Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 2805/21) (from Ch. 42, par. 432) Sec. 21. No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public funds as permitted by this Act, unless it has complied with the requirements established pursuant to Section 6 of "An Act relating to certain investments of public fund…

(70 ILCS 2805/22) (from Ch. 42, par. 433) Sec. 22. Every such sanitary 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 i…

(70 ILCS 2805/23) (from Ch. 42, par. 434) Sec. 23. 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 2805/24) (from Ch. 42, par. 435) Sec. 24. 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 2805/25) (from Ch. 42, par. 436) Sec. 25. 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 2805/25a) (from Ch. 42, par. 436a) Sec. 25a. The board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act may require that before any connection is made to the sewage or drainage system of the district or the establishment of or connection to any sewage or dra…

(70 ILCS 2805/26) (from Ch. 42, par. 437) Sec. 26. 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 2805/26a) (from Ch. 42, par. 437a) Sec. 26a. 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 drainage sys…

(70 ILCS 2805/26b) (from Ch. 42, par. 437b) Sec. 26b. 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 ope…

(70 ILCS 2805/26c) (from Ch. 42, par. 437c) Sec. 26c. 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 contemp…

(70 ILCS 2805/26d) (from Ch. 42, par. 437d) Sec. 26d. 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 posted…

(70 ILCS 2805/26e) (from Ch. 42, par. 437e) Sec. 26e. Bonds provided for such drainage system shall be issued in such amounts as may be necessary to provide sufficient funds to pay all costs of acquisition, including engineering, legal, and other expenses, together with interest …

(70 ILCS 2805/26f) (from Ch. 42, par. 437f) Sec. 26f. Revenue bonds issued hereunder shall be payable solely from the revenue derived from the operation of the drainage system properties maintained and operated by said district. These bonds shall not in any event constitute an in…

(70 ILCS 2805/26g) (from Ch. 42, par. 437g) Sec. 26g. Any holder of any bond or bonds issued under this Act, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, may, by mandamus, injunction or other civil action, enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by Sections 26…

(70 ILCS 2805/26h) (from Ch. 42, par. 437h) Sec. 26h. Any district issuing revenue bonds as provided by this Act shall charge rates for all services performed by the drainage system properties of said district, sufficient at all times to pay the cost of operation and maintenance,…

(70 ILCS 2805/26i) (from Ch. 42, par. 437i) Sec. 26i. The trustees of the sanitary district may acquire, by purchase or contract with an individual, corporation or municipality, a drainage system sufficient for the needs of the inhabitants of the district. In the event that the t…

(70 ILCS 2805/26j) (from Ch. 42, par. 437j) Sec. 26j. For the purpose of purchasing any drainage system 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 2805/26k) (from Ch. 42, par. 437k) Sec. 26k. Whenever a district owns and operates a drainage system, 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 c…

(70 ILCS 2805/26m) (from Ch. 42, par. 437m) Sec. 26m. Any district issuing revenue bonds under this Act for a drainage system 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 2805/27) (from Ch. 42, par. 438) Sec. 27. (a) The board of trustees of any such sanitary district shall have power and authority to prevent the pollution of any waters from which a water supply may be obtained within said sanitary district, and shall have the right and p…

(70 ILCS 2805/27.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 438.1) Sec. 27.1. 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 2805/28) (from Ch. 42, par. 439) Sec. 28. The board of trustees shall have the power to build and construct and to defray the costs and expenses of the construction of drains, sewers, or laterals, or drains, and sewers and laterals and other necessary adjuncts thereto, i…

(70 ILCS 2805/29) (from Ch. 42, par. 440) Sec. 29. 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 2805/29.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 440.1) Sec. 29.1. 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 distribut…

(70 ILCS 2805/3) (from Ch. 42, par. 414) Sec. 3. (a) A board of trustees, consisting of 3 members, for the government, control and management of the affairs and business of each sanitary district organized under this Act shall be created by appointment as provided in paragraph (b…

(70 ILCS 2805/3.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 414.1) Sec. 3.1. Upon petition by at least 5% of the registered voters within the territory of a sanitary district, the circuit court of the county in which the district is located shall order a referendum on the question of whether the trust…

(70 ILCS 2805/3.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 414.2) Sec. 3.2. When a district has voted, as provided in Section 3.1, to elect its trustees, 3 trustees shall be elected at the regular election provided by the general election law for the election of such officers, and every 4 years there…

