102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1676
 
Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


615 ILCS 90/7.1  from Ch. 19, par. 1208

    Amends the Fox Waterway Agency Act.  Makes a technical change concerning the
Agency's programs.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

 
4    Section 5. The Fox Waterway Agency Act is amended by 
5changing Section 7.1 as follows:
 



6    (615 ILCS 90/7.1)  (from Ch. 19, par. 1208)



7    Sec. 7.1. 
The
The Agency shall implement reasonable 
8programs and adopt necessary and reasonable ordinances and 
9rules to improve
and maintain the Chain O Lakes - Fox River 
10recreational waterway from the
Wisconsin State line to the 
11Algonquin Dam for the purposes of boating, sailing,
canoeing, 
12swimming, water skiing, rowing, iceboating,
fishing, hunting 
13and other recreational uses, to help prevent or control

14flooding
of the waterway, to improve recreational uses of the 
15waterway, to prevent
pollution and
otherwise improve the 
16quality of the waterway, to promote
tourism, and to create and 
17administer a procedure for establishing restricted
areas.  In 
18the case of a local ordinance relating to the
establishment of 
19restricted areas, speed limits, or other boating restrictions

20that is adopted by another unit of local government and 
21conflicts with an
Agency
ordinance or rule, the Agency 
22ordinance or rule shall
control even if the conflicting 
23ordinance
is more restrictive,
except that municipalities with 
 
 
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1corporate boundaries that are both
adjacent to and at the 
2southern terminus of the Agency's jurisdiction over the
Fox 
3River shall
retain the right to establish reasonable no-wake 
4zones within their corporate
boundaries.
  The Agency may 
5develop programs and build projects to
minimize pollution in 
6the watershed from otherwise entering the waterway.
Prior to 
7establishing any restricted area, the Agency shall provide 21 
8days
notice to any municipality in which the proposed area 
9borders upon or is
located.  Notice shall be filed with the 
10Clerk of the municipality.  If such a
municipality, by 
11resolution of the corporate authority of the municipality,

12files an objection to the establishing of the proposed 
13restricted area, then
that restricted area shall not be 
14approved except by a favorable vote of
two-thirds of the 
15Chairman and Board of Directors.
All Agency programs, 
16ordinances and rules
shall
be in conformance with the Rivers, 
17Lakes, and Streams Act.  The Agency shall
coordinate efforts of 
18State, federal and local governments to improve and
maintain 
19the waterway.
20(Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19-95.)