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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6659
Introduced 02/09/04, by Dan Reitz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Open Land Trust Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section
concerning the legislative policy of the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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HB6659 |
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LRB093 18603 RAS 44327 b |
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| AN ACT concerning conservation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Open Land Trust Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 5
as follows:
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| (525 ILCS 33/5)
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| Sec. 5. Legislative policy.
Policy.
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| (a) The provision of lands for the conservation of natural |
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| resources and
public recreation promote the public health, |
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| prosperity, and general welfare
and are proper
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| responsibilities of State government.
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| (b) Lands now dedicated to these purposes are not adequate |
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| to protect the
quality
of life and meet the needs of an |
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| expanding population.
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| (c) Natural areas, wetlands, forests, prairies, open |
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| spaces, and greenways
provide
critical habitat for fish and |
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| wildlife and are in need of protection.
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| (d) The opportunity to acquire lands that are available and |
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| appropriate for
these
purposes will gradually disappear as |
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| their cost correspondingly increases.
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| (e) It is desirable to encourage partnerships among |
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| federal, State, and
local
governments and not-for-profit |
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| corporations for the acquisition of land for
conservation and
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| recreation purposes.
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| (f) It is necessary and desirable to provide assistance in |
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| the form of
grants
and loans to units of local government to |
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| acquire lands that have significant
conservation and |
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| recreation attributes.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-220, eff. 7-21-99.)
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