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1 AN ACT concerning groundwater preservation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources Act is
5 amended by changing Section 5-10 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 801/5-10)
7 Sec. 5-10. Additional powers. With respect to the water
8 resources of the State, the Office of Water Resources shall
9 have the following powers:
10 (a) To study and investigate ways and means by which the
11 various water uses may be coordinated to the end that the
12 water resources of the State be put to their maximum
13 beneficial use and, in connection therewith, to request any
14 department or agency of the State to make surveys, studies,
15 investigations, prepare plans, reports and furnish such data
16 and information as may be necessary.
17 (b) To coordinate, determine and provide ways and means
18 for the equitable reconciliation and adjustment of the
19 various conflicting claims and rights to water by users or
20 uses.
21 (c) To recommend legislation for the most feasible
22 method or methods of conserving water resources and putting
23 them to the maximum possible use, taking into account the
24 problems of navigation, flood control, river flow control and
25 stabilization, reclamation, drainage and recapture, and
26 further utilization of water after use for any purpose,
27 domestic and industrial use, irrigation of land, municipal
28 use, development of electric energy, public health,
29 recreational, fish and game life, and other beneficial use.
30 (d) To undertake regulatory flood hazard mapping within
31 this State.
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1 (e) To inspect and prescribe standards of repair,
2 maintenance and improvement of the facilities and properties
3 of the Metro-East Sanitary District.
4 (f) To study the development, use, and management of
5 groundwater resources in the State of Illinois and the need
6 to implement county groundwater quantity management plans.
7 This study must be completed and filed with the Governor and
8 the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2001.
9 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)
10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.
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