Chapter 65, MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/11-122-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-122-7) Sec. 11-122-7. In all cases provided in Sections 11-122-1 through 11-122-6 for the submission of questions or propositions to popular vote, the city council shall pass an ordinance stating the substance of the proposition or quest…

(65 ILCS 5/11-122-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-122-8) Sec. 11-122-8. Any city having a population of less than 500,000 which has constructed, acquired, or purchased street railways under "An Act to authorize cities to acquire, construct, own, operate and lease street railways, to pro…

(65 ILCS 5/11-122-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-122-9) Sec. 11-122-9. Nothing contained in this Division 122 authorizes any city to make any street railway grant, or to lease any street railway property, for a period exceeding 20 years from the making of the grant or lease. However, w…

(65 ILCS 5/11-122.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-122.1-1) Sec. 11-122.1-1. Any municipality shall have power to contract for the operation of a privately owned, local passenger transportation system or a portion thereof within its corporate limits or within a radius of one-half mile …

(65 ILCS 5/11-122.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-122.1-2) Sec. 11-122.1-2. Any municipality may contract for the operation of privately owned, local passenger transportation system or a portion thereof within its corporate limits or within a radius of one-half mile thereof upon terms…

(65 ILCS 5/11-122.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-122.1-3) Sec. 11-122.1-3. Any municipality may lease, sell or purchase, on the installment basis or otherwise, real or personal property for use by such system. (Source: P.A. 76-100.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-122.1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-122.1-4) Sec. 11-122.1-4. A municipality may apply for and accept loans, grants, services, or other financial assistance from, and may participate in projects of, the United States of America, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, …

(65 ILCS 5/11-122.2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-122.2-1) Sec. 11-122.2-1. In addition to all its other powers, every municipality shall, in all its dealings with the Northern Illinois Transit Authority established by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, have the following po…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-1) Sec. 11-123-1. The term "utility," as used in this Division 123 means and includes: (1) harbors, canals, slips, wharves, docks, levees, piers, quay walls, breakwaters, and all appropriate harbor structures, facilities, connections…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-10) Sec. 11-123-10. Every city or village may occupy, hold, and use any land acquired by the municipality under this Division 123 or under any act providing for harbor construction. A specified municipality may occupy, hold, and use…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-11) Sec. 11-123-11. Every city or village may levy and collect in each of 4 consecutive years a tax of .0125% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property therein, for the current year…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-12) Sec. 11-123-12. Any city or village may lease any part or all of any utility owned by it in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in Sections 11-76-1 and 11-76-2. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-13) Sec. 11-123-13. Every city and village may locate and establish dock lines and harbor lines in the public waters or rivers within the limits or jurisdiction of, or bordering on the city or village. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-14) Sec. 11-123-14. Every city and village owning and operating, or owning and leasing any portion of a utility, shall keep the accounts for the utilities separate and distinct from other municipal accounts and in such manner as to …

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-15) Sec. 11-123-15. Every city and village has the power to use any portion of a utility for public recreation purposes if, in the judgment of the corporate authorities of the municipality, the utility can be used for public recreat…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-16) Sec. 11-123-16. In connection with the use of any portion of a utility for recreation purposes, as specified in Section 11-123-15, every city and village has the power to provide, by lease or contract, for the sale in or on the …

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-17) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-17) Sec. 11-123-17. No portion of a utility, except a breakwater, shall be constructed within one-half mile of any intake of water for public consumption, and in constructing such a utility no ashes, cinders, or waste shall be dumpe…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-18) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-18) Sec. 11-123-18. Every city and village by ordinance may authorize any public or municipal corporation, other than a city or village, which is authorized by law to construct or operate a utility, to construct and operate a utilit…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-19) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-19) Sec. 11-123-19. Whenever any public or municipal corporation constructs a utility under authority of Section 11-123-18, or any other law of the state, within the corporate limits or jurisdiction of any city or village, or in, ov…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-2) Sec. 11-123-2. Every city and village may acquire, own, construct, maintain, and operate utilities anywhere within the jurisdiction or corporate limits of the city or village, or in, over, and upon public waters bordering thereon.…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-20) Sec. 11-123-20. Every city and village may cross by roadways or other appropriate means, the ways, drives, boulevards, beaches, wharves, docks, levees, piers, breakwaters, retaining walls, land, or submerged land of any public o…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-21) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-21) Sec. 11-123-21. Accretions or artificially made or reclaimed land, which may be formed or added to any utility constructed under this Division 123 by a public or municipal corporation, other than a city or village, shall not bec…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-22) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-22) Sec. 11-123-22. The powers granted by this Division 123 are subject to the provisions of section 18 of "An Act in relation to the regulations of the rivers, lakes and streams of the State of Illinois," approved June 10, 1911, as…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-23) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-23) Sec. 11-123-23. Sections 11-123-1 through 11-123-22 shall not be considered as impairing the provisions of "An Act to enable Park Commissioners having control of a park or parks bordering upon public waters in this State, to enl…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-24) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-24) Sec. 11-123-24. For the purpose of widening, deepening, or otherwise improving a river or harbor, a city or village may institute proceedings in any court of record to condemn any land or right-of-way needed for that purpose and…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-3) Sec. 11-123-3. Every city or village with only a river water frontage may acquire, own, construct, maintain, and operate railroad terminal facilities, tracks, and connections, necessary or appropriate to connect a utility with any…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-4) Sec. 11-123-4. Every city and village for the purpose of carrying out the powers granted in this Division 123, may acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, any property necessary or appropriate for any of the purposes enumerate…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-5) Sec. 11-123-5. Every city and village may use, occupy, and reclaim such submerged land under the public waters of the state within the corporate limits or jurisdiction of, or bordering on the municipality, as may be necessary or a…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-6) Sec. 11-123-6. Every city and village may take possession of, use, and occupy any artificially made or reclaimed land (1) which before the artificial making or reclamation thereof constituted a portion of the submerged land under …

