Bill Text: IL HB2291 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Open Land Trust Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative policy of the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2291 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB2291-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning conservation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Open Land Trust Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | (525 ILCS 33/5)
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| 7 | Sec. 5. Policy.
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| 8 | (a) The
The provision of lands for the conservation of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | natural resources and
public recreation promote the public | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | health, prosperity, and general welfare
and are proper
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| 11 | responsibilities of State government. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | (b) Lands now dedicated to these purposes are not adequate | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | to protect the
quality
of life and meet the needs of an | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | expanding population.
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| 15 | (c) Natural areas, wetlands, forests, prairies, open | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | spaces, and greenways
provide
critical habitat for fish and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | wildlife and are in need of protection.
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| 18 | (d) The opportunity to acquire lands that are available and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | appropriate for
these
purposes will gradually disappear as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | their cost correspondingly increases.
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| 21 | (e) It is desirable to encourage partnerships among | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | federal, State, and
local
governments and not-for-profit | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | corporations for the acquisition of land for
conservation and
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| 1 | recreation purposes.
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| 2 | (f) It is necessary and desirable to provide assistance in | ||||||
| 3 | the form of
grants
and loans to units of local government to | ||||||
| 4 | acquire lands that have significant
conservation and | ||||||
| 5 | recreation attributes.
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| 6 | (Source: P.A. 91-220, eff. 7-21-99.)
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