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SB 2309

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Lydia Chassaniol and 1 co-sponsor

redirects civil penalties and permit fees from the State Boating Act Fund to the Water Resources Fund, while keeping fee caps and penalties unchanged.

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Bill Summary · SB 2309

Summary — SB 2309 (104th General Assembly) — Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act (Public Act 104‑0142)

Important note: the metadata you provided includes a different title (“Child grooming and morphed images…”) and a “Died in Committee” status. The official enrolled text and public-act record for SB 2309 (LRB10410958LNS21040b) relate to amendments to the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act, and the bill was enacted as Public Act 104‑0142 (Governor approved 8/1/2025, effective 1/1/2026). This summary describes the enacted waterways measure.

Purpose / Intent

To amend the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act to change where certain civil penalty monies and permit application fees are deposited — redirecting those receipts into the Water Resources Fund — and to restate related fee and penalty authority and restrictions.

Key provisions

  • Amends Sections 26a and 35 of the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act (615 ILCS 5/26a and 5/35).
  • Civil penalties: retains existing authority for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to issue orders and impose civil penalties for violations. Penalties may be up to twice the applicable permit fee but not exceed $5,000 per violation.
  • Permit fees: retains DNR authority to collect permit application fees of up to $5,000 per application and to set specific fees by administrative rule (subject to the $5,000 cap).
  • Fund deposit change: requires that penalty fees and permit application fees collected under these sections be deposited into the Water Resources Fund (instead of the State Boating Act Fund).
  • Use and restrictions: funds deposited in the Water Resources Fund may be used for purposes authorized under Section 59.14 of the Environmental Protection Act and for DNR ordinary and contingent expenses. The statute specifies that these moneys are not subject to administrative charges or chargebacks unless another provision of the Act expressly authorizes such charges.

Who is affected

  • Department of Natural Resources: changes where revenues from these penalties and permit fees are deposited and affirms its fee‑setting/penalty authority.
  • Permit applicants and regulated parties: unchanged fee cap ($5,000) and penalty exposure (up to 2× permit fee, cap $5,000).
  • State finances: reallocated receipts shift revenue from the State Boating Act Fund to the Water Resources Fund, which may affect budgeting and program funding tied to those funds.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced in the Senate (filed by Sen. Laura Ellman). Companion: HB 4989.
  • Legislative record (enrolled text and public act): Passed both houses, sent to the Governor, approved 8/1/2025, enacted as Public Act 104‑0142, effective January 1, 2026.
  • Conflicting metadata in the file indicates an alternative title and an earlier “Died In Committee” notation; however, the enrolled/public-act documentation shows final enactment as described above.

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