(55 ILCS 5/5-15008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-15008)
Sec. 5-15008.
Flow of streams and rivers.
The county board shall
supervise, regulate and control the flow within the boundaries of the county
of the waters of any river, stream or water course over and through any and
all dams and other obstructions, if any, now or hereafter existing or
constructed in, upon or along any such river, stream or water course; provided
however, that nothing in this Section contained shall empower any county to
abridge or in any manner curtail any vested water power rights or other rights.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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