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| | HB1914 Engrossed | | LRB100 04397 AWJ 14403 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Water District Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 9 as follows:
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| 6 | | (70 ILCS 3705/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 196)
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| 7 | | Sec. 9. Every public water district organized under this |
| 8 | | Act and every non-profit private water company is
authorized to |
| 9 | | construct, maintain, alter and extend its water mains and |
| 10 | | wastewater lines as a
proper use of highways along, upon, under |
| 11 | | and across any highway, street,
alley or public ground in the |
| 12 | | State, but so as not to inconvenience the
public use thereof, |
| 13 | | and the right and authority are hereby granted to any
such |
| 14 | | district or non-profit private water company to construct, |
| 15 | | maintain and operate any conduit or conduits,
water pipe or |
| 16 | | pipes, wholly or partially buried or otherwise in, upon and
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| 17 | | along any of the lands owned by said State under any of the |
| 18 | | public waters
therein; provided that the right, permission and |
| 19 | | authority hereby granted
shall be subject to all public rights |
| 20 | | of commerce and navigation and the
authority of the United |
| 21 | | States in behalf of such public rights, and also to
the laws of |
| 22 | | the State of Illinois to regulate and control the same.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 94-613, eff. 8-18-05.)
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