HB3989ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

Filed: 4/1/2009

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3989

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3989 by replacing the title with "AN ACT concerning State government."; and

by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 805-550 as follows:

(20 ILCS 805/805-550 new)

Sec. 805-550. Landowner incentives for public access. The Department may encourage public access to private property for recreational activities, including, but not limited to, hunting and other wildlife related recreation, by using funds appropriated to it by the General Assembly to provide incentives to private landowners to encourage those landowners to open their lands for public recreation. The Department may adopt rules to implement this program. For the purposes of this Section, incentives include cash, discounts for licenses and permits, or other types of incentives determined appropriate by the Department.".