In the construction of any improvements to the rivers, waters and watersheds of Illinois, for the control of floods, the improvement of bottom land and upland drainage and conservation of low water flows, the Department of Natural Resources may, in its judgment and discretion, proceed in any of the following ways:
        (1) It may let contracts for the construction of any
    
authorized project or any part or portion thereof in accordance with existing laws regulating the awarding of State contracts, or
        (2) It may do the work or any part or portion thereof
    
by the direct employment of services, labor, materials and equipment, and may procure the necessary superintendents, agents, office force, laborers, workers, implements, tools, machinery and all other employees, equipment and services necessary or incidental to such construction, or
        (3) It may participate in any of the nonfederal cost
    
of a federally authorized project, pursuant to an appropriation made by the General Assembly for such purposes, to the extent necessary for the completion of the project.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 615 ILCS 15/3

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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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