SB2718eng 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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AN ACT concerning the Department of Natural Resources.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by changing Sections 11-102-2 and 11-123-10 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-102-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-2)

Sec. 11-102-2. Every municipality specified in Section 11-102-1 may purchase, construct, reconstruct, expand and improve landing fields, landing strips, landing floats, hangers, terminal buildings and other structures relating thereto and may provide terminal facilities for public airports; may construct, reconstruct and improve causeways, roadways, and bridges for approaches to or connections with the landing fields, landing strips and landing floats; and may construct and maintain breakwaters for the protection of such airports with a water front. Before any work of construction is commenced in, over or upon any public waters of the state, the plans and specifications therefor shall be submitted to and approved by the Department of Natural Resources Transportation of the state. Submission to and approval by the Department of Natural Resources Transportation is not required for any work or construction undertaken as part of the O'Hare Modernization Program as defined in Section 10 of the O'Hare Modernization Act.

(Source: P.A. 93-450, eff. 8-6-03.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-10)

Sec. 11-123-10. Every city or village may occupy, hold, and use any land acquired by the municipality under this Division 123 or under any act providing for harbor construction. A specified municipality may occupy, hold, and use any submerged land of the State of Illinois filled in or reclaimed by the municipality in connection with or in construction of a utility for the uses and purposes provided for in this Division 123. A specified municipality may lease any of this land for a period not longer than 50 years to any person upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by ordinance, but the ordinance shall provide that the rental value of the land shall be revalued near the end of each 10 years of the rental period and that the rental for the ensuing 10 years shall be adjusted and fixed in accordance with that evaluation.

Before such a lease becomes effective, it shall be approved in writing by the Director of Natural Resources Secretary of Transportation of the state, and, in case of approval, it shall be authenticated by the seal of that department.

All money received by a specified municipality from the lease of land forming a part of any harbor development shall be credited to a fund entitled the harbor fund of that particular harbor development. All money expended by the municipality for any purpose in relation to that land or in relation to the construction and maintenance of any utility, may be charged to the harbor fund, and that fund shall be used for no other purpose.

(Source: P.A. 81-840.)

Section 10. The Chicago Park District Act is amended by changing Section 26.4 as follows:

(70 ILCS 1505/26.4) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.23o)

Sec. 26.4. The Chicago Park District shall submit its plan for any construction to be undertaken under this section for approval to: (a) the Department of Natural Resources Transportation of the State of Illinois, and to (b) the proper officials of the United States Government.

(Source: P.A. 81-840.)

Section 15. The River Conservancy Districts Act is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

(70 ILCS 2105/25) (from Ch. 42, par. 408)

Sec. 25. Before any work is commenced under the provisions of this Act the plans therefor shall be submitted to, and approved by the Department of Natural Resources Transportation and by the Environmental Protection Agency of the State of Illinois or its successor as may be fixed by law.

(Source: P.A. 81-840.)

Section 20. The Surface Water Protection District Act is amended by changing Section 17 as follows:

(70 ILCS 3405/17) (from Ch. 42, par. 464)

Sec. 17. The board of trustees of any surface water protection district incorporated under this Act has the power and it is its legal duty and obligation to provide as nearly adequate protection from surface water damage for all persons and property within the district as possible and to prescribe necessary regulations for the prevention and control of surface water damage.

If in providing protection from surface water damage the flow of water in any stream will be thereby increased or any change or improvement in the course of any stream will be required, the board shall, before commencing the project, submit proposed plans for the project to and receive approval thereof by the Department of Natural Resources Transportation in accordance with the provisions of "An Act in relation to the regulation of the rivers, lakes and streams of the State of Illinois", approved June 10, 1911, as amended.

(Source: P.A. 81-840.)

Section 30. The Kankakee River Dam Transfer Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 as follows:

(615 ILCS 110/5)

Sec. 5. Authorization to acquire. The Department of Natural Resources Transportation, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to acquire by donation from the City of Wilmington in Will County, Illinois and other owners the existing Kankakee River 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.

(Source: P.A. 87-1219.)

(615 ILCS 110/10)

Sec. 10. Powers of Department of Natural Resources Transportation. After the real estate and structures described in Section 5 have been acquired, the Department of Natural Resources Transportation may reconstruct, repair, restore, rehabilitate, demolish, lease for a period not to exceed 20 years, 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.

(Source: P.A. 87-1219.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July 1, 2004.