(70 ILCS 1205/11-2) (from Ch. 105, par. 11-2)
Sec. 11-2.
When any park district borders upon any navigable body of water,
the title to the bed or submerged land of which is vested in the State of
Illinois, said district may take possession of, enclose, fill in, reclaim
and protect any portion of such submerged land bordering thereon, over
which there shall be shoal and shallow water not fit for navigation and
shall have the power to establish, construct and maintain parks and
boulevards over and upon the same, and all right, title and interest of the
State of Illinois in and to the bed or submerged land of such body of water
so taken possession of, enclosed, filled in and reclaimed is hereby granted
and ceded to such park district and the title thereto shall vest in such
park district to be held for the use and benefit of the public as a part of
said park district for park and boulevard purposes exclusively, and said
district shall have power for the purpose of reclaiming such submerged land
and protecting the same thereafter, to construct all necessary
break-waters, or protection for the building and maintenance of such parks
and boulevards, and the enclosing or reclamation of such submerged lands.
Any such submerged lands so enclosed and reclaimed as aforesaid shall
forever be held and maintained for park and boulevard purposes and no
portion thereof shall ever be granted or ceded away by any district for any
purpose, and in case the same should ever cease to be used for park or
boulevard purposes, then the title to the same shall revest in the State of
Illinois, together with all the improvements thereon and the appurtenances
thereof.
(Source: Laws 1951, p. 113.)
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