96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2701


 
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



525 ILCS 33/5










    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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    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. Policy. 

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    (a) The The provision of lands for the conservation of 
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natural resources and
public recreation promote the public 
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health, 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.)