99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3262

 

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
615 ILCS 5/11  from Ch. 19, par. 58

    Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Provides that certified copies of data, surveys, charts, high and low water marks, river gauges, and information with reference to navigability of public bodies of water in this State collected by the Department of Natural Resources shall be self-authenticating and received in court as evidence of the facts thereby shown.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended by
5changing Section 11 as follows:
 
6    (615 ILCS 5/11)  (from Ch. 19, par. 58)
7    Sec. 11. The Department of Natural Resources shall obtain
8all possible data, surveys, charts, high and low water marks,
9and river gauges, and information with reference to the
10navigability of any of the public bodies of water of the State,
11and keep the same at all times available for public inspection,
12and aid in extending the navigation of any of the public bodies
13of water of the State. Such information shall be furnished at
14its actual cost to any person desiring the same. Certified
15copies of such data shall be self-authenticating and shall be
16received in court as evidence of the facts thereby shown.
17(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)