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HB0654 Engrossed LRB093 05345 JAM 05435 b
1 AN ACT in relation to bodies of water.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended
5 by changing Section 9 as follows:
6 (615 ILCS 5/9) (from Ch. 19, par. 56)
7 Sec. 9. The Department of Natural Resources shall
8 carefully investigate any and all complaints that may be made
9 that any person, company or corporation is attempting to
10 interfere with the free and unobstructed navigation of any of
11 the public bodies of water of the State, and if it finds that
12 the complaint is well founded, the Department shall enter the
13 such order as may be required to prevent wrongful
14 interference with such navigation.
15 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)