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65 ILCS 5/11-114.1-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-114.1-1)Sec. 11-114.1-1.         The corporate authority of a municipality which is  subject to the hazards of flooding due to the existence within or near its  borders of a natural waterway shall prominently post copies of the most recent Flood  Insurance Rate Maps, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in  the municipal hall.  At least once every 5 years, the corporate authority shall replace each  posted map with the most recently issued map.    (Source: P.A. 85-854.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 115 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 115.      STATE AID IN FLOOD CONTROL
65 ILCS 5/11-115-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-115-1)Sec. 11-115-1.         Whenever the State of Illinois appropriates money for the  purpose of aiding in the construction of or for the purpose of constructing  works to protect against floods, the corporate authorities of any  municipality benefited, or to be benefited, by that protection have the  power to contract with the State of Illinois through the department charged  with the construction of those works for the taking over and maintenance  thereof. Such a contract may be entered into either before or after the  works have been constructed.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 115.1 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 115.1.      MUNICIPAL - FEDERAL FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS
65 ILCS 5/11-115.1-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-115.1-1)Sec. 11-115.1-1.         Any city, village or incorporated town, may enter into  contracts or agreements with, and give assurances to, the United States  that it will with reference to any flood control project constructed or to  be constructed by the United States and so located as to furnish protection  to the city, village or incorporated town from floods,(1) Provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and  rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project and for the  subsequent maintenance and operation of the project.(2) Contribute such part of the first cost of construction of such  project as shall be agreed upon with the United States, either in cash or  in credits, for purchase of material or performance of work forming part of  the project, such first cost to be the sum allowed and approved by the  Secretary of Defense.(3) Hold and save the United States free and harmless from claims for  damages to any property resulting from construction of the works of the  project, except damages for breach of contract between the United States  and third parties and to which the city, village or incorporated town is  not a party and damages arising from the negligence of the United States,  its servants, agents or employees, where the laws of the United States give  a right of action against the United States.(4) Maintain and operate all the works after completion of the project,  in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.(5) Establish and enforce flood channel limits approved by the Secretary  of Defense for the protection of any flood channel, against further  encroachments.(6) Prevent dumping of waste material or the creation of fills within  any flood channel limits.(7) Regulate under approval of the Secretary of Defense the construction  or reconstruction of bridges or other structures crossing any waterway.(8) Restrict further residential development in the area protected  unless the city, village or incorporated town or local interests elect to  make sufficient additional contribution to permit construction of the  project for a higher degree of protection substantially as recommended by  the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army and approved by the  Secretary of Defense.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 852.)
65 ILCS 5/11-115.1-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-115.1-2)Sec. 11-115.1-2.         Any city, village or incorporated town, entering into any  contract or agreement with or giving any assurance to the United States as  herein authorized, is given full power and authority to perform and do all  acts necessary to comply with the terms of any such contract, agreement or  assurance, to the same extent as if such power and authority were expressly  granted with reference to the different subject matters enumerated in  Section 11-115.1-1.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 852.)
65 ILCS 5/11-115.1-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-115.1-3)Sec. 11-115.1-3.         Nothing in this Division 115.1 shall be construed to limit  or qualify any powers or authority conferred on any department of the State  of Illinois by any other law or statute.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 852.)
65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 116 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 116 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 116.      MONUMENTS FOR SOLDIERS, SAILORS, DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGES
65 ILCS 5/11-116-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-1)Sec. 11-116-1.         Subject to the provisions of this Division 116, a  municipality with a population of less than 100,000 may erect monuments  or memorials in honor of its soldiers and sailors or in honor of any one  or more of its notable or distinguished persons.To defray the cost of constructing such a monument or memorial the  municipality may levy a direct tax of not more than .01% of the value,  as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,  of all taxable property within the corporate limits of the municipality.  This tax shall be in addition to the taxes now or hereafter authorized  by law to be levied and collected by the municipality and shall be in  addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as  provided by Section 8-3-1.The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased  according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of  Illinois.    (Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
65 ILCS 5/11-116-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-2)Sec. 11-116-2.   When the petition specified in this Division 116 is  filed with the municipal clerk of a municipality specified in this  Division 116, the question of erecting a monument or memorial shall be  certified by the clerk and submitted to the electors of the municipality.  The question shall be in substantially the following form:  --------------------------------------------------------------Shall a monument (or memorialbe erected in honor of                YES....... (insert for whom to be    ---------------------------erected) by .......... (insertname of the municipality) at a        NOcost not to exceed $....?--------------------------------------------------------------If a majority of those voting on the question vote yes, the  corporate authorities shall have the monument or memorial erected and,  if necessary, shall levy and collect, in the same manner as other  general taxes are levied and collected, a tax sufficient to raise the  amount specified in the petition, and to provide for the maintenance of the memorial.  (Source: P.A. 98-312, eff. 8-12-13.)
