(615 ILCS 45/14) (from Ch. 19, par. 37.24)
Sec. 14.
(a) The provisions of this Act shall supplement and not supersede
any prior Acts of the General Assembly unless expressly provided otherwise
in this Act.
(b) The powers, duties and responsibilities conferred by this Act, expressly or
by implication, shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any
existing authority conferred by other Acts of the
General Assembly or the laws of Illinois.
(c) The abandonment of the Canal as declared in this Act shall not
remove the lands referred to in this Act from the jurisdiction, control and
powers transferred to and conferred upon the Department of
Natural Resources over waterways and public waters of
the State and such lands and waters and other property as are subject to this
Act shall remain subject to the powers, duties and responsibilities of that
Department, undiminished by the declaration of abandonment contained in this
Act, until the lands or property are disposed of by the Department.
(d) This Act shall be liberally construed to the end that the lands,
waters and property of the Illinois and Michigan Canal shall be used and
developed, leased, sold or disposed of for the fullest benefit of the
People of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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