Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 Executive Branch: Article 805 - Department Of Natural Resources (Conservation)

• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-1
  Article short title. This Article 805 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois may be cited as the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law....
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-5
  Definitions. In this Law: "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources. "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-10
  Department's powers, generally. The Department has the powers enumerated in the following Sections. (Source: P.A. 90-490, eff. 8-17-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-15
  Rules and regulations. The Department has the power to adopt and enforce rules and regulations necessary to the performance of its statutory duties. (Source:...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-25
  Public benefit certification. The Department has the power to certify whether land encumbered by a conservation right provides a demonstrated public benefit for purposes...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-30
  Illinois Veteran Conservation Corps and Illinois Young Adult Conservation Corps; Illinois Veteran Recreation Corps and Illinois Youth Recreation Corps. The Department has the power to...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-35
  Adopt-A-River program. The Department has the power to establish and maintain Adopt-A-River programs with individual or group volunteers in an effort to encourage and...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-40
  Adopt-A-Park program. The Department shall establish and maintain Adopt-A-Park programs with individual or group volunteers, if requested by an individual or group volunteers, in an...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-70
  Grants and contracts. (a) The Department has the power to accept, receive, expend, and administer, including by grant, agreement, or contract, those funds that are...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-80
  Indirect cost reimbursements. Indirect cost reimbursements applied for by the Department may be allocated as State matching funds. Any indirect cost reimbursement applied for...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-100
  Conservation of fish and game. The Department has the power to take all measures necessary for the conservation, preservation, distribution, introduction, propagation, and restoration...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-105
  Conservation of fauna and flora. The Department has the power to take all measures necessary for the conservation, preservation, distribution, introduction, propagation, and restoration...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-110
  Statistics relating to fauna and flora. The Department has the power to collect and publish statistics relating to the fauna and flora. (Source: P.A....
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-115
  Conservation information. The Department has the power to acquire and disseminate information concerning the propagation and conservation of the fauna and flora, and the...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-120
  Pollution prevention. The Department has the power to exercise all rights, powers, and duties conferred by law and to take measures that are necessary...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-125
  Agreements with federal agencies. The Department has the power and authority to enter into agreements with appropriate federal agencies in order to better effect cooperative...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-130
  Conservation of forests. The Department has the power to take measures for the promotion of planting, encouragement, protection, and conservation of forests and to...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-200
  Property given in trust. The Department has the power to accept, hold, maintain, and administer, as trustee, property given in trust for educational, recreational,...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-205
  Acquiring real property subject to life estate. The Department has the power to acquire, for purposes authorized by law, any real property in fee...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-210
  Purchasing land for State parks. The Department has the power to purchase land for State park purposes by contract for deed under the terms...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-215
  Acquiring jurisdiction over federal government lands. The Department has the power to acquire jurisdiction by lease, purchase, contract, or otherwise over any lands held...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-220
  Historic structures. The Department has the power to lease or purchase any lands or structures for the purpose of restoring, renovating, and maintaining structures...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-225
  Conservation of natural or scenic resources. The Department has the power to acquire the fee or any lesser interests, including scenic easements, in real...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-230
  Developing recreational areas. The Department has the power to lease from individuals, corporations, or any other form of private ownership, from any municipality, public...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-235
  Lease of lands acquired by the Department; disposition of obsolete buildings. The Department has the power to do and perform each and every act...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-240
  Sale of land affected by federal emergency conservation work; work on privately owned land. (a) The Department has the power and authority for and...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-245
  Disposition of State park lands. The Department shall not dispose of any portion of a State park except as specifically authorized by law. This...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-250
  Leases for strategic military sites. The Department has the power to lease lands over which the Department has jurisdiction to the United States Army...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-255
  Transfers to other State agency or federal government; acquisition of federal lands. The Department has the power to transfer jurisdiction of or exchange any...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-260
  Licenses and rights-of-way for public services. The Department has the power to grant licenses and rights-of-way within the areas controlled by the Department for...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-265
  Public utility easement on Tunnel Hill Bicycle Trail. The Department has the power to grant a public utility easement in the Saline Valley Conservancy District...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-270
  Surplus agricultural products. The Department has the power to sell or exchange surplus agricultural products grown on land owned by or under the jurisdiction...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-275
  Sale of gravel and other materials. The Department has the power to sell gravel, sand, earth, or other material from any State of Illinois...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-300
  Public accommodation, educational, and service facilities. The Department has the power to develop and operate public accommodation, educational, and service facilities on lands over...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-305
  Campsites and housing facilities. The Department has the power to provide facilities for overnight tent and trailer camp sites and to provide suitable housing facilities...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-310
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 92-850, eff. 8-26-02.)
