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70 ILCS 1925/99-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 1925/ - Dixon Railroad Relocation Authority Law.|Article 99

(70 ILCS 1925/99-1)Sec. 99-1.     Effective date.     This Act takes effect upon becoming law.    (Source: P.A. 92-352, eff. 8-15-01.)
70 ILCS 2905/Art. I heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article I - General Provisions--Application Of Act

 ARTICLE I.  GENERAL PROVISIONS--APPLICATION OF ACT
70 ILCS 2905/1-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article I - General Provisions--Application Of Act

 (from Ch. 42, par. 501-1)Sec. 1-1.             This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Metro-East Sanitary  District Act of 1974".    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/1-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article I - General Provisions--Application Of Act

 (from Ch. 42, par. 501-2)Sec. 1-2.             Whenever the voters of a sanitary district created under "An Act to  create sanitary districts in certain localities, to drain and protect the  same from overflow for sanitary purposes and to provide for sewage  disposal", approved May 17, 1907, as now or hereafter amended, vote as  provided in Sections 29 through 29.3 of that Act to dissolve that district  and to create a new district under this Act, the provisions of this Act  shall apply to and govern the new district. The boundaries of the new  district shall be the same as those of the old district.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/1-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article I - General Provisions--Application Of Act

 (from Ch. 42, par. 501-3)Sec. 1-3.             Appointments to the first board of commissioners of the new district  shall be made in accordance with Section 3-1 of this Act at least 30 days  before the first Monday in December of the year of the expiration of the  terms of office of the incumbent trustees of the old district, and the  commissioners so appointed shall take office on such first Monday in  December. On that day, the old district is legally dissolved, and the new  district under this Act shall succeed to all the property, functions,  causes of action, rights and obligations of the former district.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/1-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article I - General Provisions--Application Of Act

 (from Ch. 42, par. 501-4)Sec. 1-4.             Nothing in this Act shall impair the security of any indebtedness of the  former district incurred before the effective date of this Act. The new  district shall be obligated for such indebtedness, and the direct annual  tax provided for in accordance with Section 16 of "An Act to create  sanitary districts in certain localities, to drain and protect the same  from overflow for sanitary purposes and to provide for sewage disposal",  approved May 17, 1907, as amended, to pay the interest on and principal of  such indebtedness shall continue to be levied and extended until such  indebtedness has been paid in full.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/1-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article I - General Provisions--Application Of Act

(70 ILCS 2905/1-5) (from Ch. 42, par. 501-5)Sec. 1-5.         Such sanitary district shall be held in all courts to be  a body corporate,  and politic, under the name and style of .... sanitary district, and by  such name and style may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with,  acquire and hold real and personal property necessary for corporate  purposes, have a common seal, and change the same at pleasure, and exercise  all the powers in this Act conferred. No claim for compensation shall be  made or suit for damages filed against such district on account of any  damage to property, unless notice in writing is filed with the board within  6 months after the occurrence of the damage or injury giving the name and  residence address of the owner of the property damaged, its location and  the probable extent of the damage sustained. All courts of this State shall  take judicial notice of the existence of sanitary districts organized  hereunder.The board of commissioners may, by ordinance, change the corporate name  of a sanitary district organized under this Act. Such ordinance shall be  published at least once in a newspaper having a general circulation within  the district and shall become effective 10 days after such first  publication. A copy of such ordinance together with a certificate of  publication thereof certified by the president of the board shall be  transmitted to the Secretary of State. After such ordinance becomes  effective all references in any ordinance, resolution, bonds, or any other  document to such sanitary district by its former corporate name shall mean  and include the corporate name under which such sanitary district is then  operating. No rights, duties or privileges of such sanitary district, or  those of any person, existing before the change of corporate name shall be  affected by such change of name. All proceedings pending in any court in  favor of or against a sanitary district at the time a change of corporate  name is effected may continue to final consummation under the name in which  they were commenced.    (Source: P.A. 83-345.)
70 ILCS 2905/Art. 2 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 2 - Powers Of District

