Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

Filed: 4/1/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3989

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3989 by replacing
3 the title with "AN ACT concerning State government."; and
 
4 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
5 following:
 
6     "Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources
7 (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
8 is amended by adding Section 805-550 as follows:
 
9     (20 ILCS 805/805-550 new)
10     Sec. 805-550. Landowner incentives for public access. The
11 Department may encourage public access to private property for
12 recreational activities, including, but not limited to,
13 hunting and other wildlife related recreation, by using funds
14 appropriated to it by the General Assembly to provide
15 incentives to private landowners to encourage those landowners

 

 

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1 to open their lands for public recreation. The Department may
2 adopt rules to implement this program. For the purposes of this
3 Section, incentives include cash, discounts for licenses and
4 permits, or other types of incentives determined appropriate by
5 the Department.".