(45 ILCS 145/0.01) (from Ch. 127, par. 192.01) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Great Lakes Basin Compact Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(45 ILCS 145/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 192.1) Sec. 1. The State of Illinois does hereby ratify, approve and adopt the Great Lakes Basin Compact, which is as follows:
(45 ILCS 145/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 192.2) Sec. 2. Notice of the approval of said compact shall be given by the Governor of Illinois to the Governors of Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and to the Department of State of the United States. (Source: Laws 1955, p. 1678.)
(45 ILCS 145/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 192.3) Sec. 3. The ratification and approval of said compact by this State shall not be binding or obligatory until it shall have been likewise approved by the legislatures of any three of the States of Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and by The Congress of the United States. Nothing in this Act or in said compact contained shall be construed as abridging the right of the General Assembly, at any time, to exercise its own discretion as to what laws on the subject matter referred to in said compact it will enact, repeal or amend. (Source: Laws 1955, p. 1678.)
(45 ILCS 145/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 192.4) Sec. 4. Whenever any three of the States of Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin shall have ratified said compact and The Congress shall have given its consent, the Governor of the State of Illinois shall appoint 5 commissioners as representatives of the State of Illinois on The Great Lakes Commission, whose duties and authority on behalf of the State of Illinois shall be as provided in said compact. Of these 5 commissioners, not more than 2 shall be residents of the City of Chicago and not more than one shall be a resident of Cook County outside the city limits of Chicago. (Source: Laws 1955, p. 1678.)
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