(615 ILCS 15/7) (from Ch. 19, par. 126g)
Sec. 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 or property necessary to carry out the provisions of
this Act. For the purpose of making subsurface soil surveys,
preliminary surveys and determinations of the amount and extent of such
land, rights or other property required, the Department or any unit of
local government by its officers, agents or employees, after written notice
to the known owners and occupants, if any, may enter upon the lands or
waters of any person, subject to responsibility for all damages which shall
be occasioned thereby.
No ditches, drains, tracks, rails, poles, wires, pipe line or other
equipment of any public utility company, municipal corporation or other
public or private corporation, association or person shall be located,
placed or constructed upon, across or under any State property over which
the Department has jurisdiction under this Act without first obtaining a
permit from the Department. The Department may grant permission to use
State property subject to such terms and conditions not inconsistent with
this Act as the Department deems in the public interest.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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