Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.3) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.4) Sec. 22a.3. Ordinance authorizing improvements. When any district provides by ordinance for the making of any local improvement, it shall prescribe by the same ordinance whether the improvement shall be made by special assessment or…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.30) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.31) Sec. 22a.30. Validity of special tax for accepted work and new ordinance. No special assessment or special tax shall be held invalid because levied for work already done if it appears that the work was done under a contract which …

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.31) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.32) Sec. 22a.31. Supplemental assessments, rebates and new hearing in case of deficiency. At any time after the bids have been received pursuant to the provisions of this Act, if it appears to the satisfaction of the committee of loca…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.32) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.33) Sec. 22a.32. New assessment against delinquents. If from any cause any district fails to collect the whole or any portion of any special assessment or special tax which may be levied, which is not canceled or set aside by the orde…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.33) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.34) Sec. 22a.33. Certification of roll. Within 10 working days after the filing of the report of the amount and date of the first voucher issued on account of work done, as provided in Section 22a.17 of this Act, the clerk of the cour…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.34) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.35) Sec. 22a.34. Payment in advance for land taken and credit. Whenever any warrant is issued by the clerk of the court in which the judgment of confirmation is rendered, for the collection of any special assessment specified in Secti…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.35) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.36) Sec. 22a.35. Warrant to collector. If an appeal is taken on any part of such judgment and if the board elects to proceed with the improvement notwithstanding such an appeal, as provided for in Section 22a.41 of this Act, the clerk…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.36) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.37) Sec. 22a.36. Collector's notice. The collector receiving such a warrant shall give notice thereof within 30 days by publishing a notice at least twice in a newspaper having a general circulation within the district. This notice ma…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.37) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.38) Sec. 22a.37. Collector's demand. The collector into whose possession the warrant comes as far as practicable shall mail a notice to all persons whose names appear on the assessment roll at the addresses shown thereon, informing th…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.38) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.39) Sec. 22a.38. Contracts payable from assessments and claims limited to funds collected. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-113 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, no person obtaining contracts from…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.39) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.40) Sec. 22a.39. Letting contracts and performance of work by municipality. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-113 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, any work or other public improvement, to be paid …

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.4) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.5) Sec. 22a.4. Restriction on passage of ordinance and abandonment of proposed improvement. No ordinance for any local improvement, to be paid wholly or in part by special assessment or special taxation, shall be considered or passed b…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.40) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.41) Sec. 22a.40. Assessment roll in case of alternate specification. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-113 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, if the ordinance provides for alternate specifications f…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.41) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.42) Sec. 22a.41. Manner and time of letting of contracts. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-113 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, within 6 months after judgment of confirmation of any special asses…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.42) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.43) Sec. 22a.42. Notice for letting contracts and bids. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-113 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, notice shall be given by the committee of local improvements that bid…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.43) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.44) Sec. 22a.43. Bond of contractor and suit on bond. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-113 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, the successful bidder for the construction of such an improvement shall…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.44) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.45) Sec. 22a.44. Acceptance of bid, contract and forfeiture. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-113 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, the committee of local improvements may reject any and all propo…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.45) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.46) Sec. 22a.45. Rejection of bids in case of default. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-113 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, if such original bidder fails or refuses to enter into a contract, whi…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.46) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.47) Sec. 22a.46. Completing unfinished work and contractor's bond. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-113 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, if the contractors who may have taken any contract do not …

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.47) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.48) Sec. 22a.47. Appointment of engineers, clerks and inspectors, execution and acceptance of work and recourse on District. The committee of local improvements may appoint an engineer for the committee and such assistant engineers, c…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.48) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.49) Sec. 22a.48. Excess of assessments over improvements and abatement. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-117 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, within 30 days after the final completion and accepta…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.49) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.50) Sec. 22a.49. Report to court, notice of hearing, certificate of board as prima facie evidence and order. In every assessment proceeding in which the assessment is divided into installments, the committee of local improvements shal…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.5) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.6) Sec. 22a.5. Estimate of cost and first resolution. All ordinances for local improvements to be paid for wholly or in part by special assessment or special taxation shall originate with the committee of local improvements to whom pet…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.50) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.51) Sec. 22a.50. Finding against certificate, completion of improvement, supplemental applications and bonds. If upon the hearing the court finds against the allegations of the certificate, it shall enter an order accordingly. The com…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.51) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.52) Sec. 22a.51. Inspection of work. The committee of local improvements shall designate someone to carefully inspect the entire work done pursuant to any such proceeding and contract and the materials therefor during the progress of …

