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65 ILCS 5/11-126-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-126-4)Sec. 11-126-4.   The corporate authorities of each municipality may make and  enforce all needful rules and regulations in the construction and  management of such a system of waterworks, and for the use of the water  supplied thereby.The corporate authorities of each municipality also may make and enforce  all needful rules, regulations, and enact ordinances for the improvement,  care, and protection from pollution or other injury of any impounding  reservoir or artificial lake constructed or maintained by the municipality  for water supply purposes and any adjacent zone of land which the  municipality may acquire or control. If the leasing of portions of such  adjacent zone of land will, in the discretion of the corporate authorities,  aid in the protection from pollution or other injury of the impounding  reservoir or artificial lake by promoting forestation, development or care  of other suitable vegetation, and the improvement, care and maintenance of  the premises, the corporate authorities may lease those portions of that  land jointly or severally to custodians of good reputation and character  for periods not to exceed 60 years, and permit those custodians to  construct, maintain, use, and occupy dwelling houses and other structures  thereon for such rental and on such other terms and conditions and subject  to such rules and regulations and with such powers and duties as may be  determined by the corporate authorities.The corporate authorities of each municipality have the power to fix and  collect from the inhabitants thereof the rent or rates for the use and  benefit of water used or supplied to them by such a system of waterworks,  as the corporate authorities shall deem just and expedient. These rents or  rates shall be paid and collected in such manner as the corporate  authorities by ordinance shall provide. Such charges, rents, or rates are  liens upon the real estate upon or for which water service is supplied  whenever the charges, rents, or rates become delinquent as provided by the  ordinance of the municipality fixing a delinquency date. However, the  municipality has no preference over the rights of any purchaser, mortgagee,  judgment creditor, or other lien holder arising prior to the filing of the  notice of such a lien in the office of the recorder of the county  in which such real estate is located, or in the office of the registrar of  titles of such county if the property affected is registered under "An  Act concerning land titles", approved May 1, 1897, as amended. This notice  shall consist of a sworn statement setting out  (1) a description of such real estate sufficient for the identification  thereof, (2) the amount of money due for such water service, and (3) the  date when such amount became delinquent. The municipality may foreclose  this lien in the same manner and with the same effect as in the foreclosure  of mortgages on real estate.  (Source: P.A. 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
65 ILCS 5/11-126-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-126-5)Sec. 11-126-5.         The expense of locating, and constructing reservoirs and  hydrants for the purpose of fire protection, and the expense of  constructing and laying water main pipes, or such part thereof as may be  just and lawful, whenever it is for a local improvement, may be assessed  upon and collected from the property specially benefited thereby, if any,  in such manner as may be provided for the making of special assessments for  other local improvements in the municipality, as provided in Article 9.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-126-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-126-6)Sec. 11-126-6.         All the income received by a municipality from such a system  of waterworks, from the payment and collection of water rents or rates,  shall be kept in a separate fund and shall be applied first in the payment  and discharge of the principal of and the interest on bonds or money  borrowed and used in the construction of the waterworks and of the  operating expenses thereof. Any surplus may be applied in such manner as  the corporate authorities may direct.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-126-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-126-7)Sec. 11-126-7.         For the purpose of constructing a system of waterworks,  storm or sanitary sewer system, each municipality has the power to levy  special assessments for said local improvements on property beyond its  corporate limits, but within one mile therefrom, that is specially  benefited by the improvement.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2637.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 127 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 127.      PURCHASE OR LEASE OF WATERWORKS
65 ILCS 5/11-127-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-127-1)Sec. 11-127-1.         In all municipalities where waterworks have been  constructed, the corporate authorities of the municipality may purchase  or lease the waterworks from the owner thereof. However, such a lease or  purchase is not binding upon the municipality until the corporate  authorities pass an ordinance which includes the terms of the lease or  purchase therein. This ordinance shall be published at least once,  within 10 days after passage, 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. In  municipalities with less than 500 population in which no newspaper is  published, publication may instead be made by posting a notice in 3  prominent places within the municipality.The publication or posting 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 purchase or lease of waterworks  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 city clerk  shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.If no petition is submitted to the corporate authorities, as provided  in this section, within 30 days after the ordinance is so published and  posted, the corporate authorities may consummate the lease or purchase  provided for in the ordinance. But if within this period of 30 days  there is presented to the corporate authorities a petition signed by  electors of the municipality numbering 10% or more of the number of  registered voters in the municipality asking that the question, whether the  lease or purchase should be made, be submitted to a vote, the corporate  authorities by ordinance shall designate the election at which the electors  of the municipality may vote upon that question and the city clerk shall  promptly certify the proposition for submission. If a  majority of the electors voting upon that question vote  in favor of making the lease or purchase, then the corporate authorities  shall proceed to complete the lease or purchase. But if a majority of  the votes cast on the question are against the lease or purchase, the  corporate authorities shall proceed no further with the lease or  purchase for the period of 6 months next ensuing.    (Source: P.A. 87-767.)
