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70 ILCS 605/3-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-14)Sec. 3-14.     Employment of engineer-Engineer's report.The temporary commissioners shall, unless otherwise authorized by the  court, employ an engineer who shall be a registered professional engineer  competent in the design and operation of drainage systems, to assist them  in the performance of their duties. If an engineer is employed, he shall  make such surveys and estimates as the commissioners may direct. If the  engineer recommends the organization of the district and the performance of  work, and the temporary commissioners concur in this recommendation, then  the engineer shall prepare a report, which report shall include (a) a  description of the existing drainage facilities and conditions in the  proposed district; (b) a description of the system of drainage which he  recommends to be constructed by the district, giving the route, length and  termini of proposed levees, open ditches and tile drains, the top  elevations and dimensions of levees, the gradients, bottom widths and side  slopes of proposed open ditches, the diameter and gradients of proposed  tile drains, the type, plan, location and capacity of proposed pumping  plants, and the nature and location of all other work or structures  proposed for construction, operation or maintenance by the district; (c)  specifications for the performance of the work recommended; (d) a  description of the rights-of-way necessary for the performance of the work  recommended; (e) completes estimates of costs; (f) a map of the proposed  district, showing the boundaries described in the petition, any recommended  changes in the boundaries and the nature and location of the proposed work;  (g) such profile, cross-sectional and other drawings as may be necessary to  describe the proposed work; and (h) the approximate number of acres in the  proposed district and such other information as may be required by the  commissioners.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-15)Sec. 3-15.     Report of temporary commissioners.     The temporary commissioners shall report in writing to the court on or  before the date fixed for the filing of their report. If they are not ready  to report by that date, they shall obtain a continuance to a day certain.  Successive continuances may be granted. In their report to the court, they  shall state (a) the general nature of the land in the proposed district,  (b) the drainage condition of the land, (c) the general nature and location  and the estimated cost of the drainage system they find to be best suited  for the land in the proposed district, (d) a description of any land in  addition to that described in the petition which will be benefited by the  proposed work and which, they find, should be included in the proposed  district, and a description of any land described in the petition which  will not be benefited by the proposed work and which, they find, should not  be included in the proposed district; provided, however, that the proposed  district shall not be so enlarged or contracted that the petitioners no  longer meet the proportional requirements of Section 3-3, (e) whether any  land lying outside of the proposed district, but within another drainage  district or a municipal corporation exercising drainage powers, will be  benefited, and, if so, a general description of the same, (f) whether any  land lying outside the proposed district, but not to be included in the  proposed district and not within another drainage district or municipal  corporation exercising drainage powers, will be benefited, and, if so, a  general description of the same, and (g) whether the benefits to the land  in the proposed district will exceed the probable cost to that land of  organizing the district and constructing such work. If an engineer was  employed, then the report of the engineer shall be attached to and made a  part of the temporary commissioners' report. If the temporary commissioners  find that the benefits to the land in the proposed district will not exceed  the probable cost to that land, then they shall recommend that the district  not be organized. If they find that the benefits to the land in the  proposed district will exceed the probable cost to that land, then they  shall recommend that the district be organized and shall include in their  report, in addition to the information above specified, (a) a complete  description of the system of drainage which they recommend, (b) the  estimated cost of that system, including all incidental expenses, (c) the  estimated annual cost of repair, maintenance and operation of the system,  and (d) the name of any other drainage district or any municipal  corporation exercising drainage powers which includes land lying outside of  the proposed district which will be benefited by the proposed work.    (Source: P.A. 86-297.)
