(615 ILCS 5/13) (from Ch. 19, par. 60)
Sec. 13.
The Department of Natural Resources shall make a careful
investigation of every body of water, both river and lake, in the State,
and ascertain to what extent, if at all, the same have been encroached upon
by private interests or individuals, and wherever it believes that the same
have been encroached upon, the Department shall commence appropriate action
either to recover full compensation for such wrongful encroachment, or to
recover the use of the same, or of any lands improperly or unlawfully made
in connection with any public river or lake for the use of the People of
the State. The right and authority hereby given and created shall not be
held to be exclusive, or to take from the Attorney General or any other law
officer of the State the right to commence suit or action.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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