97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2893

 

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Michael Noland

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 805/18.1a new

    Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that no land owned or acquired by a forest preserve may be used for any sand, gravel, or other mining operation. Prohibits a forest preserve district from transferring any land or interest in land to an entity that the district has reason to know intends to construct any mining operation, and provides that when transferring land to an entity the district must impose a covenant in the transfer that prohibits the development of any mining operation. Exempts any previous or current mining operations in a district from this prohibition.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is
5amended by adding Section 18.1a as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 805/18.1a new)
7    Sec. 18.1a. Forest preserve mining operations.
8    (a) No land that is owned or acquired by a forest preserve
9district may be used for the development or operation of any
10new sand, gravel, or other mining operation.
11    (b) A forest preserve district may not transfer any land or
12interest in land acquired by the district to any other entity
13that the district has reason to know intends to construct any
14new sand, gravel, or other mining operation.
15    A forest preserve district that wishes to transfer any land
16or interest in land owned or acquired by the district to any
17other entity must impose, as a condition of the transfer, a
18covenant prohibiting the development of any new sand, gravel,
19or other mining operation.
20    (c) Lands owned or acquired by a forest preserve district
21that were previously mined, or are actively being mined at the
22time of acquisition, are exempt from this provision.