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615 ILCS 5/5 (2026)

The Department of Natural Resources shall upon behalf of the State of Illinois, have jurisdiction and supervision over all of the rivers and lakes of the State of Illinois, wherein the State of Illinois or the people of the State have any rights or interests, and shall make a list by counties of all the waters of Illinois, showing the waters, both navigable and non-navigable, that are found in each county of the State, and if the same are lakes, the extent of the shore lines and the amount, extent and area of the water surface; and in a like way, if the same are rivers, and specifying whether the same are navigable or non-navigable, and whether they have or have not been meandered

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(615 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 19, par. 52)
    Sec. 5. The Department of Natural Resources shall upon behalf of the State of Illinois, have jurisdiction and supervision over all of the rivers and lakes of the State of Illinois, wherein the State of Illinois or the people of the State have any rights or interests, and shall make a list by counties of all the waters of Illinois, showing the waters, both navigable and non-navigable, that are found in each county of the State, and if the same are lakes, the extent of the shore lines and the amount, extent and area of the water surface; and in a like way, if the same are rivers, and specifying whether the same are navigable or non-navigable, and whether they have or have not been meandered.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2004–2022 · leading case: Am. River Transp. Co. v. Bower, 813 N.E.2d 1090 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004).
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Am. River Transp. Co. v. Bower, 813 N.E.2d 1090 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 2× “Moreover, I believe that it is incorrect to look at the line haul tugboats in isolation. Rather, we should consider that the line haul tugboats are part of an operation that makes extensive use of Illinois waterways and ports.”
Suchy v. The City of Geneva, 2014 IL App (2d) 130367 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “¶ 13 Pursuant to section 2-619(a)(9) of the Code (735 ILCS 5/2-619(a)(9) (West 2012) (claim “barred by other affirmative matter avoiding the legal effect of or defeating the claim”)), it argued that: (1) section 5 of the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act (615 ILCS 5/5 (West 2012))…”
Holm v. Kodat, 2022 IL 127511 (Ill. 2022). “County of Cook, 2017 IL 121078, ¶ 13 (explaining that this court is not responsible for setting public policy and that the legislature is best suited for evaluating divergent public policy interests); see also 615 ILCS 5/5 (West 2018) (declaring that the Illinois Department of…”
Am. River Transp. Co. v. Bower (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “Moreover, I believe that it is incorrect to look at the line haul tugboats in isolation. Rather, we should consider that the line haul tugboats are part of an operation that makes extensive use of Illinois waterways and ports.”
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