Chapter 615, WATERWAYS

(615 ILCS 105/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 482.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park Act. (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

(615 ILCS 10/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 78.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Waterway Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 35/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 29.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois and Michigan Canal Protection Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 75/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 41.09) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Kaskaskia River Watershed and Basin Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 95/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 1300) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Vermilion River Middle Fork Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 80/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 1130) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Big Kinkaid Creek Reservoir Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 30/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 0.01) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois and Michigan Canal Management Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 45/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 37.10) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois and Michigan Canal Development Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 85/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 1150) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Blue Waters Ditch Flood Control Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 55/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 1140) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lake Michigan Shore Line Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 65/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 112.90) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lake Calumet Harbor Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 40/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 37.01) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois and Michigan Canal Land Use Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 100/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 1350) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the McHenry County Dam Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 100/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 1351) Sec. 1. For and on behalf of the State of Illinois, the Department of Public Works and Buildings shall have the power to acquire by donation, the title to the following land: Beginning at a point thirty-six (36) rods east and fifty-six (5…

(615 ILCS 75/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 41.1) Sec. 1. The Department of Natural Resources may independently engage in, or may make agreements with any agency of the United States, any municipality or political subdivision of this State or any public or private corporation, person or a…

(615 ILCS 40/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 37.1) Sec. 1. Whenever any lands, laid out and platted before July 15, 1953 as a public landing or basin, appurtenant to the Illinois and Michigan Canal, by or under the authority of the State of Illinois and being an integral part of the lands …

(615 ILCS 85/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 1151) Sec. 1. The Department of Natural Resources may independently engage in or may make agreements with any municipality or political subdivision of this State or any public or private corporation, person or association for the formulation of …

(615 ILCS 55/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 1141) Sec. 1. The Division of Water Resources of the Department of Natural Resources shall cause investigations, surveys and studies to be made in cooperation with appropriate federal, State and local agencies with the view to devising effective…

(615 ILCS 95/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 1301) Sec. 1. The General Assembly recognizes the outstanding natural, scenic, recreational, ecological, historical and archaeological values of the middle fork of the Vermilion River in Vermilion County, Illinois, and deems the middle fork of t…

(615 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 79) Sec. 1. A deep waterway shall be constructed from the water power plant of the Sanitary District of Chicago, at or near Lockport, in the township of Lockport, in the County of Will, to a point in the Illinois River at or near Utica. Such wat…

(615 ILCS 90/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 1201) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Fox Waterway Agency Act. (Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19-95.)

(615 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 482a) Sec. 1. Cooperation with federal authorities. The Department of Natural Resources, subject to the approval of the Governor, is authorized to enter into agreements with the duly authorized representatives of the United States for the acco…

(615 ILCS 80/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 1131) Sec. 1. The Department of Natural Resources, as successor to the Department of Public Works and Buildings and the Department of Transportation, may independently engage in, or may make agreements with any agency of the United States, any m…

(615 ILCS 20/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 47a) Sec. 1. It is unlawful to tie up or anchor vessels or other water craft in public or navigable waters of the State of Illinois in such a manner as to prevent or obstruct in any manner, between the shore lines thereof, the passage of any ves…

(615 ILCS 110/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Kankakee River Dam Transfer Act. (Source: P.A. 87-1219.)

(615 ILCS 65/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 113) Sec. 1. A harbor, having a basin and slips, a depth of not less than minus twenty-one and thirty-four one-hundredths (21.34) feet Chicago datum and a total area of not less than five hundred (500) acres of which not less than three hundred …

(615 ILCS 35/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 30) Sec. 1. The Department of Natural Resources may ascertain and establish the surveys of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the strips of land adjacent thereto, including the 90 foot strips as originally made and laid out by the State and Fed…

(615 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 126a) Sec. 1. It is hereby recognized that the unregulated flow of the rivers and waters of the State of Illinois constitutes a menace to the general welfare of the people of this State, resulting in periods of destructive floods upon the rivers…

(615 ILCS 45/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 37.11) Sec. 1. The State-owned Illinois and Michigan Canal, extending from Chicago to the Illinois River at LaSalle, passing through Cook, Will, Grundy, and LaSalle Counties, is no longer useful or operated as a canal for commercial purposes and…

(615 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 119) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Level of Lake Michigan Act". (Source: P.A. 83-1405.)

