Public Act 096-0960
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Public Act 096-0960 |
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Fox Waterway Agency Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 7.2 as follows: | ||||
(615 ILCS 90/7.2) (from Ch. 19, par. 1209) | ||||
Sec. 7.2. The Agency may charge reasonable user fees
for | ||||
recreational and commercial boating, and has the authority to | ||||
issue
revenue bonds and to borrow funds from any financial | ||||
lending institution, but
shall
not have the authority to impose | ||||
any property tax.
The Agency shall devise a schedule
of user | ||||
fees. The Agency shall conduct public hearings before
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establishing or changing user fees or soliciting the issuance | ||||
of revenue
bonds or the borrowing of funds. The Agency may | ||||
issue
stickers as evidence of the payment of user fees.
The | ||||
Agency may impose a civil penalty on persons who knowingly use | ||||
the waterway
without paying a required user fee in an amount | ||||
not exceeding $500
for each
violation. Such civil penalty may | ||||
be recovered by the Agency in a civil
action. | ||||
The Agency may also sell its dredging materials from the | ||||
waterway as reclaimed topsoil. | ||||
At least 75% of the gross income from fees collected under | ||||
this Section
shall be used exclusively for projects designed to |
maintain and improve the
waterway.
Such projects may include, | ||
but are not limited to, dredging, site acquisition
for silt | ||
deposit, water safety, and water quality projects. Any funds
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which have not
been expended by the end of a fiscal year may be | ||
accumulated in a revolving
fund. | ||
(Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19-95.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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