Bill Text: IL HB4072 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning navigation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB4072 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB4072-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB4072 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
615 ILCS 5/9 from Ch. 19, par. 56
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning navigation.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended by
changing Section 9 as follows:
(615 ILCS 5/9) (from Ch. 19, par. 56)
Sec. 9. The The Department of Natural Resources shall
carefully investigate any and all complaints that may be made
that any person, company or corporation is attempting to
interfere with the free and unobstructed navigation of any of
the public bodies of water of the State, and if it finds that
the complaint is well founded, the Department shall enter such
order as may be required to prevent wrongful interference with
such navigation.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)