(615 ILCS 20/1.1) (from Ch. 19, par. 47a.1) Sec. 1.1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Navigable Waters Obstruction Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(615 ILCS 50/1.1) (from Ch. 19, par. 119.1) Sec. 1.1. Definitions. In this Act: "Department" is the Department of Natural Resources. "Domestic purposes" includes all public water supply pumpage and water supplied to commercial and industrial establishments. "Consumptive use" mean…

(615 ILCS 90/1.1) (from Ch. 19, par. 1201.1) Sec. 1.1. There is created the Fox Waterway Agency, a body corporate and politic and a special-purpose unit of local government. This amendatory Act of 1995 is changing the name of the Agency; it is not creating a new agency or abolish…

(615 ILCS 50/1.2) (from Ch. 19, par. 119.2) Sec. 1.2. The Department is designated as the agency to control and regulate the diversion of Lake Michigan water and is responsible for apportionment of water diverted from the Lake Michigan watershed. No regional organization, municip…

(615 ILCS 90/1.2) (from Ch. 19, par. 1201.2) Sec. 1.2. Unless otherwise indicated, all elections conducted pursuant to this Act shall be in accordance with the general election law of this State. (Source: P.A. 83-1121.)

(615 ILCS 45/10) (from Ch. 19, par. 37.20) Sec. 10. When so proposed in the master plan for the development and management of the Canal, the Department is authorized, in its discretion, to prepare and devise schemes, plans, ways and means for the reservation and acquisition by th…

(615 ILCS 30/10) (from Ch. 19, par. 11) Sec. 10. All deeds, title papers, agreements and contracts affecting the title to real estate in this state, heretofore executed by the board of trustees of the Illinois and Michigan canal, under the seal of said board, by the canal commiss…

(615 ILCS 50/10) (from Ch. 19, par. 120.8) Sec. 10. The Department of Natural Resources may make such investigations and conduct such hearings as may be necessary to the performance of its duties under this Act. The Department may issue subpoenas, and may administer oaths in conn…

(615 ILCS 110/10) Sec. 10. Powers of Department of Natural Resources. After the real estate and structures described in Section 5 have been acquired, the Department of Natural Resources may reconstruct, repair, restore, rehabilitate, demolish, lease for a period not to exceed 20 …

(615 ILCS 90/10) (from Ch. 19, par. 1220) Sec. 10. Any person who violates this Act or an ordinance or rule adopted pursuant to this Act shall be guilty of a petty offense punishable by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500 per occurrence. (Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19…

(615 ILCS 5/10) (from Ch. 19, par. 57) Sec. 10. The Department of Natural Resources shall investigate any and all complaints within the State that any person, company, association or corporation is attempting to assert any lawful rights or exclusive privileges or franchises with …

(615 ILCS 45/10.5) Sec. 10.5. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94…

(615 ILCS 45/11) (from Ch. 19, par. 37.21) Sec. 11. Drainage, flood control, and other improvements, together with other regulatory procedures shall be provided when the Department in its discretion, determines that the same is necessary to protect the interest of the State of Il…

(615 ILCS 30/11) (from Ch. 19, par. 12) Sec. 11. Copies of the books and entries of the sale or conveyance of any lands or lots that have been sold or conveyed by the trustees of the Illinois and Michigan canal, by the canal commissioners, by the Department of Public Works and Bu…

(615 ILCS 90/11) (from Ch. 19, par. 1221) Sec. 11. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as relieving the State and federal governments from any responsibility they may have for maintaining or improving the waterways under the Agency's authority. (Source: P.A. 83-864.)

(615 ILCS 50/11) (from Ch. 19, par. 120.9) Sec. 11. The Department of Natural Resources may contract for appraisal, legal, engineering, or other professional services which may be necessary, in the discretion of the Department, for the proper exercise of the duties and responsibi…

(615 ILCS 5/11) (from Ch. 19, par. 58) Sec. 11. The Department of Natural Resources shall obtain all possible data, surveys, charts, high and low water marks, and river gauges, and information with reference to the navigability of any of the public bodies of water of the State, a…

(615 ILCS 30/12) (from Ch. 19, par. 13) Sec. 12. The Department of Natural Resources shall keep an accurate account of all moneys received and of all expenditures of every kind. (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

(615 ILCS 90/12) (from Ch. 19, par. 1222) Sec. 12. Repealer. This Act was not repealed January 1, 1995, because a majority of the voters voting at the referendum provided for in Section 2.1 voted in favor of continuing the Fox Waterway Agency. (Source: P.A. 88-535; 89-162, eff. 7…

(615 ILCS 50/12) (from Ch. 19, par. 120.10) Sec. 12. Final orders issued and entered by the Department of Natural Resources under the provisions of this Act shall be subject to the judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law and amendments or modif…