HB 5515

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		HB5515 Engrossed		LRB104 17941 TRT 31378 b
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 Chicago Park District Act is amended by
5		adding Section 7.08a as follows:
6		    (70 ILCS 1505/7.08a new)
7		    Sec. 7.08a. Native butterfly garden.
8		    (a) As used in this Section:
9		    "Illinois native plants" means trees, shrubs, vines, 
10		ferns, flowers, forbs, sedges, grasses, and other plants 
11		growing in the State of Illinois before European settlement. 
12		"Illinois native plants" does not include exotic or noxious 
13		weeds regulated under the Illinois Noxious Weed Law or the 
14		Illinois Exotic Weed Act.
15		    "Native landscape" means an intentionally maintained area 
16		of trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, flowers, forbs, sedges, 
17		grasses, and other plants composed mainly of Illinois native 
18		plants. "Native landscape" does not include exotic or noxious 
19		weeds regulated under the Illinois Noxious Weed Law or the 
20		Illinois Exotic Weed Act.
21		    (b) The Chicago Park District shall, in collaboration with 
22		the botanic gardens authorized under the Forest Preserve 
23		Botanic Gardens Act, establish, maintain, and manage small 
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1		public gardens throughout the City of Chicago. Each public 
2		garden shall include a native landscape aimed at protecting 
3		butterfly populations that migrate through the City of 
4		Chicago.