70 ILCS 605/3-16
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-16)Sec. 3-16.     Petition to add lands to proposed district.Any person owning land adjoining the proposed district may, at any time  at least 10 days prior to the hearing on the report of the temporary  commissioners, petition the court to have such land included in the  proposed district. Such petitioner shall give the temporary commissioners  at least 10 days' notice in writing of the hearing on the petition, which  notice shall include a description of the land sought to be included and  the name and address of the petitioner. The petition shall be heard at the  same time as the report of the temporary commissioners.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-17
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-17)Sec. 3-17.         Setting  report for hearing.The report of the temporary commissioners shall be presented to the  court on the date last fixed for the filing of the report and the court  shall then fix the date and hour for the hearing thereon and the cause  shall stand continued until such time.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-18
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-18)Sec. 3-18.     Notice of hearing on report.     If the temporary commissioners  recommend in their report that the district be organized and that  additional land be included in the proposed district, they shall file with  their report their affidavit setting forth the names and addresses of the  owners of such land, if known, or, if unknown, then the names and addresses  of the person who last paid the general taxes on such land as shown by the  collector's books in the county in which such land is situated, and the  petitioners or the clerk of the court shall, at least  10 days before the date fixed for hearing, mail a notice thereof to each  such person at his address as set forth in the affidavit.  Notices shall be  mailed and proof made in the manner provided in Section 3-6.  The notice  shall be entitled "Drainage Notice" and must state (a) the general nature  of the proceedings and in what court they are pending, (b) the general  location of the proposed district, (c) a general description of the system  of drainage recommended, (d) the description of the additional land  proposed to be included, and (e) the date and hour fixed for the hearing on  the report.The notice may be substantially in the following form:    DRAINAGE NOTICE    To the owners of the lands hereinafter described:You are hereby notified that there is pending in the Circuit Court of  the .... Judicial Circuit, .... County, Illinois, the report of the  temporary commissioners in the matter of the petition for the organization  of .... Drainage District, in the County (or Counties) of .... and State of  Illinois; that the general location of the proposed district is ....; that  the work recommended to be undertaken in the proposed district by the  temporary commissioners consists of ....; and that the temporary  commissioners have recommended that in addition to the lands described in  the petition, there be included in the districts the lands described as  follows:  ........................You are further notified that the report of the temporary commissioners  is set for hearing in the .... in the Courthouse at .... Illinois, on (insert  date), at the hour of .... .. M., at which  time and place you may appear and be heard if you see fit so to do.Dated (insert date).    .................................    Clerk of the Circuit Court of the    ............... Judicial Circuit,    ............... County, Illinois.   (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
70 ILCS 605/3-19
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-19)Sec. 3-19.         Other  districts or municipal corporations as defendants.If the temporary commissioners recommend in their report that the  district be organized and report that there is land which will be benefited  by the proposed work lying outside of the proposed district but within  another drainage district or a municipal corporation exercising drainage  powers, then such district or municipal corporation may be made a party  defendant in the proceedings. Summons shall be issued and served as in  other civil cases. If the summons is not served at least 30 days before the  date fixed for the hearing, then the court shall continue the hearing to a  day not less than 30 days after such service.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-20)Sec. 3-20.         Hearing  on report.Any owner of land in the proposed district or in any other district or  municipal corporation made a party defendant may, at or prior to the time  fixed for hearing, file objections opposing the confirmation of the report,  or any portion thereof or requesting that the report be modified in any  particular and, after filing such objections, may be heard with reference  thereto and introduce evidence in support thereof. The report of the  temporary commissioners shall be prima facie evidence of the matters  therein set forth.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-21
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-21)Sec. 3-21.     Modification of report.If, after hearing the evidence, the court finds that the report of the  temporary commissioners should be modified in any particular to provide the  best drainage or protection for the lands in the proposed district, with  the least damage and greatest benefit to all the lands affected, and the  court is sufficiently informed in the premises, it shall modify the same in  accordance with such finding. If the court finds that the report should be  so modified but is not sufficiently informed to make the modifications  itself, then it shall refer the report back to the temporary commissioners  and may give them specific directions for modifying their report. If the  report is thus referred back to the temporary commissioners, the court  shall continue the hearing to a day certain for the filing of the modified  report. Successive continuances may be granted, and no further notice shall  be required.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-22
