Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 1935/50) Sec. 50. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14. Repealed by P.A. 104-435, eff. 11-21-25.)

(70 ILCS 1935/55) Sec. 55. Removal of members. The Governor may remove from office any board member immediately in case of incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance of office, or otherwise upon 15 days' written notice to the other members. Absence from any 3 consecutive regula…

(70 ILCS 1935/60) Sec. 60. Organization; chair and temporary secretary. As soon as possible after the effective date of this Act, the board shall organize for the transaction of business, select a chair from its voting members and a temporary secretary from its own number, and ad…

(70 ILCS 1935/65) Sec. 65. Meetings; quorum; resolutions. Regular meetings of the board shall be held at least quarterly, the time and place of those meetings to be fixed by the board. Special meetings may be called by the chair or by a majority of the members of the board by giv…

(70 ILCS 1935/70) Sec. 70. Secretary and treasurer; oaths; bond of treasurer. The board may appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members of the board, to hold office during the pleasure of the Authority and fix their duties and compensation. Before entering into t…

(70 ILCS 1935/75) Sec. 75. Deposit and withdrawal of funds; signatures. All funds deposited by the treasurer in any bank or savings and loan association shall be placed in the name of the Authority and shall be withdrawn or paid out only by check or draft upon the bank or savings…

(70 ILCS 1935/80) Sec. 80. Delivery of check after executing officer ceases to hold office. If any officer whose signature appears upon any check or draft issued pursuant to this Act ceases to hold office before the delivery of the check or draft to the payee, the officer's signa…

(70 ILCS 1935/85) Sec. 85. Rules. The Authority may make and the board may adopt all rules and regulations proper or necessary and to carry into effect the powers granted to it. The rules and regulations shall be consistent with the guidelines, objectives, and project scope as se…

(70 ILCS 1935/90) Sec. 90. Fiscal year. The Authority shall designate its fiscal year. (Source: P.A. 98-564, eff. 8-27-13.)

(70 ILCS 1935/95) Sec. 95. Reports and financial statements. Within 60 days after the end of its fiscal year, the Authority shall cause to be prepared by a certified public accountant a complete and detailed report and financial statement of the operations and assets and liabilit…

(70 ILCS 1935/999) Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 98-564, eff. 8-27-13.)

(70 ILCS 1950/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Renewable Energy Production District Act. (Source: P.A. 97-265, eff. 8-8-11.)

(70 ILCS 1950/10) Sec. 10. Renewable energy production special district. (a) Any or all areas within the boundaries of a single county may be incorporated as a single renewable energy production special district. The territory incorporated in a district formed under this Act shal…

(70 ILCS 1950/15) Sec. 15. Board of trustees. (a) A renewable energy production district shall be governed by a board of trustees. The board of trustees shall consist of 5 members. A member of the board of trustees must reside within the territory embraced within the district. Wi…

(70 ILCS 1950/20) Sec. 20. Powers of the board of trustees. The board shall exercise all of the powers and control all the affairs of a renewable energy production special district. (a) The board may: (1) finance, acquire, construct, operate, maintain, or dispose of a renewable e…

(70 ILCS 1950/22) Sec. 22. Dissolution of a district. (a) Action to dissolve a district may be instituted either by action of a board or petition. (b) If a district has fully discharged its debts and obligations, then the board of that district may adopt an ordinance finding and …

(70 ILCS 1950/30) Sec. 30. Records of a district. The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the retention and proper safekeeping and maintenance of its permanent records and for the recording of the corporate actions of the district. The district shall be subject to the pro…

(70 ILCS 1950/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. "Board" means the board of trustees of a renewable energy production special district created under this Act. "District" means a renewable energy production special district created under this Act. "Renewable energy facility" means a generato…

(70 ILCS 1950/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 97-265, eff. 8-8-11.)

(70 ILCS 2005/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 6851) Sec. 1. This Act may be cited as the Emergency Services Districts Act. (Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24.)

(70 ILCS 2005/10) (from Ch. 85, par. 6860) Sec. 10. Purchases made under this Act must be made in compliance with the Local Government Prompt Payment Act, as now or hereafter amended. (Source: P.A. 86-916.)

(70 ILCS 2005/11) Sec. 11. Property tax; fees. (a) An emergency services district organized under this Act may levy and collect a general tax on the property situated in the district, but the aggregate amount of taxes levied for any one year under this Act shall not exceed the ra…

(70 ILCS 2005/11.3) Sec. 11.3. Ambulance service. (a) The board of trustees may provide ambulance service to or from points within or without the district, contract with providers of ambulance service, combine with other units of local government for the purpose of providing ambu…

(70 ILCS 2005/11.4) Sec. 11.4. Charge for ambulance service. (a) The board of trustees of a district may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for ambulance services rendered by the district against persons who are not residents of the dis…

(70 ILCS 2005/11.5) Sec. 11.5. Ambulance service tax. Whenever the board of trustees of an emergency services district desires to levy a special tax to provide an ambulance service or support an existing ambulance service, it shall certify the question to the proper election offi…

(70 ILCS 2005/12) (from Ch. 85, par. 6862) Sec. 12. A district organized under this Act, in the preparation of its annual budget and appropriation ordinance, may provide that an amount equal to not more than 0.5% of the total equalized assessed value of real property situated in …

