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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 770
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 770 by replacing
3 all of Section 10 with the following:
4 "Section 10. The Illinois Forestry Development Act is
5 amended by re-enacting and changing Section 6a as follows:
6 (525 ILCS 15/6a) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9106a)
7 (This Section had an internal repeal date of 12-31-98.
8 Public Act 90-809, which became law and took effect on that
9 date, replaced 12-31-98 with 12-31-2008.)
10 Sec. 6a. Illinois Forestry Development Council.
11 (a) The Illinois Forestry Development Council is hereby
12 recreated by this amendatory Act of the 91st General
13 Assembly.
14 (b) The Council shall consist of 24 members appointed as
15 follows:
16 (1) four members of the General Assembly, one
17 appointed by the President of the Senate, one appointed
18 by the Senate Minority Leader, one appointed by the
19 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one
20 appointed by the House Minority Leader;
21 (2) one member appointed by the Governor to
22 represent the Governor;
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1 (3) the Directors of the Departments of Natural
2 Resources, Agriculture, and Commerce and Community
3 Affairs, the Executive Director of the Illinois Farm
4 Development Authority, and the Director of the Office of
5 Rural Affairs, or their designees;
6 (4) the chairman of the Department of Forestry or a
7 forestry academician, appointed by the Dean of
8 Agriculture at Southern Illinois University at
9 Carbondale;
10 (5) the head of the Department of Natural Resources
11 and Environmental Sciences or a forestry academician,
12 appointed by the Dean of Agriculture at the University of
13 Illinois;
14 (6) two members, appointed by the Governor, who
15 shall be private timber growers;
16 (7) one member, appointed by the president of the
17 Illinois Wood Products Association, who shall be involved
18 in primary forestry industry;
19 (8) one member, appointed by the president of the
20 Illinois Wood Products Association, who shall be involved
21 in secondary forestry industry;
22 (9) one member who is actively involved in
23 environmental issues, appointed by the Governor;
24 (10) the president of the Association of Illinois
25 Soil and Water Conservation Districts;
26 (11) two persons who are actively engaged in
27 farming, appointed by the Governor;
28 (12) one member, appointed by the Governor, whose
29 primary area of expertise is urban forestry;
30 (13) one member appointed by the President of the
31 Illinois Arborists Association;
32 (14) the Supervisor of the Shawnee National Forest
33 and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural
34 Resource Conservation Service's State Conservationist, ex
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1 officio, or their designees.
2 (c) Members of the Council shall serve without
3 compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses
4 incurred in the performance of their duties which are not
5 otherwise reimbursed.
6 (d) The Council shall select from its membership a
7 chairperson and such other officers as it considers
8 necessary.
9 (e) Other individuals, agencies and organizations may be
10 invited to participate as deemed advisable by the Council.
11 (f) The Council shall study and evaluate the forestry
12 resources and forestry industry of Illinois. The Council
13 shall:
14 (1) determine the magnitude, nature and extent of
15 the State's forestry resources;
16 (2) determine current uses and project future
17 demand for forest products, services and benefits in
18 Illinois;
19 (3) determine and evaluate the ownership
20 characteristics of the State's forests, the motives for
21 forest ownership and the success of incentives necessary
22 to stimulate development of forest resources;
23 (4) determine the economic development and
24 management opportunities that could result from
25 improvements in local and regional forest product
26 marketing and from the establishment of new or additional
27 wood-related businesses in Illinois;
28 (5) confer with and offer assistance to the
29 Illinois Farm Development Authority relating to its
30 implementation of forest industry assistance programs
31 authorized by the Illinois Farm Development Act;
32 (6) determine the opportunities for increasing
33 employment and economic growth through development of
34 forest resources;
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1 (7) determine the effect of current governmental
2 policies and regulations on the management of woodlands
3 and the location of wood products markets;
4 (8) determine the staffing and funding needs for
5 forestry and other conservation programs to support and
6 enhance forest resources development;
7 (9) determine the needs of forestry education
8 programs in this State;
9 (10) confer with and offer assistance to the
10 Department of Natural Resources relating to the
11 implementation of urban forestry assistance grants
12 pursuant to the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance
13 Act; and
14 (11) determine soil and water conservation benefits
15 and wildlife habitat enhancement opportunities that can
16 be promoted through approved forestry management plans.
17 (g) The Council shall report (i) its findings and
18 recommendations for future State action and (ii) its
19 evaluation of Urban/Community Forestry Assistance Grants to
20 the General Assembly no later than July 1 of each year.
21 (h) This Section 6a is repealed December 31, 2008.
22 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96;
23 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-809, eff. 12-31-98.)".