Chapter 65, MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 95/13) (from Ch. 24, par. 1613) Sec. 13. Economic crisis or housing market recession. A program created under this Act provides a guarantee only against specifically local adverse housing market conditions within the territory of the program as they may differ from munic…

(65 ILCS 90/14) (from Ch. 24, par. 1414) Sec. 14. No municipality shall form a zone if the formation will permit land uses which are not consistent with the general plans, zoning ordinances, or other land use regulations of the municipality within which the proposed zone is locat…

(65 ILCS 55/14) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.14) Sec. 14. In case of a special assessment or a special tax levied to be paid by installments, under the provisions of this Act, the order of confirmation that shall be entered upon the return of the assessment roll shall apply to all of t…

(65 ILCS 95/14) (from Ch. 24, par. 1614) Sec. 14. Insolvency of the Guarantee Fund. If the guarantee fund becomes depleted and payments of guarantees under the program cannot be made in a timely fashion as required by the program guidelines, the governing commission may temporari…

(65 ILCS 125/15) Sec. 15. District plan. (a) A business improvement district established under this Act is subject to and governed by a district plan, as may be amended as set forth in Section 60, and filed with the clerk. A district plan shall be prepared by the property owner o…

(65 ILCS 90/15) (from Ch. 24, par. 1415) Sec. 15. If a zone is established, an authorized representative of the municipality, upon presentation of his or her credentials, shall have the authority to enter at all reasonable times to any premises on which a water pollution, waste, …

(65 ILCS 95/15) (from Ch. 24, par. 1615) Sec. 15. Immunity and Indemnification. No commissioner, officer, or employee, whether on salary, wage, or voluntary basis, shall be personally liable and no cause of action may be brought for damages resulting from the exercise of judgment…

(65 ILCS 55/15) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.15) Sec. 15. The judgments of the court shall be final as to all the issues involved, and the proceedings in the cause shall be subject to review by appeal as in other civil cases: Provided, however, that by mutual consent the same may be va…

(65 ILCS 97/15) Sec. 15. Creation of Commission. (a) Whenever, within the Pilot Project Area, the question of creating a neighborhood security patrol program within a contiguous territory consisting of at least 10 precincts included entirely within the Pilot Project Area is initi…

(65 ILCS 110/15) Sec. 15. Establishment of economic development project areas; Notice. (a) The corporate authorities of a municipality shall by ordinance propose the establishment of an economic development project area and fix a time and place for a public hearing. (b) Notice of…

(65 ILCS 55/16) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.16) Sec. 16. If from any cause any city, village or town shall fail to collect the whole or any portion of any special assessment or special tax which may be levied, which shall not be canceled or set aside by the order of any court, the cit…

(65 ILCS 90/16) (from Ch. 24, par. 1416) Sec. 16. The municipality shall have the authority to modify any on-site wastewater disposal system in order to provide reasonable access to that system for inspection and maintenance purposes. (Source: P.A. 80-1371.)

(65 ILCS 95/16) (from Ch. 24, par. 1616) Sec. 16. Legal Actions. No lawsuit or any other type of legal action brought under the terms of this Act shall be sustainable in a court of law or equity unless all conditions, stipulations, and provisions of the program have been complied…

(65 ILCS 95/17) (from Ch. 24, par. 1617) Sec. 17. Insurance. If insurance or other form of payment is available to and carried by a member to provide protection similar to that provided by a program, the governing commission shall not be liable for a greater proportion of the los…

(65 ILCS 55/17) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.17) Sec. 17. Within 30 days after the filing of the report of the amount and date of the first voucher issued on account of work done, as provided in this Act, the clerk of the court in which such judgment is rendered shall certify the asses…

(65 ILCS 90/17) (from Ch. 24, par. 1417) Sec. 17. The municipality shall be responsible for establishment of a routine inspection program to be performed not less than once every 3 years on all on-site wastewater disposal systems within a zone. The municipality shall be responsib…

