvest fee is not being fully utilized for |
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19 | 19 | | 6 its original intended purpose of assisting timber growers in |
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20 | 20 | | 7 replacing timber being harvested, thus the General Assembly |
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21 | 21 | | 8 finds the assessment and collection of the 4% timber buyer |
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22 | 22 | | 9 harvest fee should be eliminated. |
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23 | 23 | | 10 Section 5. The Timber Buyers Licensing Act is amended by |
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24 | 24 | | 11 changing Sections 9a and 11 as follows: |
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25 | 25 | | 12 (225 ILCS 735/9a) (from Ch. 111, par. 709a) |
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26 | 26 | | 13 Sec. 9a. Reporting a harvest fee. |
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27 | 27 | | 14 (a) When a timber buyer buys timber in this State, the |
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28 | 28 | | 15 timber buyer and timber grower shall determine the amount to |
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29 | 29 | | 16 be paid for such timber, or the value of items to be bartered |
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30 | 30 | | 17 for such timber, and the timber buyer shall deduct from the |
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31 | 31 | | 18 payment to the timber grower an amount which equals 4% of the |
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32 | 32 | | 19 purchase price or 4% of the minimum fair market value, as |
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33 | 33 | | 20 determined pursuant to administrative rule, when purchase |
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34 | 34 | | 21 price cannot otherwise be determined and shall forward such |
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35 | 35 | | 22 amount to the Department of Natural Resources. |
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39 | 39 | | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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40 | 40 | | 225 ILCS 735/9a from Ch. 111, par. 709a225 ILCS 735/11 from Ch. 111, par. 711525 ILCS 15/5 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9105525 ILCS 15/7 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9107 225 ILCS 735/9a from Ch. 111, par. 709a 225 ILCS 735/11 from Ch. 111, par. 711 525 ILCS 15/5 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9105 525 ILCS 15/7 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9107 |
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41 | 41 | | 225 ILCS 735/9a from Ch. 111, par. 709a |
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42 | 42 | | 225 ILCS 735/11 from Ch. 111, par. 711 |
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43 | 43 | | 525 ILCS 15/5 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9105 |
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44 | 44 | | 525 ILCS 15/7 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9107 |
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45 | 45 | | Amends the Timber Buyers Licensing Act. Removes language that requires a person buying timber from a timber grower to deduct from the payment to the timber grower an amount which equals 4% of the purchase price or 4% of the minimum fair market value and forward such amount to the Department of Natural Resources. Removes language that requires a timber grower who utilizes timber produced on land the timber grower owns or operates for sawing into lumber, processing, or resale to pay to the Department an amount equal to 4% of the minimum fair market value of the timber utilized during a period. Makes conforming changes. |
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54 | 54 | | 225 ILCS 735/9a from Ch. 111, par. 709a |
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55 | 55 | | 225 ILCS 735/11 from Ch. 111, par. 711 |
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56 | 56 | | 525 ILCS 15/5 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9105 |
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57 | 57 | | 525 ILCS 15/7 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9107 |
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76 | 76 | | 1 (b) When a timber buyer buys timber in this State, the |
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77 | 77 | | 2 timber buyer shall file a report to the Department on a report |
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78 | 78 | | 3 form provided by the Department. The information provided on |
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79 | 79 | | 4 the report form shall include the amount paid for the timber to |
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80 | 80 | | 5 each timber grower and the 4% that is due to the Department for |
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81 | 81 | | 6 each sale, and any other information that is required by the |
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82 | 82 | | 7 Department pursuant to administrative rule. A timber buyer |
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83 | 83 | | 8 shall provide the timber grower a written or electronic |
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84 | 84 | | 9 payment receipt for each transaction of timber bought from the |
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85 | 85 | | 10 timber grower and keep a duplicate or copy of the payment |
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86 | 86 | | 11 receipt in the timber buyer's records. All timber buyers shall |
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87 | 87 | | 12 provide a written receipt upon request of the Department. |
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88 | 88 | | 13 (c) (Blank). Every timber grower who utilizes timber |
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89 | 89 | | 14 produced on land the timber grower owns or operates for sawing |
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90 | 90 | | 15 into lumber, for processing, or for resale, shall pay to the |
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91 | 91 | | 16 Department, when the periodic report is submitted, an amount |
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92 | 92 | | 17 equal to 4% of the minimum fair market value of the timber |
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93 | 93 | | 18 utilized during the period. The value of such timber shall be |