 ARTICLE 2.  POWERS OF DISTRICT
70 ILCS 2905/2-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 2 - Powers Of District

 (from Ch. 42, par. 502-1)Sec. 2-1.             A sanitary district organized under this Act has the powers set forth in  the subsequent Sections of this Article.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/2-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 2 - Powers Of District

 (from Ch. 42, par. 502-2)Sec. 2-2.   To lay out, locate, establish and construct one or more levees or  embankments of such size, material and character as may be required to  protect the district against overflow from any river, or tributary stream,  or water-course, and to lay out, establish and construct all such other or  additional improvements or works as may be auxiliary or incidental thereto,  or promotive of the sanitary purposes contemplated in this Act; and to  maintain, repair, change, enlarge and add to such levees, embankments,  improvements and work as may be necessary or proper to meet future  requirements for the accomplishment of the purposes aforesaid.To the extent that any part of the territory of the District overlaps with a flood prevention district that is formed under the Flood Prevention District Act, the flood prevention district shall have the exclusive authority to repair, construct, or reconstruct levees within the territory of the flood prevention district.  The District shall operate under the direction of the board of commissioners of the flood prevention district with respect to the repair, construction, or reconstruction of levees within the territory of the flood prevention district.  In addition, the board of the District must comply with any requests for information by  the board of commissioners of the flood prevention district, including, but not limited to, requests for information concerning past, present, and future contracts; employees of the District;  finances of the District; and other activities of the District.  This information must be submitted to the board of commissioners of the flood prevention district within 30 days after the request is received. (Source: P.A. 95-719, eff. 5-21-08.)
70 ILCS 2905/2-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 2 - Powers Of District

 (from Ch. 42, par. 502-4)Sec. 2-4.             To regulate, limit, extend, deny or otherwise control any connection to  any sewer that is tributary to the district's sewer system, regardless of  whether the sewer to which the connection is made is directly under the  jurisdiction of the district.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/2-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 2 - Powers Of District

 (from Ch. 42, par. 502-5)Sec. 2-5.             To require that any sewer system, sewage treatment works or sewage  treatment facility constructed in or within 3 miles of the limits of such  district which is tributary thereto and not within the limits of any other  sanitary district be constructed in accordance with the accepted standards  and specifications of such district and shall further have the authority to  cause inspection of the construction of such sewer system, sewage treatment  works or sewage treatment facility to be made to ascertain that it does  comply with the standards and specifications of such sanitary district.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/2-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 2 - Powers Of District

 (from Ch. 42, par. 502-6)Sec. 2-6.             To require that before any person or municipal corporation connects to  the sewage system of the district the district be permitted to inspect the  drainage lines of the person or municipal corporation to determine whether  they are adequate and suitable for connection to its sewage system. In  addition to the other charges provided for in this Act, the sanitary  district may collect a reasonable charge for this inspection service. Funds  collected as inspection charges shall be used by the sanitary district for  its general corporate purposes after payment of the costs of making the  inspections.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/2-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 2 - Powers Of District

 (from Ch. 42, par. 502-7)Sec. 2-7.         To acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, any and all real and  personal property, rights of way and privileges, either within or without  its corporate limits, required for its corporate purposes; or to sell,  lease or convey any real or personal property, rights of way and privileges.    (Source: P.A. 83-1422.)
70 ILCS 2905/2-7.5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 2 - Powers Of District

Sec. 2-7.5. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act.  (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
70 ILCS 2905/2-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 2 - Powers Of District

 (from Ch. 42, par. 502-8)Sec. 2-8.             Whenever it shall be necessary for or in connection with any improvement  or work authorized by this Act, to enter upon any public property, or  property held for any public use, or acquire any easement or rights  therein, such sanitary district shall have the power so to do, and when  necessary for such purpose may avail itself of any Eminent Domain laws of  this State, and may enter upon, use, widen, elevate, and improve any  street, highway, wharf, levee, or other property, necessary in furtherance  of said purposes: Provided, the former use of any such public property, or  property devoted to public use, shall not be unnecessarily interrupted or  interfered with.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/2-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 2 - Powers Of District

