Illinois and Michigan Canal State Park Act (20 ILCS 850/)

Chapter 20 — Executive Branch

Dpt of Natural Resources

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Sec. 0.01. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Illinois and Michigan Canal State Park Act.

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

Sec. 1.

The jurisdiction over and the control and management of the Illinois and Michigan Canal is transferred from the Department of Transportation to the Department of Natural Resources (formerly designated the Department of Conservation).

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

Sec. 2.

The Department of Natural Resources shall administer the Illinois and Michigan Canal as a State Park, subject to the Acts amended by Sections 5 through 9 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

Sec. 3.

All books, records, equipment, and other property, whether real, personal or mixed, and all personnel held, maintained or employed by the Department of Transportation on December 31, 1973 in the performance of its functions directly related to the Illinois and Michigan Canal shall be transferred to the Department of Natural Resources (formerly designated the Department of Conservation) on January 1, 1974. The transfer of personnel does not affect the status of any such employee under the Personnel Code or the Illinois Pension Code.

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

Sec. 4.

Nothing in this Act affects the validity of any contract or lease affecting the Illinois and Michigan Canal in effect on December 31, 1973 nor of any action taken by the Department of Transportation or by the Department of Public Works and Buildings as respects that Canal.

(Source: P.A. 78-718.)