Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 2405/3a) (from Ch. 42, par. 302) Sec. 3a. Whenever a vacancy in the board of trustees shall occur, either from death, resignation, refusal to qualify, or for any other reason, the appropriate appointing authority shall fill such vacancy by appointment; and such person so…

(70 ILCS 2405/4) (from Ch. 42, par. 303) Sec. 4. The trustees shall constitute a board of trustees for the district. The board of trustees is the corporate authority of such sanitary district, and shall exercise all the powers and manage and control all the affairs and property o…

(70 ILCS 2405/4.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 303.1) Sec. 4.1. Whenever a sanitary district has 2 or more municipalities or townships within its boundaries, it may pass an ordinance expressing its desire to change the name of the sanitary district, and shall proceed as follows: 1. Procee…

(70 ILCS 2405/4.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 303.2) Sec. 4.2. Within 60 days after the effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1977 every sanitary district organized under the "Sanitary District Act of 1917" shall file with the Secretary of State the official name of the district. (Sou…

(70 ILCS 2405/5) (from Ch. 42, par. 304) Sec. 5. All ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriations shall, within one month after they are passed, be published at least once in a newspaper published in such district, or if no such newspaper of general circulation is…

(70 ILCS 2405/6) (from Ch. 42, par. 305) Sec. 6. All ordinances, orders and resolutions, and the date of publication thereof, may be proven by the certificate of the clerk under the seal of the corporation, and when printed in book or pamphlet form, and purporting to be published…

(70 ILCS 2405/6.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 305.1) Sec. 6.1. Actions to impose a fine or imprisonment for violation of a sanitary district ordinance or resolution adopted under authority of this Act shall be brought in the corporate name of the sanitary district as plaintiff. Such acti…

(70 ILCS 2405/7) (from Ch. 42, par. 306) Sec. 7. The board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall have power to provide for the disposal of the sewage thereof including the sewage and drainage of any incorporated city, town or village within the bound…

(70 ILCS 2405/7.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 306.1) Sec. 7.1. Any sanitary district is authorized to acquire, by purchase or contract, sanitary facilities, including but not limited to drains, ditches, sewers, outlets and sewerage treatment plants, owned by any city, village or incorpor…

(70 ILCS 2405/7.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 306.2) Sec. 7.2. Where any sewer system under the jurisdiction of a city, village or incorporated town is tributary to a sanitary district sewer system, and the board of trustees of such sanitary district finds that it will conduce to the pub…

(70 ILCS 2405/7.3) (from Ch. 42, par. 306.3) Sec. 7.3. Any district formed hereunder shall have the right to require that any sewer system, sewage treatment works or sewage treatment facility constructed in or within 3 miles of the limits of such district which is tributary there…

(70 ILCS 2405/7.4) (from Ch. 42, par. 306.4) Sec. 7.4. The board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act may require that before any person or municipal corporation connects to the sewage system of the district the district be permitted to inspect the draina…

(70 ILCS 2405/7.5) (from Ch. 42, par. 306.5) Sec. 7.5. The sanitary district, in addition to other powers vested in it, is authorized to enter into agreements with any city, village or incorporated town located partly within and partly without the territorial limits of the sanita…

(70 ILCS 2405/7.6) (from Ch. 42, par. 306.6) Sec. 7.6. The board of trustees of a sanitary district organized under this Act may, in carrying out its responsibility under Section 7 of this Act, plan for and establish general and specific locations for all conduits, pipes, and pum…

(70 ILCS 2405/7.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 306.7) Sec. 7.7. If one or more persons pay for building a sewer to be dedicated to the sanitary district as a public sewer, and if the sewer will, in the opinion of the board of trustees, be used for the benefit of property whose owners did …

(70 ILCS 2405/7.8) (from Ch. 42, par. 306.8) Sec. 7.8. A contract entered into under Section 7.7 between the board of trustees and persons building a sewer to be dedicated to the sanitary district as a public sewer shall be filed with the Recorder of each county in which all or a…

(70 ILCS 2405/7.9) Sec. 7.9. Private agreements for wastewater treatment. (a) The board of trustees of the Sanitary District of Decatur or the Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation District may enter into an agreement to sell, convey, or disburse treated wastewater to a privat…

(70 ILCS 2405/8) (from Ch. 42, par. 307) Sec. 8. (a) The sanitary district may acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise all real and personal property, right of way and privilege, either within or without its corporate limits that may be required for its corporate purposes…

(70 ILCS 2405/8.05) Sec. 8.05. 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 2405/8.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 307.1) Sec. 8.1. Every such sanitary district shall also have the power to lease to others for any period of time, not exceeding 50 years, upon such terms as its board of trustees may determine, any real estate, right-of-way, or privilege, or…

(70 ILCS 2405/8.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 307.2) Sec. 8.2. 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 2405/9) (from Ch. 42, par. 308) Sec. 9. Borrowing powers; debt limitation; referendum. (a) The corporation may borrow money for corporate purposes and may issue bonds for those purposes but shall not become indebted in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount in the …

(70 ILCS 2405/9.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 308.1) Sec. 9.1. In addition to the powers and authority now possessed by it, the board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall have the power by majority vote: (1) To lease from any public building commission crea…

(70 ILCS 2405/9.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 308.2) Sec. 9.2. In addition to the powers and authority now possessed by it, the board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall have the power by majority vote: (a) To use the general funds of the sanitary district…

(70 ILCS 2405/9.5) (from Ch. 42, par. 308 1/2) Sec. 9.5. In addition to the powers and authority now possessed by them, the board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall have the power, by majority vote: (a) To convey, grant, transfer or sell to the Un…

