Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 615 - WATERWAYS
615 ILCS 85/ - Blue Waters Ditch Flood Control Act.

(615 ILCS 85/0.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 1150)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Blue Waters Ditch Flood Control Act.

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

(615 ILCS 85/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 1151)
Sec. 1.

The Department of Natural Resources may independently engage in
or may make agreements with any municipality or political subdivision of
this State or any public or private corporation, person or association
for the formulation of plans, the acquisition of rights-of-way, and the
construction, operation and maintenance of any flood control and other
water resource improvements and facilities in connection with the
development of the Blue Waters Ditch segment of the East St. Louis and
Vicinity Interior Flood Control Project.

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

(615 ILCS 85/2) (from Ch. 19, par. 1152)
Sec. 2.

The Department shall have jurisdiction over any and all lands
acquired in connection with the development of the Blue Waters Ditch Project,
and may, in the discretion of the Department, grant easements, lease, sell,
transfer or exchange, develop, or otherwise utilize such lands in the interest
of the State of Illinois insofar as such is not inconsistent or in conflict
with the purposes for which such lands were acquired by the Department.

(Source: P.A. 80-562.)

(615 ILCS 85/3) (from Ch. 19, par. 1153)
Sec. 3.

No obligation shall be incurred and no agreement shall be
made with the United States Government until the Department shall have
secured written and binding consent of the local sponsors to operate and
maintain the flood control and water resource improvements and facilities
developed in connection with the Blue Waters Ditch Project, to
participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, to adopt and
enforce floodplain regulations for protection of the Project, and to
hold and save the United States Government harmless from any loss or
claim resulting from construction or operation of the Blue Waters Ditch
Project.

(Source: P.A. 80-562.)

(615 ILCS 85/4) (from Ch. 19, par. 1154)
Sec. 4.

Subject to prior attainment of consent from the local
sponsors, the Department may make agreements with any agency of the
United States Government for the formulation of plans, the acquisition
of rights-of-way, and the construction, operation and maintenance of any
flood control and other water resource improvements and facilities in
connection with the development of the Blue Waters Ditch segment of the
East St. Louis and Vicinity Interior Flood Control Project. The Department's
agreements with the United States Government may include general indemnification
provisions as required by federal statutes for nonfederal sponsorship of
water resources projects.

(Source: P.A. 81-381.)