Vermilion River Middle Fork Act (615 ILCS 95/)

Chapter 615 — Waterways

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Sec. 0.01. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Vermilion River Middle Fork Act.

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

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)