(70 ILCS 2410/0.01) (from Ch. 42, par. 319g1) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Sanitary Districts (1917 Act) Bond Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 2410/4) (from Ch. 42, par. 319h) Sec. 4. After the ordinance has become effective as provided in Section 3 hereof, a copy thereof properly certified by the Clerk of the district shall be filed in the office of the County Clerk in each of the counties in which any of the …

(70 ILCS 2410/5) (from Ch. 42, par. 319i) Sec. 5. The purchaser of any bonds provided for hereunder shall not be obligated to inquire into the validity of the items funded by reason of the issue of such bonds and all bonds issued hereunder shall be valid and binding obligations o…

(70 ILCS 2605/1) (from Ch. 42, par. 320) Sec. 1. The corporate limits of the Sanitary District of Chicago, heretofore organized under the provisions of this Act, within the territorial limits of Cook County, may be extended in such manner as may be provided by law to include any …

(70 ILCS 2605/1.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 320.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act may be cited as the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)

(70 ILCS 2605/10) (from Ch. 42, par. 329) 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 2605/10.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 329a) Sec. 10.1. Every sanitary district shall also have the power to construct a sewerage system or drainage system to serve a particular locality within its corporate limits or to extend or improve an existing sewerage system or drainage s…

(70 ILCS 2605/10.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 329b) Sec. 10.2. The board of trustees of any sanitary district intending to avail itself of the provisions of Sections 10.1 to 10.9, inclusive, of this Amendatory Act of 1955, shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to construct or…

(70 ILCS 2605/10.3) (from Ch. 42, par. 329c) Sec. 10.3. Notice of the public hearing shall be published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper published and having a general circulation in the sanitary district, and the first publication shall be at least 15 days prio…

(70 ILCS 2605/10.4) (from Ch. 42, par. 329d) Sec. 10.4. At the time and place fixed in the notice for the public hearing, the board of trustees shall meet and hear the representations of any person desiring to be heard on the subject of the construction or acquisition of the prop…

(70 ILCS 2605/10.5) (from Ch. 42, par. 329e) Sec. 10.5. If after the public hearing the board of trustees of the sanitary district adopts a resolution to proceed with the construction or acquisition of the project, the board of trustees has the power to make and enforce all needf…

(70 ILCS 2605/10.6) (from Ch. 42, par. 329f) Sec. 10.6. If the board of trustees adopts a resolution to proceed with the construction or acquisition of the project as provided in Section 10.5 of this Amendatory Act of 1955, they shall adopt an ordinance providing for the issuance…

(70 ILCS 2605/10.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 329g) Sec. 10.7. All revenue derived from the operation of such a sewerage system or drainage system, improvement or extension shall be set aside as collected, and deposited in a special fund of the sanitary district. It shall be used only f…

(70 ILCS 2605/10.8) (from Ch. 42, par. 329h) Sec. 10.8. This amendatory Act of 1955 authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds provided for herein without submitting a proposition for the approval of the ordinance authorizing the bonds to the electors as normally required in the ca…

(70 ILCS 2605/10.9) (from Ch. 42, par. 329i) Sec. 10.9. The provisions of this amendatory Act of 1955 shall be cumulative and shall be considered as conferring additional power on sanitary districts and as additions to and not as limitation upon the powers of the sanitary distric…

(70 ILCS 2605/100) (from Ch. 42, par. 349.100) Sec. 100. District enlarged. As of July 7, 1927, the corporate limits of the Sanitary District of Chicago are hereby extended so as to embrace and include within the same, the territory and tracts of land situated in the County of Co…

(70 ILCS 2605/102) (from Ch. 42, par. 349.102) Sec. 102. District enlarged. As of July 7, 1927, the corporate limits of the Sanitary District of Chicago are hereby extended so as to embrace and include within the same, the territory and tracts of land situated in the County of Co…

(70 ILCS 2605/104) (from Ch. 42, par. 349.104) Sec. 104. District enlarged. As of July 25, 1939, the corporate limits of the Sanitary District of Chicago are hereby extended so as to embrace and include within the same, the territory and tracts of land situated in the County of C…

(70 ILCS 2605/106) (from Ch. 42, par. 349.106) Sec. 106. District enlarged. As of July 1, 1947, the corporate limits of the Sanitary District of Chicago are hereby extended so as to embrace and include within the same, the territory and tracts of land situated in the Village of L…

(70 ILCS 2605/108) (from Ch. 42, par. 349.108) Sec. 108. District enlarged. As of July 1, 1947, the corporate limits of the Sanitary District of Chicago are hereby extended so as to embrace and include within the same the territory and tracts of land situated in the County of Coo…

(70 ILCS 2605/10a) (from Ch. 42, par. 330) Sec. 10a. Any district organized under this Act shall have power to build and maintain highways along or near any canal or channel built by the district, upon land owned by said district, and to repair and maintain public highways near o…

(70 ILCS 2605/11.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 331.1) Sec. 11.1. Sections 11.1 through 11.24 of this amendatory Act of 1963 shall be known and may be cited as the "Purchasing Act for the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago." (Source: P.A. 82-1046.)

(70 ILCS 2605/11.10) (from Ch. 42, par. 331.10) Sec. 11.10. Every contract or purchase order involving amounts in excess of the mandatory competitive bid threshold shall be signed by the president or other duly authorized officer of the board of commissioners, by the executive di…

(70 ILCS 2605/11.11) (from Ch. 42, par. 331.11) Sec. 11.11. In determining the responsibility of any bidder, the director of procurement and materials management may take into account, in addition to financial responsibility, past records of transactions with the bidder, experien…

(70 ILCS 2605/11.12) (from Ch. 42, par. 331.12) Sec. 11.12. Any and all bids received in response to an advertisement may be rejected by the director of procurement and materials management if the bidders are not deemed responsible, or the character or quality of the services, su…