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-7) Sec. 11-123-7. Every city and village may take possession of, use, and occupy any artificially made or reclaimed land specified in Section 11-123-6, when the land is declared by an ordinance of the municipality particularly descri…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-8) Sec. 11-123-8. Every city and village may acquire the land, whether of natural or artificial formation, property, and property rights, including riparian rights, of any owner or claimant, other than a city or village, on the shore…

(65 ILCS 5/11-123-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-123-9) Sec. 11-123-9. When any city or village and the owner or claimant have agreed upon a boundary line as provided in Section 11-123-8, the city or village shall commence a civil action in the circuit court of the county in which the …

(65 ILCS 5/11-124-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-124-1) Sec. 11-124-1. Contracts for supply of water. (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may contract with any person, corporation, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public water district or any other agency fo…

(65 ILCS 5/11-124-5) Sec. 11-124-5. Acquisition of water systems by eminent domain. (a) In addition to other provisions providing for the acquisition of water systems or water works, whenever a public utility subject to the Public Utilities Act utilizes public property (including…

(65 ILCS 5/11-125-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-125-1) Sec. 11-125-1. The corporate authorities in each city and village may (1) provide for a supply of water by the boring of artesian wells, or by the digging, construction, or regulation of wells, pumps, cisterns, reservoirs, or wate…

(65 ILCS 5/11-125-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-125-2) Sec. 11-125-2. For the purpose of establishing or supplying waterworks and to purchase, extend, improve and operate waterworks, each city or village may go beyond its corporate limits and acquire and hold property by purchase or o…

(65 ILCS 5/11-125-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-125-3) Sec. 11-125-3. The corporate authorities may make all needful rules and regulations concerning the use of water supplied by the waterworks of the city or village, and may do all acts and make such rules and regulations for the con…

(65 ILCS 5/11-125-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-125-4) Sec. 11-125-4. The corporate authorities of each municipality served by a community water supply well may perform a groundwater protection needs assessment, and may by ordinance adopt a minimum or maximum setback zone around a wel…

(65 ILCS 5/11-126-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-126-1) Sec. 11-126-1. Each municipality may provide for a supply of water for fire protection and for the use of the inhabitants of the municipality (1) by constructing and maintaining a system of waterworks, or (2) by uniting with any a…

(65 ILCS 5/11-126-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-126-2) Sec. 11-126-2. Each municipality may borrow money and levy and collect a general tax, in the same manner as other municipal taxes may be levied and collected, for the construction and maintenance of such a system of waterworks, an…

(65 ILCS 5/11-126-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-126-3) Sec. 11-126-3. For the purpose of locating, constructing, maintaining, or supplying such a system of waterworks, each municipality may go beyond its corporate limits, and acquire and hold property purchased or otherwise, and also …

(65 ILCS 5/11-126-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-126-4) Sec. 11-126-4. The corporate authorities of each municipality may make and enforce all needful rules and regulations in the construction and management of such a system of waterworks, and for the use of the water supplied thereby.…

(65 ILCS 5/11-126-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-126-5) Sec. 11-126-5. The expense of locating, and constructing reservoirs and hydrants for the purpose of fire protection, and the expense of constructing and laying water main pipes, or such part thereof as may be just and lawful, when…

(65 ILCS 5/11-126-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-126-6) Sec. 11-126-6. All the income received by a municipality from such a system of waterworks, from the payment and collection of water rents or rates, shall be kept in a separate fund and shall be applied first in the payment and dis…

(65 ILCS 5/11-126-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-126-7) Sec. 11-126-7. For the purpose of constructing a system of waterworks, storm or sanitary sewer system, each municipality has the power to levy special assessments for said local improvements on property beyond its corporate limits…

(65 ILCS 5/11-127-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-127-1) Sec. 11-127-1. In all municipalities where waterworks have been constructed, the corporate authorities of the municipality may purchase or lease the waterworks from the owner thereof. However, such a lease or purchase is not bindi…

(65 ILCS 5/11-127-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-127-2) Sec. 11-127-2. Municipalities may borrow money, appropriate money, and levy and collect a general tax in the same manner as other municipal taxes may be levied and collected for the purchase and maintenance or the lease and mainte…

(65 ILCS 5/11-128-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-128-1) Sec. 11-128-1. Subject to the provisions of Section 11-128-3, each city and village may levy, in addition to the taxes now authorized by law and in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as provided by…

(65 ILCS 5/11-128-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-128-2) Sec. 11-128-2. Whenever any specified municipality desires to avail itself of the provisions of this Division 128, the corporate authorities by ordinance or resolution may contract for the purchase, construction, or enlargement of…

(65 ILCS 5/11-128-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-128-3) Sec. 11-128-3. Before they shall be valid and binding, the specified contract and tax, after action by the corporate authorities, shall be certified by the clerk and submitted for ratification to the electors of the municipality. …