Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 2205/15) (from Ch. 42, par. 261) Sec. 15. Such sanitary district may acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, any and all real and personal property, rights of way and privileges, either within or without its corporate limits, required for its corporate purposes: …

(70 ILCS 2205/15.5) Sec. 15.5. 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. 9…

(70 ILCS 2205/16) (from Ch. 42, par. 262) Sec. 16. Subject to the referendum provided for in Section 16.1, the board of trustees may borrow money for corporate purposes on the credit of the corporation, and issue bonds therefor, in such amounts and form, and on such conditions as…

(70 ILCS 2205/16.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 262.1) Sec. 16.1. No issue of bonds of the district shall be valid (except bonds to refund an existing bonded indebtedness) unless the proposition of issuing the bonds has first been submitted at a regular election to the voters of the distr…

(70 ILCS 2205/16.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 262.2) Sec. 16.2. All bonds issued pursuant to this Act shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding that permitted by the Bond Authorization Act. (Source: P.A. 104-417, eff. 8-15-25.)

(70 ILCS 2205/17) (from Ch. 42, par. 263) Sec. 17. The board of trustees may levy and collect taxes for corporate purposes. Such taxes shall be levied by ordinance specifying the purposes for which the same are required, and a certified copy of such ordinance shall be filed with …

(70 ILCS 2205/17.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 263.1) Sec. 17.1. The board of trustees of a sanitary district that owns and operates a wastewater treatment plant in a county which has established a stormwater management planning committee in accordance with Section 5-1062 of the Counties…

(70 ILCS 2205/18) (from Ch. 42, par. 264) Sec. 18. Whenever it shall be necessary to take or damage private property for right of way or other purposes, for or in connection with any improvement or work authorized by this Act, such sanitary district may cause compensation therefo…

(70 ILCS 2205/19) (from Ch. 42, par. 265) Sec. 19. Whenever it shall be necessary for or in connection with any improvement or work authorized by this act, to enter upon any public property, or property held for any public use, or acquire any easement or rights therein, such sani…

(70 ILCS 2205/2) (from Ch. 42, par. 248) Sec. 2. Upon the filing of such petition in the office of the circuit clerk of said county it shall be the duty of the court to consider the boundaries of such proposed district, whether the same shall be described in said petition or othe…

(70 ILCS 2205/20) (from Ch. 42, par. 266) Sec. 20. Whenever it shall be necessary to take or use, for any of the purposes contemplated in this act, any portion of any railroad right of way, or property occupied by the track or tracks of any steam, electric, or other railroad comp…

(70 ILCS 2205/21) (from Ch. 42, par. 267) Sec. 21. When necessary for or in connection with any of the purposes authorized by this act, the board of trustees may acquire and compel any steam, electric or other railroad company to raise its tracks to conform to the grade of any le…

(70 ILCS 2205/23) (from Ch. 42, par. 269) Sec. 23. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all contracts for work to be done and supplies and materials to be purchased by the sanitary district, the expense of which will exceed $10,000 shall be let to the lowest responsible …

(70 ILCS 2205/23.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 269.1) Sec. 23.1. 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 2205/24) (from Ch. 42, par. 270) Sec. 24. In case any sanitary district organized hereunder, shall include within its limits, in whole or in part, any drainage district or districts organized under the laws of this state having levees, drains or ditches which are conduci…

(70 ILCS 2205/25) (from Ch. 42, par. 271) Sec. 25. The board of trustees shall have power to appoint and maintain from time to time, such police force as it may find necessary for the protection of any levee, ditch or other improvement authorized by this act, or otherwise in furt…

(70 ILCS 2205/26) (from Ch. 42, par. 272) Sec. 26. The board of trustees shall have and maintain an office at some convenient place within said district, where all the books and papers pertaining to the affairs of said corporation shall be open at reasonable times, to the inspect…

(70 ILCS 2205/26.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 272.1) Sec. 26.1. The board of trustees, its clerk and treasurer, prior to the 15th day of each month, shall submit to the circuit court in which such district was organized a verified statement showing for the preceding month a listing of a…

(70 ILCS 2205/27) (from Ch. 42, par. 273) Sec. 27. Said board, its clerk and treasurer, shall submit to the circuit court of the county in which said district is organized, annually, between the first and tenth days of April, or oftener, if required by said court, verified report…

(70 ILCS 2205/27.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 273.1) Sec. 27.1. The board of trustees of any sanitary district may arrange to provide for the benefit of employees and trustees of the sanitary district group life, health, accident, hospital and medical insurance, or any one or any combin…

(70 ILCS 2205/27a) (from Ch. 42, par. 273a) Sec. 27a. Any sanitary district having any undistributed or unclaimed money received from the making of any local improvement paid for wholly or in part by special assessment, after complying with all the provisions for the distribution…

(70 ILCS 2205/28) (from Ch. 42, par. 274) Sec. 28. The provisions of this act shall never be construed as authorizing any levee or drainage system for agricultural or mining purposes, but shall be liberally construed for the prevention of overflows and drainage of lands for sanit…

(70 ILCS 2205/29) (from Ch. 42, par. 274.1) Sec. 29. Any sanitary district organized and operated under this Act and having an equalized assessed valuation for tax purposes of $100,000,000 or more may, by referendum as provided in Sections 29.1 through 29.3, be dissolved and a ne…

(70 ILCS 2205/29.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 274.2) Sec. 29.1. When a petition, signed by at least 300 registered voters residing within such sanitary district is filed with the State Board of Elections before the November general election in an even-numbered year, and within the time …

(70 ILCS 2205/29.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 274.3) Sec. 29.2. The votes shall be canvassed and returned in the manner provided for public measures submitted to the electors of the entire State, including the provisions for tally sheets, certificates of results, canvassing and abstract…

