SB1306 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1306

Introduced 2/7/2019, by Sen. Chapin Rose

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 863/25

Amends the Prairie Wind Trail Property Transfer Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall not accept any request to transfer portions of the Prairie Wind Trail after December 31, 2019. Provides that the Department may accept applications submitted on or after January 1, 2019, up to December 31, 2019. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Prairie Wind Trail Property Transfer Act is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

(20 ILCS 863/25)

Sec. 25. Time limitations. The Department shall begin accepting requests to transfer portions of the Prairie Wind Trail on the effective date of this Act. The Department shall not accept any request received after December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018. The Department may accept applications submitted on or after January 1, 2019, up to December 31, 2019. During this time period, the Department shall hold a public hearing in the counties of Moultrie and Douglas regarding the transfer of portions of the Prairie Wind Trail. The hearing shall provide an opportunity for adjacent owners to petition the Department. Notice shall be given by public advertisement in a newspaper in general circulation in the Prairie Wind Trail area. The notice shall provide the date, time, and location of the public hearings and provide information regarding the transfer of real property.

(Source: P.A. 99-398, eff. 8-18-15; 100-708, eff. 8-3-18.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.