 (from Ch. 42, par. 502-9)Sec. 2-9.             Whenever it shall be necessary to take or use, for any of the purposes  contemplated in this Act, any portion of any railroad right of way, or  property occupied by the track or tracks of any steam, electric, or other  railroad company, or any street, highway wharf, levee or other property, in  the operation or use of which the public has an interest, only such  easement, use or rights therein shall be acquired as are necessary for the  purposes intended; and so far as practicable the use of any such street,  highway, wharf, levee, right of way, or property, shall remain in and be  reserved to the public, company, or persons otherwise entitled thereto.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/2-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 2 - Powers Of District

 (from Ch. 42, par. 502-10)Sec. 2-10.             When necessary for or in connection with any of the purposes authorized  by this Act, the board of trustees may acquire and compel any steam,  electric or other railroad company to raise its tracks to conform to the  grade of any levee, or other work intersecting or crossing the same, which  may, at any time, be established by such sanitary district, and where such  tracks run lengthwise upon or along the line of any such improvement, to  require and compel such railroad companies to elevate the same to the  surface thereof. Also to require and compel any such railroad companies to  maintain and keep open and in repair, ditches, drains, sewers and culverts,  along and under their tracks, so that filth or stagnant pools of water  shall not stand upon their right of way and grounds, and so that the  drainage of adjacent property shall not be impeded or interfered with.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/2-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 2 - Powers Of District

(70 ILCS 2905/2-11)Sec. 2-11. Annexation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of commissioners of a sanitary district may, by ordinance, annex property within any unit of local government, including a home rule unit, if the property is contiguous to the corporate limits of the sanitary district and served by the sanitary district. The ordinance must describe the property to be annexed. A copy of the ordinance with an accurate map of the annexed property, certified as correct by either the clerk or the executive director of the district, shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the annexed property is located or the county clerk of the county in which the predecessor district was organized. For the purposes of this Act, property is served by a sanitary district if (i) the property is served by any work or improvements of the sanitary district either then existing or then authorized by the sanitary district; or (ii) the property is within the boundaries of any work or improvements of such sanitary district including but not limited to levees, flood walls, and embankments that protect or reduce the risk to the property from overflow from any river, tributary stream, or water-course. Upon annexation into the corporate limits of the sanitary district under this Section, the property shall be subject to all powers and rights of the district and its board of commissioners for all purposes, including but not limited to taxation, and subject to all ordinances of the district as though the property had been within the corporate limits when the district was organized under this Act.  (Source: P.A. 96-1070, eff. 1-1-11.)
70 ILCS 2905/Art. 3 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 3 - Board Of Commissioners

 ARTICLE 3.  BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
70 ILCS 2905/3-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 3 - Board Of Commissioners

 (from Ch. 42, par. 503-1)Sec. 3-1.   The district shall be governed by a Board of Commissioners, consisting  of 5 commissioners. Two of the commissioners shall be residents of that  portion of the district in the county having the greater equalized assessed  valuation of the district, and 2 shall be residents of that portion of the  district in the other county. The appointment of commissioners from each  county shall be made by the chairman of the county board of that county  with the advice and consent of the county board, except that in the case of  a home rule county as defined by Article VII, Section 6, of the  Constitution of 1970 the appointment shall be made by the chief executive  officer of the county with the advice and consent of the county board. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the mayor, or his or her designee, of the largest municipality in the county having the greater equalized assessed  valuation of the district shall be an ex officio commissioner with a right to vote.  If there is not a vacant commissioner position from the county having the greater equalized assessed valuation on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, then the term of the last appointed commissioner from that county is terminated on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.The appointed commissioners from each county may not be from the same political party.The County Board Chairman of either county may remove any of the appointed commissioners  from his or her county  with the advice and consent of the county board.In the first appointments to the Board of Commissioners, the appointing  authority appointing 3 directors shall designate one appointee to serve for  a term of one year, one for a term of 3 years and one for a term of 5  years, and the appointing authority appointing 2 directors shall designate  one to serve for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 4 years.  Thereafter one commissioner shall be appointed by the appropriate  appointing authority each year for a term of 5 years to succeed the  director whose term expires in that year. Any vacancy on the Board of  Commissioners shall be filled by appointment by the appropriate appointing  authority for the remainder of the unexpired term.For the purpose of determining the ex officio commissioner, the county having the greater equalized assessed  valuation of the district shall be established on January 1 of each year, and the ex officio commissioner shall serve until January 1 of the following year.  (Source: P.A. 101-308, eff. 1-1-20.)
70 ILCS 2905/3-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 3 - Board Of Commissioners

