20 ILCS 805/805-230

    (20 ILCS 805/805-230) (was 20 ILCS 805/63a18)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-865)
    Sec. 805-230. Developing recreational areas.

The Department has the
power to lease from individuals, corporations, or any other form
of
private ownership, from any municipality, public corporation, or political
subdivision of this State, or from the United States any lands or
waters for
the purpose of developing outdoor recreational areas for public use and to
acquire all necessary property or rights-of-way for the purposes of
ingress or egress to those lands and waters and to construct
buildings and
other recreational facilities, including roadways, bridges, and parking
areas, that the Department deems necessary or desirable for maximum
utilization of
recreational facilities for public use of the areas.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-865)
Sec. 805-230. Developing recreational areas.

The Department has the power to lease from individuals, corporations, or any other form of private ownership, from any municipality, public corporation, or political subdivision of this State, or from the United States any lands or waters for the purpose of developing outdoor recreational areas for public use and to acquire all necessary property or rights-of-way for the purposes of ingress or egress to those lands and waters and to construct buildings and other recreational facilities, including roadways, bridges, parking areas, commercial solar energy systems, and clean energy projects that the Department deems necessary or desirable for maximum utilization of recreational facilities for public use of the areas.

(Source: P.A. 103-865, eff. 1-1-25.)