20 ILCS 801/1-5

(20 ILCS 801/1-5)
Sec. 1-5. Purpose.
It is the purpose of this Act to change the
name of the Department of Conservation to the Department of Natural Resources
and to transfer to it various rights, powers, duties, and functions of the
Department of Energy and Natural Resources, the Department of Mines and
Minerals, the Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council, and the Division of
Water Resources of the Department of Transportation.  This Act also transfers
certain recycling, energy, and oil overcharge functions of the Department of
Energy and Natural Resources to the Department of Commerce and  Community
Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) and certain functions of the Department of Conservation related to the
Lincoln Monument to the Historic Preservation Agency.  This Act consolidates
and centralizes the programs and services now offered to citizens by these
governmental bodies, resulting in more effective operation of these programs
and services.
(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)