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94 | 94 | | 19 determined pursuant to rule of the Department. |
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95 | 95 | | 20 (d) Every timber grower who utilizes timber produced on |
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96 | 96 | | 21 land the timber grower owns or operates for sawing into lumber |
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97 | 97 | | 22 for processing or for resale, shall report periodically, as |
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98 | 98 | | 23 required by this Act or administrative rule of the Department, |
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99 | 99 | | 24 the quantity, value, and species of timber produced and |
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100 | 100 | | 25 utilized by the owner or operator during the reporting period. |
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101 | 101 | | 26 (e) Subsection Subsections (c) and (d) shall not apply to |
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112 | 112 | | 1 a person who uses the person's own timber for sawing or |
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113 | 113 | | 2 processing for personal use and not for resale. |
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114 | 114 | | 3 (f) (Blank). The fees required by this Section shall be |
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115 | 115 | | 4 deposited in the Illinois Forestry Development Fund, a special |
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116 | 116 | | 5 fund in the State treasury, for the purposes of the Illinois |
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117 | 117 | | 6 Forestry Development Act. |
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118 | 118 | | 7 (Source: P.A. 103-218, eff. 1-1-24.) |
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119 | 119 | | 8 (225 ILCS 735/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 711) |
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120 | 120 | | 9 Sec. 11. Penalties and fines. All fines and penalties |
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121 | 121 | | 10 associated with violations of this Act or administrative rules |
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122 | 122 | | 11 thereunder, except as otherwise provided in this Act, are |
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123 | 123 | | 12 payable 50% to the Department's Conservation Police Operations |
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124 | 124 | | 13 Assistance Fund and 50% to the Department's Illinois Forestry |
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125 | 125 | | 14 Development Fund. |
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126 | 126 | | 15 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act any person in |
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127 | 127 | | 16 violation of any of the provisions of this Act, or |
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128 | 128 | | 17 administrative rules thereunder, shall be guilty of a Class A |
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129 | 129 | | 18 misdemeanor. |
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130 | 130 | | 19 (a-5) Any person convicted of violating Section 3 of this |
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131 | 131 | | 20 Act shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and fined at least |
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132 | 132 | | 21 $500 for a first offense and guilty of a Class 4 felony and |
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133 | 133 | | 22 fined at least $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense. |
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134 | 134 | | 23 (a-10) Any person convicted of violating subsection (a) of |
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135 | 135 | | 24 Section 5 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the aggregate |
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136 | 136 | | 25 value of the timber cut, caused to be cut, or appropriated is |
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147 | 147 | | 1 equal to or less than $500. |
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148 | 148 | | 2 (a-15) (Blank). Any person convicted of violating |
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149 | 149 | | 3 subsection (a) or (c) of Section 9a is guilty of a Class A |
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150 | 150 | | 4 misdemeanor if the aggregate value of the amount due to the |
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151 | 151 | | 5 Department is equal to or less than $500. |
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152 | 152 | | 6 (b) Any person convicted of violating subsection (a) of |
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153 | 153 | | 7 Section 5 of this Act is guilty of a Class 4 felony if the |
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154 | 154 | | 8 aggregate value of the timber cut, caused to be cut or |
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155 | 155 | | 9 appropriated is over $500 but not more than $2,500. |
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156 | 156 | | 10 (b-2) (Blank). Any person convicted of violating |
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157 | 157 | | 11 subsection (a) or (c) of Section 9a is guilty of a Class 4 |
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158 | 158 | | 12 felony if the aggregate value of the amount due to the |
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159 | 159 | | 13 Department is over $500 but not more than $2,500. |
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160 | 160 | | 14 (b-5) Any person convicted of violating subsection (a) of |
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161 | 161 | | 15 Section 5 of this Act is guilty of a Class 3 felony if the |
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162 | 162 | | 16 aggregate value of the timber cut, caused to be cut, or |
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163 | 163 | | 17 appropriated is over $2,500 but not more than $10,000. |
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164 | 164 | | 18 (b-7) (Blank). Any person convicted of violating |
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165 | 165 | | 19 subsection (a) or (c) of Section 9a is guilty of a Class 3 |
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166 | 166 | | 20 felony if the aggregate value of the amount due to the |
