Bill Title: Amends the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that any forest preserve district shall have the power to acquire land, in fee simple or by easement, for the following purposes: to create a forest preserve, for the consolidation of forest preserve units, to connect forest preserve units, to preserve and manage the water resources of the forest preserve district along water courses, and to provide for the extension of roads and parking for forest preserves. Further provides that any forest preserve district shall have the power to acquire land by easement as it shall deem necessary or desirable for public use of forest preserves. Provides that property owned by a forest preserve district and property in which a forest preserve district is the grantee of a conservation easement or the grantee of a conservation right shall not be subject to eminent domain or condemnation proceedings. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-3)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0407 [HB2239 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2013-08-19	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2013-06-05	HTML/Text	Link	View
Amended	2013-05-14	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2013-03-12	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2013-02-14	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
No bill amendments currently on file for Illinois HB2239

Supplemental Documents

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No supplemental documents for Illinois HB2239 currently on file.