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91_HB3256
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1 AN ACT to create the Momence Dam Transfer Act.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Momence Dam Transfer Act.
6 Section 5. Authorization to acquire. The Department of
7 Transportation, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is
8 authorized to acquire by donation from the City of Momence in
9 Kankakee County, Illinois and other owners the existing
10 Momence dam and its abutments, millrace, millrace structures,
11 and all other improvements constructed in connection with the
12 dam: the sites on which the dam, abutments, millrace,
13 millrace structures, and other improvements are constructed,
14 and all water, flowage easements, and other privileges at law
15 or in equity that the present owners or their predecessors
16 acquired in and to the property.
17 Section 10. Powers of the Department of Transportation.
18 After the real estate and structures described in Section 5
19 have been acquired, the Department of Transportation may
20 reconstruct, repair, restore, rehabilitate, demolish, lease
21 for a period not to exceed 20 years, sell, transfer or
22 convey, exchange, develop or otherwise utilize these lands
23 with their appurtenances acquired under this Act in the best
24 interest of the State of Illinois.
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.
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