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-22)Sec. 3-22.     Dismissal of proceedings.If, at the conclusion of the hearing, the court finds that the benefits  to the lands in the proposed district from the proposed work or from any  modification thereof will not exceed the cost to those lands, then the  court shall dismiss the proceedings at the petitioners' costs, which costs  shall include the fees and expenses of the temporary commissioners and  reasonable compensation for their agents, engineers and attorneys.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-23
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-23)Sec. 3-23.         Order  organizing district.If, at the conclusion of the hearing, the court approves the plans for  the proposed work or any modification thereof and finds that the benefits  to the land in the proposed district from such work will exceed the cost to  that land, then the court shall order the organization of the district,  which order shall include the name of the district and a description of the  district boundaries and shall direct the construction of the work approved  by the court and the levy of an assessment to pay the cost thereof,  including all incidental expenses, in the amount fixed by the court. The  court may also direct the levy of an annual maintenance assessment to pay  the cost of repair, maintenance and operation of the system.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-24
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-24)Sec. 3-24.         Effect  of order organizing district.When the order organizing the district is given or made, the district  shall become and be a body politic and corporate under the name set forth  in such order, with the right to sue and be sued, to plead and be  impleaded, to contract and be contracted with, and to have perpetual  succession.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-25)Sec. 3-25.     Appeals from order organizing district.     The order organizing the district shall be final, and separate or joint  appeals may be taken by the parties affected thereby as in other civil  cases. However, the taking of an appeal or the reversal of the order upon  such appeal shall not impair or invalidate the organization as to all other  persons not appealing nor delay the work or subsequent proceedings so far  as it affects the lands of such other persons, unless the reversal of the  order by the reviewing court as to the owners so appealing would work a  substantial hardship on the owners or some of the owners not appealing and  the appeal has been made to operate as a stay of the enforcement of the  judgment. When any such an  appeal is taken, the commissioners or any landowner not appealing may,  within 15 days after the notice of appeal has been made to operate as a  stay, move the trial court to stay the proceedings as to the owners  of the lands not appealing, pending the determination of the appeal, upon  the grounds that the reversal of the order by the reviewing court as to the  owners appealing would work a substantial hardship on all or some of the  owners not appealing. In the event the proceedings are so stayed and the  order appealed from is thereafter affirmed, or the appeal is dismissed,  then, upon the receipt of final process from the reviewing court the trial  court shall vacate the stay and the proceedings shall thereafter continue  in the same manner as though no appeal had been taken. In the event the  proceedings are so stayed and the order appealed from is reversed then,  upon the receipt of final process from the reviewing court the trial court  may modify or vacate the original order as to the owners of the lands  not appealing, as justice may require under the circumstances.    (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
70 ILCS 605/3-27
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-27)Sec. 3-27.     Organization of drainage district by user.Where 2 or more parties owning adjoining or contiguous lands, or their  predecessors in title, have, by voluntary action, constructed a combined  system of drains, a combined system of levees or a combined system of  drains and levees which form a continuous line or a continuous line and  branches, the lands connected by such system shall be liable for their just  proportion of the cost of such repairs and improvements as may be needed  therefor, the amount to be determined, as nearly as may be, on the same  principles as if these lands were in an organized drainage district.  Whenever such repairs and improvements cannot be made by voluntary  agreement, any one or more parties owning land upon which any such work has  been constructed may petition the court for the formation of a drainage  district to include all the lands connected by such system. The petitioner  or petitioners for the formation of such drainage district must show to the  satisfaction of the court that his or their land is damaged through the  lack of proper repairs to or improvements of such system. After the  petition is filed, the procedure and conditions (except as to the number of  signers and proportions of area) heretofore prescribed in this Act for the  organization of other drainage districts shall be observed, as nearly as  practicable. The ditches, drains, levees or other work shall be taken as a  dedication of right-of-way and their construction and joining as the  consent of the several parties to be united in a drainage district.  Commissioners, both temporary and permanent, shall be appointed in drainage  districts organized under this section at the time, in the manner and with  the qualifications, powers and duties provided in this Act for  commissioners of other drainage districts.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-28
