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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3093
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3093 by replacing
3 line 29 on page 1 through line 1 on page 2 with the
4 following:
5 "(b) No person, State agency, or unit of local
6 government, except a unit of local government with a
7 population greater than 500,000, may clear cut, as defined by
8 rule by the Department of Natural Resources, trees within 15
9 yards of waters listed by the Department under Section 5 as
10 navigable, except as follows:
11 (1) for the purpose of improving, maintaining,
12 repairing, constructing, and reconstructing any highway,
13 road, bridge, culvert, drainage structure, drainage
14 facility, or grade separation under the jurisdiction of
15 any road district, highway commissioner, or drainage
16 district;
17 (2) for maintenance and improvement of drainage of
18 or on agricultural land, for which trees may be clear cut
19 or removed; and
20 (3) for the purpose of maintaining electric utility
21 lines.
22 The Department of Agriculture may (i) assist and advise
23 the Trees Forever Illinois Buffer Initiative; (ii) give
24 general advice and guidance to the Trees Forever Illinois
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1 Buffer Initiative regarding the State agencies and State
2 resources of relevance to implementation of the program; and
3 (iii) aid in the promotion of and public dissemination of
4 information about the Trees Forever Illinois Buffer
5 Initiative.".