Standard Contracts
ContractGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact • May 5th, 2020
(45 ILCS 147/5) Sec. 5. Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact. The Governor of this State is authorized to take such action as may be necessary and proper in his or her discretion to effectuate the following Compact and the initial organization and operation thereunder: AGREEMENT Section 1. The states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby solemnly covenant and agree with each other, upon enactment of concurrent legislation by the respective state legislatures and consent by the Congress of the United States as follows: GREAT LAKES-ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BASIN WATER RESOURCESCOMPACTARTICLE 1SHORT TITLE, DEFINITIONS, PURPOSES AND DURATION Section 1.1. Short Title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact." Section 1.2. Definitions. For the purposes of this Compact, and of any supplemental or concurring legislation enacted pu
Agreement for the compactGreat Lakes—st. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact • April 27th, 2016
Sec. 1. The following interstate agreement on the use of water resources in the Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River basin is enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining the interstate agreement in substantially the following form:
ContractGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact • June 6th, 2019
The "Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact," which has been negotiated by representatives of this state and the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by this state as a party to it as follows:
The Great Lakes Water AgreementsGreat Lakes–st. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact • September 13th, 2011
The Great Lakes comprise the largest surface freshwater system on Earth, containing roughly 84 percent of the freshwater in North America and about 21 percent of the world’s total freshwater supply (see Figure WB 2.1). The Great Lakes Basin is home to more than 30 million people in the United States and Canada and accounts for 7 per- cent of American farm production and 25 percent of Canadian farm production (US EPA 2008). Freshwater is among the region’s most valuable and important resources— economically, ecologically, and culturally. In the last century, however, these resources have been subjected to heavy pollution and increased withdrawals and diversions often leading to adverse ecological and community impacts. In response, many have called for more effective and coordinated management of the Basin’s freshwater resources. The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact (not to be confused with the Great Lakes Basin Compact of 1968) is the most recent and compreh
