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92_HB1597
LRB9207176TApc
1 AN ACT concerning conservation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Conservation Enhancement Act is
5 amended by changing Section 1-2 as follows:
6 (505 ILCS 35/1-2) (from Ch. 5, par. 2401-2)
7 Sec. 1-2. Purpose and policy. This Act creates 2 major
8 programs, the Save Illinois Topsoil Program and the Illinois
9 Natural Resource Enhancement Program. It is the purpose of
10 this Act that certain marginal agricultural land is be kept
11 or taken out of crop production or pasture to protect soil
12 and water quality and to protect and support fish and
13 wildlife habitat. It is State policy to encourage the
14 retirement of marginal, highly erodible agricultural land,
15 particularly land adjacent to public waters and drainage
16 systems, from crop production and to reestablish a cover of
17 perennial vegetation in order to conserve, protect and
18 enhance important water and land resources.
19 (Source: P.A. 85-960; 86-1475.)