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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2309 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura Ellman 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 10958 LNS 21040 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2309 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura Ellman 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 10958 LNS 21040 b LRB104 10958 LNS 21040 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2309 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	3	+	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
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	6	+	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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3	12		1 AN ACT concerning transportation.
4	13		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	14		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	15		4 Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended
7	16		5 by changing Sections 26a and 35 as follows:
8	17		6 (615 ILCS 5/26a) (from Ch. 19, par. 74)
9	18		7 Sec. 26a. The Department of Natural Resources may issue
10	19		8 orders requiring all necessary remedial actions to correct
11	20		9 violations of this Act and impose the civil penalties provided
12	21		10 in this Section. All orders entered by the Department of
13	22		11 Natural Resources shall be made only upon giving reasonable
14	23		12 notice to persons to be affected by such orders; or having any
15	24		13 interest in the subject matter of such orders and after a
16	25		14 hearing in relation thereto. Any person who violates any
17	26		15 provision of this Act; any rule or regulation adopted by the
18	27		16 Department; any permit, term, or condition of this Act; or any
19	28		17 order of the Department under this Act, shall be liable for a
20	29		18 civil penalty of up to 2 times the applicable permit fee, but
21	30		19 not to exceed $5,000 for a violation. The penalty fee may, upon
22	31		20 order of the Department of Natural Resources or a court of
23	32		21 competent jurisdiction, be made payable to the Department and
24	33		22 deposited into the Water Resources State Boating Act Fund and
25	34		23 may be used for the purposes as authorized under Section 59.14
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	38	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2309 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	39	+	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
	40	+	615 ILCS 5/26a from Ch. 19, par. 74
	41	+	615 ILCS 5/35
	42	+	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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	45	+	A BILL FOR
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34	71		1 of the Environmental Protection Act. The moneys deposited into
35	72		2 the Water Resources Fund under this Section shall not be
36	73		3 subject to administrative charges or chargebacks unless
37	74		4 otherwise authorized by this Act for use by the Department for
38	75		5 ordinary and contingent expenses.
39	76		6 (Source: P.A. 99-73, eff. 1-1-16.)
40		-	7 (615 ILCS 5/35)
41		-	8 Sec. 35. Permit fees. The Department of Natural Resources
42		-	9 shall collect a fee of up to $5,000 per application for permits
43		-	10 issued under this Act. The Department of Natural Resources
44		-	11 shall set the specific fee applicable to different permits
45		-	12 issued under this Act by administrative rule, provided that no
46		-	13 fee exceeds $5,000. All fees collected pursuant to this
47		-	14 Section shall be deposited in the Water Resources Fund and may
48		-	15 be used for the purposes as authorized under Section 59.14 of
49		-	16 the Environmental Protection Act. State Boating Act Fund for
50		-	17 use by the Department of Natural Resources for the ordinary
51		-	18 and contingent expenses of the Department of Natural
52		-	19 Resources. No permit application shall be processed until the
53		-	20 application fee is paid to the Department of Natural
54		-	21 Resources. The monies deposited into the Water Resources State
55		-	22 Boating Act Fund under this Section shall not be subject to
56		-	23 administrative charges or chargebacks unless otherwise
57		-	24 authorized by this Act.
58		-	25 (Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)
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