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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1904
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Brandon W. Phelps SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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520 ILCS 20/2 |
from Ch. 61, par. 219 |
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Amends the Wildlife Habitat Management Areas Act. Makes a technical change
in a Section empowering the Department of Natural Resources to create and
contract for
Wildlife Habitat Management Areas.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1904 |
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LRB096 05130 JDS 15196 b |
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| AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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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 Wildlife Habitat Management Areas Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (520 ILCS 20/2) (from Ch. 61, par. 219)
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| Sec. 2.
In order to cooperate with private land owners and
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| and others who
desire to aid in the conservation of game and |
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| other wildlife, the
Department may create and maintain Wildlife |
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| Habitat Management Areas on
suitable lands owned or controlled |
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| by individuals, corporations,
associations, or municipalities. |
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| The hunting rights for such land shall be
controlled by the |
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| property owners in mutual agreement with the Department,
by |
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| written contract with the landowner or person having legal |
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| control and
authority to grant such rights for an uninterrupted |
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| period of 5 years or
more. When properly signed, the Department |
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| may authorize and empower the
director to execute such |
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| agreements on its behalf. |
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| (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2296.)
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