(615 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 19, par. 55)
Sec. 8.
The Department of Natural Resources shall receive from any citizen
complaints as to any invasion of or encroachment upon any rights of the
State, or of any citizen of the State, with reference to any of the public
bodies of water of the State, or as to any interference with the right or
claim of any citizen to use or enjoy any public water of this State, and
upon being requested so to do, the Department, in its discretion, may hold
a public hearing for the purpose of taking evidence with reference to the
subject matter of the complaint, and of hearing all persons who may appear
upon behalf of, or in opposition to the petition, and at the conclusion of
the hearing it shall enter an order defining the rights and interests of
the parties, and prescribing their duties.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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