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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5463 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Laura Faver Dias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the State Parks Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with representatives of federally recognized indigenous tribes, shall create land acknowledgments for each of the State parks. Provides that these land acknowledgments shall be physically displayed in a prominent place within the State park, as well as on the State park page of the website of the Department of Natural Resources. |
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| | HB5463 | | LRB103 36837 JAG 66948 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The State Parks Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 4d as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 835/4d new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 4d. Indigenous tribe land acknowledgments. The |
| 8 | | Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with |
| 9 | | representatives from federally recognized indigenous tribes, |
| 10 | | shall create land acknowledgments for each of the State parks. |
| 11 | | These land acknowledgments shall be physically displayed in a |
| 12 | | prominent place within the State park, as well as on the State |
| 13 | | park page of the website of the Department of Natural |
| 14 | | Resources. |