(70 ILCS 2005/13) (from Ch. 85, par. 6863) Sec. 13. Any territory lying adjacent and contiguous to an emergency services district, and not part of another emergency services district and not part of a fire protection district that provides rescue services, may be annexed to the d…

(70 ILCS 2005/14) (from Ch. 85, par. 6864) Sec. 14. A district organized under this Act may be dissolved and discontinued upon like petition, hearing and election as is provided in this Act for the organization of a district. If a majority of the votes cast on the question at the…

(70 ILCS 2005/15) (from Ch. 85, par. 6865) Sec. 15. The owner or owners of record of any area of land consisting of one or more tracts lying within the corporate limits of an emergency services district may have the area disconnected from the district as provided in this Section.…

(70 ILCS 2005/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 6852) Sec. 2. Any contiguous territory having a population of not less than 300 inhabitants and no part of which is already included in an emergency services district, and no part of which is located in a fire protection district that provides …

(70 ILCS 2005/2.5) Sec. 2.5. Rescue squad district continuance. A rescue squad district organized under this Act before January 1, 2024 (the effective date of Public Act 103-134) may (i) continue to be named a rescue squad district or be renamed an emergency services district by …

(70 ILCS 2005/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 6853) Sec. 3. Upon the filing of a petition in the office of the circuit clerk, the court to whom the petition is addressed shall give notice of the time and place of a hearing on the question of the necessity for the organization of an emergen…

(70 ILCS 2005/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6854) Sec. 4. The determination of the court as to the necessity for the organization of the proposed emergency services district, together with the description of the boundaries of the district as fixed by the court, shall be entered of record…

(70 ILCS 2005/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 6855) Sec. 5. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of the organization of the territory as an emergency services district, the territory shall be an organized emergency services district under this Act. The district shal…

(70 ILCS 2005/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 6856) Sec. 6. Within 60 days after the organization of an emergency services district under the provisions of this Act, a board of trustees, consisting of 5 members, for the government and control of the affairs and business of the emergency se…

(70 ILCS 2005/6.5) Sec. 6.5. Change to elected board of trustees; petition; election; ballot; nomination and election of trustees. An emergency services district organized under this Act may have an elected, rather than an appointed, board of trustees if approved by referendum. U…

(70 ILCS 2005/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 6857) Sec. 7. The trustees appointed in accordance with this Act shall constitute a board of trustees for the emergency services district for which they are appointed, and that board of trustees is declared to be the corporate authority of the …

(70 ILCS 2005/8) (from Ch. 85, par. 6858) Sec. 8. The board of trustees of the district shall have power to: (1) provide ambulance services to the emergency services district; (2) take all necessary or proper steps to provide rescue services within the district; (3) borrow money;…

(70 ILCS 2005/9) (from Ch. 85, par. 6859) Sec. 9. Whenever a district owns any personal property which in the opinion of three-fourths of the members of the board of trustees is no longer necessary or useful to or for the best interests of the district, a majority of the board of…

(70 ILCS 2105/1) (from Ch. 42, par. 383) Sec. 1. Whenever the unified control of a lake or of a river system or a portion thereof shall be deemed conducive to the prevention of stream pollution development, conservation and protection of water supply, preservation of water levels…

(70 ILCS 2105/10a) (from Ch. 42, par. 393) Sec. 10a. Such conservancy district may acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise any and all real and personal property, right of way and privileges whether within or without its corporate limits that may be required for its corpor…

(70 ILCS 2105/10b) Sec. 10b. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-…

(70 ILCS 2105/11) (from Ch. 42, par. 394) Sec. 11. (1) The board of trustees of a conservancy district incorporated under this Act may acquire, by gift, purchase, or lease, land or any of the facilities enumerated below, and may construct, develop, operate, extend, and improve su…

(70 ILCS 2105/11.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 394.1) Sec. 11.1. Whenever real estate is to be sold under the authority of this Act, the procedure shall be as follows: (1) Notice of such proposed sale, giving time, place and terms thereof, and an invitation for bids shall be published fo…

(70 ILCS 2105/11.5) Sec. 11.5. Public development projects. (a) The board of trustees of a river conservancy district located in one or more counties may enter into lease agreements for the development of projects that are intended to enhance economic development, create jobs, an…

(70 ILCS 2105/12a) (from Ch. 42, par. 395a) Sec. 12a. The board of trustees shall have the power to provide and adopt a corporate seal for the district. (Source: Laws 1931, p. 530.)

(70 ILCS 2105/13) (from Ch. 42, par. 396) Sec. 13. All the rights and property of said district in the waters and water courses of said district and in their uses as herein specified, shall be exercised and used in such manner as to promote the welfare of said district and the in…

(70 ILCS 2105/14) (from Ch. 42, par. 397) Sec. 14. Any conservancy district organized under this Act may borrow money for corporate purposes and may issue bonds therefor, but shall not become indebted in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount in the aggregate to exceed 5% o…

(70 ILCS 2105/15) (from Ch. 42, par. 398) Sec. 15. At the time of or before incurring any indebtedness, the board of trustees shall provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the pri…

(70 ILCS 2105/15.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 398.1) Sec. 15.1. Any river conservancy district organized under this Act for the purpose of carrying out the powers conferred by Section 11 of this Act may borrow money and as evidence thereof may issue bonds, payable solely from revenue de…