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70 ILCS 605/11-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XI - Claims Against And Contracts With Other Districts And Municipal Corporations Exercising Drainage Powers

 (from Ch. 42, par. 11-10)Sec. 11-10.     Procedure at trial - View by jury.     The issues arising on  a complaint filed under Section 11-8 shall be  tried as in an action under the Civil Practice Law. If tried  before a jury, the jury may view the work and premises if a request for  such a view is made in the manner provided in Section 5-11.    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
70 ILCS 605/11-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XI - Claims Against And Contracts With Other Districts And Municipal Corporations Exercising Drainage Powers

 (from Ch. 42, par. 11-11)Sec. 11-11.     Judgment.     Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the court shall enter judgment  according to its findings or according to the verdict of the jury, as the  case may be. If judgment is entered for the payment of money, then the court  shall also order the district or municipal corporation against which  judgment is entered to pay, or to take such steps as may be  necessary to pay,  such judgment. Appeals may be taken as in other civil cases.    (Source: P.A. 84-547.)
70 ILCS 605/11-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XI - Claims Against And Contracts With Other Districts And Municipal Corporations Exercising Drainage Powers

 (from Ch. 42, par. 11-12)Sec. 11-12.     Effect of judgment fixing annual benefits.A judgment fixing the amount of annual benefits between the parties  constitutes the measure of liability between them for the repair,  maintenance and operation of the work for which such judgment was given and  any amounts coming due thereunder shall be payable at such times as the  court may direct. The judgment for such benefits may, however, be modified  or set aside upon the application of either the plaintiff or the defendant  when circumstances have so changed as to make the judgment inequitable or  unjust as to either party.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/11-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XI - Claims Against And Contracts With Other Districts And Municipal Corporations Exercising Drainage Powers

 (from Ch. 42, par. 11-13)Sec. 11-13.     Limitation of action for benefits.No complaint or counterclaim seeking to establish liability for or to  recoup or set off benefits under this Article may be filed more than 5  years after the completion of the work or the making or enlarging of the  connection.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/11-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XI - Claims Against And Contracts With Other Districts And Municipal Corporations Exercising Drainage Powers

 (from Ch. 42, par. 11-14)Sec. 11-14.         Joint  systems.Any 2 or more adjoining drainage districts may by contract establish  joint systems of drains, levees, pumping plants or other works and provide  for the construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance and operation  thereof. For the purposes of this Article, districts shall be considered as  adjoining when any portion of their boundaries are contiguous or overlap.  When the joint system is established by more than two districts it shall  not be necessary for each of the districts to adjoin each of the other  districts but it shall be sufficient if each district adjoins one of the  other districts.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/11-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XI - Claims Against And Contracts With Other Districts And Municipal Corporations Exercising Drainage Powers

 (from Ch. 42, par. 11-15)Sec. 11-15.     Approval of contract establishing joint system.The contract establishing the joint system shall be reduced to writing  and before it becomes effective it must be approved by the court or courts  having jurisdiction over the drainage districts. The commissioners of any  district entering into such a contract shall petition the court having  jurisdiction over that district for approval of the contract. A copy of the  contract shall be attached to the petition. If the contract is between 2 or  more districts under the jurisdiction of the same court the commissioners  of such districts may join in the same petition.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/11-16
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XI - Claims Against And Contracts With Other Districts And Municipal Corporations Exercising Drainage Powers

