SB1344sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Michael Noland

Filed: 3/15/2013

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1344

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1344 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is amended by adding Section 18.1a as follows:

(70 ILCS 805/18.1a new)

Sec. 18.1a. Forest preserve mining operations.

(a) No land that is owned or acquired by a forest preserve district may be used for the development or operation of any new sand, gravel, or other mining operation.

(b) A forest preserve district may not transfer any land or interest in land acquired by the district to any other entity that the district has reason to know intends to construct any new sand, gravel, or other mining operation.

A forest preserve district that wishes to transfer any land or interest in land owned or acquired by the district to any other entity must impose, as a condition of the transfer, a covenant prohibiting the development of any new sand, gravel, or other mining operation.

(c) Lands owned or acquired by a forest preserve district that were previously mined, or are actively being mined at the time of acquisition, are exempt from this provision.

(d) This Section shall apply only to land purchased by referendum.".