PRESCRIBED BURNING-LIABILITY

Session: 103rd General Assembly
Year: 2024
Bill #: SB2972
Category: Environment
Position: No position
Mandate?
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Amends the Illinois Prescribed Burning Act. Establishes the procedures required before conducting a prescribed burning. Provides that no landowner, agent of the landowner, or certified prescribed burn manager shall be liable for damage, injury, or loss caused by a prescribed burning or smoke resulting from a prescribed burning unless the landowner, agent of the landowner, or certified prescribed burn manager is proven to be grossly negligent. Effective immediately.



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