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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Kaskaskia River Watershed and Basin
 2    Act by changing Section 1.

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

 5        Section  5.   The Kaskaskia River Watershed and Basin Act
 6    is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

 7        (615 ILCS 75/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 41.1)
 8        Sec.  1.  The  Department  of   Natural   Resources   may
 9    independently  engage  in,  or  may  make agreements with any
10    agency of the United States, any  municipality  or  political
11    subdivision   of   this   State  or  any  public  or  private
12    corporation, person or association for,  the  formulation  of
13    plans,  acquisition  of  rights of way, and the construction,
14    operation and maintenance of any navigation,  flood  control,
15    drainage,  levee,  water  supply and water storage, including
16    regulation, distribution and use, and  other  water  resource
17    improvements   and   facilities   in   connection   with  the
18    development  of  the  Kaskaskia  River  watershed,  including
19    restriction of use or withdrawal of water from the  Kaskaskia
20    River  below  Carlyle  Dam  or providing for replenishment of
21    withdrawn water, provided however, the Department  shall  not
22    charge  for the use or withdrawal of water from the Kaskaskia
23    River, except that the Department may recoup from water users
24    an amount required to pay federal operation  and  maintenance
25    charges  incurred  as  a result of water withdrawal from Lake
26    Shelbyville and Carlyle Lake.
27        The Department, on behalf of the  State  of  Illinois  as
28    local   sponsor   for   federally  authorized  and  developed
29    Kaskaskia River basin projects, shall have  jurisdiction  and
30    supervision  over  any  and  all  phases  of developments and
31    improvements in such basin, including,  but  not  limited  to
 
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 1    nonfederal    participation    requirements   in   connection
 2    therewith, and full authority and control over  any  and  all
 3    lands  acquired  in  connection  with  the development of the
 4    Kaskaskia River watershed and may, in the discretion  of  the
 5    Department, grant easements, lease for a period not to exceed
 6    50  years,  sell,  transfer  or convey, exchange, develop, or
 7    otherwise utilize such lands in the interest of the State  of
 8    Illinois  insofar  as  the  same  is  not  inconsistent or in
 9    conflict  with  the  purpose  for  which  acquired   by   the
10    Department.
11    (Source: P.A. 88-565, eff. 8-5-94; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

12        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
13    becoming law.

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