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70 ILCS 605/Art. IV heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 ARTICLE IV.      COMMISSIONERS AND OTHER OFFICERS--SELECTION, QUALIFICATIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES
70 ILCS 605/4-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-1)Sec. 4-1.     Appointment of Commissioners.Upon the organization of the district, the temporary commissioners shall  continue as permanent commissioners and shall hold office until the first  Tuesday in September following the organization of the district and until  their successors are selected and have qualified. On the first Tuesday in  September after the organization of any district, or as soon thereafter as  may be feasible, and in the manner provided in Section 3-9 of this Act, the  appropriate appointing authority shall appoint 3 commissioners for such  district, one of whom shall hold office for a term expiring on the first  Tuesday of September next, one of whom shall hold office for a term  expiring on the first Tuesday of the second succeeding September, and the  other of whom shall hold office for a term expiring on the first Tuesday of  the third succeeding September, and until their respective successors are  selected and have qualified. On the first Tuesday of September of each  succeeding year, or as soon thereafter as may be feasible, the appointing  authority shall appoint one commissioner, who shall hold his office for a  term expiring on the first Tuesday of the third succeeding September and  until his successor is selected and has qualified.    (Source: P.A. 77-701.)
70 ILCS 605/4-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-2)Sec. 4-2.     Petition for appointment of commissioners.     Whenever a petition signed by a majority of the total number  of adult landowners who together own a majority of the area  embraced in the district requesting the appointment of an  individual as commissioner is filed with the county clerk of the county in  which the greater part of the territory of the district lies not more than 4  weeks nor less than  1 week before the first Tuesday of September, then the county clerk shall  forward the petition to the appropriate appointing authority and, except  for good cause shown, the appropriate appointing authority  shall then appoint that individual as commissioner, if he is  otherwise qualified.    (Source: P.A. 88-607, eff. 1-1-95.)
70 ILCS 605/4-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-3)Sec. 4-3.     Qualifications of Commissioners.     No person shall be appointed  or elected commissioner of a district who is not an adult resident of  Illinois. Neither shall any person be appointed or elected commissioner of  a district who does not own land in the district unless (a) the court in  election districts or the appointing authority in other districts finds it  to be in the best interests of the district that the requirement of  ownership of land in the district be waived or (b) the selection of  commissioners is by appointment and a majority of the adult landowners  owning a majority of the area embraced in the district have duly petitioned  the appropriate appointing authority to allow the appointment as  commissioner of an individual who does not own land in the district.    (Source: P.A. 86-297.)
70 ILCS 605/4-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-4)Sec. 4-4.         Oath of Commissioners-Bond of Commissioners.)  Before  entering on his duties each commissioner appointed or elected  under this Act shall qualify by subscribing to an oath to discharge the  duties of his office faithfully and without favor or partiality. He  shall also give bond payable to the People of the State of Illinois for  the use of all persons interested in an amount to be fixed by the  court in election districts or the appointing authority in other  districts and with surety to be approved by the appointing  authority, which bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance  of his duties and the faithful application of all moneys that may come  under his control. The oath and the bond shall be filed with the clerk  of the county in which the proceedings to organize the district  were held. In the event that a commissioner furnishes a bond with a corporate  surety thereon the premium charged by such surety shall be paid by the  district. The court in election districts or the appointing authority in  other districts, for good cause shown, may, and when  petitioned to do so by a majority of the adult landowners owning a  majority of the area embraced in the district, shall waive the  requirement that a commissioner furnish surety on his bond.    (Source: P.A. 84-886.)
70 ILCS 605/4-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-7)Sec. 4-7.         Appointment of commissioners in districts organized under Levee  Act and certain other districts.  In all districts which, at the time this Act goes into effect, were  operating and existing under the provisions of the Levee Act, or under  the provisions of any other act repealed by this Act except the Farm  Drainage Act, the commissioners thereof shall hereafter be appointed in  the same manner and with like qualifications as though the districts had  been originally organized under this Act unless the landowners have elected  to change from the appointment to the election of commissioners in the  manner provided in Section 4-8. The commissioners in office at the time  this Act goes into effect shall continue as commissioners of the district  under this Act until the expiration of their terms of office and until  their successors are selected and shall have qualified as provided in this  Act. Commissioners appointed under this section shall, within 20 days after  their appointment, qualify by subscribing to an oath of office and giving  bond, in the manner provided in Section 4-4.    (Source: P.A. 86-297.)