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.52) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.53) Sec. 22a.52. Rebates. If, after final settlement with the contractor for any improvement and after full payment of all vouchers or bonds except those bonds and interest coupons not presented for payment, although called and for wh…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.53) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.54) Sec. 22a.53. Manner of payment of expenses and costs. The costs and expenses of maintaining the committee of local improvements, for paying salaries of the members of the committee, and the expense of making and levying special as…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.54) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.55) Sec. 22a.54. Appeals. Appeals from final judgments or orders of any court made in the proceedings provided for by this Act may be taken in the manner provided in other civil cases by the district or by any of the owners or parties…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.55) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.56) Sec. 22a.55. Validation of assessments. No special assessment shall be considered illegal or invalid on account of any informality in making the assessment, on account of any step in the procedure specified in this Act not being m…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.6) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.7) Sec. 22a.6. Public hearing and second resolution. At the time and place fixed in the specified notice for the public hearing, the committee of local improvements shall meet and hear the representations of any person desiring to be h…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.8) Sec. 22a.7. Recommendation by committee. Accompanying any ordinance for a local improvement presented by the committee of local improvements to the board shall be a recommendation of such improvement by the committee signed by a lea…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.8) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.9) Sec. 22a.8. Publication of ordinance. Upon the presentation to the board of the proposed ordinance, together with the required recommendation and estimate, if the estimate of costs exceeds the sum of $500,000, exclusive of the amoun…

(70 ILCS 2405/22a.9) (from Ch. 42, par. 317d.10) Sec. 22a.9. Special tax. When the ordinance under which a local improvement is ordered provides that the improvement shall be made wholly or in part by special taxation of benefited property, that special tax shall be levied, asses…

(70 ILCS 2405/23) (from Ch. 42, par. 317e) Sec. 23. Additional contiguous territory may be added to any sanitary district organized under this Act in the manner following: Ten per cent or more of the legal voters resident within the limits of such proposed addition to such sanita…

(70 ILCS 2405/23.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 317e.1) Sec. 23.1. Whenever any contiguous, uninhabited, unincorporated territory is owned by any sanitary district organized under this Act, that territory may be annexed by that sanitary district by the passage of an ordinance to that effe…

(70 ILCS 2405/23.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 317e.2) Sec. 23.2. Any sanitary district may annex any territory contiguous to it even though the annexed territory is dedicated or used for street or highway purposes if no part of the annexed territory is within any other sanitary district…

(70 ILCS 2405/23.3) (from Ch. 42, par. 317e.3) Sec. 23.3. Whenever any unincorporated territory, containing 60 acres or less, is wholly bounded by any sanitary district organized under this Act, that territory may be annexed by that sanitary district by the passage of an ordinanc…

(70 ILCS 2405/23.4) (from Ch. 42, par. 317e.4) Sec. 23.4. Any territory which is not within the corporate limits of any sanitary district but which is contiguous to a sanitary district and which territory has no electors residing therein; or any such territory with electors resid…

(70 ILCS 2405/23.5) (from Ch. 42, par. 317e.5) Sec. 23.5. Any sanitary district may annex any territory which is not within the corporate limits of the sanitary district but which is contiguous to it and is served by the sanitary district or by a municipality with sanitary sewers…

(70 ILCS 2405/23.6) (from Ch. 42, par. 317e.6) Sec. 23.6. The corporate authorities of any sanitary district may enter into an agreement with one or more of the owners of record of land in any territory which may be annexed to such sanitary district as provided in this Act. Such …

(70 ILCS 2405/23.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 317e.7) Sec. 23.7. For purposes of this Act, territory to be organized as a sanitary district shall be considered to be contiguous territory, and territory to be annexed to a sanitary district shall be considered to be contiguous to the sani…

(70 ILCS 2405/24) (from Ch. 42, par. 317f) Sec. 24. Any contiguous territory located within the boundaries of any sanitary district organized under this Act, and upon the border of such district, may become disconnected from such district in the manner following, to-wit: 10% or m…

(70 ILCS 2405/25) (from Ch. 42, par. 317g) Sec. 25. 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 combination…

(70 ILCS 2405/26) (from Ch. 42, par. 317h) Sec. 26. (1) The terms used in this Section are defined as follows: The term "Board of Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of a sanitary district organized under this Act. The term "District Director" means the chief administrative off…

(70 ILCS 2405/27) (from Ch. 42, par. 317i) Sec. 27. (a) Any sanitary district created under this Act which does not have any outstanding and unpaid revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Act and which has a population not in excess of 5000 persons and where that sanita…

(70 ILCS 2405/28) (from Ch. 42, par. 317j) Sec. 28. If the court orders the dissolution of the sanitary district, there shall be no further appointments for trustees. The officers acting at the time of this order shall close up the business affairs of the sanitary district, and m…

(70 ILCS 2405/29) (from Ch. 42, par. 317k) Sec. 29. The dissolution of any sanitary district shall not affect the obligation of any bonds issued or contracts entered into by such district, nor invalidate the levy, extension or collection of any taxes or special assessments upon t…

(70 ILCS 2405/3) (from Ch. 42, par. 301) Sec. 3. Board of trustees; creation; term. A board of trustees shall be created, consisting of 5 members in any sanitary district which includes one or more municipalities with a population of over 90,000 but less than 500,000 according to…

(70 ILCS 2405/30) (from Ch. 42, par. 317l) Sec. 30. The corporate authorities of any successor municipality required to provide sewer or water service under this Act may levy and collect for that purpose a tax upon the taxable property within that successor municipality, the aggr…

(70 ILCS 2405/31) (from Ch. 42, par. 317m) Sec. 31. All courts shall take judicial notice of the dissolution of such sanitary districts. (Source: P.A. 85-986.)