The Department has the power to establish and maintain Adopt-A-River programs with individual or group volunteers in an effort to encourage and facilitate volunteer group involvement in litter cleanup in and along portions of rivers and streams located in State parks and park lands. These programs shall include but not be limited to the following:
        (1) Providing and coordinating services by volunteers
    
to reduce the amount of litter including providing trash bags and trash bag pickup and, where necessary, providing briefings on safety procedures.
        (2) Providing and installing signs identifying those
    
volunteers participating in the Adopt-A-River program in particular parks and park lands.
    The State and the Department and its employees are not liable for any damages or injury suffered by any person resulting from his or her participation in the program or from the actions or activities of the volunteers.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 ILCS 805/805-35

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
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