65 ILCS 5/11-127-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-127-2)Sec. 11-127-2.         Municipalities may borrow money, appropriate money, and levy  and collect a general tax in the same manner as other municipal taxes may  be levied and collected for the purchase and maintenance or the lease and  maintenance of such waterworks.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 128 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 128.      TAX FOR WATERWORKS PURCHASE, CONSTRUCTION OR ENLARGEMENT
65 ILCS 5/11-128-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-128-1)Sec. 11-128-1.         Subject to the provisions of Section 11-128-3, each  city and village may levy, in addition to the taxes now authorized by  law and in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general  purposes as provided by Section 8-3-1, a direct annual tax of not more  than .1666% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of  Revenue, upon all the property within the corporate  limits of the city or village. This tax is payable yearly for a period  of not more than 30 years. The proceeds of this tax shall be used solely  for the purchase, construction, and enlargement of waterworks.The foregoing limitation upon tax rates in municipalities of less  than 1,000,000 population may be increased or decreased according to the  referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.    (Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
65 ILCS 5/11-128-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-128-2)Sec. 11-128-2.         Whenever any specified municipality desires to avail itself  of the provisions of this Division 128, the corporate authorities by  ordinance or resolution may contract for the purchase, construction, or  enlargement of waterworks for a provisionally certain fixed sum. The  contract for purchase, construction, or enlargement, together with a report  from the municipal engineer recommending the same, shall be published at  least once a week for 3 consecutive weeks in a newspaper with a general  circulation in the municipality. The corporate authorities shall also  provide in the specified ordinance or resolution for the levying of a  direct annual tax as authorized in Section 11-128-1. The total of this tax  for the term levied, together with the annual revenue which is estimated to  be derived from the waterworks, shall be sufficient to pay the contract  price for the waterworks, together with interest thereon. However, the  contract for the purchase, construction, or enlargement, and this tax,  shall not be valid or binding until confirmed by a vote as provided by  Section 11-128-3.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-128-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-128-3)Sec. 11-128-3.         Before they shall be valid and binding, the specified  contract and tax, after action by the corporate authorities, shall be  certified by the clerk and submitted for ratification to the electors of  the municipality. The notice shall specify the character of the waterworks  proposed to be purchased, constructed, or enlarged and the amount of the  tax to be levied. For 3 weeks preceding the election there shall be on file  in some public place, convenient of access, a full description of the  waterworks and a copy of the contract and of the report of the engineer,  for the inspection of the electors. Notice of where the documents are on  file shall be included in the notice of the election.If 3/4 of all the electors voting on the proposition vote  in favor thereof, the contract and tax shall be binding and the tax  shall be duly levied. The proposition  shall be in substantially the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the city (or village) of.... construct, purchase, or enlarge         YES(as the case may be) waterworks         ----------------------and levy a tax of .... annually              NOfor .... years?--------------------------------------------------------------Whenever the electors of a city or village have ratified a contract  to purchase, construct, or enlarge waterworks and to levy a tax therefor  as provided in "An Act to enable cities and villages to provide,  construct, or enlarge waterworks and to provide for the management  thereof, and giving them authority to levy an annual tax and to pledge  the same in payment therefor," approved April 19, 1899, as amended, the  city or village may proceed or continue to exercise the power specified  in this Division 128 without again submitting the proposition to the  electors for approval.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/11-128-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-128-4)Sec. 11-128-4.         The corporate authorities have the power to carry into  execution the contract for the purchase, construction, or enlargement of  waterworks when ratified by the electors, as directed in Section 11-128-3,  and to employ a superintendent and such other employees as may be necessary  and proper for the operation of the waterworks, for the collection of water  rentals, and for the conduct of the business necessary to the operation  thereof.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-128-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-128-5)Sec. 11-128-5.         The corporate authorities may issue bonds against the taxes  levied, but the bonds shall be payable only out of the special tax when  collected and out of the net revenue derived from the operation of the  waterworks.These bonds shall be made to mature in as nearly as possible equal  installments of $100, or multiples thereof. The first installment shall be  payable one or 2 years from the date of issue, and the last installment  within one year after the date of the last tax levy provided by the vote  authorizing a levy. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed  the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the  time of the making of the contract, payable annually or semi-annually.  They shall be sold for not less than  par, or they may be paid out at not less than par for the construction,  purchase, and/or enlargement of the waterworks.With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this  Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory  Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General  Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been  supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the  Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear  to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the  provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary  authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments  issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted  by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of  this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than  those Acts.    (Source: P.A. 86-4.)
