§ 615 ILCS 90/1 This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Fox Waterway Agency …
§ 615 ILCS 90/1.1 There is created the Fox Waterway Agency, a body corporate and …
§ 615 ILCS 90/1.2 Unless otherwise indicated, all elections conducted pursuant to this …
§ 615 ILCS 90/3 As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: …
§ 615 ILCS 90/4 The territory of the Agency shall include the townships of Antioch, …
§ 615 ILCS 90/5 The Agency shall be governed by a Board of Directors, which shall …
§ 615 ILCS 90/6 The Board shall meet as soon as practicable after the directors …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7 In addition to other powers and duties provided in this Act, the …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7.1 The Agency shall implement reasonable programs and adopt necessary …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7.2 The Agency may charge reasonable user fees for recreational and …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7.3 The Agency may apply for, receive and accept any federal, State, …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7.4 The Agency may construct, acquire, improve and maintain public …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7.5 The Agency may acquire, purchase, lease, possess and control dredging …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7.6 The Agency may enter into agreements with this State or the State of …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7.7 The Agency shall provide for the enforcement of this Act and the …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7.8 The Agency shall appoint and confer with an advisory panel, which …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7.9 The Agency may employ such personnel as may be necessary for the …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7.10 The Agency shall adopt an annual budget and make appropriations …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7.11 Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with …
§ 615 ILCS 90/7.12 Issuance of revenue bonds
§ 615 ILCS 90/9 If a petition calling for a referendum on the question of whether the …
§ 615 ILCS 90/10 Any person who violates this Act or an ordinance or rule adopted …
§ 615 ILCS 90/11 Nothing in this Act shall be construed as relieving the State and …
§ 615 ILCS 90/12 Repealer

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 615 ILCS 90 - Fox Waterway Agency Act

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone, is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.10
  • Municipalities: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.27
  • Petty offense: A federal misdemeanor punishable by six months or less in prison. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • sworn: shall be construed to include the word "affirmed. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.12
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Units of local government: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.28
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.