96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0914

 

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
520 ILCS 20/2   from Ch. 61, par. 219

    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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1     AN ACT concerning wildlife.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Wildlife Habitat Management Areas Act is
5 amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6     (520 ILCS 20/2)  (from Ch. 61, par. 219)
7     Sec. 2. In order to cooperate with private land owners and
8 and others who desire to aid in the conservation of game and
9 other wildlife, the Department may create and maintain Wildlife
10 Habitat Management Areas on suitable lands owned or controlled
11 by individuals, corporations, associations, or municipalities.
12 The hunting rights for such land shall be controlled by the
13 property owners in mutual agreement with the Department, by
14 written contract with the landowner or person having legal
15 control and authority to grant such rights for an uninterrupted
16 period of 5 years or more. When properly signed, the Department
17 may authorize and empower the director to execute such
18 agreements on its behalf.
19 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2296.)