Illinois Code § 615 ILCS 15/3

In the construction of any improvements to the rivers, waters
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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.

authorized project or any part or portion thereof in accordance with existing laws regulating the awarding of State contracts, or
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
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.

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