(70 ILCS 2205/29.3) (from Ch. 42, par. 274.4) Sec. 29.3. The State Board of Elections shall proclaim and certify the results of the vote on the proposition. If a majority of those electors properly marking ballots on the proposition vote in favor thereof, the district organized u…

(70 ILCS 2205/3) (from Ch. 42, par. 249) Sec. 3. Upon such determination, the court shall order to be submitted to the legal voters of the proposed sanitary district at an election in which all of the electors in the proposed district may vote the question of the organization and…

(70 ILCS 2205/4) (from Ch. 42, par. 250) Sec. 4. Upon the organization of such sanitary district, the circuit court shall order the election of the corporate authorities. Thereupon, the clerk of the circuit court shall certify said order to the proper election official, who shall…

(70 ILCS 2205/5) (from Ch. 42, par. 251) Sec. 5. There shall be 5 trustees, elected as provided in this Section, who shall constitute a board of trustees for the sanitary district. The trustees shall hold office for 4 years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. A…

(70 ILCS 2205/6) (from Ch. 42, par. 252) Sec. 6. Such sanitary district shall be held in all courts to be a body corporate, and politic, under the name and style of .... sanitary district, and by such name and style may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire an…

(70 ILCS 2205/7) (from Ch. 42, par. 253) Sec. 7. The board of trustees, and its successors in office, shall constitute the corporate authority of the sanitary district, and shall exercise all powers and manage and control all the affairs and property of the district. The board of…

(70 ILCS 2205/7a) (from Ch. 42, par. 253a) Sec. 7a. The board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act, when so requested by the treasurer of the district, shall designate one or more banks or savings and loan associations in which the funds and moneys receiv…

(70 ILCS 2205/8) (from Ch. 42, par. 254) Sec. 8. The board of trustees of the sanitary district shall, within 3 months after its organization hereunder, cause to be filed in the office of the recorder in each county in which the district is situated, a certified copy of the recor…

(70 ILCS 2205/9) (from Ch. 42, par. 255) Sec. 9. Said board of trustees shall have full power to pass all necessary ordinances, and make all orders, rules and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of said board of trustees, and of said municipality, an…

(70 ILCS 2305/0.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 276.99) Sec. 0.1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "North Shore Water Reclamation District Act". (Source: P.A. 99-669, eff. 7-29-16.)

(70 ILCS 2305/0.5) Sec. 0.5. Sanitary district references. On and after the date the sanitary district renames itself under Section 4 of this Act, any references to "sanitary district" in this Act shall mean "water reclamation district". (Source: P.A. 99-669, eff. 7-29-16.)

(70 ILCS 2305/1) (from Ch. 42, par. 277) Sec. 1. That whenever any area of contiguous territory within the limits of a single county shall contain 2 or more incorporated cities, towns or villages owning and operating, either or any of them, a system or systems of water works and …

(70 ILCS 2305/10) (from Ch. 42, par. 286) Sec. 10. At the time 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 princi…

(70 ILCS 2305/11) (from Ch. 42, par. 287) Sec. 11. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all contracts for purchases or sales by the municipality, the expense of which will exceed the mandatory competitive bid threshold, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder there…

(70 ILCS 2305/11.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 287.1) Sec. 11.1. 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 2305/11.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 287.2) Sec. 11.2. It is the policy of this State that all powers granted, either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or any other Illinois statute to the district may be exercised by the district notwithstanding effects on com…

(70 ILCS 2305/12) (from Ch. 42, par. 288) Sec. 12. The board of trustees may levy and collect other taxes for corporate purposes upon property within the territorial limits of the sanitary district, the aggregate amount of which for each year may not exceed .083% of value, as equ…

(70 ILCS 2305/13) (from Ch. 42, par. 289) Sec. 13. Every such district is authorized to construct, maintain, alter and extend its sewers, channels, ditches and drains, as a proper use of highways along, upon, under and across any highway, street, alley or public ground in the sta…

(70 ILCS 2305/14) (from Ch. 42, par. 290) Sec. 14. Whenever there shall be located within the bounds of any such sanitary district organized under the provisions of this act, any United States military post, reservation or station, or any naval station, the said board of trustees…

(70 ILCS 2305/15) (from Ch. 42, par. 291) Sec. 15. Whenever the board of trustees of any sanitary district shall pass an ordinance for the making of any improvement which such district is authorized to make, the making of which will require that private property should be taken o…

(70 ILCS 2305/16) (from Ch. 42, par. 292) Sec. 16. When, in making any improvements which any district is authorized by this act to make, it shall be necessary to enter upon and take possession of any existing drains, sewers, sewer outlets, plants for the purification of sewage o…

(70 ILCS 2305/17) (from Ch. 42, par. 293) Sec. 17. The board of trustees of any such sanitary district are hereby vested with power and authority to enter into contract with any city or village for the reduction, treatment and disposal of any garbage or offal, or solid matter rem…

(70 ILCS 2305/18) (from Ch. 42, par. 294) Sec. 18. Any district formed hereunder shall have the right to permit territory lying outside its limits whether within any other sanitary district or not to drain into and use any channel or drain made by it, upon such payments, terms an…

(70 ILCS 2305/18.5) Sec. 18.5. Contracts. The sanitary district may enter into contracts with municipalities or other parties outside the sanitary district that may request service from the sanitary district at higher rates than the existing rates for like consumers within the sa…

(70 ILCS 2305/19) (from Ch. 42, par. 295) Sec. 19. Whenever within any such sanitary district there shall be a city, incorporated town or village, which owns a system of waterworks and supplies water from a lake or other source which will be saved and preserved from sewage pollut…