Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 2605/4.37) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.37) Sec. 4.37. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial review of final administrati…

(70 ILCS 2605/4.38) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.38) Sec. 4.38. Any person who first becomes employed under this Act after December 31, 1987, or any former employee who returns to employment after that date, must be domiciled within the territorial boundaries of the sanitary district; …

(70 ILCS 2605/4.39) Sec. 4.39. Power to deduct wages for debts. (a) Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation D…

(70 ILCS 2605/4.4) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.4) Sec. 4.4. All persons who at the time when this Act takes effect or becomes applicable, hold offices or places of employment which this Act provides shall be classified shall be included under the provisions of this Act and shall becom…

(70 ILCS 2605/4.5) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.5) Sec. 4.5. The director, subject to the disapproval of the civil service board as hereinafter provided, shall make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act, and for examinations, appointments, transfers and removals and for maintaini…

(70 ILCS 2605/4.6) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.6) Sec. 4.6. All rules made as herein provided and all changes therein shall forthwith be printed for distribution by the Director and it shall give notice of the places where said rules may be obtained, by publication in one or more dail…

(70 ILCS 2605/4.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.7) Sec. 4.7. All applicants for offices or places in said classified civil service, except for the positions of deputy director of engineering, deputy director of monitoring and research, deputy director of maintenance and operations, ass…

(70 ILCS 2605/4.8) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.8) Sec. 4.8. Notice of the time and place and general scope and fee of every examination and of the duties, pay and nature of the position sought to be filled shall be given by the Director by publication for 2 weeks preceding such examin…

(70 ILCS 2605/4.9) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.9) Sec. 4.9. From the return or reports of examiners, or from the examinations which he or she has made, the Director shall prepare a register for each grade or class of positions in the classified service of the sanitary district of the …

(70 ILCS 2605/40) (from Ch. 42, par. 349.40) Sec. 40. Bridge construction. Wherever it has or may become necessary by reason of the widening, deepening or improving of such river, to construct bridges to meet the altered or changed condition of such stream or river, such sanitary…

(70 ILCS 2605/45) (from Ch. 42, par. 349.45) Sec. 45. Control of bridges. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as depriving any city, village or town situated wholly or partly within the limits of the sanitary district of any power now exercised in the operation of bridges. Any…

(70 ILCS 2605/4a) (from Ch. 42, par. 323a) Sec. 4a. The chairman of the committee on finance of the board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act may designate in writing one or more persons who shall have authority to affix his signature as chairman to any …

(70 ILCS 2605/4b) (from Ch. 42, par. 323b) Sec. 4b. The Governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a State Sanitary District Observer. The term of the person first appointed shall expire on the third Monday in January, 1969. If the Senate is not in …

(70 ILCS 2605/5.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 324k) Sec. 5.1. The fiscal year of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall commence on the first day of January and terminate on the 31st day of December. Such year shall constitute the budget year of said district. (Source: Laws…

(70 ILCS 2605/5.10) (from Ch. 42, par. 324t) Sec. 5.10. If at the termination of any fiscal year the appropriations necessary for the support of the said district for the ensuing budget year shall not have been made, the several amounts appropriated in the last appropriation ordi…

(70 ILCS 2605/5.11) (from Ch. 42, par. 324u) Sec. 5.11. The appropriation ordinance including the amounts for the payment of contract liabilities, or to defray the expense of any project or purpose shall not be construed as an approval of the board of any of said contract liabili…

(70 ILCS 2605/5.12) (from Ch. 42, par. 324v) Sec. 5.12. Annual audit. Each district shall cause an independent audit to be made annually for the period beginning January 1, and ending December 31. Such audit shall be made by a Certified Public Accountant licensed to practice in t…

(70 ILCS 2605/5.12a) Sec. 5.12a. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-296, eff. 8-11-95. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-99.)

(70 ILCS 2605/5.13) (from Ch. 42, par. 324w) Sec. 5.13. The clerk shall prepare on or before the first (1st) day of July of each year after the year 1943, an annual financial report which shall contain financial information required by generally accepted accounting principles (GA…

(70 ILCS 2605/5.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 324L) Sec. 5.2. Definitions. Where used in this law, "budget year" shall mean the fiscal year for which a budget is made. "Current year" shall mean the fiscal year in progress, i.e., the fiscal year next preceding the budget year. "Preceding …

(70 ILCS 2605/5.3) (from Ch. 42, par. 324m) Sec. 5.3. The budget for the district shall present a complete financial plan for the budget year. Such budget shall contain separate estimated balance sheets for each fund of the district and shall set forth estimates of all current as…

(70 ILCS 2605/5.4) (from Ch. 42, par. 324n) Sec. 5.4. The executive director shall prepare the budget for the district and shall submit the proposed budget to the board of trustees which shall make such changes as it deems desirable and shall approve the budget. The content of th…

(70 ILCS 2605/5.5) (from Ch. 42, par. 324o) Sec. 5.5. At least 60 days prior to the beginning of the budget year, the heads of all departments of the district shall prepare and submit to the executive director detailed estimates of expenditure requirements with respect to the con…

(70 ILCS 2605/5.6) (from Ch. 42, par. 324p) Sec. 5.6. During the consideration of and before final action by the board of trustees on the proposed budget, such tentative budget shall be made conveniently available to public inspection for at least ten (10) days by having at least…

(70 ILCS 2605/5.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 324q) Sec. 5.7. The board of trustees of the district shall consider the budget estimates as submitted to it by the executive director and may add to, revise, alter, increase or decrease the items contained in the budget. However, in no event…

