Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 3715/6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 228) Sec. 6. Such board of trustees shall have the following powers: 1. To make inspections of wells or other withdrawal facilities and to require information and data from the owners or operators thereof concerning the supply, withdrawal …

(70 ILCS 3715/6.5) Sec. 6.5. 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-…

(70 ILCS 3715/6a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 229) Sec. 6a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act any person, firm, corporation, or agency of the public diverting or obtaining water at the time of the establishment of a Water Authority pursuant to this Act from any water so…

(70 ILCS 3715/6b) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 229.1) Sec. 6b. Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 84-731.)

(70 ILCS 3715/6c) Sec. 6c. Boil order; notification of certified local health department required. If a water authority issues a boil order, then the authority must notify any certified local public health department that serves an area subject to the boil order as soon as is pra…

(70 ILCS 3715/7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 230) Sec. 7. All final administrative decisions of any board of trustees organized pursuant to this act shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and modifications t…

(70 ILCS 3715/8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 231) Sec. 8. Provisions of this act shall not apply to water used for agricultural purposes, farm irrigation, or water used for domestic purposes where not to exceed 4 families are supplied from the same well or other immediate source. (So…

(70 ILCS 3715/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 232) Sec. 9. Any adjoining territory may be annexed to such water authority in the following manner: A written petition requesting such annexation and signed by a majority in numbers and in area owned of the owners of record of land in suc…

(70 ILCS 3720/0.001) Sec. 0.001. Commissioners; terms; vacancies. (a) The commissioners of water commissions appointed pursuant to this Act shall be appointed as follows: (1) A chairperson, who shall also serve in the capacity of a commissioner, shall be appointed by the chairper…

(70 ILCS 3720/0.001a) Sec. 0.001a. Officers. A water commission established pursuant to this Act shall, by majority vote of the water commissioners, appoint a general manager, a finance director, and a treasurer. The appointment of the general manager, finance director, and treas…

(70 ILCS 3720/0.001b) Sec. 0.001b. Powers and duties. A water commission has the power and duty to: (1) establish and define the responsibilities of the commission and its committees; (2) establish and define the responsibilities of the commission's management and staff; (3) esta…

(70 ILCS 3720/0.01) Sec. 0.01. Service to areas with contaminated or tainted water. (a) Notwithstanding the terms of a water supply contract existing on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, a municipality with a water supply contract with a coun…

(70 ILCS 3720/0.02) Sec. 0.02. Rate equalization. Notwithstanding the terms of a water supply contract existing on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, all parties to a water supply contract with a county water commission, irrespective of whethe…

(70 ILCS 3720/0.03) Sec. 0.03. Water subsidy guaranty. Except to satisfy the obligations of persons who loaned funds to the county water commission, the water rates charged to municipalities that are in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assem…

(70 ILCS 3720/0.04) Sec. 0.04. Five-year annual transfer of funds to home county. Beginning July 1, 2003 and prior to July 1 of each year through and including 2007, each county water commission shall from any legally available sources transfer the sum of $15,000,000 to the count…

(70 ILCS 3720/0.05) Sec. 0.05. Home rule. A municipality, including a home rule unit, must regulate its water systems and provide access to water as required under the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. This Section is a denial and limitation under su…

(70 ILCS 3720/1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 251) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Water Commission Act of 1985. (Source: P.A. 84-119.)

(70 ILCS 3720/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 252) Sec. 2. The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that it is necessary and in the public interest to help assure a sufficient and economic supply of a source of water within those county wide areas of this State where, because of…

(70 ILCS 3720/2.1) Sec. 2.1. Cessation of commission organization. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a majority vote of the water commission is in favor of the proposition to annex the commission to another commission whose boundaries are contiguous, or consolidate t…

(70 ILCS 3720/2.5) Sec. 2.5. Boil order; notification of certified local public health department required. If a water commission issues a boil order, then the commission must notify any certified local public health department that serves an area subject to the boil order as soo…

(70 ILCS 3720/3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 253) Sec. 3. (a) All water commissions (hereinafter referred to as "existing commissions") previously organized under that Act of the General Assembly known as the Water Commission Act (Public Act 83-1123), as amended, shall hereafter be d…

(70 ILCS 3720/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 254) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 4. Taxes. (a) The board of commissioners of any county water commission may, by ordinance, impose throughout the territory of the commission any or all of the taxes provided in t…

(70 ILCS 3720/5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 255) Sec. 5. The proposition of the issuance of general obligation bonds as provided in Section 2 and the imposition of certain taxes as provided in Section 4 may be presented to the voters of the territory of the county water commission i…