94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1081

 

Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. John M. Sullivan - Emil Jones, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
525 ILCS 45/2   from Ch. 5, par. 1602

    Amends the Water Use Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning conservation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Water Use Act of 1983 is amended by changing
5 Section 2 as follows:
 
6     (525 ILCS 45/2)  (from Ch. 5, par. 1602)
7     Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. The The General Assembly
8 declares it to be in the public interest to better manage and
9 conserve water, to establish a mechanism for restricting
10 withdrawals of groundwater in emergencies, and to provide for
11 public notice of planned substantial withdrawals of water after
12 the effective date of this Act from new points of withdrawal
13 before water is withdrawn.
14 (Source: P.A. 85-483.)