(615 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 105, par. 482d)
Sec. 4.
Administration as State Park.
Upon the acceptance of title to the
Canal as aforesaid, the Canal shall
become a State Park, under the care, control, supervision, and management
of the Department of Natural Resources as provided by the
laws of this State concerning the State park system, except that (a) each
bridge which connects sections of a road which is part of the system of State
highways, and any approach to such a bridge, shall become part of such system
of State highways; (b) each other public road section or bridge, unless
designated by the Department of Natural Resources as an
access road or driveway of the Park, shall be maintained by the governmental
unit which maintains the road of which such section or bridge is a part; and
(c) the Department of Natural Resources shall control,
operate, and maintain all dams and other structures and facilities
which regulate or pertain to the regulation of the water levels in the several
pools of the Park, and shall construct, reconstruct, repair, maintain, and
operate such dams and other structures and facilities in such manner as will
best promote the public recreational use of the Park.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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