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60 ILCS 1/205-35
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-35.     Supervisor; bond proceeds and system revenues.(a) The township supervisor shall be ex officio treasurer and the custodian  of all funds derived from the issuance and sale of bonds under this Article and  of all income and revenue derived from the operation of the system. Before the  supervisor receives any funds, he or she shall post with the township board,  subject to their approval, a separate corporate surety bond in an amount  determined by resolution of the township board. The supervisor shall keep the  proceeds of bonds issued and revenues derived from the operation of the system  separate and apart from all other funds that come into his or her hands as  supervisor and ex officio treasurer of the township.  The supervisor shall  deposit the proceeds derived from the sale of bonds and the income and revenues  derived from the operation of the system in separate bank or savings and loan  association accounts in a depositary designated by the township board for that  purpose.(b) No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public funds under  this Section unless it has complied with Section 6 of the Public Funds  Investment Act.    (Source: P.A. 83-541; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-40
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-40.     Acquisition of property.     A township availing itself of the  provisions of this Article has the right of eminent domain to acquire any  private property for the purposes provided by this Article and may contract  for the acquisition of rights in property, easements, licenses, and permits  necessary or incidental in either the acquisition or construction of a system  or the improvement or extension of a system as provided in this Article. Any  contract, or award in the event of condemnation, shall be payable from the  income and revenue derived from the operation of the system, from the proceeds  of the sale of revenue bonds authorized to be issued under this Article, or  from township funds, including Federal Revenue Sharing funds, appropriated for  that purpose.    (Source: P.A. 80-407; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-45
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-45.     Proximity to highways and other public grounds.     A township  availing itself of the provisions of this Article may, as a proper use of  highways, construct, maintain, alter, repair, and extend its pipes, mains,  ditches, conduits, sewers, and drains along, upon, under, and across any  highways, streets, alleys, or public grounds in the township, but so as not to  permanently inconvenience the public use of those highways, streets, alleys, or  public grounds.    (Source: Laws 1945, p. 1745; P.A. 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-50
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-50.     Service to municipality.     If a city, village, or incorporated  town is located within the boundaries of a township availing itself of the  provisions of this Article that does not own or operate a waterworks system or  a sewerage system within the city, village, or incorporated town or within any  particular locality of the city, village, or incorporated town, and if the  city, village, or incorporated town adopts an ordinance requesting the township  to supply water or sewerage service, or both, for public and domestic use  within the city, village, or incorporated town or within the particular  locality of the city, village, or incorporated town, then the township  may construct, acquire, extend, improve, operate, and maintain its waterworks  system or sewerage system, or both, within the corporate limits of the city,  village, or incorporated town for the purpose of serving the inhabitants of the  city, village, or incorporated town or of the particular locality.    (Source: P.A. 77-1034; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-55
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-55.     Water supply from municipality.     A township availing itself of  the provisions of this Article may contract for a supply of water for its  system from any city, village, or incorporated town owning and operating a  waterworks system.    (Source: Laws 1945, p. 1745; P.A. 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-60
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-60.     Service to area surrounding township.     A township availing  itself of the provisions of this Article and owning and operating a waterworks  system or a combined waterworks and sewerage system under this Article may  supply water for public and domestic use in any area surrounding the limits of  the township, provided the supplying of the water is merely incidental to the  maintenance and operation of its system for the use and benefit of the  inhabitants of the township.    (Source: Laws 1945, p. 1745; P.A. 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-65
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-65.     Separate fund for system income and revenue.     If revenue bonds  are issued under this Article, the income and revenue derived from the  operation of the system shall be deposited in a separate fund, in a separate  bank or savings and loan association account, designated as the (Water, Sewer,  or other name) Fund of (name of township). The fund shall be used only to pay  the cost of operation and maintenance of the system, to pay the principal of  and interest upon the revenue bonds of the township issued under this Article,  and to provide a reasonable depreciation fund whose amount and application  shall be fixed and determined in the ordinance providing for the issuance of  the bonds.    (Source: P.A. 83-541; P.A. 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-70
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-70.     Rates for use or service of system.     Rates charged for use or  service of a system acquired under this Article by a township shall be  sufficient at all times to pay the cost of operation and maintenance, to pay  the principal of and interest upon all revenue bonds issued under this Article,  and to provide a reasonable depreciation fund as established under the  ordinance authorizing the issuance of any revenue bonds. The holder of any bond  or bonds or of any interest coupon or coupons of any revenue bonds of a  township may, in any civil action, mandamus, injunction, or other proceedings,  enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this Article and the  covenants and undertakings set forth in any bond ordinance, including the  making and collection of sufficient rates and charges for the use or service of  a system and the proper application of the income and revenue from the system.    (Source: P.A. 83-345; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-80
