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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 279
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 279, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of
5 Illinois by changing Section 6.08."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
9 amended by changing Section 6.08 as follows:
10 (20 ILCS 5/6.08) (from Ch. 127, par. 6.08)
11 Sec. 6.08. In the Department of Natural Resources. An
12 Advisory Board to the Department of Natural Resources,
13 composed of 13 11 persons, one of whom shall be a senior
14 citizen age 60 or over.
15 In the appointment of the initial members the Governor
16 shall designate 3 persons to serve for 2 years, 3 for 4 years
17 and 3 for 6 years from the third Monday in January of the
18 odd-numbered year in which the term commences. The members
19 first appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve
20 a term of 6 years commencing on the third Monday in January,
21 1985. The members appointed under this amendatory Act of the
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1 91st General Assembly shall serve terms of 6 years.
2 The Advisory Board shall formulate long range policies
3 for guidance of the Department in: the protection and
4 conservation of renewable resources of the State of Illinois;
5 the development of areas and facilities for outdoor
6 recreation; the prevention of timber destruction and other
7 forest growth by fire, or otherwise; the reforestation of
8 suitable lands of this State; the extension of cooperative
9 support to other agencies of this State in the prevention and
10 guarding against the pollution of streams and lakes within
11 the State; the management of the wildlife resources,
12 including migratory fowl, and fisheries resources, including
13 the construction of new water impoundment areas; the
14 development of an adequate research program for fish, game
15 and forestry through cooperation with and support of the
16 Illinois Natural History Survey; and the expressing of
17 policies for proper dissemination of and enforcement of the
18 various laws pertinent to the conservation program of
19 Illinois and the nation.
20 The Board shall make a study of the personnel structure
21 of the Department and shall, from time to time, make
22 recommendations to the Governor and the Director of Natural
23 Resources for a merit system of employment and for the
24 revision of the position classification to the extent which
25 Civil Service classification should apply in departmental
26 positions.
27 The Board shall make studies of the land acquisition
28 needs of the Department and recommendations from time to time
29 as to necessary acquisition of lands for fisheries, game,
30 forestry and recreational development.
31 The Board may recommend to the Director of Natural
32 Resources any reductions or increases of seasons, and bag or
33 possession limits, or the closure of any season when research
34 and inventory data indicate the need for such changes.
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1 Such Board members shall be reimbursed for any necessary
2 travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
3 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 90-435, eff. 1-1-98.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.".