(65 ILCS 90/18) (from Ch. 24, par. 1418) Sec. 18. Not less than 30 days prior to the date of the routine inspection or routine maintenance of an on-site wastewater disposal system, the municipality shall notify the owner of the property and the resident of the property that the i…

(65 ILCS 95/18) (from Ch. 24, par. 1618) Sec. 18. Homeowner's Rights. No provision of this Act and no procedure, regulation, or bylaw of a governing commission and program created under the provisions of this Act shall abridge a member's right to forfeit the registration fee and …

(65 ILCS 55/18) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.18) Sec. 18. Should an appeal be taken on any part of such judgment, and the municipality elect to proceed with the improvement, the clerk shall certify such appealed portion, from time to time, in the manner above mentioned, as the judgment…

(65 ILCS 55/19) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.19) Sec. 19. The collector receiving such warrant shall give notice thereof by publishing a notice at least twice, not more than 30 nor less than 15 days in advance, in one or more newspapers published in the municipality, or, if no newspape…

(65 ILCS 95/19) (from Ch. 24, par. 1619) Sec. 19. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this Act or any procedure, regulation, or bylaw of a governing commission and program created under the provisions of this Act shall, in addition to all other remedies provided by la…

(65 ILCS 90/19) (from Ch. 24, par. 1419) Sec. 19. Not less than 60 days prior to the date of the performance of any work other than an annual inspection or routine maintenance, a municipality shall provide notice of the following to the owner of property and the resident of the p…

(65 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 24, par. 866g2) Sec. 2. Upon receipt of the petition, the collector shall determine the amount of past due special assessments on the land described in the petition, together with advertising costs and all penalties, interest and costs not remitted by ord…

(65 ILCS 95/2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1602) Sec. 2. Purpose. The purpose of a Home Equity Program and commission created under the provisions of this Act by the voters of a territory within a municipality with a population of more than 1,000,000 shall be to guarantee that the value o…

(65 ILCS 100/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 6032) Sec. 2. Legislative finding and declaration. It is hereby found that as a result of aging sports facilities in the metropolitan area of Chicago and the recent construction of modern facilities for professional sports teams in competing met…

(65 ILCS 90/2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1402) Sec. 2. The corporate authorities of any city, village or incorporated town may form on-site wastewater disposal zones to protect the public health, to prevent and abate nuisances, to protect existing and future beneficial water use, to ach…

(65 ILCS 55/2) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.2) Sec. 2. No special tax or special assessment shall be levied or collected except in pursuance of an ordinance passed by the governing body of the city, village or incorporated town, provided, that no special tax or assessment shall be levi…

(65 ILCS 40/2) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.14) Sec. 2. The president of any incorporated town to which this Act is applicable may certify such fact to the recorder of deeds of the county in which the incorporated town is located. The recorder of deeds shall record this certification …

(65 ILCS 60/2) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.39) Sec. 2. Upon receipt of the petition, the collector shall determine the amount of past due special assessments on the land described in the petition, together with advertising costs and all penalties, interest and costs not remitted by or…

(65 ILCS 85/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 110.2) Sec. 2. The ordinance authorizing such refunding revenue bonds shall prescribe all the details thereof and such bonds shall be in such form and denomination, payable at such places, bear such date and be executed by such officials as …

(65 ILCS 80/2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1552) Sec. 2. If any municipality which is a home rule unit, pursuant to a valid exercise of its home rule powers, by ordinance imposes a tax upon the privilege of use and occupancy of a hotel or motel room within a municipality, any public insti…

(65 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 61.52) Sec. 2. There is created the Municipal Clerk Training Institute Committee composed of 5 municipal clerks or deputy clerks, appointed by the Governor as provided herein, and one ex-officio member designated by the governing board of any pu…

(65 ILCS 125/20) Sec. 20. Assessments and district charges. (a) Each district plan shall provide for an assessment levied upon property owners owning property within the business improvement district upon which district charges are based, except an assessment may not be levied ag…

(65 ILCS 55/20) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.20) Sec. 20. Sections 9-2-80 through 9-2-96 and Section 9-2-98 of the "Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as amended, are incorporated into and made part of this Act. (Source: P.A. 76-830.)

