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Bill	FOREST PRESERVE EASEMENT	Amends the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that any forest preserve district shall have the power to acquire land, in fee simple or by easement, for the following purposes: to create a forest preserve, for the consolidation of forest preserve units, to connect forest preserve units, to preserve and manage the water resources of the forest preserve district along water courses, and to provide for the extension of roads and parking for forest preserves. Further provides that any forest preserve district shall have the power to acquire land by easement as it shall deem necessary or desirable for public use of forest preserves. Provides that property owned by a forest preserve district and property in which a forest preserve district is the grantee of a conservation easement or the grantee of a conservation right shall not be subject to eminent domain or condemnation proceedings. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 1499	Illinois SB 1499 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2013-02-07	2013-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/58f9fc83-1b0f-429b-a96e-9459eaf4a6ba	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1499&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72250&SessionID=85&GA=98	e24f34bb5e059c0198dd6f28a959697f47d0caaef427ea32b28e4ce92fa29645	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1499 (98th) — FOREST PRESERVE EASEMENT

Amends the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that any forest preserve district shall have the power to acquire land, in fee simple or by easement, for the following purposes: to create a forest preserve, for the consolidation of forest preserve units, to connect forest preserve units, to preserve and manage the water resources of the forest preserve district along water courses, and to provide for the extension of roads and parking for forest preserves. Further provides that any forest preserve district shall have the power to acquire land by easement as it shall deem necessary or desirable for public use of forest preserves. Provides that property owned by a forest preserve district and property in which a forest preserve district is the grantee of a conservation easement or the grantee of a conservation right shall not be subject to eminent domain or condemnation proceedings. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cunningham — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2013-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham filing
• 2013-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-14 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2013-02-28 Postponed - Local Government
• 2013-03-06 Do Pass Local Government; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2013
• 2013-03-06 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2013-03-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 13, 2013
• 2013-03-13 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-03-13 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-03-13 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
• 2013-03-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-03-13 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-08 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2013
• 2013-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0281 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58f9fc83-1b0f-429b-a96e-9459eaf4a6ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).