Illinois Compiled Statutes 615 ILCS 45 — Illinois and Michigan Canal Development Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois and Michigan Canal Development Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

The State-owned Illinois and Michigan Canal, extending from Chicago to the Illinois River at LaSalle, passing through Cook, Will, Grundy, and LaSalle Counties, is no longer useful or operated as a canal for commercial purposes and is declared abandoned for the carriage of commerce by water. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1899.…

The Department of Natural Resources in cooperation with other state, local or federal agencies shall prepare a master plan for the comprehensive development and management of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, having as its major focus the historic preservation and recreational usage of the Canal and its use as a State P…

All revenues derived from the Canal through sale of Canal lands, lease of Canal lands, Canal concessions, and other Canal activities, shall be deposited in the State Parks Fund, created by Section 5 of "An Act in relation to State finance", and shall be used as provided in Section 8.11 of that Act. (Source: P.A. 77-212…

(a) The Department of Natural Resources, upon proper application made thereto, is authorized, subject to the approval of the Governor, to sell, transfer, or convey Canal lands to any department or agency of the United States Government or transfer jurisdiction and control over such lands, pursuant to the provisions of…

When so proposed in the master plan for the development and management of the Canal, the Department is authorized, in its discretion, to prepare and devise schemes, plans, ways and means for the reservation and acquisition by the State of Illinois of desirable tracts of land abutting, adjoining, or situated in areas al…

Eminent domain

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 to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

Drainage, flood control, and other improvements, together with other regulatory procedures shall be provided when the Department in its discretion, determines that the same is necessary to protect the interest of the State of Illinois in and to the Canal lands or any improvement made or in progress in connection therew…

(a) The provisions of this Act shall supplement and not supersede any prior Acts of the General Assembly unless expressly provided otherwise in this Act

(a) The provisions of this Act shall supplement and not supersede any prior Acts of the General Assembly unless expressly provided otherwise in this Act. (b) The powers, duties and responsibilities conferred by this Act, expressly or by implication, shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any existing authorit…

Exchange of property

Exchange of property. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or restriction on the property, including, but not limited to, any State rights, easements, or conveyance and reversion clauses restricting sale, the Village of Lemont may exchange with a nongovernmental entity the Illinois and Michigan Canal lands th…