Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 2405/13) (from Ch. 42, par. 312) 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 2405/14) (from Ch. 42, par. 313) 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 2405/15) (from Ch. 42, par. 314) 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 2405/16) (from Ch. 42, par. 315) 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 2405/16.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.1) Sec. 16.1. Any sanitary district created hereunder, after being authorized by an affirmative vote of the legal voters of the district at an election to be held as is hereinafter provided, may acquire, purchase or construct a waterwork…

(70 ILCS 2405/16.10) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.10) Sec. 16.10. For the purpose of purchasing any waterworks under this Act or for the purpose of purchasing any property necessary therefor, the district has the right of eminent domain as provided by the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P…

(70 ILCS 2405/16.11) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.11) Sec. 16.11. Whenever a district owns and operates a waterworks, whether purchased or constructed under this Act, and desires to construct improvements or extensions thereto, it may issue revenue bonds under this Act to pay for that …

(70 ILCS 2405/16.12) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.12) Sec. 16.12. Any district issuing revenue bonds under this Act of a waterworks shall install and maintain a proper system of accounts, showing the amount of revenue received and its application. At least once a year the district shal…

(70 ILCS 2405/16.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.2) Sec. 16.2. The trustees of such district, when petitioned so to do by not less than 10% of the legal voters of such district, shall certify the proposition of whether the district should acquire, purchase or construct, and thereafter …

(70 ILCS 2405/16.3) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.3) Sec. 16.3. The trustees of any district, having been authorized by an election held pursuant to the preceding Section, being desirous of exercising such authority, shall have an estimate made of the cost of the acquisition of the cont…

(70 ILCS 2405/16.4) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.4) Sec. 16.4. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to the preceding Section shall be published in a newspaper published and having a general circulation in the district undertaking the project or, if there is no such newspaper, it shall be pos…

(70 ILCS 2405/16.5a) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.5a) Sec. 16.5a. Whenever the trustees of a district have been authorized by the affirmative vote of the legal voters of the district to acquire by purchase or construction and thereafter operate, improve or extend waterworks, as provide…

(70 ILCS 2405/16.6) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.6) Sec. 16.6. Revenue bonds issued hereunder shall be payable solely from the revenue derived from the operation of the waterworks properties maintained and operated by said district. These bonds shall not in any event constitute an inde…

(70 ILCS 2405/16.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.7) Sec. 16.7. Any holder of any bond or bonds issued under this Act, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, may by a civil action, mandamus, injunction or other proceeding, enforce and compel the performance of all duties require…

(70 ILCS 2405/16.8) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.8) Sec. 16.8. Any district issuing revenue bonds as provided by this Act shall charge rates for all services performed by the waterworks properties of the district, sufficient at all times to pay the cost of operation and maintenance, to…

(70 ILCS 2405/16.9) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.9) Sec. 16.9. The trustees of the sanitary district may acquire, by purchase or contract with an individual, corporation or municipality, a waterworks sufficient for the needs of the inhabitants of the district. In the event that the tru…

(70 ILCS 2405/17) (from Ch. 42, par. 316) Sec. 17. 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 2405/17.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 316.1) Sec. 17.1. Acquiring district or municipal treatment works. (a) After incorporation, any district organized under this Act may, in accordance with this Act and an intergovernmental agreement with the sanitary district being acquired o…

(70 ILCS 2405/17.2) Sec. 17.2. Acquisition of privately owned treatment works. (a) After incorporation, any district organized under this Act may, in accordance with this Act, acquire by purchase or condemnation the territory, treatment works, lines, appurtenances, water treatmen…

(70 ILCS 2405/18) (from Ch. 42, par. 317) Sec. 18. (a) The board of trustees of any such sanitary district may prevent the pollution of any waters from which a water supply may be obtained by any city, town or village within the district, and may appoint and support a sufficient …

(70 ILCS 2405/19) (from Ch. 42, par. 317a) Sec. 19. Construction of drains, sewers, and laterals; assessments. The Board of Trustees shall have the power to build and construct and to defray the cost and expenses of the construction of drains, sewers, or laterals, or drains and s…

(70 ILCS 2405/19.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 317a.1) Sec. 19.1. Special service areas. (a) A sanitary district organized under this Act may provide special services limited to the construction, maintenance, alteration, and extension of the district's drains, sewers, laterals, and other…

(70 ILCS 2405/2) (from Ch. 42, par. 300) Sec. 2. All courts in this state shall take judicial notice of the existence of all sanitary districts organized under this act. (Source: Laws 1917, p. 396.)

