Illinois Compiled Statutes 615 Waterways: Article -

• Illinois Flood Control Act of 1945. - 615 ILCS 15, Section 1
  It is hereby recognized that the unregulated flow of the rivers and waters of the State of Illinois constitutes a menace to the general...
• Illinois Flood Control Act of 1945. - 615 ILCS 15, Section 2
  The Department of Natural Resources is hereby authorized and directed to make examinations and surveys, prepare plans and estimates for, and to construct, reconstruct,...
• Illinois Flood Control Act of 1945. - 615 ILCS 15, Section 3
  In the construction of any improvements to the rivers, waters and watersheds of Illinois, for the control of floods, the improvement of bottom land...
• Illinois Flood Control Act of 1945. - 615 ILCS 15, Section 4
  In the execution of the powers herein granted and the duties vested in the Department of Natural Resources, it may: (1) cooperate and enter...
• Illinois Flood Control Act of 1945. - 615 ILCS 15, Section 5
  It shall be the duty of the Department of Natural Resources to execute examinations and surveys of the scope necessary and practical under this...
• Illinois Flood Control Act of 1945. - 615 ILCS 15, Section 6
  The Department of Natural Resources may lease or permit the use of, in whole or in part, the surplus waters at all Department owned...
• Illinois Flood Control Act of 1945. - 615 ILCS 15, Section 7
  The Department of Natural Resources is authorized to acquire by gift, purchase, condemnation or other lawful means, any necessary lands, rights of way, easements...
• Illinois Flood Control Act of 1945. - 615 ILCS 15, Section 7.5
  Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject...
• Illinois Flood Control Act of 1945. - 615 ILCS 15, Section 8
  An emergency shall be deemed to exist when flood control works private or public property and human life are threatened with impairment or destruction...
• Illinois Flood Control Act of 1945. - 615 ILCS 15, Section 9
  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Flood Control Act of 1945". (Source: P.A. 84-900.)

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