Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 750/35) Sec. 35. Financial audit of the District. A financial audit of the District shall be conducted annually by a certified public accountant (CPA) that is licensed at the time of the audit by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The CPA s…

(70 ILCS 750/40) Sec. 40. Budget of the District. The District shall adopt an annual budget by August 31 of each year for the fiscal year beginning October 1. Such budget shall include expected revenues by source and expenditures by project or by function for the following year. …

(70 ILCS 750/45) Sec. 45. Procurement. The District shall conduct all procurements in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act and any competitive bid requirements contained in Section 5-1022 of the Counties Code. (Source: P.A. …

(70 ILCS 750/5) Sec. 5. Creation; purpose. (a) Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair Counties may each be designated independently and separately as a flood prevention district for the purpose of performing emergency levee repair and flood prevention in order to prevent the loss of life…

(70 ILCS 750/50) Sec. 50. Contracts for construction. A request for any construction contract of more than $10,000 by the District must be submitted for approval to the county board of the county in which the district is situated. The county board has 30 calendar days to approve …

(70 ILCS 750/60) Sec. 60. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 95-719, eff. 5-21-08; text omitted.)

(70 ILCS 750/70) Sec. 70. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 95-719, eff. 5-21-08; text omitted.)

(70 ILCS 750/75) Sec. 75. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 95-719, eff. 5-21-08; text omitted.)

(70 ILCS 750/80) Sec. 80. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 95-719, eff. 5-21-08; text omitted.)

(70 ILCS 750/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 95-719, eff. 5-21-08.)

(70 ILCS 755/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention District Act. (Source: P.A. 97-309, eff. 8-11-11.)

(70 ILCS 755/10) Sec. 10. Commissioners. (a) The affairs of the district shall be managed by a board of 7 commissioners: one shall be appointed by the chairperson of the county board; one shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Beardstown; one shall be appointed by the Bea…

(70 ILCS 755/15) Sec. 15. Powers of the district. A district formed under this Act has the following powers: (1) To sue or be sued. (2) To apply for and accept gifts, grants, and loans from any public agency or private entity. (3) To enter into intergovernmental agreements with o…

(70 ILCS 755/20) Sec. 20. Property tax. (a) The district organized under this Act shall, by ordinance or resolution, petition the county board to levy a property tax to accomplish its goals, purposes, and obligations as set forth in Section 5 of this Act or to provide for the pay…

(70 ILCS 755/25) Sec. 25. Disbursement of federal funds. (a) Any reimbursements for the construction of flood protection facilities shall be appropriated to the district in accordance with the location of the specific facility for which the federal appropriation is made. (b) If t…

(70 ILCS 755/3) Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: "Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention District. "County boar…

(70 ILCS 755/30) Sec. 30. Financial audit of the district. A financial audit of the district shall be conducted annually by a certified public accountant (CPA) that is licensed at the time of the audit by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The CPA s…

(70 ILCS 755/35) Sec. 35. Budget of the district. The board shall adopt an annual budget for the district in accordance with the fiscal year adopted by the county board. The budget shall include expected revenues by source and expenditures by project or by function for the follow…

(70 ILCS 755/40) Sec. 40. Procurement. The board shall conduct all procurements in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act and any competitive bid requirements contained in Section 5-1022 of the Counties Code. (Source: P.A. 97-…

(70 ILCS 755/45) Sec. 45. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-309, eff. 8-11-11; text omitted.)

(70 ILCS 755/5) Sec. 5. Creation; purpose. (a) The Cass County Board may, by ordinance approved by the affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the county board, create the Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention District to perform emergency levee repair and flood prevent…

(70 ILCS 755/50) Sec. 50. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-309, eff. 8-11-11; text omitted.)

(70 ILCS 755/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 97-309, eff. 8-11-11.)

(70 ILCS 805/0.001) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6300) Sec. 0.001. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 805/1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6302) Sec. 1. Whenever any area of contiguous territory lying wholly within one county contains one or more natural forests or parks thereof and one or more cities, towns or villages, such territory may be incorporated as a forest preserve d…

(70 ILCS 805/10) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6320) Sec. 10. The board shall keep a record of all ordinances and other proceedings which shall be open to the inspection of any person residing in such district at all reasonable and proper times. The board shall report annually to the co…

(70 ILCS 805/11) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6321) Sec. 11. All ordinances imposing any fine or penalty or making any appropriation of money shall, within 10 days after their passage, be published either in book or pamphlet form by authority of the board or published at least once in …

(70 ILCS 805/12) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6322) Sec. 12. The president of the board of any district organized hereunder, shall preside at all meetings of the board, be the executive officer of the district, and be a member of the board. The president shall sign all ordinances, reso…

