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91_SB1967

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Attorney General Act.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Attorney General Act is amended by adding
 5    Section 4e as follows:

 6        (15 ILCS 205/4e new)
 7        Sec. 4e. Recovery of lands; payment of legal  fees.    At
 8    the  request of the Governor, the Attorney General may select
 9    and pay or reimburse  reasonable  and  appropriate  fees  and
10    expenses  of counsel to provide for the defense of any action
11    or proceeding (1) brought to recover lands within  the  State
12    from any individual who currently holds title or a beneficial
13    interest in title that originally derives from a federal land
14    patent  that  is  alleged  to  be  invalid  and  (2) that the
15    Attorney General determines could result in the loss of State
16    sovereignty or jurisdiction over such lands or liability  for
17    rents  or  damages  accruing as a result of invalidity of the
18    federal land patent.

19        Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  upon
20    becoming law.

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