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-80.     Rules and regulations; publication.(a) The township board has the supervision and control of the system and may  make, enact, and enforce all necessary rules and regulations in connection with  the acquisition of the system and its improvement, management, maintenance,  operation, care, protection, and use. Rules and regulations shall be  established from time to time by ordinance.(b) Rates and charges for use and service for all purposes shall be  established, revised, maintained, be due and payable, and be in force as the  township board determines by ordinance. Rates or charges established by the  board are not subject to any statutory regulations covering rates or charges  for similar service by privately owned waterworks systems.(c) The township board may enact and enforce reasonable rules and  regulations requiring, within a specified period of time, the owner of improved  real estate to connect into a township system when that improved real estate  abuts any street, alley, or other public way or sewer right-of-way in which any  line of the system exists. For purposes of this Section, improved real estate  includes real estate with buildings and real estate that has been platted for  subdivision purposes or for commercial uses.(d) An ordinance establishing rules and regulations or rates or charges for  use and service shall be published within 30 days after its adoption in a  newspaper published and having general circulation in the township. If there is  no such newspaper, then the ordinance shall be posted in at least 5 of the most  public places in the township.  The ordinance shall not become effective until  10 days after publication or posting, as the case may be.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-85
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-85.     Compensation for township officers.     Compensation for any  services performed by members of the township board, the township supervisor as  ex officio treasurer, and the township clerk as recording officer in connection  with the maintenance and operation of a system shall be fixed by ordinance by  the township board before the issuance of any bonds under this Article.  The  compensation shall not be increased while any revenue bonds issued under this  Article after the adoption of an ordinance fixing compensation are outstanding.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-90
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-90.     System of accounts; audits.     The township board of each  township availing itself of the provisions of this Article shall maintain a  proper system of accounts showing the receipts from the operation of the  system and the application of those receipts and shall at least  once each year cause the accounts to be properly audited by independent public  accountants. Copies of the audits shall be filed in the office of the  township clerk and shall be made available for inspection at all proper times  by any water user, township board member, or other interested person.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-95
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-95.     Fiscal year; budget.(a) Upon the acquisition of a system under this Article, the township board  shall establish by resolution the beginning and ending of the fiscal year for  the operation of the system.  That period shall constitute the budget year for  the maintenance and operation of the system.(b) At least 30 days before the beginning of the first fiscal year after the  acquisition of the system, the township board shall prepare a tentative budget  and shall include all proposed operation and maintenance expenses for the  ensuing fiscal year. The budget shall be considered by the township board, and  after  consideration and any revision by the board, it shall be adopted not  later than 30 days after the beginning of the fiscal year. No expenditures in  excess of the budget shall be made during the fiscal year unless authorized by  a two-thirds vote of the board.(c) It shall not be necessary to include in the budget any statement of  expenditures for debt service, but the board shall make provision for those  payments as they become due. No money shall be paid out from the water fund of  the township except upon an order signed by the supervisor and township clerk  and approved by the board. Each order shall specify the purpose for which it is  to be paid, and there shall be endorsed on the order the name of the particular  account out of which it is payable.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-100
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-100.     Township utility board.(a) The township board of a township availing itself of the provisions of  this Article may, in its discretion and before the issue of any bonds under  this Article, by ordinance create a township utility board for the purpose of  exercising all of the powers conferred by this Article. The township  supervisor, subject to the approval of the township board, shall appoint 5  persons, all of whom are legal voters of the township and have resided in the  township for at least 2 years before the date of their appointment. Any person  holding an elective or appointive public office is not eligible for appointment  to the utility board, and any person who has held an elective office or an  appointive public office is not eligible for appointment for one year after the  expiration of his or her term of office.(b) One of the appointees shall be appointed for a term of one year,  one for a term of 2 years, one for a term of 3 years, and 2 for terms of 4  years. One additional member shall be appointed to any utility board in  existence on August 3, 1967, for a term of 3 years. Annually thereafter,  appointments to fill the expired terms shall be made in the same manner, except  that the term of each appointee shall be 4 years. Vacancies shall be filled for  an unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointments.(c) Within 30 days after their appointment, the members shall meet and elect  a chairman and a vice-chairman from their membership and a secretary who need  not be a member of the utility board. The board shall constitute and be the  (Name of township) Utility Board. The utility board shall fix the compensation  of the secretary, subject to the approval of the township board.(d) The utility board may establish bylaws, rules, and regulations for its  own government. Upon its organization, the utility board shall  have general  supervision over the construction, operation, maintenance, and management of  the system of the township. The utility board shall exercise all of the powers  authorized and provided for by this Article instead of the township board,  including the establishment of rules and regulations covering the maintenance,  operation, and use of the system, the power to require connection of abutting  improved real estate with the system, the fixing of rates and charges for the  use and service of the system, and the power to improve and extend the system  from time to time as provided in this Article.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-105
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-105. Construction contracts; bids.(a) All contracts for construction work whose estimated cost will exceed  $20,000 shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder after publication of  notice for bids. Notice for bids shall be published once in a newspaper  published and having general circulation in the township, if there is one. If  there is no such newspaper, notice for bids shall be published in a newspaper  published and having general circulation in the county.  Notice for bids shall  be published at least 10 days before the date set for receiving bids. Bids  shall be opened and publicly read, and an award shall be made to the lowest  responsible bidder within 15 days after the receipt of bids.(b) This Section shall not apply to engineering, legal, or other  professional services, but it shall apply to the purchase of equipment unless  the township board, by a resolution adopted by a three-fourths vote, determines  that it is for the best interests of the township that advertising for bids for  the equipment be dispensed with.       (Source: P.A. 95-300, eff. 8-20-07.)
