Chapter 65 — MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/11-148-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-148-6) Sec. 11-148-6. Whenever a municipality of another state constructs or leases a sewage disposal plant in the State of Illinois, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 11-148-1 through 11-148-4, the municipality may condemn and take…

(65 ILCS 5/11-148-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-148-7) Sec. 11-148-7. The purpose of Sections 11-148-1 through 11-148-6 is the elimination or lessening of pollution of streams within the State of Illinois, and is particularly for the benefit of adjacent municipalities whose territory …

(65 ILCS 5/11-149-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-149-1) Sec. 11-149-1. The corporate authorities of a municipality may provide by ordinance for the extension and maintenance of municipal sewers and water mains, or both, in specified areas outside the corporate limits. Such service shal…

(65 ILCS 5/11-149-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-149-2) Sec. 11-149-2. The extension of such service may be financed by the issuance of bonds payable solely from the revenue obtained from the furnishing of such service. The bonds shall be issued and shall be subject to the provisions, …

(65 ILCS 5/11-15-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-15-1) Sec. 11-15-1. The corporate authorities may provide, by ordinance, that any map, plat, or subdivision of any block, lot, sub-lot, or part thereof, or of any piece or parcel of land, shall be submitted to the corporate authorities, o…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-15.1-1) Sec. 11-15.1-1. The corporate authorities of any municipality may enter into an annexation agreement with one or more of the owners of record of land in unincorporated territory. That land may be annexed to the municipality in t…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-15.1-2) Sec. 11-15.1-2. Any such agreement may provide for the following as it relates to the land which is the subject of the agreement: (a) The annexation of such territory to the municipality, subject to the provisions of Article 7. …

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-2.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-15.1-2.1) Sec. 11-15.1-2.1. Annexation agreement; municipal jurisdiction. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), property that is the subject of an annexation agreement adopted under this Division is subject to the ordinan…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-15.1-3) Sec. 11-15.1-3. Any such agreement executed after July 31, 1963 and all amendments of annexation agreements, shall be entered into in the following manner. The corporate authorities shall fix a time for and hold a public hearing…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-15.1-4) Sec. 11-15.1-4. Any annexation agreement executed pursuant to this Division 15.1, or in conformity with Section 11-15.1-5 hereof, shall be binding upon the successor owners of record of the land which is the subject of the agree…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-15.1-5) Sec. 11-15.1-5. Any annexation agreement executed prior to October 1, 1973 which was executed pursuant to a two-thirds vote of the corporate authorities and which contains provisions not inconsistent with Section 11-15.1-2 hereo…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.2-1) Sec. 11-15.2-1. If authorized by an agreement approved by the court pursuant to notice as required by Section 4-22 of the Illinois Drainage Code (70 ILCS 605/4-22), a municipality and a drainage district may enter into an implementing agreement to provide fo…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.3-1) Sec. 11-15.3-1. Wind farms. A municipality may own and operate a wind generation turbine farm, either individually or jointly with another unit of local government, school district, or community college district that is authorized to own and operate a wind g…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-10) Sec. 11-15.4-10. Urban agricultural area committee. (a) The corporate authorities of a municipality that seek to establish an urban agricultural area shall first establish an urban agricultural area committee after it receives an application to establish an…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-15) Sec. 11-15.4-15. Application for an urban agricultural area; review; dissolution. (a) A qualified farmer or partner organization may submit to the municipal clerk an application to establish an urban agricultural area. The application shall demonstrate or i…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-20) Sec. 11-15.4-20. Notice and public hearing; urban agricultural area ordinance. Prior to the adoption of an ordinance designating an urban agricultural area, the urban agricultural area committee shall fix a time and place for a public hearing and notify eac…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-25) Sec. 11-15.4-25. Taxation of property; water rates and charges. (a) If authorized by the ordinance that establishes an urban agricultural area under Section 11-15.4-20, a municipality may provide for the abatement of taxes it levies upon real property locat…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-30) Sec. 11-15.4-30. Unreasonable restrictions and regulations; special assessments and levies. (a) A municipality may not exercise any of its powers to enact ordinances within an urban agricultural area in a manner that would unreasonably restrict or regulate …

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-5) Sec. 11-15.4-5. Definitions. As used in this Division: "Agricultural product" means an agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, aquacultural, or vegetable product, either in its natural or processed state, that has been produced, processed, or otherwise ha…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.5-10) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 11-15.5-10. Prohibitions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or other provision of law, the adoption of any ordinance or resolution or the exercise of any power, by…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.5-20) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 11-15.5-20. Costs; attorney's fees. In any litigation arising under this Division or involving the application of this Division, the prevailing party shall be entitled to c…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.5-25) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 11-15.5-25. Applicability. (a) As used in this Section, "shared roof" means any roof that (i) serves more than one unit, including, but not limited to, a contiguous roof se…

(65 ILCS 5/11-15.5-5) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 11-15.5-5. Definitions. As used in this Division: "Low-voltage solar-powered device" means a piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose, including, but not limited…

(65 ILCS 5/11-150-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-150-1) Sec. 11-150-1. The corporate authorities of any municipality operating a waterworks, sewerage or combined waterworks and sewerage system have the power by ordinance to collect a fair and reasonable charge for connection to any suc…

(65 ILCS 5/11-150-2) Sec. 11-150-2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 100-178, eff. 8-18-17. Repealed by P.A. 104-328, eff. 1-1-26.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-150.1-1) Sec. 11-150.1-1. Lead hazard cost recovery fee. The corporate authorities of any municipality that operates a waterworks system and that incurs reasonable costs to comply with Section 35.5 of the Illinois Plumbing License Law shall have the authority, by or…