(70 ILCS 2405/20) (from Ch. 42, par. 317b) Sec. 20. When any special assessment is made under this Act, the ordinance authorizing such assessment may provide that the entire assessment and each individual assessment be divided into annual installments, not more than 20 in number.…

(70 ILCS 2405/21) (from Ch. 42, par. 317c) Sec. 21. Whenever any ordinance providing for any improvement shall in pursuance of authority conferred in this Act provide for the payment of the same, either in whole or in part, by special assessment, said Board of Trustees may issue …

(70 ILCS 2405/21a) (from Ch. 42, par. 317c.1) Sec. 21a. 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 distributi…

(70 ILCS 2405/22) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d) Sec. 22. Whenever the board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall pass an ordinance for the making of any improvement authorized by this Act and shall provide that the same shall be paid for by special asses…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.1) Sec. 22a. The Board of Trustees may provide by ordinance for the levy, in addition to the taxes now authorized by law, and in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for corporate purposes, as provided by Section 12 of this Act…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.2) Sec. 22a.1. Alternative special assessment procedure. As an alternative to using the procedure prescribed by Division 2 of Article 9 and Division 87 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, for maki…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.10) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.11) Sec. 22a.10. Special assessment. When the ordinance under which a local improvement is ordered to be made contains no provisions for the condemnation of private property therefor and provides that the improvement shall be wholly o…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.11) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.12) Sec. 22a.11. Petition and jurisdiction of courts. Upon the passage of any ordinance for a local improvement the district, by and through an attorney employed for that purpose, shall file a petition in the circuit court in the coun…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.12) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.13) Sec. 22a.12. Appointment of assessing officer. Upon or before the filing of such a petition, some resident of the district appointed by the chairman of the committee of local improvements shall make a true and impartial assessment…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.13) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.14) Sec. 22a.13. Apportionment of cost. The officer specified in Section 22a.12 shall estimate what portion of the total cost of such improvement will be of benefit to the public and what proportion thereof will be of benefit to the p…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.14) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.15) Sec. 22a.14. Determination of benefit to private property owners by assessing officer. In determining the benefit to be received by private property owners as a result of a proposed improvement, the assessing officer, in his or he…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.15) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.16) Sec. 22a.15. Description of property assessed. In levying any special assessment or special tax, each lot, block, tract or parcel of land shall be assessed separately in the same manner as upon assessment for general taxation, exc…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.16) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.17) Sec. 22a.16. Assessment roll, notice and affidavit of compliance. The assessment roll shall contain (1) a list of all the lots, blocks, tracts and parcels of land assessed for the proposed improvement, (2) the amount assessed agai…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.17) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.18) Sec. 22a.17. Installments and interest. The ordinance provided for in this Act may provide that the aggregate amounts assessed in each individual assessment shall be divided into annual installments not more than 10 in number. Suc…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.18) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.19) Sec. 22a.18. Notice by publication. Petitioner, in addition to other required notices, shall publish a notice at least twice, not more than 30 nor less than 15 days in advance of the time at which confirmation of the specified ass…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.19) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.20) Sec. 22a.19. Objections. Any person interested in any real estate to be affected by an assessment may appear and file objections to the report by the time mentioned in the notice or within such further time as the court may allow.…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.3) Sec. 22a.2. Appointed committee of local improvements. The board of any district may appoint a committee of local improvements consisting of the members of the board of trustees. The board's right to raise or lower the compensation …

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.20) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.21) Sec. 22a.20. Review of assessment roll by the court. Upon written objections or motions for that purpose the court in which the specified proceeding is pending may inquire in a summary way whether the officer making the report has…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.21) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.22) Sec. 22a.21. Hearing of legal objections. On the application of the petitioner at any time after the return day the court may set down all objections, except the objection that the property of the objector will not be benefited to…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.22) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.23) Sec. 22a.22. Trial by jury. If it is objected on the part of any property assessed for such an improvement that it will not be benefited thereby to the amount assessed thereon and that it is assessed more than its proportionate sh…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.23) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.24) Sec. 22a.23. Distribution of deficiency and new notice. Wherever on a hearing by the court or before a jury the amount of any assessment is reduced or canceled so that there is a deficiency in the total amount remaining assessed i…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.24) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.25) Sec. 22a.24. Precedence for trial. The hearing in all cases arising under this Act shall have precedence over all other cases in any court where they are brought except criminal cases or other cases in which the public is a moving…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.25) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.26) Sec. 22a.25. Modification by court or abandonment of proposed improvements. The court before which any such proceedings may be pending may modify, alter, change, annul or confirm any assessment returned as specified in addition to…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.26) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.27) Sec. 22a.26. Acquisition of lands as prerequisite to special assessment. No special assessment or special tax shall be levied for any local improvement until the land necessary therefor has been acquired and is in possession of th…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.27) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.28) Sec. 22a.27. Prior improvement of same kind as objection. It is no objection to the legality of any local improvement that a similar improvement has been previously made in the same locality if the ordinance therefor is recommende…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.28) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.29) Sec. 22a.28. Judgment on installment assessments. 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 is entered upon the return of the…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.29) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.30) Sec. 22a.29. Effect of judgment. The judgments of the court shall be final as to all the issues involved, and the proceedings in the specified cause shall be subject to review by appeal as hereinafter provided and not otherwise. H…