104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3550 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 615 ILCS 5/26a from Ch. 19, par. 74615 ILCS 5/35 Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Provides that penalty fees collected for violating the Act and application fees for permits shall be deposited into the Water Resources Fund (rather than the State Boating Act Fund). LRB104 10959 LNS 21041 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3550 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 615 ILCS 5/26a from Ch. 19, par. 74615 ILCS 5/35 615 ILCS 5/26a from Ch. 19, par. 74 615 ILCS 5/35 Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Provides that penalty fees collected for violating the Act and application fees for permits shall be deposited into the Water Resources Fund (rather than the State Boating Act Fund). LRB104 10959 LNS 21041 b LRB104 10959 LNS 21041 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3550 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
615 ILCS 5/26a from Ch. 19, par. 74615 ILCS 5/35 615 ILCS 5/26a from Ch. 19, par. 74 615 ILCS 5/35
615 ILCS 5/26a from Ch. 19, par. 74
615 ILCS 5/35
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Provides that penalty fees collected for violating the Act and application fees for permits shall be deposited into the Water Resources Fund (rather than the State Boating Act Fund).
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1 AN ACT concerning transportation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended
5 by changing Sections 26a and 35 as follows:
6 (615 ILCS 5/26a) (from Ch. 19, par. 74)
7 Sec. 26a. The Department of Natural Resources may issue
8 orders requiring all necessary remedial actions to correct
9 violations of this Act and impose the civil penalties provided
10 in this Section. All orders entered by the Department of
11 Natural Resources shall be made only upon giving reasonable
12 notice to persons to be affected by such orders; or having any
13 interest in the subject matter of such orders and after a
14 hearing in relation thereto. Any person who violates any
15 provision of this Act; any rule or regulation adopted by the
16 Department; any permit, term, or condition of this Act; or any
17 order of the Department under this Act, shall be liable for a
18 civil penalty of up to 2 times the applicable permit fee, but
19 not to exceed $5,000 for a violation. The penalty fee may, upon
20 order of the Department of Natural Resources or a court of
21 competent jurisdiction, be made payable to the Department and
22 deposited into the Water Resources State Boating Act Fund and
23 may be used for the purposes as authorized under Section 59.14
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3550 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
615 ILCS 5/26a from Ch. 19, par. 74615 ILCS 5/35 615 ILCS 5/26a from Ch. 19, par. 74 615 ILCS 5/35
615 ILCS 5/26a from Ch. 19, par. 74
615 ILCS 5/35
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Provides that penalty fees collected for violating the Act and application fees for permits shall be deposited into the Water Resources Fund (rather than the State Boating Act Fund).
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A BILL FOR
615 ILCS 5/26a from Ch. 19, par. 74
615 ILCS 5/35
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1 of the Environmental Protection Act. The moneys deposited into
2 the Water Resources Fund under this Section shall not be
3 subject to administrative charges or chargebacks unless
4 otherwise authorized by this Act for use by the Department for
5 ordinary and contingent expenses.
6 (Source: P.A. 99-73, eff. 1-1-16.)
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