94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB3072

 

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Gary Forby

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
745 ILCS 65/2   from Ch. 70, par. 32

    Amends the Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act. Provides that the definition of "recreational or conservation purpose" that applies to land that the State or a State agency owns, leases, occupies, or controls includes any activity undertaken for conservation, resource management, education, exercise, relaxation, or pleasure (in addition to the activities in this Section: hunting, recreational shooting, a combination of those, or an activity related to hunting or recreational shooting). Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act
5 is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6     (745 ILCS 65/2)  (from Ch. 70, par. 32)
7     Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
8 requires:
9     (a) "Land" includes roads, water, watercourses, private
10 ways and buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when
11 attached to the realty, but does not include residential
12 buildings or residential property.
13     (b) "Owner" includes the possessor of any interest in land,
14 whether it be a tenant, lessee, occupant, the State of Illinois
15 and its political subdivisions, or person in control of the
16 premises.
17     (c) "Recreational or conservation purpose" means entry
18 onto the land of another to conduct hunting or recreational
19 shooting or a combination thereof or any activity solely
20 related to the aforesaid hunting or recreational shooting if on
21 privately owned land, but the term "recreational or
22 conservation purpose" also means any activity undertaken for
23 conservation, resource management, education, exercise,
24 relaxation, or pleasure if the activity is on land that the
25 State of Illinois or an agency of the State owns, leases,
26 occupies, or controls.
27     (d) "Charge" means an admission fee for permission to go
28 upon the land, but does not include: the sharing of game, fish
29 or other products of recreational use; or benefits to or
30 arising from the recreational use; or contributions in kind,
31 services or cash made for the purpose of properly conserving
32 the land.

 

 

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1     (e) "Person" includes any person, regardless of age,
2 maturity, or experience, who enters upon or uses land for
3 recreational purposes.
4 (Source: P.A. 94-625, eff. 8-18-05.)
 
5     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.