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-315
  Cash incentives for concession complexes. The Department has the power to offer a cash incentive not to exceed 35% of the total documented costs...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-320
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 97-916, eff. 8-9-12.)
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-325
  Public boat launching facilities; artificial water impoundments. The Department has the power to cooperate and contract with municipalities, counties, or other local governmental units...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-330
  Lease of concessions. The Department has the power to lease concessions on any property under the jurisdiction of the Department for a period not...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-335
  Fees. The Department has the power to assess appropriate and reasonable fees for the use of concession type facilities as well as other facilities and...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-350
  Use of Illinois resident labor. To the extent permitted by any applicable federal law or regulation, for all work performed for State construction projects which...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-400
  Rental of watercraft. The Department has the power to provide rowboats and other watercraft for daily rental at a reasonable fee at any of...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-405
  Sale of publications and craft items. The Department has the power to cooperate with private organizations and agencies of the State of Illinois by...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-410
  Local bank accounts. The Department has the power to establish local bank or savings and loan association accounts, upon the written authorization of the...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-420
  Appropriations from Park and Conservation Fund. The Department has the power to expend monies appropriated to the Department from the Park and Conservation Fund in...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-425
  Purchase of advertising. The Department has the power and authority to purchase advertising for the purpose of education programs concerning conservation. (Source: P.A. 91-239,...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-430
  Sale of advertising. The Department has the power and authority to sell or exchange advertising rights in its publications and printed materials. The sale...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-435
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13. Repealed by P.A. 97-916, eff. 8-9-12.)
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-500
  Transfer from Department of Public Works and Buildings. The Department has the power to exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-505
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 97-916, eff. 8-9-12.)
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-510
  Public monuments and memorials. The Department has the power to erect, supervise, and maintain all public monuments and memorials erected by the State on...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-515
  Enforcement of laws and regulations. The Department has the power to enforce the laws of the State and the rules and regulations of the...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-518
  Removal of an individual or individuals. The Department shall have the authority to remove any individual or group of individuals engaging in illegal activities or...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-520
  Operation of motorboats. The Department has the power to enforce the provisions of "An Act regulating the operation of motorboats", approved July 18, 1947...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-525
  Regulation of boats on lakes. The Department has the power to designate the size, type, and kind of boats that may be used on...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-530
  Agents' entry on lands and waters. The officers, employees, and agents of the Department, for the purposes of investigation and to exercise the rights,...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-535
  Conservation Police Officers. In addition to the arrest powers prescribed by law, Conservation Police Officers are conservators of the peace and as such have all...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-537
  Conservation Police Officer quotas prohibited. The Department may not require a Conservation Police Officer to issue a specific number of citations within a designated period...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-540
  Enforcement of adjoining state's laws. The Director may grant authority to the officers of any adjoining state who are authorized and directed to enforce the...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-545
  The Department of Natural Resources may enter into one or more interstate compacts concerning conservation law violators with one or more other states. The...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-550
  Reinstatement fee. (a) The Department may assess a fee of up to $1,000 for the reinstatement of revoked or suspended licenses, permits, registrations, and other...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-555
  Consultation fees. (a) For the purposes of this Section, "agency" shall have the meaning assigned in Section 1-20 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. (b)...
• Illinois Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law) - 20 ILCS 805, Section 805-560
  Entrance fees for site visitors from other states. (a) The General Assembly finds that a dedicated funding stream shall be established for the operation and...

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