(615 ILCS 5/24) (from Ch. 19, par. 71)
Sec. 24.
Title to the bed of Lake Michigan and all other meandered lakes in
Illinois, set forth in the 1962 Report of the Department of Public Works
and Buildings, Division of Waterways, entitled "Meandered Lakes in
Illinois", with Map Appendix, regardless of the location, size or shape is
held in trust for the benefit of the People of the State of Illinois and
the Department of Natural Resources is the agency
designated as the trustee authorized to exercise administrative jurisdiction
and control thereover in the execution of the powers and duties under this Act.
It shall be the duty of the Department of Natural Resources, to carefully
examine the shore lines of Lake Michigan, all
other meandered lakes in Illinois and the Chicago
River each year for the purpose of seeing that encroachments are not made
upon or other unauthorized uses made of these bodies of water, and for the
purpose of preventing any land being made along the said Chicago River,
Lake Michigan or meandered lakes in such manner as might become an
encroachment thereon.
The Department, for the purpose of preventing fills, deposits of any
character, or encroachments or other unauthorized uses in or upon any of
the lakes or rivers of this State, and for the protection of navigation
upon any of the navigable rivers and lakes of this State, or such rivers
and lakes as are capable of being made navigable by improvement, is hereby
authorized and empowered to lay out and fix shore or harbor lines through
any city or municipality, or at any other locality where public interests
may require, and to authorize the construction of retaining walls under
proper restrictions and conditions. Any person or persons, city or
municipality, or other agency, desiring to erect such wall, shall first
secure a permit therefor upon application to and submission of plans,
profiles and specifications to said Department of Natural Resources, the line
upon which said construction is to be placed to be fixed by survey by said
Department. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Section, or does
any work herein designated without first obtaining a permit from the
Department of Natural Resources, shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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