(65 ILCS 110/20) Sec. 20. Public hearing. At the public hearing, any interested person or any affected taxing district may file written objections with the municipal clerk and may be heard orally regarding any issues embodied in the notice. The municipality shall hear and determi…

(65 ILCS 90/20) (from Ch. 24, par. 1420) Sec. 20. The municipality shall be authorized to enter upon private property and perform all reasonable corrective actions necessary to remedy an emergency condition creating an immediate danger to health. (Source: P.A. 80-1371.)

(65 ILCS 95/20) (from Ch. 24, par. 1620) Sec. 20. Home Rule. In compliance with Section 7 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the construction of the statutes", approved March 5, 1874, as amended, it is declared to be the law of this State, pursuant to paragraph (h) of Se…

(65 ILCS 97/20) Sec. 20. Additional precinct. (a) If the creation of an existing program was initiated by petition and if a precinct was excluded from the territory because the requisite number of signatures was not obtained as provided in subsection (a) of Section 15, the exclud…

(65 ILCS 90/21) (from Ch. 24, par. 1421) Sec. 21. The municipality shall prepare and retain for public inspection records of all inspections, routine maintenance work, and sludge disposal as well as any other work performed within a zone. (Source: P.A. 80-1371.)

(65 ILCS 55/21) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.21) Sec. 21. The general revenue laws of this State in reference to proceedings to recover judgment for delinquent taxes, the sale of property thereon, the execution of certificates of sale and deeds thereon, the force and effect of such sal…

(65 ILCS 95/21) Sec. 21. Tax Reimbursement Program. A governing commission, with no less than $4,000,000 unencumbered funds in its guarantee fund, may, if authorized by resolution of the governing commission upon approval by two-thirds of the commissioners, establish a Tax Reimbu…

(65 ILCS 55/22) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.22) Sec. 22. For the purpose of anticipating the collection of any special tax or special assessment or any installment thereof, it shall be lawful for such city, village or town, to issue bonds, payable out of said special tax, or special a…

(65 ILCS 90/22) (from Ch. 24, par. 1422) Sec. 22. If a property tax is levied, the tax shall be extended by the county clerk in the wastewater disposal zone in the manner provided by the Property Tax Code based on assessed values as established pursuant to the Property Tax Code. …

(65 ILCS 55/23) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.23) Sec. 23. Payment for any improvement done or performed under the provisions of this Act, to be paid for out of any special assessment or special tax levied in installments, as herein provided, may be made in the bonds herein provided for…

(65 ILCS 55/24) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.24) Sec. 24. Any property owner, or his agent, may pay his assessment wholly or in part, either before or after the same is due, and whether or not the assessment has been withdrawn from collection or the property assessed has been sold to a…

(65 ILCS 125/25) Sec. 25. Boundaries of business improvement district. (a) The boundaries of a proposed business improvement district may not overlap with the boundaries of another business improvement district or with the boundaries of a special service area established pursuant…

(65 ILCS 110/25) Sec. 25. Changes in plan. (a) At the public hearing or at any time before the adoption by the municipality of an ordinance approving an economic development plan, the municipality may make changes in the economic development plan. Changes that (i) alter the exter…

(65 ILCS 55/25) (from Ch. 24, par. 808.25) Sec. 25. No person or persons accepting the vouchers or bonds as provided herein shall have any claim or lien upon the city, town or village in any event for the payment of such vouchers or bonds or the interest thereon, except from the …

(65 ILCS 97/25) Sec. 25. Duties and Functions of Commission. The duties and functions of the governing commission of a program shall include the following: (a) To establish policies, rules, regulations, bylaws, and procedures for both the governing commission and the program. No …

(65 ILCS 90/3) (from Ch. 24, par. 1403) Sec. 3. An on-site wastewater disposal zone may be formed for the following purposes: (a) to collect, treat, reclaim, or dispose of wastewater; (b) to acquire, design, own, construct, install, operate, monitor, regulate, inspect, rehabilita…