SB0914 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning wildlife.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Wildlife Habitat Management Areas Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(520 ILCS 20/2) (from Ch. 61, par. 219)

Sec. 2. In order to cooperate with private land owners and and others who desire to aid in the conservation of game and other wildlife, the Department may create and maintain Wildlife Habitat Management Areas on suitable lands owned or controlled by individuals, corporations, associations, or municipalities. The hunting rights for such land shall be controlled by the property owners in mutual agreement with the Department, by written contract with the landowner or person having legal control and authority to grant such rights for an uninterrupted period of 5 years or more. When properly signed, the Department may authorize and empower the director to execute such agreements on its behalf.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2296.)