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Public Act 100-0254
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| HB1914 Enrolled | LRB100 04397 AWJ 14403 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Public Water District Act is amended by |
changing Section 9 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 3705/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 196)
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Sec. 9. Every public water district organized under this |
Act and every non-profit private water company is
authorized to |
construct, maintain, alter and extend its water mains and |
wastewater lines as a
proper use of highways along, upon, under |
and across any highway, street,
alley or public ground in the |
State, but so as not to inconvenience the
public use thereof, |
and the right and authority are hereby granted to any
such |
district or non-profit private water company to construct, |
maintain and operate any conduit or conduits,
water pipe or |
pipes, wholly or partially buried or otherwise in, upon and
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along any of the lands owned by said State under any of the |
public waters
therein; provided that the right, permission and |
authority hereby granted
shall be subject to all public rights |
of commerce and navigation and the
authority of the United |
States in behalf of such public rights, and also to
the laws of |
the State of Illinois to regulate and control the same.
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(Source: P.A. 94-613, eff. 8-18-05.)
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