(420 ILCS 20/21.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 241-21.1)
Sec. 21.1. (a) For the purpose of conducting subsurface surveys and
other studies under this Act, officers and employees of the Agency and
officers and employees of any person under contract or subcontract with the Agency
shall have the power to enter upon the lands or waters of any
person upon written notice to the known owners and occupants, if any.
(b) In addition to the powers under subsection (a), and without
limitation to those powers, the Agency and any person under contract or
subcontract with the Agency shall also have the power to enter
contracts and agreements which allow entry upon the lands or waters of any
person for the purpose of conducting subsurface surveys and other studies under this Act.
(c) The Agency shall be responsible for any actual damages
occasioned by the entry upon the lands or waters of any person under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-777, eff. 8-4-08.)
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