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20 ILCS 862/5 (2026)

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(20 ILCS 862/5)
    Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
    (1) Recreation is an important industry in the State of Illinois and its growth should be encouraged.
    (2) The establishment and maintenance of recreational trails by the State of Illinois is important for the promotion of recreation and conservation.
    (3) The federal government has emphasized the importance of recreational trails by enacting the Symms National Recreational Trails Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-240, Sec. 1301).
    (4) Illinois should adopt a comprehensive recreational trails Act for the establishment and maintenance of recreational trails.
(Source: P.A. 90-287, eff. 1-1-98.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Holm v. Kodat, 2022 IL 127511 (Ill. 2022).
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Holm v. Kodat, 2022 IL 127511 (Ill. 2022). “20 ILCS 862/5 (West 2020). The Department of Natural Resources, in developing recreational areas, has the power to lease from private or public ownership “any lands or waters for the purpose of developing outdoor recreational areas for public use and to acquire all necessary…”
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