70 ILCS 605/4-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-8)Sec. 4-8.         Change from appointment to election of commissioners in  certain districts.  In any district, whether heretofore or hereafter organized, 10 per  cent or more of the adult landowners may petition the court to change  the method of selecting commissioners from appointment to election. The  practice and procedure on a petition to change from the appointment to  the election of commissioners shall follow, as nearly as the facts will  permit, the practice and procedure set forth in Section 4-6 for the  change from elective to appointive commissioners. The commissioners in  office at the time an order is given or made directing that thereafter  the commissioners shall be elected in the manner provided by this Act  shall continue in office until the time that their successors would have  been appointed under Section 4-1 and until their successors have been  elected and shall have qualified.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/4-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-9)Sec. 4-9.         Single  commissioner.Whenever the drains, levees or other work for the construction of which  the district was organized are completed, then the appointing authority  may, upon the petition of adult landowners owning a majority of the area  embraced in the district, dispense with 2 commissioners, and the appointing  authority shall thereafter appoint for such district a single commissioner,  who shall hold office for a term expiring on the first Tuesday in September  of the third year following his appointment and until his successor is  appointed and has qualified, and such single commissioner shall perform the  duties and be vested with and exercise the powers imposed upon  commissioners generally. Whenever, upon the petition of one or more  landowners in such district, it appears to the appointing authority that  additional work may be necessary in such district, or for other good cause  shown, the appointing authority shall appoint 2 additional commissioners in  the manner provided by Section 4-10 so as to make a total of 3  commissioners for the district.    (Source: P.A. 77-701.)
70 ILCS 605/4-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-10)Sec. 4-10.         Filling vacancies in appointive commissioners-Removal from  office. If, for any reason, a vacancy occurs in the office of commissioner  in a district in which the commissioners are appointed the appointing  authority may appoint a successor, either without notice or upon such  notice as the appointing authority may direct, to fill the vacancy until  the first Tuesday of September next, on which date, or as soon thereafter  as may be feasible, the appropriate appointing authority shall appoint a  successor for the remainder of the term, in accordance with Sections 3-9,  4-1 and 4-2. For good cause shown any commissioner, whether elected or  appointed, may be removed from office  by the appointing authority upon its  own motion or upon the motion of any interested landowner. Notice to such  commissioner of the hearing on such motion shall be given as the appointing  authority shall direct.    (Source: P.A. 86-297.)
70 ILCS 605/4-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-11)Sec. 4-11.         Organization of Commissioners-Quorum.)  The commissioners shall elect one of their number as chairman and shall  elect a secretary, who may or may not be a commissioner. A majority of  the commissioners constitutes a quorum, and a concurrence of a majority  of their number regarding any matter within the scope of their duties is  sufficient.    (Source: P.A. 80-579.)
70 ILCS 605/4-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-12)Sec. 4-12.     Meetings of Commissioners-Minutes.     The  commissioners shall hold an annual meeting of the district  each November in the county in which the district is organized.  The commissioners shall fix the time, date and place of the meeting and  shall give notice of the meeting by publication one time at least 10 days  prior to the date of the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation in  the county in which the district is organized. When the district is  situated in 2 or more counties, the notice shall be published in a  newspaper of general circulation in each of those counties. If no newspaper  of general circulation is published in any such county, publication of the  notice shall be in a newspaper having general circulation in that  county. Notice by mailing is not required.  The commissioners shall hold  other meetings in the county or counties in which the district is located.  Meetings may be called by the chairperson or any two commissioners. The  commissioners shall keep and preserve a minute book in which their secretary  shall record the proceedings of each meeting by making a brief  memorandum of all transactions concerning the district. All  meetings of the commissioners shall be open to the public and  the minutes of the meetings shall at all reasonable times be  open to public inspection.    (Source: P.A. 86-297.)
70 ILCS 605/4-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-13)Sec. 4-13.     Pay of commissioners.     Each commissioner shall receive for  his services a sum not to exceed $30 per day for each day he is actually  engaged in the business of his office, and he shall be reimbursed for his  necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of his  duties. Each commissioner shall present to the court an itemized account,  under oath, of his claim for services and expenses, which shall be audited  by the court and certified by it to the treasurer of the district for payment.    (Source: P.A. 86-1266.)
70 ILCS 605/4-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-14)Sec. 4-14.     General powers of commissioners.     The commissioners  constitute the corporate authorities of  the district and shall exercise the corporate functions conferred by  law. The commissioners are empowered to: (a) adopt and use a corporate  seal; (b) use funds of the district for any lawful purpose and  compromise actions and controversies and employ engineers, attorneys and  other employees; (c) do all acts necessary for the purpose of surveying,  constructing, altering, enlarging, protecting, repairing and maintaining  any drain, levee or other work of the district and go upon lands either  within or outside of the district for the purpose of examining the same  in connection with the work of the district and making surveys, doing no  more damage than the occasion may require; (d) upon the payment or  tender of the compensation allowed, go upon such lands with their  agents, employees, contractors and servants, teams, tools, machinery,  instruments and other equipment for the purpose of constructing the work  of the district and forever thereafter enter upon such lands for the  purpose of constructing the work of the district and forever thereafter  enter upon such lands for the purpose of protecting, maintaining and  repairing the same; (e) use any part of any public highway for the  purposes of work to be done, provided such use will not permanently  destroy or materially impair such public highway for public use; (f)  authorize any state or federal officer, agent, employee or contractor to  go on any lands or rights-of-way of the district for the purpose of  inspecting, surveying, constructing, altering, enlarging, protecting,  repairing or maintaining any drain, levee or other work of the district;  (g) enter into agreements with any department or agency of the State of  Illinois relative to the use and control of ditches, drains, levees and  drainage structures of the district in conjunction with the operation  and management of fish preserves and game refuges and the furtherance of  any of the purposes of the "Fish Code of Illinois" or the "Wildlife Code of  Illinois"; (h) in the corporate name of the district, contract, sue and  be sued, plead and be impleaded, and do and perform all acts and things,  whether express or implied, that may be reasonably required in order to  accomplish the purposes of this Act.    (Source: P.A. 86-297.)
