Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 2805/7) (from Ch. 42, par. 418) Sec. 7. The board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall have power to provide for the collection and disposal of the sewage thereof and the drainage of such district and to save and preserve the water supplied…

(70 ILCS 2805/70) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.34) Sec. 70. 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 order of any …

(70 ILCS 2805/71) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.35) Sec. 71. 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 55 of this Act, the clerk of the court in which su…

(70 ILCS 2805/72) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.36) Sec. 72. 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 Section 71, th…

(70 ILCS 2805/73) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.37) Sec. 73. 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 79 of this Act, the clerk shall certif…

(70 ILCS 2805/74) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.38) Sec. 74. 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 may be subs…

(70 ILCS 2805/75) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.39) Sec. 75. 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 them of the…

(70 ILCS 2805/76) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.40) Sec. 76. 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 the dist…

(70 ILCS 2805/77) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.41) Sec. 77. 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 for in wh…

(70 ILCS 2805/78) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.42) Sec. 78. 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 for the ki…

(70 ILCS 2805/79) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.43) Sec. 79. 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 assessment or …

(70 ILCS 2805/8) (from Ch. 42, par. 419) Sec. 8. Every such sanitary district shall proceed as rapidly as is reasonably possible, by construction, purchase, lease or otherwise, to provide sewers and a plant or plants for the treatment and purification of its sewage, which plant o…

(70 ILCS 2805/8.1) Sec. 8.1. Private funding of public sewers; reimbursement; contract. 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 bene…

(70 ILCS 2805/8.2) Sec. 8.2. Filing of contract. A contract entered into under Section 8.1 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 part …

(70 ILCS 2805/80) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.44) Sec. 80. 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 bids will be…

(70 ILCS 2805/81) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.45) Sec. 81. 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 be requi…

(70 ILCS 2805/82) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.46) Sec. 82. 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 proposals or b…

(70 ILCS 2805/83) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.47) Sec. 83. 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, which shall …

(70 ILCS 2805/84) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.48) Sec. 84. 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 complete …

(70 ILCS 2805/85) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.49) Sec. 85. 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, clerks and…

(70 ILCS 2805/86) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.50) Sec. 86. 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 acceptance of th…

(70 ILCS 2805/87) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.51) Sec. 87. 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 shall state i…

(70 ILCS 2805/88) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.52) Sec. 88. 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 committee of…

(70 ILCS 2805/89) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.53) Sec. 89. 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 the work …

(70 ILCS 2805/9) (from Ch. 42, par. 420) Sec. 9. In providing works for the disposal of industrial sewage, commonly called industrial wastes, in the manner above provided whether said industrial sewage is disposed of in combination with municipal sewage or independently, said san…

(70 ILCS 2805/90) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.54) Sec. 90. 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 which funds…

(70 ILCS 2805/91) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.55) Sec. 91. 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 assessments…

(70 ILCS 2805/92) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.56) Sec. 92. 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 interest…

(70 ILCS 2805/93) (from Ch. 42, par. 447.57) Sec. 93. 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 made or co…

(70 ILCS 2905/1-1) (from Ch. 42, par. 501-1) Sec. 1-1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974". (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)

(70 ILCS 2905/1-2) (from Ch. 42, par. 501-2) Sec. 1-2. Whenever the voters of a sanitary district created under "An Act to create sanitary districts in certain localities, to drain and protect the same from overflow for sanitary purposes and to provide for sewage disposal", appro…

(70 ILCS 2905/1-3) (from Ch. 42, par. 501-3) Sec. 1-3. Appointments to the first board of commissioners of the new district shall be made in accordance with Section 3-1 of this Act at least 30 days before the first Monday in December of the year of the expiration of the terms of …

(70 ILCS 2905/1-4) (from Ch. 42, par. 501-4) Sec. 1-4. Nothing in this Act shall impair the security of any indebtedness of the former district incurred before the effective date of this Act. The new district shall be obligated for such indebtedness, and the direct annual tax pro…

