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Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act

525 ILCS 30/1— This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act"
525 ILCS 30/2— All areas within the State except those that are expressly designated by law for preservation and protection in their natural condition are liable to be altered by human activity
525 ILCS 30/3— Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in Sections 3.01 through 3.16 have the meanings ascribed to them in those Sections
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525 ILCS 30/3.02
525 ILCS 30/3.03— "Cemetery" means a parcel of land devoted to, or at least a part of which has been used for, the interment of human remains
525 ILCS 30/3.04— "Cemetery authority" means a legally authorized owner, operator, manager or other person in control of a cemetery and actively attending to its care and maintenance
525 ILCS 30/3.05— "Commission" means the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission created under this Act
525 ILCS 30/3.06
525 ILCS 30/3.07— "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources
525 ILCS 30/3.08— "Director" means the Director of the Department, who may be represented by his designated agents
525 ILCS 30/3.09— "Land" means real property and ownership rights applying thereto and includes water and the land thereunder, structures and improvements
525 ILCS 30/3.10
525 ILCS 30/3.11
525 ILCS 30/3.12— "Plan" means a master plan, developed and approved in accordance with the rules, for the preservation, protection, development, management and use of a nature preserve or a registered area
525 ILCS 30/3.13— "Register" means the official list of registered areas or to place an area on such list
525 ILCS 30/3.14— "Registered area" means a natural area or a buffer area registered by the Department under this Act
525 ILCS 30/3.15— "Rules" means rules adopted by the Commission in conjunction with the Department under this Act
525 ILCS 30/3.16— "System" means the State system of nature preserves established under this Act
525 ILCS 30/4— The Illinois Nature Preserves Commission is created
525 ILCS 30/5— The Director, the Chief of the Illinois Natural History Survey and the Director of the Illinois State Museum, or their representatives, and representatives of such other agencies, institutions and organizations as the Commission may determine shall serve as advisors to the Commission
525 ILCS 30/6— To effectuate the purposes of this Act, the Commission has the powers and duties enumerated in Sections 6.01 through 6.09 and elsewhere in this Act
525 ILCS 30/6.01
525 ILCS 30/6.02— To seek and approve the dedication of nature preserves as part of the system
525 ILCS 30/6.03— To prepare, or guide and participate in the preparation of, master plans for nature preserves, to keep watch over the protection, management and use of nature preserves, and to approve or disapprove the manner of holding and managing any nature preserve
525 ILCS 30/6.04— To conduct investigations and to disseminate information and recommendations pertaining to nature preserves; other natural areas; and habitats of endangered, threatened or rare species of plants and animals and other elements of natural diversity
525 ILCS 30/6.05— To promote by advice and other assistance the protection of natural areas in the State which are not dedicated as nature preserves
525 ILCS 30/6.06
525 ILCS 30/6.07
525 ILCS 30/6.08
525 ILCS 30/6.09— To accept and administer, with the approval of the Director, gifts, grants and legacies of money, securities or other property to be used by the Commission for the purposes of this Act and according to the tenor of such gift, grant or legacy
525 ILCS 30/7— To effectuate the purposes of this Act, the Department has the powers and duties enumerated in sections 7.01 through 7.06 and elsewhere in this Act
525 ILCS 30/7.01— To dedicate land held by the Department as nature preserves as provided in this Act
525 ILCS 30/7.02— To cooperate with the Commission in matters relating to the purposes of this Act, and, at its discretion, to provide to the Commission upon its request, services, supplies, funds, facilities and other assistance
525 ILCS 30/7.03— To review and approve in writing rules promulgated by the Commission
525 ILCS 30/7.04— To enforce rules pertaining to public use of and activities on nature preserves and buffer areas
525 ILCS 30/7.05
525 ILCS 30/7.05a— Eminent domain
525 ILCS 30/7.06— To register natural areas and buffer areas
525 ILCS 30/8— There shall be a master plan for each nature preserve or registered area
525 ILCS 30/9— A State system of nature preserves is established
525 ILCS 30/10— An area may be dedicated as a buffer area in the same manner as provided in this Act for the dedication of a nature preserve
525 ILCS 30/11— Any part or all of a cemetery that is suitable for dedication may be dedicated, as provided in this Act, by the owner or other cemetery authority
525 ILCS 30/12— If all or part of an abandoned cemetery is suitable for dedication, the county board for the county in which it is situated may dedicate it in the manner provided in this Act
525 ILCS 30/13
525 ILCS 30/14— Nature preserves are held in trust, for those uses and purposes expressed in this Act which are not prohibited by their instruments of dedication, for the benefit of the people of the State of present and future generations
525 ILCS 30/15— Any public agency or instrumentality of the State and its political subdivisions has the power, and is urged, to dedicate suitable areas or portions of areas within its holdings and to continue holding them as nature preserves
525 ILCS 30/16— A register of areas is established
525 ILCS 30/17— All public agencies shall recognize that the protection of nature preserves, buffer areas and registered areas is the public policy of the State and shall avoid the planning of any action that would adversely affect them
525 ILCS 30/18— No public agency shall designate an area as a nature preserve unless it is dedicated as a nature preserve under this Act or unless such designation is approved by the Commission
525 ILCS 30/19— The dedication or registration of an area or any other action taken under this Act shall not void or replace any protective status under law which an area would have were it not a dedicated or registered area, the protective provisions of this Act being supplemental thereto
525 ILCS 30/20— This Act does not provide public access to land without agreement of the owner thereof
525 ILCS 30/21
525 ILCS 30/22— Any person who violates this Act or any rule, or causes such violation by his employee or agent, shall be liable for a civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 for each violation, such penalty to be recovered in an action brought by the Attorney General or the State's Attorney in the circuit court
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525 ILCS 30/24— Conservation Police Officers, other employees designated by the Director, sheriffs and other police officers shall enforce this Act and the rules promulgated thereunder and are empowered to arrest any person detected in violation thereof
525 ILCS 30/25— All final administrative decisions under this Act are subject to judicial review under the "Administrative Review Law", as now or hereafter amended, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto
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