(65 ILCS 5/11-151-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-151-1) Sec. 11-151-1. As used in this Article, "public water district" or "district" means a public water district organized under "An Act in relation to public water districts", approved July 25, 1945, as amended. (Source: P.A. 76-1356.…

(65 ILCS 5/11-151-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-151-2) Sec. 11-151-2. This Article does not apply to any public water district whose territory is situated in 2 or more municipalities, except where one of the municipalities is incorporated after June 1, 2004 pursuant to the amendatory …

(65 ILCS 5/11-151-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-151-3) Sec. 11-151-3. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, no municipality may furnish water or sanitary sewer service to any territory situated within a public water district and more than one mile from the corporate limits of …

(65 ILCS 5/11-151-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-151-4) Sec. 11-151-4. If a municipality annexes all of the territory of a public water district, the municipality shall take over all the properties and assets of the district, assume all debts, liabilities and obligations of the distric…

(65 ILCS 5/11-151-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-151-5) Sec. 11-151-5. If a municipality annexes part, but not all of the territory of a public water district, sanitary sewer district, or both, the corporate authorities of the municipality and of the district may enter contracts provid…

(65 ILCS 5/11-152-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-152-1) Sec. 11-152-1. (a) The corporate authorities of any municipality over 1,000,000 in population may establish a municipal insurance availability program to make available to the residents of such municipality, who are otherwise unab…

(65 ILCS 5/11-152-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-152-2) Sec. 11-152-2. (a) The municipal insurance availability program shall offer to each eligible resident coverage in the amount and type determined to be sufficient by the program administrator. (b) Premiums charged for coverage issu…

(65 ILCS 5/11-152-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-152-3) Sec. 11-152-3. Revenues received under the municipal insurance availability program shall be used to pay the costs of the program and to maintain and service the municipality's water and sewage drainage system. (Source: P.A. 84-14…

(65 ILCS 5/11-152-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-152-4) Sec. 11-152-4. Municipal insurance availability programs organized under this Division 152 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code shall be subject to all applicable provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code. (Source: P.A. 84…

(65 ILCS 5/11-16-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-16-1) Sec. 11-16-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for and maintain a board of health, consisting of more than one person, and to prescribe its powers and duties, except where a municipality has adopted the pro…

(65 ILCS 5/11-17-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-1) Sec. 11-17-1. When authorized in the manner provided by Section 11-17-2 the corporate authorities of each municipality with a population of more than 100,000 and less than 200,000 shall establish and maintain a public health board f…

(65 ILCS 5/11-17-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-10) Sec. 11-17-10. The question shall be substantially in the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shall the public health board of the city (or village or YES incorporated town, as the case m…

(65 ILCS 5/11-17-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-11) Sec. 11-17-11. When any ordinance specified in Section 11-17-9 has been so ratified, the corporate authorities, after discharging all financial obligations of the public health board, by appropriate ordinance may transfer any mone…

(65 ILCS 5/11-17-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-12) Sec. 11-17-12. Any public health board established and maintained under "An Act to authorize cities and villages of more than 100,000 and less than 200,000 inhabitants to establish and maintain public health boards and to levy an …

(65 ILCS 5/11-17-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-2) Sec. 11-17-2. When 100 electors of any municipality specified in Section 11-17-1 present a petition to the clerk of the municipality asking that an annual tax be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a public health board …

(65 ILCS 5/11-17-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-3) Sec. 11-17-3. When it has been decided to establish and maintain a public health board under this Division 17, the mayor or president, with the approval of the corporate authorities, shall appoint a board of 5 directors, 2 of whom a…

(65 ILCS 5/11-17-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-4) Sec. 11-17-4. Immediately after their appointment, the directors shall meet and organize by electing one of their number as president and one as secretary and by electing such other officers as they may deem necessary. They shall ad…

(65 ILCS 5/11-17-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-5) Sec. 11-17-5. The public health board may initiate and maintain activities for the promotion of maternal child health, industrial hygiene, mental health, sanitary housing, public health education, and shall have the right to inspect…

(65 ILCS 5/11-17-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-6) Sec. 11-17-6. The public health board may accept gifts or gratuities of any kind, and may use such gifts or gratuities for any of the purposes authorized by this Division 17. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-17-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-7) Sec. 11-17-7. The board of directors may lease or acquire and take title in the name of public health board to such real estate as may be reasonably necessary for the housing and the proper functioning of any and all divisions of su…

(65 ILCS 5/11-17-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-8) Sec. 11-17-8. Rules and regulations adopted or enacted into an ordinance in conformity with Section 11-17-5 shall be enforced in the same manner as municipal ordinances. Any person who violates any of these rules and regulations is …

(65 ILCS 5/11-17-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-9) Sec. 11-17-9. When the board of directors of any public health board established and maintained under this Division 17 makes a written recommendation to the corporate authorities for the discontinuance of the public health board, st…

(65 ILCS 5/11-18-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-18-1) Sec. 11-18-1. When a municipality with a population of more than 5,000 and less than 100,000 has adopted this Division 18 in the manner provided by Section 11-18-3, the mayor or president shall appoint, upon the recommendation of th…

(65 ILCS 5/11-18-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-18-2) Sec. 11-18-2. A municipality which adopts this Division 18 may levy, annually, a tax of not more than .0075% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property therein, for the current year,…