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167 | 167 | | 21 Department is over $2,500 but not more than $10,000. |
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168 | 168 | | 22 (b-10) Any person convicted of violating subsection (a) of |
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169 | 169 | | 23 Section 5 of this Act is guilty of a Class 2 felony if the |
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170 | 170 | | 24 aggregate value of the timber cut, caused to be cut, or |
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171 | 171 | | 25 appropriated is over $10,000. |
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172 | 172 | | 26 (b-12) (Blank). Any person convicted of violating |
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183 | 183 | | 1 subsection (a) or (c) of Section 9a is guilty of a Class 2 |
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184 | 184 | | 2 felony if the aggregate value of the amount due to the |
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185 | 185 | | 3 Department is over $10,000. |
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186 | 186 | | 4 (b-15) The aggregate value of the timber cut, caused to be |
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187 | 187 | | 5 cut, or appropriated shall be determined as provided by |
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188 | 188 | | 6 administrative rule. |
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189 | 189 | | 7 (c) A person convicted of violating subsection (b) of |
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190 | 190 | | 8 Section 5 of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A |
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191 | 191 | | 9 person convicted of a second or subsequent violation is guilty |
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192 | 192 | | 10 of a Class 4 felony. |
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193 | 193 | | 11 (c-5) A person convicted of violating subsection (c) of |
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194 | 194 | | 12 Section 5 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. |
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195 | 195 | | 13 (c-10) A person convicted of violating subsection (d) of |
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196 | 196 | | 14 Section 5 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be |
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197 | 197 | | 15 assessed a fine of not less than $1,000. A person convicted of |
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198 | 198 | | 16 a second or subsequent violation is guilty of a Class 4 felony |
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199 | 199 | | 17 and shall be assessed a fine of not less than $2,000. |
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200 | 200 | | 18 (c-15) A person convicted of violating subsection (f) of |
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201 | 201 | | 19 Section 5 is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. |
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202 | 202 | | 20 (c-20) A person convicted of violating subsection (g) of |
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203 | 203 | | 21 Section 5 is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. |
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204 | 204 | | 22 (d) All penalties issued pursuant to subsections (e) and |
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205 | 205 | | 23 (f) shall be deposited in the Illinois Forestry Development |
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206 | 206 | | 24 Fund for the purposes of the Illinois Forestry Development |
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207 | 207 | | 25 Act. |
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208 | 208 | | 26 (e) (Blank). Failure to pay any purchase harvest fee |
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219 | 219 | | 1 required under Section 9a of this Act on the date as required |
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220 | 220 | | 2 by regulation of the Department, there shall be added as a |
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221 | 221 | | 3 penalty an amount equal to 7.5% of the harvest fee due the |
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222 | 222 | | 4 Department for each month or fraction thereof during which |
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223 | 223 | | 5 such failure continues, not to exceed 37.5% in the aggregate. |
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224 | 224 | | 6 This penalty shall be in addition to any other penalty |
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225 | 225 | | 7 determined under this Act or by the circuit court. |
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226 | 226 | | 8 (f) A person convicted of violating subsection (b) or (d) |
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227 | 227 | | 9 of Section 9a shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and |
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228 | 228 | | 10 shall be assessed a penalty in the amount of $25, which shall |
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229 | 229 | | 11 be added to the amount due the Department for each individual |
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230 | 230 | | 12 report. A second or subsequent offense within a 3-year period |
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231 | 231 | | 13 after the date of the first offense is a Class A misdemeanor. |
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232 | 232 | | 14 (g) All fines required in this Section shall be in |
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233 | 233 | | 15 addition to any other penalty authorized under this Act, the |
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234 | 234 | | 16 Unified Code of Corrections, or imposed by the circuit court. |
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235 | 235 | | 17 (h) Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any |
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236 | 236 | | 18 of the provisions of this Act, or administrative rules |
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237 | 237 | | 19 thereunder, when the person's license has been revoked or |
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238 | 238 | | 20 denied or the person's ability to engage in the activity |
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239 | 239 | | 21 requiring the license has been suspended under Section 13 is |
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240 | 240 | | 22 guilty of: |