65 ILCS 5/11-128-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-128-6)Sec. 11-128-6.         The specified bonds shall be substantially in the following  form:The city (or village) of ...., county of ...., State of Illinois, for  value received hereby promises to pay the bearer .... hundred dollars,  lawful money of the United States of America, on the .... day of .... A.D.  ...., together with interest thereon at the rate of ....% annually, payable  annually (or semi-annually) on the .... day of ...., ..... Both principal  and interest are payable at the .....This bond is one of a series of bonds amounting to .... dollars, issued  under an ordinance of the city (or village) of .... and is payable solely  out of funds derived from a special tax levy and the net revenue of the  waterworks of the city (or village) of .... and out of no other funds. The  construction, purchase, or enlargement of the waterworks and levy of the  tax were authorized at an election legally called and held on the .... day  of ...., ..... And it is asserted that all acts, conditions, and things  precedent to and in the issuance of this bond have occurred and have been  performed in regular and due form as required by law.In testimony whereof the corporate authorities have caused this bond to  be signed by the mayor (or president) and countersigned by the clerk, and  have caused the seal of the city (or village) to be affixed this .... day  of ...., ....    .... Mayor .... ClerkCoupons representing the interest shall be attached to the bond, and  they may be signed or bear the lithographed signature of the clerk of the  city or village.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-128-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-128-7)Sec. 11-128-7.         The corporate authorities from time to time shall fix the  water rentals or rates to be charged for the furnishing of water. These  rentals or rates shall be made sufficient, together with the proceeds of  the special tax provided in this Division 128, to pay at maturity the  interest and principal of bonds issued under the provisions of this  article, and also for the proper maintenance and operation of the  waterworks, and for all repairs thereon.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-128-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-128-8)Sec. 11-128-8.         Any 2 or more cities or villages adjacent to each other by  an ordinance adopted by each of them may create a water district. This  water district shall be governed by a board of trustees jointly composed of  the corporate authorities of each of the cities and villages, which created  the district. This board of trustees shall have the powers given to the  corporate authorities in this article, and the water district shall be a  body corporate to carry out the provisions of this Division 128. But notice  of any election held by such a water district under this Division 128 shall  be given in each city and village combining into the district, and if the  proposition does not carry by three-fourths of all electors voting on the  proposition in each city or village constituting the district, then the  proposed contract and tax have failed of ratification and are void.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 129 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 129.      WATERWORKS SYSTEMS IN MUNICIPALITIES OF LESS THAN 500,000
65 ILCS 5/11-129-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-129-1)Sec. 11-129-1.         Any municipality with a population of less than 500,000 is  authorized, as provided in this Division 129, to build, or purchase, and to  operate a waterworks system or water supply system either within or without  the corporate limits thereof, and also to improve or extend that system.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-129-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-129-3)Sec. 11-129-3.         The corporate authorities of any municipality availing  itself of the provisions of this Division 129 shall adopt an ordinance  describing in a general way the contemplated project. If it is intended to  purchase an existing waterworks or water supply system, the ordinance shall  describe in a general way the system to be purchased. If it is intended to  build a waterworks or water supply system or to improve or extend a  waterworks or water supply system owned and operated by the municipality,  the ordinance shall describe in a general way the waterworks or water  supply system to be constructed or the improvements or extensions to be  made. It shall not be necessary that the ordinance refer to plans and  specifications nor that there be on file for public inspection prior to the  adoption of such ordinance detailed plans and specifications of the  project. The ordinance shall set out the estimated cost of the project,  determine its period of usefulness, and fix the amount and maturities of  water revenue bonds proposed to be issued, the interest rate, and all  details in respect thereof. The ordinance may contain such covenants and  restrictions upon the issuance of additional revenue bonds thereafter as  may be deemed necessary or advisable for the assurance of payment of the  bonds thereby authorized and as may be thereafter issued.Revenue bonds issued under this Division 129 shall be payable solely  from the revenue derived from the operation of the waterworks or water  supply system on account of which the bonds are issued; provided, that  bonds issued under this Division 129 may also be payable from funds pledged  by the municipality issuing such bonds pursuant to the  Illinois Finance Authority Act. Notwithstanding any  such  pledge or any other matter, these bonds shall  not in any event constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within the  meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation and it shall be so  stated on the face of each bond.    (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
65 ILCS 5/11-129-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-129-5)Sec. 11-129-5.         Whenever revenue bonds are issued under this Division 129,  sufficient revenue received from the operation of such a waterworks or  water-supply system shall be deposited in a separate fund designated as the  water fund of the municipality. It shall be used only (1) to pay the cost  of operation and maintenance of the system, (2) to provide an adequate  depreciation fund, and (3) to pay the principal of and interest upon the  revenue bonds of the municipality issued under this Division 129.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-129-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-129-6)Sec. 11-129-6.         Rates charged for water by such a municipality shall be  sufficient at all times to pay the cost of operation and maintenance, to  provide an adequate depreciation fund, and to pay the principal of and  interest upon all revenue bonds issued under this Division 129. The holder  of such a bond, or of any of its coupons, in any civil action mandamus,  injunction or  other proceeding, may enforce and compel performance of all duties required  by this Division 129 including the making and collecting of sufficient  water rates for the specified purposes and the proper application of the  income therefrom.    (Source: P.A. 83-345.)