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| How to Find an Attorney
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| A. Bryan Endres, Stephanie B. Johnson & Donald L. Uchtmann |
| ALTB_08-02, June 2008; Revised July 2008 |
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This article discusses how to find an attorney in Illinois and a new project, the “Illinois Family Farm Law Project”, which provides free legal assistance to qualified low-income family farmers. The article also describes how to verify that an Illinois attorney is in good standing.
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| Accessing Federal Statutes and Regulations from the GPO Website
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| D. L. Uchtmann and Brian Garwood |
| ALTB_06-02, July 2006 |
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This article describes how to access federal statutes published in the United States Code (U.S.C.) and federal regulations published in the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) using the Government Printing Office Access website.
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| Illinois Laws Create New Threats to Farm Tresspassers
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| D. L. Uchtmann |
| ALTB_05-04, December 2005 |
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This article summarizes the impacts of 2005 Illinois legislation on trespassers who enter agricultural lands. By making parents and vehicle owners civilly liable for damage caused by farm trespassers under 16 who use a motor vehicle (e.g., an ATV) and by stiffening criminal penalties for criminal trespass and criminal damage to property, the Illinois legislature has created three expanded threats to would-be trespassers on certain agricultural property.
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| Survey of Illinois Law: The Latest Twist on the Illinois Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act: Clamping Down on Landowner Immunities
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| Bryan Endres and D. L. Uchtmann |
| Summer 2005 |
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Republished article for reference in ALTB 05-02.
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| A Farmdoc Users’ Guide for Accesssing Legislative Information from the Illinois General Assembly Website
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| D. L. Uchtmann and Brian Garwood |
| ALTB_05-03, November 2005 |
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This article provides detailed guidance for accessing the Illinois Compiled Statutes, Public Acts, and House/ Senate Bills available from the website of the Illinois General Assembly.
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| New Recreational Use Act Rules for IIlinois Landowner Liability:
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
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| A. Bryan Endres and D. L. Uchtmann |
| ALTB_05-02, November 2005 |
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Recent amendments to the Illinois Recreational Use Act have reduced the liability risk for Illinois landowners and tenants who, at no charge, allow others on their lands for hunting and recreational shooting. However, the amendments do not reduce landowner’s liability risk if the entrant is on the property for other recreational purposes like fishing or hiking (not hunting and recreational shooting). In some circumstances, a landowner’s liability risk is actually increased.
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| Accessing Illinois Statutes
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| November 2005 |
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Instructions for accessing Illinois Statutes from www.ilga.gov.
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| Pamphlets on Important Legal Topics
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| Illinois State Bar Association |
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Web-based public information pamphlets provided by the Illinois State Bar Association describing a variety of legal topics of interest to Illinois citizens.
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| Illinois Fence Act
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| Illinois General Assembly |
| Current |
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A web-based text of the principal Illinois statutes addressing division fences and other fence-related rights and responsibilities. See the DISCLAIMER concerning the use of Illinois' web-based statutes. Note that this is listed under Illinois Compiled Statutes 765 ILCS 130/ Fence Act.
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| Liability Risk and Recreational Use of Land after Hall v. Henn: Illinois Landowners Beware
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| D. L. Uchtmann and A. Bryan Endres |
| ALTB_04-10, May 2004 |
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This six-page article discusses general principles of liability affecting a landowner, how the Illinois Recreation Use Act can reduce a landowner's risk of liability, how a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision limits the liability protection previously available from the Act, and how the Hall v. Henn decision has created a new decision-making framework for landowners when deciding whether to say “yes” if persons ask to use Landowner's property for recreational purposes. Landowners should reassess, perhaps in consultation with their legal advisor and insurance representative, whether they will continue to make their lands available to others for hiking, hunting, fishing, or other recreational purposes. A separate article (titled "Recreational Use of Land & Liability Risk: Is New Legislation Needed?") suggested a potential amendment to the Illinois Recreational Use Act (and is available in the Policy section of farmdoc at http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/policy/digest/pdfs/policy_irpd-su2004.pdf).
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