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241 | 241 | | 23 (1) a Class 4 felony if the underlying offense that |
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242 | 242 | | 24 was committed during a period of revocation or suspension |
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243 | 243 | | 25 is a misdemeanor; or |
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244 | 244 | | 26 (2) one classification higher if the underlying |
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255 | 255 | | 1 offense that was committed during a period of revocation |
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256 | 256 | | 2 or suspension is a felony. |
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257 | 257 | | 3 (Source: P.A. 103-218, eff. 1-1-24.) |
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258 | 258 | | 4 Section 10. The Illinois Forestry Development Act is |
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259 | 259 | | 5 amended by changing Sections 5 and 7 as follows: |
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260 | 260 | | 6 (525 ILCS 15/5) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9105) |
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261 | 261 | | 7 Sec. 5. A forest development cost share program is created |
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262 | 262 | | 8 and shall be administered by the Department of Natural |
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263 | 263 | | 9 Resources. |
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264 | 264 | | 10 A timber grower who desires to participate in the cost |
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265 | 265 | | 11 share program shall devise a forest management plan. To be |
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266 | 266 | | 12 eligible to submit a proposed forest management plan, a timber |
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267 | 267 | | 13 grower must own or operate at least 10 contiguous acres of land |
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268 | 268 | | 14 in this State on which timber is produced, except that, no acre |
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269 | 269 | | 15 on which a permanent building is located shall be included in |
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270 | 270 | | 16 calculations of acreage for the purpose of determining |
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271 | 271 | | 17 eligibility. Timber growers with Department approved forest |
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272 | 272 | | 18 management plans covering less than 10 acres in effect on or |
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273 | 273 | | 19 before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th |
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274 | 274 | | 20 General Assembly shall continue to be eligible under the |
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275 | 275 | | 21 Illinois Forestry Development Act provisions. The proposed |
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276 | 276 | | 22 forest management plan shall include a description of the land |
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277 | 277 | | 23 to be managed under the plan, a description of the types of |
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278 | 278 | | 24 timber to be grown, a projected harvest schedule, a |
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289 | 289 | | 1 description of forest management practices to be applied to |
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290 | 290 | | 2 the land, an estimation of the cost of such practices, plans |
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291 | 291 | | 3 for afforestation, plans for regenerative harvest and |
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292 | 292 | | 4 reforestation, and a description of soil and water |
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293 | 293 | | 5 conservation goals and wildlife habitat enhancement which will |
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294 | 294 | | 6 be served by implementation of the forest management plan. |
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295 | 295 | | 7 Upon receipt from a timber grower of a draft forest |
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296 | 296 | | 8 management plan, the Department shall review the plan and, if |
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297 | 297 | | 9 necessary, assist the timber grower to revise the plan. The |
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298 | 298 | | 10 Department shall officially approve acceptable plans. Forest |
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299 | 299 | | 11 management plans shall be revised as necessary and all |
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300 | 300 | | 12 revisions must be approved by the Department. A plan shall be |
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301 | 301 | | 13 evaluated every 2 years for reapproval. |
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302 | 302 | | 14 The eligible land shall be maintained in a forest |
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303 | 303 | | 15 condition for a period of 10 years or until commercial |
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304 | 304 | | 16 harvest, whichever last occurs, as required by the plan. |
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305 | 305 | | 17 The Department shall enter into agreements with timber |
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306 | 306 | | 18 growers with approved forest management plans under which the |
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307 | 307 | | 19 Department shall agree to pay a share of the total cost of |
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308 | 308 | | 20 acceptable forest management plans and practices implemented |
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309 | 309 | | 21 under the plan. The cost share amount is up to 80% of the total |
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310 | 310 | | 22 cost of the forest management practices for such practices |
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311 | 311 | | 23 approved to be funded from monies appropriated for this |
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312 | 312 | | 24 purpose for subsequent fiscal years. Cost share funds shall be |
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313 | 313 | | 25 paid from monies appropriated to the Department by the General |
