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HB4622 • 2026
TREE REMOVAL-IDOT PROP
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TREE REMOVAL-IDOT PROP
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier
TREE REMOVAL-IDOT PROP
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Full Text of HB4622 Home Legislation Full Text HB4622 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB4622 Introduced 2/3/2026, by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 740 ILCS 185/8 new Amends the Wrongful Tree Cutting Act. Provides that if a tree along a fence line abutting a roadway is on a property that was formerly used as farm land and is now owned or managed by the Department of Transportation and encroaches onto, over, or beneath a neighboring parcel that is currently used for farming, the parcel owner may petition the Department of Transportation to remove the tree if the tree's growth is affecting crop growth or otherwise hindering the parcel owner's economic use of the land to the extent that the problem can only be effectively remediated by removing the tree. Permits the neighboring parcel owner to remove the tree at the parcel owner's own expense without any obligation to compensate the Department of Transportation for the tree's removal if the Department of Transportation does not either remove the tree, grant the neighboring parcel owner permission to remove the tree, or explain in writing why the tree cannot in good faith be removed within 60 days. Provides that if the Department of Transportation cannot in good faith remove the tree within 60 days, the maximum delay allowed is an additional 60 days for it to remove the tree. Provides that if a neighboring parcel owner has been given authority to remove a tree, the parcel owner is immune from a claim of damages to the property, except in the cases of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. LRB104 17649 JRC 31080 b A BILL FOR HB4622 LRB104 17649 JRC 31080 b 1 AN ACT concerning civil law. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Wrongful Tree Cutting Act is amended by 5 adding Section 8 as follows: 6 (740 ILCS 185/8 new) 7 Sec. 8. State tree encroaching on neighboring farmland. 8 (a) If a tree along a fence line abutting a roadway is on a 9 property that was formerly used as farm land and is now owned 10 or managed by the Department of Transportation and encroaches 11 onto, over, or beneath a neighboring parcel that is currently 12 used for farming, the parcel owner may petition the Department 13 of Transportation to remove the tree if the tree's growth is 14 affecting crop growth or otherwise hindering the parcel 15 owner's economic use of the land to the extent that the problem 16 can only be effectively remediated by removing the tree. 17 (b) The neighboring parcel owner is permitted to remove 18 the tree at the parcel owner's own expense without any 19 obligation to compensate the Department of Transportation for 20 the tree's removal if, within 60 days of a request made under 21 this Section, the Department of Transportation does not either 22 remove the tree, grant the neighboring parcel owner permission 23 to remove the tree, or explain in writing why the tree cannot HB4622 - 2 - LRB104 17649 JRC 31080 b 1 in good faith be removed within 60 days. If the Department of 2 Transportation cannot in good faith remove the tree within 60 3 days, the maximum delay allowed is an additional 60 days for it 4 to remove the tree. 5 (c) If a neighboring parcel owner has been given authority 6 to remove a tree under this Section, the parcel owner is immune 7 from a claim of damages to the property, except in the cases of 8 gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. Contact ILGA Webmaster ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse ILGA.gov you consent to our use of cookies. Read About Cookies ILGA.GOV 2026 ILGA.gov | All Rights Reserved | ADA | Disclaimers | Learn This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. 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