96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0976


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



615 ILCS 90/7.1
  from Ch. 19, par. 1208








    Amends the Fox Waterway Agency Act.  Makes a technical change concerning the
Agency's programs.
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

 
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    Section 5. The Fox Waterway Agency Act is amended by 
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changing Section 7.1 as follows:
 



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    (615 ILCS 90/7.1)  (from Ch. 19, par. 1208)



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    Sec. 7.1. 
The
The Agency shall implement reasonable 
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programs and adopt necessary and reasonable ordinances and 
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rules to improve
and maintain the Chain O Lakes - Fox River 
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recreational waterway from the
Wisconsin State line to the 
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Algonquin Dam for the purposes of boating, sailing,
canoeing, 
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swimming, water skiing, rowing, iceboating,
fishing, hunting 
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and other recreational uses, to help prevent or control

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flooding
of the waterway, to improve recreational uses of the 
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waterway, to prevent
pollution and
otherwise improve the 
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quality of the waterway, to promote
tourism, and to create and 
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administer a procedure for establishing restricted
areas.  In 
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the case of a local ordinance relating to the
establishment of 
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restricted areas, speed limits, or other boating restrictions

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that is adopted by another unit of local government and 
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conflicts with an
Agency
ordinance or rule, the Agency 
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ordinance or rule shall
control even if the conflicting 
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ordinance
is more restrictive,
except that municipalities with 
 


 






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corporate boundaries that are both
adjacent to and at the 
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southern terminus of the Agency's jurisdiction over the
Fox 
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River shall
retain the right to establish reasonable no-wake 
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zones within their corporate
boundaries.
  The Agency may develop 
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programs and build projects to
minimize pollution in the 
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watershed from otherwise entering the waterway.
Prior to 
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establishing any restricted area, the Agency shall provide 21 
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days
notice to any municipality in which the proposed area 
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borders upon or is
located.  Notice shall be filed with the 
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Clerk of the municipality.  If such a
municipality, by 
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resolution of the corporate authority of the municipality,

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files an objection to the establishing of the proposed 
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restricted area, then
that restricted area shall not be 
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approved except by a favorable vote of
two-thirds of the 
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Chairman and Board of Directors.
All Agency programs, 
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ordinances and rules
shall
be in conformance with the Rivers, 
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Lakes, and Streams Act.  The Agency shall
coordinate efforts of 
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State, federal and local governments to improve and
maintain 
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the waterway.
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(Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19-95.)