70 ILCS 605/4-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-15)Sec. 4-15.         Duty to Keep System in Repair-Minor Improvements.)  The commissioners shall make an annual inspection of all the district's  improvements and works and keep the drains, levees, pumping plants and  other works of the district in operation and repair. The commissioners  may, without prior authorization of the court, use corporate funds of  the district for the repair, maintenance, operation or improvement of  drains, levees, pumping plants and other works of the district when such  repair, maintenance, operation or improvement does not involve any  substantial or material alteration, enlargement or extension of the  drainage system of the district and for the purchase, acquisition or  lease of machinery and equipment. If the commissioners find that by  reason of error in locating or constructing the drains, levees or other  works the lands of the district, or any portion thereof, do not receive  the benefits contemplated at the time the assessment for the work was  levied, they shall use the corporate funds of the district to achieve  the results so contemplated in order that all lands, so far as  practicable, shall receive the benefits for which they were assessed. If  sufficient funds are not on hand or available for the performance of any  such repair or other work, (unless the alternate method of levying an  additional assessment for repair work provided by Section 5-18 is  being followed), the commissioners shall petition the court for  authority to levy an assessment upon the lands benefited to pay the cost  thereof and all expenses incident thereto.    (Source: P.A. 84-886.)
70 ILCS 605/4-15.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-15.1)Sec. 4-15.1.     Protection of environmental values.     In performing any  of the duties and in exercising any of the powers provided in this Code,  the commissioners shall use all practicable means and measures, including  consideration of alternative methods of providing the necessary drainage,  to protect such environmental values as trees and fish and wildlife  habitat, and to avoid erosion and pollution of the land, water or air.    (Source: P.A. 86-297.)
70 ILCS 605/4-16
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-16)Sec. 4-16.     Specific powers of commissioners-Court approval.When authorized by the court, the commissioners may: (a) construct  additional drains, ditches, levees or other works necessary for the  drainage or protection of the lands in the district, including the  construction of one or more pumping plants; (b) alter, enlarge, extend,  improve, deepen, widen or straighten any drain, levee, pumping plant or  other work within the district and may do any such work outside the  district when necessary to obtain a proper outlet or to protect the lands  in the district; (c) change the method of construction, route, size,  capacity, termini or plans of any proposed drain, levee or other work of  the district; (d) purchase, acquire or lease and maintain and operate  dredge boats, draglines, bulldozers or other machinery or equipment  necessary for the construction, repair, maintenance and preservation of any  drain, levee or other work of the district; (e) purchase mowing machines,  tractors, sprayers or other like equipment for keeping the drains, levees,  banks and right-of-way free from weeds, brush or other obstructions; (f)  construct access roads when such roads are necessary to protect or maintain  any drain, levee, pumping plant or other work or structure of the district;  (g) level spoil banks and excavated material to permit cultivation or use  for roadway or other lawful purposes; (h) construct headwalls, bulkheads,  spillways, surface water inlets and tile outlets as a part of the drainage  system of the district; and (i) abandon any drain, levee or other work of  the district, or any part thereof, when the same is no longer of value or  service to the district or has been adequately replaced or superseded by  other works.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/4-16a
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-16a)Sec. 4-16a.     Prompt payment.     Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be  made in compliance with the Local Government Prompt Payment Act.    (Source: P.A. 86-297.)
70 ILCS 605/4-17.5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

Sec. 4-17.5. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, any power granted under this Code 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. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
70 ILCS 605/4-18
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-18)Sec. 4-18.     Authority to levy assessments.In order to perform and carry out the duties imposed and powers granted  by this Act or to perform or construct any work authorized by the court,  the commissioners may, in the manner provided by this Act, levy assessments  upon the lands and other property benefited to pay the cost thereof and the  expenses incident thereto. Assessments may be levied when sufficient funds  are not on hand or otherwise available (a) for the construction of  original, additional or repair work; (b) for the completion of original,  additional or repair work; (c) for the performance of annual maintenance  work, including the maintenance and operation of pumping plants; (d) to  acquire necessary rights-of-way or other property, both real and personal;  (e) to pay obligations incurred for incidental expenses, current expenses,  obligations incurred in protecting the works of the district in emergencies  and in the performance of emergency repair work; or (f) for other lawful  purposes as set forth in this Act.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/4-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-20)Sec. 4-20.         Setting  petition for hearing.Upon the filing of the petition it shall be presented to the court,  which shall fix the date and hour for hearing.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)