(70 ILCS 805/13) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6323) Sec. 13. Bonds; limitation on indebtedness. The board of any forest preserve district organized hereunder may, for any of the purposes enumerated in this Act, borrow money upon the faith and credit of such district, and may issue bond…

(70 ILCS 805/13.1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6324) Sec. 13.1. Tax levies. After the first Monday in October and by the first Monday in December in each year, the board shall levy the general taxes for the district by general categories for the next fiscal year. A certified copy of t…

(70 ILCS 805/13.1a) Sec. 13.1a. Forest preserve districts created under Conservation District Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a forest preserve district created under Section 18.5 of the Conservation District Act shall have the same powers, duties…

(70 ILCS 805/13.2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6325) Sec. 13.2. Any appropriation or levy made for the purpose of constructing, restoring, reconditioning, reconstructing or acquiring improvements in the development of forests and lands of the district need not be expended during the f…

(70 ILCS 805/13.3) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6326) Sec. 13.3. (a) The board of each forest preserve district organized under this Act shall fix a fiscal year for the district. The board shall, within or before the first quarter of each fiscal year, adopt an annual appropriation ordi…

(70 ILCS 805/13.4) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6327) Sec. 13.4. After the adoption of the annual appropriation ordinance, no further appropriations may be made at any other time during that fiscal year, except as provided in this Act, provided that the board of each district may amend…

(70 ILCS 805/13.5) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6328) Sec. 13.5. (a) With respect to monies appropriated in the annual appropriation ordinance which are generated from the levy of real estate taxes or the charge not to exceed $.70 that a forest preserve district is authorized to impose…

(70 ILCS 805/13.6) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6328.1) Sec. 13.6. Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 84-731.)

(70 ILCS 805/13.7) Sec. 13.7. Endowment Fund. Each forest preserve district may create, maintain, and increase a separate fund to be known as the "Endowment Fund" to pay all costs and expenses incurred or anticipated by the forest preserve district for the long-term maintenance a…

(70 ILCS 805/13.8) Sec. 13.8. In the preparation of the annual appropriation ordinance, an amount not to exceed 0.02% of the equalized assessed value of property subject to taxation by the district may be accumulated in a separate fund for the purpose of specific capital improvem…

(70 ILCS 805/13.9) Sec. 13.9. Web-based signature. A forest preserve district may allow a person to sign any document with a web-based signature if the forest preserve district uses a secure web-based platform. This Section does not apply to a nominating or candidate petition or …

(70 ILCS 805/14) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6330) Sec. 14. Any territory adjoining any forest preserve district organized hereunder and situated in the same county as such district may become a part of such district in the following manner: Upon the filing with the circuit court of t…

(70 ILCS 805/14.1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6330.1) Sec. 14.1. (a) Territory included within the limits of any forest preserve district and exactly coterminous with the boundaries of any county with a population of 125,000 or less or any municipality or township within a county wit…

(70 ILCS 805/18.1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6335) Sec. 18.1. Any forest preserve district in a county with a population of less than 3,000,000, has the power from time to time, before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996, to construct, equip, acquire, ext…

(70 ILCS 805/18.10) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6344) Sec. 18.10. If any provision of Sections 18.1 through 18.10 of this Act or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of such sections of this Act which can be given e…

(70 ILCS 805/18.2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6336) Sec. 18.2. Whenever the board of commissioners of any such forest preserve district determines to construct, equip, acquire, extend or improve any such facility or facilities or any combination thereof and to issue bonds pursuant to…

(70 ILCS 805/18.3) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6337) Sec. 18.3. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, for bonds issued before January 1, 1972 and not to exc…

(70 ILCS 805/18.4) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6338) Sec. 18.4. Bonds issued pursuant to Sections 18.1 through 18.10 of this Act shall be payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of the recreational facility or facilities or any combination thereof constructed, equi…

(70 ILCS 805/18.5) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6339) Sec. 18.5. All revenue derived from the operation of such facility or facilities constructed, equipped, acquired, extended or improved in whole or in part with the proceeds of any bonds issued under Sections 18.1 through 18.10 of th…

(70 ILCS 805/18.6) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6340) Sec. 18.6. Each forest preserve district which issues bonds and constructs, equips, acquires, extends or improves any recreational facility or facilities under Sections 18.1 through 18.10 of this Act shall charge for the use thereof…

(70 ILCS 805/18.6a) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6340a) Sec. 18.6a. Each forest preserve district which has on its property a sanitary landfill or pollution control facility may create, maintain and increase a separate fund to be known as the "Landfill Expense Fund" for the purpose of …

(70 ILCS 805/18.6b) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6340b) Sec. 18.6b. Any forest preserve district may transfer all or a part of the interest earned on the Landfill Expense Fund to the General Fund of that forest preserve district commencing 10 years after closure of the facility or afte…