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HB3256 Engrossed                               LRB9110592DHmb

 1        AN ACT to create the Momence Dam Transfer Act.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 1. Short title.  This Act may  be  cited  as  the
 5    Momence Dam Transfer Act.

 6        Section  5.  Authorization  to acquire. The Department of
 7    Natural Resources, on behalf of the  State  of  Illinois,  is
 8    authorized to acquire by donation from the City of Momence in
 9    Kankakee  County,  Illinois  and  other  owners  the existing
10    Momence dam and its abutments, millrace, millrace structures,
11    and all other improvements constructed in connection with the
12    dam:  the  sites  on  which  the  dam,  abutments,  millrace,
13    millrace structures, and other improvements are  constructed,
14    and all water, flowage easements, and other privileges at law
15    or  in  equity  that the present owners or their predecessors
16    acquired in and to the property.

17        Section  10.  Powers  of  the   Department   of   Natural
18    Resources.  After the real estate and structures described in
19    Section 5 have  been  acquired,  the  Department  of  Natural
20    Resources  may  reconstruct,  repair,  restore, rehabilitate,
21    demolish, lease for a period not to exceed  20  years,  sell,
22    transfer  or  convey,  exchange, develop or otherwise utilize
23    these lands with their appurtenances acquired under this  Act
24    in the best interest of the State of Illinois.

25        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
26    becoming law.

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