60 ILCS 1/205-110
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-110.     Exercise of authority in name of township.     The authority  conferred upon a township under this Article, except as otherwise provided in  this Article, shall be exercised by the township board in the name of and for  and on behalf of the township.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-115
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-115.     Collector.     The supervisor, by and with the consent of the  township board, shall appoint a collector to collect the charges for the use  and service of the system.  The collector's duties, term of office,  compensation, and bond for faithful performance of his or her duties shall be  fixed by ordinance. The collector's compensation shall not be increased during  the term of office for which he or she is appointed.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-120
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-120.     Sale or lease of system.     The township board of a township that  owns a waterworks system or sewerage system or combined waterworks and sewerage  system may sell or lease the system or a separable portion of the system for  any term not to exceed 99 years when, in the opinion of the board, the property  is no longer necessary, appropriate, required for the use of, profitable to, or  for the best interests of the township. This power shall be exercised by an  ordinance passed by at least a two-thirds vote of the members of the board. The  property shall not be sold or leased, however, for a less amount than is  necessary to amortize any outstanding bonds issued under this Article nor, in  any event, at a less amount than the reasonable value of the property (or a  reasonable return on the investment in the property in  the case of a lease) as  determined by an appraisal made at the direction of the board by a person or  persons acquainted with valuations of those kinds of properties.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-125
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-125.     Sale or lease for more than 20 years; bids.     Property may be  sold, or leased for a term of more than 20 years, only after advertising for  sealed bids for its purchase or lease. The advertisement shall be published at  least once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the township at least  30 days before the date fixed for opening bids. The advertisement shall contain  a description of the property, the minimum amount that will be considered for  the sale or lease, as the case may be, the terms of payment, the last date that  bids will be accepted, the place for filing bids, and the time and place that  bids will be opened. The township board shall reserve the right to reject any  or all bids. Only the bid of the highest responsible bidder shall be accepted.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-130
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-130.     Service to particular locality outside current system; bonds.(a)  A township (i) may construct or acquire a waterworks system or  sewerage system, or a combined waterworks and sewerage system, serving a  particular locality in the township or (ii) may extend or improve an existing  waterworks system or sewerage system, or combined waterworks and sewerage  system, for the purpose of serving a particular locality within the township  not previously served by its existing waterworks system or sewerage system  or combined waterworks and sewerage system.(b) The township may pay the cost of the construction, acquisition,  extension, or improvement by the issuance and sale of revenue bonds of the  township, payable solely from the revenue derived from the operation of the  entire waterworks system or systems or sewerage system or systems or combined  waterworks and sewerage system or systems of the township. Except as they are  inconsistent with this Section, Sections 205-5 through 205-125 govern all  matters connected with a project under this Section.    (Source: P.A. 76-1360; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-135
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-135.     Additional use of system serving a particular locality; bonds.(a) A township (i) may construct or acquire a waterworks system or a  sewerage system, or a combined waterworks and sewerage system, serving a  particular locality or (ii) may extend or improve an existing waterworks  system or sewerage system, or combined waterworks and sewerage system, serving  a particular locality within the township.(b) The township may pay the cost of the construction, acquisition,  extension, or improvement by the issuance and sale of revenue bonds of the  township, payable (i) solely from the revenue derived from the operation of  the waterworks system or sewerage system, or the combined waterworks and  sewerage system, constructed or acquired for that particular locality or (ii)  solely from the revenue to be derived from the operation of the existing  waterworks system or sewerage system or combined waterworks and sewerage  system, extended or improved to serve a particular locality. Except as they are  inconsistent with this Section, Sections 205-5 through 205-125 and 205-150  govern all matters connected with the bonds issued under this Section.(c) Bonds issued under this Section are payable solely from the revenue  derived from the operation of that sewerage system or improvement or  extension. These bonds shall not, in any event, constitute an indebtedness  of the township within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory  limitation, and it shall be so stated on the face of each bond. The face of  each bond shall also contain a description of the locality for which that  system or improvement or extension is constructed, acquired, or improved.    (Source: P.A. 76-1360; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/205-145
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 205 - Township Waterworks And Sewerage Systems

Sec. 205-145. Special fund. All revenue derived from the operation of a  waterworks system or sewerage system, or combined waterworks and sewerage  system, constructed, acquired, extended, or improved to serve a particular  locality shall be set aside as collected and shall be deposited in a special  fund of the township. That fund shall be used only (i) to pay the cost of  operating and maintaining the waterworks system or sewerage system, or combined  waterworks and sewerage system, constructed, acquired, extended, or improved to  serve a particular locality, (ii) to provide an adequate depreciation fund, and  (iii) to pay the principal and interest on the bonds issued by the township  under Sections 205-130 through 205-141 for the purpose of constructing,  acquiring, extending, or improving the system.  (Source: P.A. 100-528, eff. 9-22-17.)