Public Act 099-0073
 
HB3240 EnrolledLRB099 10519 RJF 30746 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended  by 
changing Section 26a as follows:
 



    (615 ILCS 5/26a)  (from Ch. 19, par. 74)



    Sec. 26a. 
The Department of Natural Resources may issue 
orders requiring all necessary remedial actions to correct 
violations of this Act and impose the civil penalties provided 
in this Section. All orders entered by the Department of 
Natural Resources shall be
made only upon giving reasonable 
notice to persons to be affected by such
orders; or having any 
interest in the subject matter of such orders and
after a 
hearing in relation thereto. Any person who violates any 
provision of this Act; any rule or regulation adopted by the 
Department; any permit, term, or condition of this Act; or any 
order of the Department under this Act, shall be liable for a 
civil penalty of up to 2 times the applicable permit fee, but 
not to exceed $5,000 for a violation. The penalty fee may, upon 
order of the Department of Natural Resources or a court of 
competent jurisdiction, be made payable to the Department and 
deposited into the State Boating Act Fund for use by the 
Department for ordinary and contingent expenses neglects, 
refuses or
fails to obey any lawful order made by the 
Department of Natural Resources and
to carry the same into 
effect in accordance with such order is liable for a
fine of 
not less than $100 nor more than $1000 to be recovered in a 
civil
action in the name of the People of the State of Illinois 
in any circuit
court.

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)