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92_HB4651 LRB9212027LBpr 1 AN ACT concerning conservation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Water Use Act of 1983 is amended by 5 changing Section 2 as follows: 6 (525 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 5, par. 1602) 7 Sec. 2. Declaration of policyPolicy. The General 8 Assembly declares it to be in the public interest to better 9 manage and conserve water, to establish a mechanism for 10 restricting withdrawals of groundwater in emergencies, and to 11 provide for public notice of planned substantial withdrawals 12 of water after the effective date of this Act from new points 13 of withdrawal before water is withdrawn. 14 (Source: P.A. 85-483.)