(70 ILCS 2905/1-5) (from Ch. 42, par. 501-5) Sec. 1-5. Such sanitary district shall be held in all courts to be a body corporate, and politic, under the name and style of .... sanitary district, and by such name and style may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acqu…

(70 ILCS 2905/2-1) (from Ch. 42, par. 502-1) Sec. 2-1. A sanitary district organized under this Act has the powers set forth in the subsequent Sections of this Article. (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)

(70 ILCS 2905/2-10) (from Ch. 42, par. 502-10) Sec. 2-10. When necessary for or in connection with any of the purposes authorized by this Act, the board of trustees may acquire and compel any steam, electric or other railroad company to raise its tracks to conform to the grade of…

(70 ILCS 2905/2-11) Sec. 2-11. Annexation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of commissioners of a sanitary district may, by ordinance, annex property within any unit of local government, including a home rule unit, if the property is contiguous to the corpora…

(70 ILCS 2905/2-2) (from Ch. 42, par. 502-2) Sec. 2-2. To lay out, locate, establish and construct one or more levees or embankments of such size, material and character as may be required to protect the district against overflow from any river, or tributary stream, or water-cour…

(70 ILCS 2905/2-3) (from Ch. 42, par. 502-3) Sec. 2-3. To lay out, locate, establish, construct, maintain and operate one or more drains, conduits, treatment plants, pumping plants, works, ditches, channels or outlets of such capacity and character as may be required for the trea…

(70 ILCS 2905/2-4) (from Ch. 42, par. 502-4) Sec. 2-4. To regulate, limit, extend, deny or otherwise control any connection to any sewer that is tributary to the district's sewer system, regardless of whether the sewer to which the connection is made is directly under the jurisdi…

(70 ILCS 2905/2-5) (from Ch. 42, par. 502-5) Sec. 2-5. 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 thereto and not within the limits of any other sanitary …

(70 ILCS 2905/2-6) (from Ch. 42, par. 502-6) Sec. 2-6. To require that before any person or municipal corporation connects to the sewage system of the district the district be permitted to inspect the drainage lines of the person or municipal corporation to determine whether they…

(70 ILCS 2905/2-7) (from Ch. 42, par. 502-7) Sec. 2-7. To acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, any and all real and personal property, rights of way and privileges, either within or without its corporate limits, required for its corporate purposes; or to sell, lease or…

(70 ILCS 2905/2-7.5) Sec. 2-7.5. 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.…

(70 ILCS 2905/2-8) (from Ch. 42, par. 502-8) Sec. 2-8. Whenever it shall be necessary for or in connection with any improvement or work authorized by this Act, to enter upon any public property, or property held for any public use, or acquire any easement or rights therein, such …

(70 ILCS 2905/2-9) (from Ch. 42, par. 502-9) Sec. 2-9. Whenever it shall be necessary to take or use, for any of the purposes contemplated in this Act, any portion of any railroad right of way, or property occupied by the track or tracks of any steam, electric, or other railroad …

(70 ILCS 2905/3-1) (from Ch. 42, par. 503-1) Sec. 3-1. The district shall be governed by a Board of Commissioners, consisting of 5 commissioners. Two of the commissioners shall be residents of that portion of the district in the county having the greater equalized assessed valuat…

(70 ILCS 2905/3-2) (from Ch. 42, par. 503-2) Sec. 3-2. Each commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond with security to be approved by the appointing authority, payable to the district, in the penal sum of $10,000, conditioned upon the faith…

(70 ILCS 2905/3-3) (from Ch. 42, par. 503-3) Sec. 3-3. (a) The board of commissioners shall be the corporate authority of the district. The board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall be the chief executive and administrative officer of the district and who shall have the…

(70 ILCS 2905/3-4) (from Ch. 42, par. 503-4) Sec. 3-4. (a) Commissioners shall be paid the same salaries as the county board members from either St. Clair or Madison County whichever is lower. (b) The board of commissioners may, by ordinance, arrange to provide employees and comm…