65 ILCS 5/11-116-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-3)Sec. 11-116-3.         The petition referred to in Section 11-116-3 shall be signed  by not less than 100 electors of the municipality in which the specified  question is to be voted upon. The petition shall state the specific purpose  for which the proposed monument or memorial is to be erected, whether in  honor of the soldiers and sailors of the municipality or in honor of any  one or more of its notable and distinguished persons, and shall specify the  amount of money to be expended for the erection of the proposed monument or  memorial. The cost of the monument or memorial, however, shall not exceed  the amount authorized by referendum.    (Source: P.A. 76-1234.)
65 ILCS 5/11-116-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-4)Sec. 11-116-4.         All municipalities whose electors have approved the erection  of a monument or memorial under "An Act to authorize cities, villages and  incorporated towns having a population of less than one hundred thousand to  erect monuments and memorials," approved May 10, 1919, as amended, may  continue to levy the tax thereby authorized as long as its levy would be  authorized if the monument or memorial had been erected under the  provisions of this Division 116.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 117 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 117 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

              DIVISION 117.      CONSTRUCTION AND LEASING OF CERTAIN UTILITIES
65 ILCS 5/11-117-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-1)Sec. 11-117-1.         Subject to the provisions of this Division 117, any  municipality may (1) acquire, construct, own and operate within the  corporate limits of the municipality any public utility the product or  service of which, or a major portion thereof, is or is to be supplied to  the municipality or its inhabitants and may contract for, purchase and sell  the product or service of any such utility; provided, however, that any  municipality may acquire, construct, own and operate without the corporate  limits of any municipality any public utility for the transportation of  persons; (2) acquire, construct, own, maintain and operate without the  corporate limits of any municipality any electric power lines or  substations necessary solely to provide power or a source of power for such  municipality, and, when it is found necessary and in the public interest by  the Illinois Commerce Commission, to acquire by eminent domain any property  without the corporate limits of any municipality for such purposes, but no  new customer which an electric supplier is entitled to serve under the  Electric Supplier Act may be served from any line, lines or other  facilities located without the corporate limits of a municipality unless  waiver to serve such a customer is given in writing by the electric  supplier; (3) lease any public utility owned by the municipality to any  corporation organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of  operating that public utility, for a period not longer than 20 years; (4)  fix the rates and charges for the product sold and the services rendered by  any such public utility; and (5) make all needful rules and regulations in  relation thereto.However, no municipality shall acquire or operate a public utility for  or in connection with the transportation of persons under the provisions of  this Division 117 if there is operating in such municipality any other  publicly or privately owned public utility that provides such a service;  and no municipality located within or partly within a county having 400,000  or more inhabitants may acquire by eminent domain any land or right of way  for any electrical power line or substation outside of its corporate  limits.    (Source: P.A. 77-2465.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-1.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

Sec. 11-117-1.1.     Service area agreement with electric cooperative.(a) The General Assembly declares it to be in the public interest that a  municipality and an electric cooperative (as defined in the Electric Supplier  Act) may voluntarily enter into an agreement defining the geographic areas in  which each party shall provide retail electric service, and, if agreed, such  service may be exclusive.  This authority is in the public interest for the  following reasons:(1) To avoid duplication of facilities for the     production, transmission, sale, delivery, or furnishing of electricity.(2) To minimize disputes between (i) municipalities     that own and operate a municipal utility for the purpose of providing retail electric service and (ii)  electric cooperatives concerning the provision of electric service, since these disputes may result in inconvenience and diminished efficiency in providing electric service to the public.(3) To provide for the orderly and controlled growth     of municipalities and surrounding areas.(4) To recognize and protect the investment and     commitment of municipalities and electric cooperatives to provide retail electric service within their respective service areas.(b) An agreement entered into under this Section may cover geographic areas  both within and without the corporate limits of a municipality.(c) An agreement entered into under this Section shall be subject to the  approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission.  An approved agreement may  be enforced only by a party to the agreement by the filing of a complaint for  interpretation with the Illinois Commerce Commission.  The jurisdiction and  authority of the Illinois Commerce Commission over any municipality which owns  and operates a municipal utility for the purpose of providing retail electric  service shall be strictly limited to the approval of the agreement and the  interpretation of the agreement's terms.  The Commission shall have no other  jurisdiction over or authority to review or approve the construction of any  project or operations of any municipality which is or may be a party to an  agreement under this Section or joint action agency to which the municipality  may be a member except to the extent now required in connection with the  initiation of proceedings in eminent domain.  In a proceeding to approve an  agreement or interpret the terms of an agreement, the agreement shall be  construed consistently with the public policy of this State as set forth in  this Section.(d) The provisions of this Section are severable under Section 1.31 of the  Statute on Statutes.    (Source: P.A. 88-335.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-2)Sec. 11-117-2.         