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615 ILCS 5/25

(615 ILCS 5/25) (from Ch. 19, par. 72)

Sec. 25.

The Attorney General, any State's Attorney of any county or any
attorney authorized by the Department of Natural Resources shall have the
power to represent said Department, and in the name of the State of
Illinois, invoke for the purposes specified in this act, all of the power
of the State to prevent the wrongs and injuries herein referred to, and for
that purpose, such Attorney General, State's attorney or authorized
attorney shall be deemed to be the proper representative of the State, with
full power and authority upon its behalf to prosecute all necessary suits
or actions.

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)