Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Filed: 3/15/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 91

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 91 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

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1Agency.
2    (e) "Chain of Lakes Fox River Recreational Waterway" or
3"waterway" "Waterway" means the Fox River and interconnecting
4lakes commonly known as the Chain O Lakes from the Wisconsin
5State line to the Algonquin Dam, all within the State of
6Illinois, and includes all streams, bayous, sloughs,
7backwaters, side channels, improved channels, and submerged
8lands or parts thereof which lie within the territory of the
9Agency.
10(Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19-95.)
 
11    (615 ILCS 90/3.1 new)
12    Sec. 3.1. Public use. All waters within the waterway are
13open to the public for navigation and fishing.
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.".