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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

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



 
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    Section 5. The Fox Waterway Agency Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 7.2 as follows:
 
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    (615 ILCS 90/7.2)  (from Ch. 19, par. 1209)
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    Sec. 7.2. The Agency may charge reasonable user fees
for 
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recreational and commercial boating, and has the authority to 
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issue
revenue bonds and to borrow funds from any financial 
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lending institution, but
shall
not have the authority to impose 
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any property tax.
The Agency shall devise a schedule
of user 
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fees.  The Agency shall conduct public hearings before

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establishing or changing user fees or soliciting the issuance 
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of revenue
bonds or the borrowing of funds.  The Agency may 
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issue
stickers as evidence of the payment of user fees.
The 
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Agency may impose a civil penalty on persons who knowingly use 
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the waterway
without paying a required user fee in an amount 
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not exceeding $500
for each
violation.  Such civil penalty may 
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be recovered by the Agency in a civil
action.
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    The Agency may also sell its dredging materials from the 
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waterway as reclaimed topsoil. 
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    At least 75% of the gross income from fees collected under 
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this Section
shall be used exclusively for projects designed to 
 


 






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maintain and improve the
waterway.
Such projects may include, 
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but are not limited to, dredging, site acquisition
for silt 
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deposit, water safety, and water quality projects.  Any funds

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which have not
been expended by the end of a fiscal year may be 
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accumulated in a revolving
fund.
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(Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19-95.)
 

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