Bill Text: IL SB2012 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: If and only if Senate Bill 867 of the 103rd General Assembly becomes law, amends the State Parks Act. Provides that the land management agreement with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and other necessary parties for the purpose of managing, maintaining, or operating the real property conveyed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation shall contain restrictions on gaming operations. Effective immediately or on the date Senate Bill 867 of the 103rd General Assembly becomes law, whichever is later.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-11 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2012 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB2012-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2012 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Steve Stadelman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 835/3b
If and only if Senate Bill 867 of the 103rd General Assembly becomes law, amends the State Parks Act. Provides that the land management agreement with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and other necessary parties for the purpose of managing, maintaining, or operating the real property conveyed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation shall contain restrictions on gaming operations. Effective immediately or on the date Senate Bill 867 of the 103rd General Assembly becomes law, whichever is later.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 867 of the 103rd
General Assembly becomes law, then the State Parks Act is
amended by changing Section 3b as follows:
(20 ILCS 835/3b)
Sec. 3b. Shabbona Lake and State Park; land management
agreement.
(a) The Department of Natural Resources may enter into a
land management agreement with the Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation and other necessary parties for the purpose of
managing, maintaining, or operating the real property conveyed
to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation by this amendatory Act
of the 103rd General Assembly. Any such agreement shall
contain the purpose, powers, rights, objectives, and
responsibilities of each contracting party; restrictions on
gaming operations; and a requirement that the land conveyed by
this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly remain open
for public recreation during the term of any such agreement.
All agreements entered into pursuant to this Section shall be
subject to the written approval of the Director of Natural
Resources.

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(b) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Natural
Resources may use State resources for the management,
maintenance, and operation of the real property conveyed to
the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation by this amendatory Act in
accordance with the land management agreement that it executes
with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation under this Section.
(c) In this Section, "land management agreement" means one
or more agreements, or set of agreements, made for the purpose
of managing, maintaining, or operating the real property
conveyed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation by this
amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
(Source: 10300SB0867enr.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law or on the date Senate Bill 867 of the 103rd
General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.