Sen. Sue Rezin
Filed: 3/26/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2882




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2882, AS AMENDED, 
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:

 
5    "Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources 
6(Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois 
7is amended  by changing Section 805-40 as follows:
 



8    (20 ILCS 805/805-40)  (was 20 ILCS 805/63a41)



9    Sec. 805-40. Adopt-A-Park program. The
Department shall 
10may establish and maintain
Adopt-A-Park programs
with 
11individual or group volunteers, if requested by an individual 
12or group volunteers, in an effort to reduce and remove litter

13from parks and park lands and to provide services such as 
14mowing, trail maintenance, or repair projects.  The Department 
15shall retain the ability to approve or deny an individual or 
16group volunteer's request; however, the Department must state 
 
 
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1the reason for the request denial. These programs shall include 
2but not be limited to
the following:


3        (1) Providing and coordinating services by volunteers 
4    for mowing, trail maintenance, repair projects, or to 
5    reduce
the amount of litter, including providing trash bags 
6    and trash bag pickup and,
in designated areas where 
7    volunteers may be in close proximity to moving
vehicles. 
8    Individuals or volunteers must bring their own , providing 
9    safety briefings and reflective safety gear. A collective 
10    bargaining employee must be present when volunteer 
11    activities are in progress. 


12        (2) The Department shall provide a certificate of 
13    appreciation to individual or group volunteers as 
14    recognition of their Adopt-A-Park efforts at a particular 
15    Department site. Providing and installing signs 
16    identifying those volunteers
adopting particular parks and 
17    park lands. 

18    The State and the Department and
its employees are not 
19liable
for any damages or injury suffered by any person 
20resulting from his or her
participation in the program or from 
21the actions or activities of the
volunteers. 
22(Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

 

23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
24becoming law.".