The term "public utility," when used in this Division 117,  means and includes any plant, equipment, or property, and any franchise,  license, or permit, used or to be used (1) for or in connection with the  transportation of persons or property, or the conveyance of telegraph or  telephone messages; or (2) for the production, storage, transmission, sale,  delivery, or furnishing of cold, heat, light, power, water, or for the  conveyance of oil or gas by pipe lines; or (3) for the storage or  warehousing of goods; or (4) for the conduct of the business of a  wharfinger.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-3)Sec. 11-117-3.         No municipality shall proceed to acquire or construct  any public utility under the provisions of this Division 117 until an  ordinance of the corporate authorities providing therefor has been duly  passed. This ordinance shall set forth the action proposed, shall  describe the plant, equipment, and property proposed to be acquired or  constructed, and shall provide for the issuance of bonds, mortgage  certificates, or special assessment bonds, as authorized in this  Division 117.This ordinance shall not become effective until the question of its  adoption is submitted to a referendum vote of the electors of the  municipality.  The municipal clerk shall certify the question for submission  to the vote of the electors of the  municipality upon an initiating ordinance adopted by the corporate authorities.The question  shall be in substantially the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the ordinance (stating       YESthe nature of the proposed         ---------------------------ordinance) be adopted?                 NO--------------------------------------------------------------If a majority of the electors voting on the question of the adoption  of the proposed ordinance vote in favor thereof, the ordinance shall  thereupon become a valid and binding ordinance of the municipality.Prior to the referendum upon this ordinance, the municipal clerk shall  have the ordinance published at least once in one or more newspapers  published in the municipality, or, if no newspaper is published therein,  then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the  municipality. This publication shall be not more than 30 nor less than  15 days in advance of the election.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-4)Sec. 11-117-4.         No municipality shall proceed to operate for hire any public  utility for the use or benefit of private consumers or users, or charge for  such consumption or use, unless the proposition to operate has first been  submitted to the electors of the municipality as a separate proposition and  approved by a majority of those voting thereon. The proposition shall be  submitted in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-117-3. But any  municipality, without such submission and approval, may sell for heat,  light or power within or without the corporate limits of the municipality,  electricity generated in any electric lighting plant owned and operated by  the municipality for the municipality's own use. Also any municipality,  without such submission and approval, may sell water within and outside the  corporate limits of the municipality from any water plant owned and  operated by the municipality, and for this purpose shall have power to  acquire by agreement, purchase or condemnation, rights of way not more than  35 miles beyond its corporate limits in the streets, alleys or other public  ways of any city, village or incorporated town or in unincorporated  territory, even though such city, village or incorporated town or  unincorporated territory to be served is not contiguous to the  municipality, convenient and necessary for this purpose and to lay mains  and construct and operate pumping stations, reservoirs and other necessary  appurtenances therein. Provided, further, that where such municipality has  laid mains and constructed and operated pumping stations, reservoirs and  other necessary appurtenances, it may enter into contracts at a higher  water rate than the existing metered rate for like consumers within the  municipality, to allow the municipality to obtain a fair return to cover  the cost of financing, constructing, operating and maintaining the improved  facilities, and in the event such rates are not agreed upon by the parties,  such rates shall be fixed and determined by the circuit court of the county  in which the municipality which has financed, constructed, operated and  maintained the improved facilities is located; but this proviso shall not  impair the right of a municipal corporation to obtain water at the existing  metered rate for like consumers as is provided in Section 26 of "An Act to  create sanitary districts and to remove obstructions in the Des Plaines and  Illinois Rivers", approved May 29, 1889, as heretofore and hereafter  amended.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-5)Sec. 11-117-5.         No ordinance authorizing the lease of any public utility  owned by a municipality for a longer period than 5 years, nor any ordinance  renewing any such lease, shall go into effect until the expiration of 30  days after its passage. The publication of the ordinance shall be accompanied  by a notice of (1) the specific number of voters required to sign a petition  requesting the question of authorizing the lease or renewing the lease of  a public utility owned by a municipality for more than 5 years to be submitted  to the electors; (2) the time in which such petition must be filed; and  (3) the date of the prospective referendum.  The municipal clerk shall provide  a petition form to any individual requesting one. If, within this 30 days,  there is filed with the municipal clerk of the municipality a petition  signed by electors of the municipality equal in number to 10% or more of  the number of registered voters in the municipality, asking that the  ordinance be submitted to popular vote, then the ordinance  shall not go into effect unless the question of its adoption is first  submitted to the electors of the municipality and approved by a majority of  those voting thereon. The question shall be submitted in accordance with  the provisions of Section 11-117-3.    (Source: P.A. 87-767.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-7)Sec. 11-117-7.         Any municipality may acquire any public utility or any part  thereof, authorized or operating in the municipality under a license,  permit, or franchise, or operating in the municipality without any license,  permit, or franchise, by any agreement with the public utility, or it may  proceed to procure the condemnation of the same in the manner provided by  law for the taking and condemning of private property for public use.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)