615 ILCS 95/ Vermilion River Middle Fork Act.

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615 ILCS 95/0.01

(615 ILCS 95/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 1300)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

Vermilion River Middle Fork Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

615 ILCS 95/1

(615 ILCS 95/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 1301)

Sec. 1.

The General Assembly recognizes the outstanding natural, scenic,
recreational, ecological, historical and archaeological values of the middle
fork of the Vermilion River in Vermilion County, Illinois, and deems the
middle fork of the Vermilion River to be a natural resource of Statewide
significance such that its natural and recreational values should be permanently
preserved for the enjoyment of the people of the State of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 84-1257.)

615 ILCS 95/2

(615 ILCS 95/2) (from Ch. 19, par. 1302)

Sec. 2.

That portion of the middle fork of the Vermilion River which
flows through land owned by the State of Illinois and the Vermilion County
Conservation District within Vermilion County,
Illinois, is hereby designated as a permanently protected river of the State
of Illinois.  The designated portion shall only include property for which
the State of Illinois or the Vermilion County Conservation District holds
title or a properly executed easement and which is contiguous
to the middle fork of the Vermilion River. By agreement of the State Administrator
and the owners of such property, such land is to be permanently protected
pursuant to a plan adopted by the State Administrator.

(Source: P.A. 84-1257.)

615 ILCS 95/3

(615 ILCS 95/3) (from Ch. 19, par. 1303)

Sec. 3.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is
designated as the State Administrator of the segment of the middle fork of the
Vermilion River protected pursuant to this Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

615 ILCS 95/4

(615 ILCS 95/4) (from Ch. 19, par. 1304)

Sec. 4.

The State Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to
make application to the United States Department of the Interior for inclusion
of the land dedicated pursuant to this Act as a State-administered component
of the National Wild and Scenic River System.  The State Administrator shall
manage the land dedicated pursuant to this Act in accordance with the National
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(Source: P.A. 84-1257.)

615 ILCS 95/5

(615 ILCS 95/5) (from Ch. 19, par. 1305)

Sec. 5.

This Act does not affect any land not owned by the State of
Illinois except by the explicit consent of the owner of such land through
appropriate legal mechanisms.

(Source: P.A. 84-1257.)