 (from Ch. 42, par. 503-2)Sec. 3-2.             Each commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of his office,  execute a bond with security to be approved by the appointing authority,  payable to the district, in the penal sum of $10,000, conditioned upon the  faithful performance of the duties of his office. Such bond shall be filed  with and preserved by the county clerk of the county from which the  commissioner was appointed.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/3-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 3 - Board Of Commissioners

 (from Ch. 42, par. 503-3)Sec. 3-3.   (a) The board of commissioners shall be the corporate  authority of the district. The board shall appoint an Executive Director  who shall be the chief executive and administrative officer of the district  and who shall have the powers provided in Article 4 of this Act. The Executive Director shall be a resident of the district.The Executive Director's contract shall not: (1) be for a period longer than 1 year; (2) contain provisions allowing retroactive pay; (3) contain provisions allowing bonus pay; (4) limit termination for cause to a specific time period; (5) contain provisions allowing severance pay; (6) contain provisions allowing mutual non-disparaging agreements; or (7) contain provisions allowing arbitration.The board may select a clerk and a treasurer.The board shall, at its first meeting each year, select a president from  its own membership.(b) The board of commissioners shall maintain the facilities and  properties under the district's control, or supervision for purposes of  maintenance, in compliance with the standards prescribed by the Department  of Natural Resources.  (Source: P.A. 101-308, eff. 1-1-20.)
70 ILCS 2905/3-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 3 - Board Of Commissioners

 (from Ch. 42, par. 503-4)Sec. 3-4.         Commissioners shall be paid the same salaries as the county board members  from either St. Clair or Madison County whichever is lower.    (Source: P.A. 83-1422.)
70 ILCS 2905/3-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 3 - Board Of Commissioners

 (from Ch. 42, par. 503-5)Sec. 3-5.             The board shall have full power to pass all necessary ordinances, and  make all orders, rules and regulations for the proper management and  conduct of the business of the board and of the district, and for carrying  into effect the objects for which said sanitary district is formed.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/3-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 3 - Board Of Commissioners

 (from Ch. 42, par. 503-6)Sec. 3-6.             All ordinances making any appropriation, shall within one month after  they have been passed, be published at least once in a newspaper published  in such district, in each of the counties in which the same is situate; and  no such ordinance shall take effect until 10 days after it is so published.  All other ordinances, orders and resolutions shall become effective from  and after their passage, unless otherwise provided therein.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
70 ILCS 2905/3-6.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 3 - Board Of Commissioners

 (from Ch. 42, par. 503-6.1)Sec. 3-6.1.         Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in  compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the  Eighty-fourth General Assembly.    (Source: P.A. 84-731.)
70 ILCS 2905/3-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 2905/ - Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974.|Article 3 - Board Of Commissioners

 (from Ch. 42, par. 503-7)Sec. 3-7.             All ordinances, orders and resolutions, and the date of publication  thereof, may be proven by the certificate of the clerk under the seal of  the corporation, and when printed in book or pamphlet form, and purporting  to be published by authority of the board, such book or pamphlet shall be  received as evidence of the passage and legal publication thereof, as of  the dates mentioned therein, in all courts and places, without further  proof.    (Source: P.A. 78-1017.)