VILLAGE OF SCHAUMBURG v. DOYLE

No. 1-94-0460.

661 N.E.2d 496 (1996)

277 Ill. App.3d 832

214 Ill.Dec. 642

VILLAGE OF SCHAUMBURG, a municipal corporation, and George Longmeyer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Becky DOYLE, as Director of the Department of Agriculture of Illinois, and not personally, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

February 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack M. Siegel, Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jim Ryan, Attorney General, State of Illinois; Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Solicitor General; Daniel N. Malato, Asst. Attorney General, of counsel, for defendant-appellee.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

In the spring of 1993 the Illinois Legislature was concerned about the lack of a statewide policy for the regulation and use of pesticides. Units of local government were free to establish their own regulatory schemes for pesticide use. Many did, including the Village of Schaumburg, a home rule unit. Nothing in the Illinois Pesticide Act (415 ILCS 60/1 et seq. (West 1992)) prevented local regulation.

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