Sen. Deanna Demuzio
Filed: 4/3/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2407




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2407 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended  by 
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adding Section 20-82 as follows:
 
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    (515 ILCS 5/20-82  new)
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    Sec. 20-82. Asian Carp Reduction Pilot Program.
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    (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Natural 
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Resources shall establish a one-year pilot program to stimulate 
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the bulk harvest of Bighead Carp (hypophthalmichthys noblis) 
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and Silver Carp (hypophthalmichthys molitrix) in the Illinois 
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River and to increase the number of native fish.
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    (b) The General Assembly may appropriate an amount not to 
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exceed $3,000,000 to the Department of Natural Resources for 
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the purposes of this pilot program. From the amounts 
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appropriated, the Department may enter into contracts with 
 


 






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licensed commercial fishermen and other organizations for the 
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administration, staffing, materials, and equipment necessary 
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for the program, and the Department may also use appropriated 
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funds to establish grants to natural resource conservation 
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organizations that serve the Illinois River basin for the 
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purposes of this program.
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    (c) The pilot program shall include the development of a 
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scientific plan to reduce or remove Bighead Carp and Silver 
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Carp from the river system.
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    (d) The Department shall issue a report with the results of 
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the Asian Carp Reduction Pilot Program to the General Assembly 
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no later than December 31, 2009.
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    (e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2010. 
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".