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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Fox Waterway Agency Act is amended by
5changing Section 3 and by adding Section 3.1 as follows:
 
6    (615 ILCS 90/3)  (from Ch. 19, par. 1203)
7    Sec. 3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
8requires:
9    (a) "Agency" means the Fox Waterway Agency created by this
10Act.
11    (b) "Board" means the board of directors of the Fox
12Waterway Agency.
13    (c) "Director" means a member of the board of directors of
14the Fox Waterway Agency.
15    (d) "Member County" means that portion of either Lake
16County or McHenry County which lies within the territory of the
17Agency.
18    (e) "Chain of Lakes Fox River Recreational Waterway" or
19"waterway" "Waterway" means the Fox River and interconnecting
20lakes commonly known as the Chain O Lakes from the Wisconsin
21State line to the Algonquin Dam, all within the State of
22Illinois, and includes all streams, bayous, sloughs,
23backwaters, side channels, improved channels, and submerged

 

 

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1lands or parts thereof which lie within the territory of the
2Agency.
3(Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19-95.)
 
4    (615 ILCS 90/3.1 new)
5    Sec. 3.1. Public use. All waters within the waterway are
6open to the public for navigation and fishing.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.