(70 ILCS 2805/30) (from Ch. 42, par. 441) Sec. 30. Whenever any ordinance providing for any improvement shall in pursuance of authority conferred in this Act provide for payment for same, either in whole or in part, by special assessment, said board of trustees may issue bonds to…

(70 ILCS 2805/31) (from Ch. 42, par. 442) Sec. 31. 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 assess…

(70 ILCS 2805/32) (from Ch. 42, par. 443) Sec. 32. Where any municipality in this State, bordering upon any sanitary district created under this Act, has constructed or desires to construct a sewage system for such municipality, any such sanitary district may contract with such m…

(70 ILCS 2805/32a) (from Ch. 42, par. 443a) Sec. 32a. Additional contiguous territory within the limits of the county and within or without the limits of any city, village or incorporated town except territory within the limits of any city, village or incorporated town that furni…

(70 ILCS 2805/32a.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 443a.1) Sec. 32a.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 ef…

(70 ILCS 2805/32a.2) (from Ch. 42, par. 443a.2) Sec. 32a.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 distri…

(70 ILCS 2805/32a.3) (from Ch. 42, par. 443a.3) Sec. 32a.3. Unincorporated territory annexation. 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…

(70 ILCS 2805/32a.4) (from Ch. 42, par. 443a.4) Sec. 32a.4. 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 sewe…

(70 ILCS 2805/32a.4a) (from Ch. 42, par. 443a.4a) Sec. 32a.4a. 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. …

(70 ILCS 2805/32a.5) (from Ch. 42, par. 443a.5) Sec. 32a.5. Disconnection of contiguous territory on the border of a district. (a) Any contiguous territory located within the boundaries of any sanitary district organized under this Act, and upon the border of such district, may b…

(70 ILCS 2805/32a.5-1) Sec. 32a.5-1. Disconnection by agreement. (a) A territory that (1) is located within the boundaries and upon the border of a sanitary district organized under this Act, (2) is contiguous, and (3) has no registered voters residing within it, may be disconnec…

(70 ILCS 2805/32a.6) (from Ch. 42, par. 443a.6) Sec. 32a.6. 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 sa…

(70 ILCS 2805/32b) (from Ch. 42, par. 443b) Sec. 32b. 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 waterworks, an…

(70 ILCS 2805/32b.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 443b.1) Sec. 32b.1. The board of trustees of any sanitary district created hereunder, after receiving a petition in writing, signed by not less than 50% of the legal voters and not less than 50% of the record owners of land in any contiguou…

(70 ILCS 2805/32c) (from Ch. 42, par. 443c) Sec. 32c. The term waterworks as used in this Act means and includes a water works system or water supply system in its entirety and any integral part thereof, including mains, hydrants, meters, valves, stand pipes, storage tanks, pump …

(70 ILCS 2805/32d) (from Ch. 42, par. 443d) Sec. 32d. The trustees of such district, when petitioned so to do by not less than 10% of the legal voters of such district, shall certify to the proper election officials the proposition of whether the district should acquire, purchase…

(70 ILCS 2805/32e) (from Ch. 42, par. 443e) Sec. 32e. The trustees of any district, having been authorized by an election held pursuant to Section 32d, and being desirous of exercising such authority, shall have an estimate made of the cost of the acquisition or construction of t…

(70 ILCS 2805/32f) (from Ch. 42, par. 443f) Sec. 32f. 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 posted…

(70 ILCS 2805/32g) (from Ch. 42, par. 443g) Sec. 32g. Bonds provided for in this article shall be issued in such amounts as may be necessary to provide sufficient funds to pay all costs of acquisition, including engineering, legal, and other expenses, together with interest to a …

(70 ILCS 2805/32h) (from Ch. 42, par. 443h) Sec. 32h. 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 indebte…

(70 ILCS 2805/32i) (from Ch. 42, par. 443i) Sec. 32i. Any holder of any bond or bonds issued under this Act, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, may, by mandamus, injunction or other civil action, enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by Sections 32…

(70 ILCS 2805/32j) (from Ch. 42, par. 443j) Sec. 32j. Any district issuing revenue bonds as provided by this Act shall charge rates for water for all services performed by the waterworks properties of said district, sufficient at all times to pay the costs of operation and mainte…

(70 ILCS 2805/32k) (from Ch. 42, par. 443k) Sec. 32k. The trustees of the sanitary district may acquire, by purchase or contract with an individual, corporation or municipality, a water supply sufficient for diluting and flushing its sewer system and for the needs of the inhabita…