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92_HB1608

 
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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
 5    changing Section 2 as follows:

 6        (525 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 5, par. 1602)
 7        Sec.  2.   Declaration  of  policy  Policy.   The General
 8    Assembly declares it to be in the public interest  to  better
 9    manage  and  conserve  water,  to  establish  a mechanism for
10    restricting withdrawals of groundwater in emergencies, and to
11    provide for public notice of planned substantial  withdrawals
12    of water after the effective date of this Act from new points
13    of withdrawal before water is withdrawn.
14    (Source: P.A. 85-483.)

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