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Illinois Compiled Statutes > 525 ILCS 30 - Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act

Illinois Compiled Statutes > Husbandry > Chapter 525 > 525 ILCS 30 - Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act

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§ 1	This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Natural...
§ 2	All areas within the State except those that are expressly designated...
§ 3	Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in Sections...
§ 3.01	"Abandoned cemetery" means a cemetery (a) in which no interments...
§ 3.02	"Buffer area" means an area of land, any estate, interest or right...
§ 3.03	"Cemetery" means a parcel of land devoted to, or at least a part...
§ 3.04	"Cemetery authority" means a legally authorized owner, operator,...
§ 3.05	"Commission" means the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission created...
§ 3.06	"Dedicate" means to set aside land in perpetuity as a nature preserve...
§ 3.07	"Department" means the Department of Natural Resources
§ 3.08	"Director" means the Director of the Department, who may be represented...
§ 3.09	"Land" means real property and ownership rights applying thereto...
§ 3.10	"Natural area" means an area of land in public or private ownership...
§ 3.11	"Nature preserve" means a natural area, and land necessary for its...
§ 3.12	"Plan" means a master plan, developed and approved in accordance...
§ 3.13	"Register" means the official list of registered areas or to place...
§ 3.14	"Registered area" means a natural area or a buffer area registered...
§ 3.15	"Rules" means rules adopted by the Commission in conjunction with...
§ 3.16	"System" means the State system of nature preserves established...
§ 4	The Illinois Nature Preserves Commission is created
§ 5	The Director, the Chief of the Illinois Natural History Survey and...
§ 6	To effectuate the purposes of this Act, the Commission has the powers...
§ 6.01	To compile and maintain inventories, registers and records of nature...
§ 6.02	To seek and approve the dedication of nature preserves as part of...
§ 6.03	To prepare, or guide and participate in the preparation of, master...
§ 6.04	To conduct investigations and to disseminate information and recommendations...
§ 6.05	To promote by advice and other assistance the protection of natural...
§ 6.06	To submit to the Governor, and to publish, before May 1 of each...
§ 6.07	To formulate and adopt policies for (a) development and maintenance...
§ 6.08	To adopt rules in accordance with the "Illinois Administrative Procedure...
§ 6.09	To accept and administer, with the approval of the Director, gifts,...
§ 7	To effectuate the purposes of this Act, the Department has the powers...
§ 7.01	To dedicate land held by the Department as nature preserves as provided...
§ 7.02	To cooperate with the Commission in matters relating to the purposes...
§ 7.03	To review and approve in writing rules promulgated by the Commission
§ 7.04	To enforce rules pertaining to public use of and activities on nature...
§ 7.05	To acquire by gift, legacy, purchase, transfer, grant, agreement,...
§ 7.05a	Eminent domain
§ 7.06	To register natural areas and buffer areas
§ 8	There shall be a master plan for each nature preserve or registered...
§ 9	A State system of nature preserves is established
§ 10	An area may be dedicated as a buffer area in the same manner as...
§ 11	Any part or all of a cemetery that is suitable for dedication may...
§ 12	If all or part of an abandoned cemetery is suitable for dedication,...
§ 13	An owner of a nature preserve retains custody, administration and...
§ 14	Nature preserves are held in trust, for those uses and purposes...
§ 15	Any public agency or instrumentality of the State and its political...
§ 16	A register of areas is established
§ 17	All public agencies shall recognize that the protection of nature...
§ 18	No public agency shall designate an area as a nature preserve unless...
§ 19	The dedication or registration of an area or any other action taken...
§ 20	This Act does not provide public access to land without agreement...
§ 21	The Attorney General, or the State's Attorney of the county where...
§ 22	Any person who violates this Act or any rule, or causes such violation...
§ 23	Any person who, directly or through an employee or agent, (a) willfully...
§ 24	Conservation Police Officers, other employees designated by the...
§ 25	All final administrative decisions under this Act are subject to...
§ 26	All actions heretofore effected and all areas dedicated under Sections...