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-28)Sec. 3-28.     Outlet  drainage districts-Organization.     Outlet drainage districts may be organized in the manner provided in  Sections 3-3 through 3-26:(a) When an open drain, whether natural or artificial, or partly natural  and partly artificial, constitutes the common outlet for lands in two or  more other drainage districts which may or may not adjoin or for lands in  two or more such other drainage districts and lands not within any drainage  district; and(b) When the purpose of the outlet district is to improve the channel of  the open drain constituting such outlet; and(c) When the lands to be included in the outlet district are contiguous  and will be benefited by the work of the outlet district; and(d) When all or a portion of the lands to be included in the outlet  district are situated in two or more other districts.Any lands which will be benefited by the work of an outlet district may  be included therein without regard to whether such lands do or do not lie  within another district, however, it shall not be necessary to include in  an outlet district all lands which will be benefited by the work of the  outlet district or all lands lying within the other districts draining into  the outlet proposed to be improved.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-29
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-29)Sec. 3-29.         Outlet  drainage districts-Commissioners-Powers.Commissioners, both temporary and permanent, shall be appointed for  outlet drainage districts at the time and in the manner and with like  qualifications provided in this Act for the appointment of commissioners of  other drainage districts. Such commissioners shall have the same powers and  duties as commissioners of other districts except the following:(a) The commissioners of an outlet drainage district shall not have the  power to construct any drainage work except the deepening, widening,  straightening, relocating or otherwise improving of the channel of such  outlet river, stream or other natural or artificial watercourse, and to  reconstruct, enlarge, repair and maintain the same. No assessment shall be  levied except for these purposes and incidental expenses in connection  therewith and to pay damages, if any, and compensation for land taken, and  the cost of organization.(b) Subdistricts may not be formed in any outlet drainage district.(c) No outlet drainage district shall remove, destroy, appropriate or  use any levee, drain, ditch or part thereof or other work of any other  drainage district or municipal corporation exercising drainage powers  without the consent of such district or municipal corporation or without  paying just compensation therefor.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

 (from Ch. 42, par. 3-30)Sec. 3-30.         Outlet  drainage districts-Lands included in other districts.The fact that land is in an outlet drainage district shall not, in  itself, prevent that land from thereafter being included in another  drainage district.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/3-31
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article III - Organization Of Drainage Districts

(70 ILCS 605/3-31) (from Ch. 42, par. 3-31)Sec. 3-31.     Mutual Drainage Districts.     Owners of lands which require  combined drainage or combined drainage and protection from overflow may  form a drainage district by mutual agreement, to include lands of their own  only, by an instrument in writing duly signed, acknowledged and recorded in  the drainage record. This agreement may include the location and character  of the work to be done, the method by which the work shall be done, the  total amount of the assessment to be levied, the amount of assessments of  benefits and damages to be levied against each tract, or so much of these  or more as may be agreed upon, and, to the extent provided by the  agreement, the proceedings shall be as valid as though the drainage  district were organized by petition in court in the manner hereinbefore  provided. The appointment, powers and duties of the commissioners of a  drainage district organized by mutual agreement shall, except as may be  limited by the agreement, be the same as prescribed for drainage districts  organized by petition in court, provided, however, that the agreement may  include the selection of three drainage commissioners from the signers of  the agreement or from others qualified to act. The terms of office of such  commissioners shall be until the first Tuesday of the following September  and until their successors have been appointed in the manner provided in  this Act for the appointment of commissioners of other districts and have  qualified. A drainage district organized by mutual agreement shall be  subject to the jurisdiction of the circuit court and all such districts  shall have all the powers, rights and duties of every kind given to  drainage districts organized by petition in court, except as may be limited  by the agreement. The above powers, rights and duties shall include, but  not be limited to, the power of annexation of lands benefited and the  formation of subdistricts as in other drainage districts.    (Source: P.A. 86-297.)