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314 | 314 | | 26 Assembly for that purpose from the Illinois Forestry |
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325 | 325 | | 1 Development Fund or any other fund in the State Treasury. |
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326 | 326 | | 2 Starting in 2025, the Department shall file a report in |
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327 | 327 | | 3 writing to the General Assembly on or before March 1 of each |
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328 | 328 | | 4 year with the following information from the preceding year: |
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329 | 329 | | 5 the total number of agreements entered into pursuant to this |
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330 | 330 | | 6 Section, the total amount of payments made pursuant to this |
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331 | 331 | | 7 Section from the Illinois Forestry Development Fund, and the |
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332 | 332 | | 8 total number of acres that were affected by the payments. |
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333 | 333 | | 9 The Department, upon recommendations made to it by the |
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334 | 334 | | 10 Council, may provide for the categorization of forest |
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335 | 335 | | 11 management practices and determine an appropriate cost share |
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336 | 336 | | 12 percentage for each such category. Forest management practices |
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337 | 337 | | 13 submitted by timber growers on whose timber sales fees of 4% of |
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338 | 338 | | 14 the sale amount were paid as provided in Section 9a of the |
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339 | 339 | | 15 "Timber Buyers Licensing Act before the effective date of this |
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340 | 340 | | 16 amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly ", approved |
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341 | 341 | | 17 September 1, 1969, may be accorded a priority for approval |
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342 | 342 | | 18 within the assigned category. Such timber growers may receive |
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343 | 343 | | 19 a cost share amount which is increased above the amount for |
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344 | 344 | | 20 which they would otherwise qualify by an amount equal to the |
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345 | 345 | | 21 fees paid by the timber grower on sales occurring in the 2 |
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346 | 346 | | 22 fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year in which |
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347 | 347 | | 23 the forest management practices are approved and funded; |
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348 | 348 | | 24 provided, however, that the total cost share amount shall not |
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349 | 349 | | 25 exceed the total cost of the approved forest management |
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350 | 350 | | 26 practices. |
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361 | 361 | | 1 Upon transfer of his or her right and interest in the land |
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362 | 362 | | 2 or a change in land use, the timber grower shall forfeit all |
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363 | 363 | | 3 rights to future payments and other benefits resulting from an |
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364 | 364 | | 4 approved plan and shall refund to the Department all payments |
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365 | 365 | | 5 received therefrom during the previous 10 years unless the |
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366 | 366 | | 6 transferee of any such land agrees with the Department to |
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367 | 367 | | 7 assume all obligations under the plan. |
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368 | 368 | | 8 (Source: P.A. 103-795, eff. 8-9-24.) |
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369 | 369 | | 9 (525 ILCS 15/7) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9107) |
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370 | 370 | | 10 Sec. 7. The Illinois Forestry Development Fund, a special |
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371 | 371 | | 11 fund in the State Treasury, is hereby created. The Department |
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372 | 372 | | 12 of Natural Resources shall pay into the Fund all fees and fines |
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373 | 373 | | 13 collected from timber buyers and landowners and operators |
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374 | 374 | | 14 pursuant to the "Timber Buyers Licensing Act", and the "Forest |
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375 | 375 | | 15 Products Transportation Act", all gifts, contributions, |
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376 | 376 | | 16 bequests, grants, donations, transfers, appropriations and all |
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377 | 377 | | 17 other revenues and receipts resulting from forestry programs, |
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378 | 378 | | 18 forest product sales, and operations of facilities not |
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379 | 379 | | 19 otherwise directed by State law and shall, except for the |
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380 | 380 | | 20 additional moneys deposited under Section 805-550 of the |
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381 | 381 | | 21 Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the |
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382 | 382 | | 22 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, pay such moneys |
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383 | 383 | | 23 appropriated from the Fund to timber growers for |
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384 | 384 | | 24 implementation of acceptable forest management practices as |
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385 | 385 | | 25 provided in Section 5 of this Act. Moneys may be appropriated |
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