(70 ILCS 2605/5.7a) (from Ch. 42, par. 324q.1) Sec. 5.7a. No changes in title or rate shall take place during the fiscal year among the titles and rates that are listed in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance. This does not prohibit adjustments in salaries as a result of merit incr…

(70 ILCS 2605/5.8) (from Ch. 42, par. 324r) Sec. 5.8. No contract shall hereafter be made, or expense or liability incurred by the said board of trustees, or any member or committee thereof, or by any person or persons, for or in its behalf notwithstanding the expenditure may hav…

(70 ILCS 2605/5.9) (from Ch. 42, par. 324s) Sec. 5.9. The board of trustees shall, at any time after March 1 of each fiscal year, have power, by a two-thirds vote of all the members of such body, to authorize the making of transfers within a department or between departments of s…

(70 ILCS 2605/50) (from Ch. 42, par. 349.50) Sec. 50. Police force. That the sanitary district of Chicago shall have the right and power to appoint and support a police force, the members of which may have and exercise police powers over and within its right of way and for a dist…

(70 ILCS 2605/55) (from Ch. 42, par. 349.55) Sec. 55. Development; lease; sale of electrical energy. (a) That The Sanitary District of Chicago is hereby authorized and empowered, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the board of trustees of The Sanitary Di…

(70 ILCS 2605/56) Sec. 56. Resource recovery. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) technological advancements in wastewater treatment have resulted in the ability to capture recovered resources and produce renewable energy resources from material previously discarded; (2) the…

(70 ILCS 2605/57) Sec. 57. Nutrient trading. (a) The sanitary district may participate in any available nutrient trading program in the State for meeting water quality standards. (b) The authorization granted to the sanitary district under this Section shall not be construed as m…

(70 ILCS 2605/6) (from Ch. 42, par. 325) 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 publishe…

(70 ILCS 2605/60) (from Ch. 42, par. 349.60) Sec. 60. Des Plaines River. (a) That the Sanitary District of Chicago is hereby authorized and empowered to remove obstructions from the Des Plaines River by excavating, dredging or filling, within the territorial limits of such Sanita…

(70 ILCS 2605/65) (from Ch. 42, par. 349.65) Sec. 65. That The Sanitary District of Chicago be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to contract upon such terms as may be agreed upon with the corporate authorities of any city, incorporated town or village within the limits of…

(70 ILCS 2605/65.1) Sec. 65.1. Lagoons; Cook County. No reservoir, low solids lagoon, or high solids lagoon shall be located in the area southwest of the present high and low solids lagoons described as follows: Said southwest area lies in Cook County between the Des Plaines Rive…

(70 ILCS 2605/65.2) Sec. 65.2. Treatment process area; Cook County. No treatment process storage area for any product of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District or rail transportation system shall be located in the tank farm area or southwest of the most westerly drying bed d…

(70 ILCS 2605/7) (from Ch. 42, par. 326) Sec. 7. The board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall have power to provide for the drainage of such district of both surface water and sewage, by laying out, establishing, constructing and maintaining one o…

(70 ILCS 2605/7a) (from Ch. 42, par. 326a) Sec. 7a. Discharge into sewers of a sanitary district. (a) The terms used in this Section are defined as follows: "Board of Commissioners" means the Board of Commissioners of the sanitary district. "Sewage" means water-carried human wast…

(70 ILCS 2605/7aa) (from Ch. 42, par. 326aa) Sec. 7aa. The sanitary district has the power and authority to prevent the pollution of any waters from which a water supply may be obtained by any city, town or village within the district. The sanitary district acting through the exe…

(70 ILCS 2605/7b) (from Ch. 42, par. 326b) Sec. 7b. The sanitary district, in addition to the other powers vested in it, is empowered to require the proper authorities of any municipality organized under the laws of Illinois within the boundaries of any sanitary district to obtai…

(70 ILCS 2605/7bb) (from Ch. 42, par. 326bb) Sec. 7bb. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-574, eff. 1-1-97. Repealed by P.A. 90-354, eff. 8-8-97.)

(70 ILCS 2605/7c) (from Ch. 42, par. 326c) Sec. 7c. The Sanitary District, in addition to the other powers vested in it, is empowered to pledge, as collateral security for the payment of principal and interest of any securities heretofore or hereafter sold to the United States of…

(70 ILCS 2605/7d) (from Ch. 42, par. 326d) Sec. 7d. 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 sanitary …

(70 ILCS 2605/7e) (from Ch. 42, par. 326e) Sec. 7e. The sanitary district shall carry into effect all lawful orders issued under the provisions of "An Act to establish a Sanitary Water Board and to control, prevent, and abate pollution of the streams, lakes, ponds, and other surf…

(70 ILCS 2605/7f) (from Ch. 42, par. 326f) Sec. 7f. Regulation of connecting sewerage systems. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct or install any sewerage system that discharges sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes, directly or indirectly, into the sewerage…

(70 ILCS 2605/7g) (from Ch. 42, par. 326g) Sec. 7g. Any person who takes or who knowingly permits his agent or employee to take industrial wastes or other wastes from a point of origin and intentionally discharges such wastes by means of mobile or portable equipment into any sewe…

(70 ILCS 2605/7h) Sec. 7h. Stormwater management. (a) Stormwater management in Cook County shall be under the general supervision of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. The District has the authority to plan, manage, implement, and finance activities r…

(70 ILCS 2605/8) (from Ch. 42, par. 327) Sec. 8. Except as otherwise in this Act provided, the sanitary district may acquire by lease, purchase or otherwise within or without its corporate limits, or by condemnation within its corporate limits, any and all real and personal prope…

(70 ILCS 2605/8.5) Sec. 8.5. 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. 94-…