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Public Act 91-0848
HB3256 Enrolled LRB9110592DHmb
AN ACT to create the Momence Dam Transfer Act.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Momence Dam Transfer Act.
Section 5. Authorization to acquire. The Department of
Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is
authorized to acquire by donation from the City of Momence in
Kankakee County, Illinois and other owners the existing
Momence dam and its abutments, millrace, millrace structures,
and all other improvements constructed in connection with the
dam: the sites on which the dam, abutments, millrace,
millrace structures, and other improvements are constructed,
and all water, flowage easements, and other privileges at law
or in equity that the present owners or their predecessors
acquired in and to the property.
Section 10. Powers of the Department of Natural
Resources. After the real estate and structures described in
Section 5 have been acquired, the Department of Natural
Resources may reconstruct, repair, restore, rehabilitate,
demolish, lease subject to the Illinois Procurement Code,
sell, transfer or convey, exchange, develop or otherwise
utilize these lands with their appurtenances acquired under
this Act in the best interest of the State of Illinois.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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