 (from Ch. 42, par. 11-16)Sec. 11-16.     Setting petition for hearing-Notice.Upon the filing of a petition for the approval of a contract  establishing a joint system, it shall be presented to the court, which  shall fix the date and hour for hearing. The clerk of the court shall  publish notice of the hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general  circulation published in the county in which the petitioning district is  situated. The notice shall be entitled "Drainage Notice", shall be  addressed "To All Persons Interested" and must state (a) in what court and  on what date the petition was filed, (b) in summary form, the terms of the  contract, including the names of the parties to the contract, and (c) the  place, date and hour the petition will be heard. The notice shall be  published once each week for 2 successive weeks and the first publication  of the notice shall be at least 2 weeks prior to the date fixed for  hearing. When a petitioning district is situated in 2 or more counties,  then such notice shall be given as aforesaid by publishing the same in  newspapers of general circulation published in each of said counties. If no  newspaper of general circulation is published in any such county, then  publication of the notice shall be in a newspaper having general  circulation in that county. Notice by mailing shall not be required.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/11-17
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XI - Claims Against And Contracts With Other Districts And Municipal Corporations Exercising Drainage Powers

(70 ILCS 605/11-17) (from Ch. 42, par. 11-17)Sec. 11-17.     Hearing on Petition-Appeals.At such hearing, all persons interested shall have the right to appear  and be heard. The court may approve or disapprove the contract or, with the  consent of the parties to the contract, may modify it. Separate or joint  appeals may be taken from the final order as in other civil cases.    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3809.)
70 ILCS 605/Art. XII heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 ARTICLE XII.      MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS--PENALTIES
70 ILCS 605/12-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-1)Sec. 12-1.         Lands  within district-Right to use district drains.A landowner within any drainage district has the right to use the  ditches and drains of the district as outlets for any drains, either open  or covered, which he may desire to construct for the more complete drainage  of his own land; provided, however, that hereafter when any such drain is  connected with any ditch or drain of the district, a proper bulkhead,  spillway, drop box, pipe outlet, junction box or other suitable structure  shall be constructed and thereafter maintained by the landowner so as to  prevent damage to the ditch or drain of the district. The landowner shall  obtain the approval of the commissioners as to the type, design and method  of construction of the structure before making any connection and the  construction thereof shall be subject to the supervision and control of the  commissioners. Any landowner who fails to construct such an outlet  structure is liable for all damages resulting from such failure. If, after  written request by the commissioners to do so, the landowner fails or  refuses to construct such an outlet structure, then the district may build  the same and recover the cost thereof from the landowner.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/12-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-2)Sec. 12-2.         Lands  within district-Rights of drainage.Land included within a district shall continue to have the same rights  of drainage, both common law and statutory, as land not within an organized  drainage district, except insofar as the drainage system of the district  may vary from or be inconsistent with natural drainage. The construction of  a covered drain by a drainage district in the course of natural drainage or  along the course of an open ditch shall not in itself be considered to be  an abandonment of the natural drain or the open ditch.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/12-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-3)Sec. 12-3.         Right  of landowner to use right-of-way of district.The owner of any land over, through or across which a district has  acquired a right-of-way for the construction and maintenance of an open or  covered drain by grant, dedication, condemnation or otherwise, may use the  land occupied by such right-of-way in any manner not inconsistent with the  paramount easement of the district. Any use of the right-of-way which will  interfere with the operation of the drain or will increase the cost to the  district of performing any of its work thereon is deemed to be inconsistent  with the district's easement. No permanent structures, including bridges  and fords, shall be placed on the right-of-way by a landowner without first  obtaining the express consent of the commissioners of the district.  Temporary structures, including fences, may be placed on or across the  right-of-way without the necessity of obtaining the consent of the  commissioners, but shall be removed by the landowner whenever he is  notified to do so by the commissioners. A landowner may pasture livestock  in an open ditch, but if, in so doing, the ditch is damaged, the owner  shall repair such damage, and if he fails to make such repairs, he is  liable to the district for the cost of such repairs and all expenses  incident thereto.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/12-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-6)Sec. 12-6.         When  land may be in more than one district.If the work of a district or a proposed district includes the  construction of a levee to protect the lands within the district from  overflow, or the erection and operation of a pumping plant, or both, then  all lands so protected may be included within the district, either at the  time of organization or by subsequent annexation. The fact that a portion  of those lands are already within the boundaries of another district shall  not prevent their inclusion in the district so constructing or proposing to  construct the levee and pumping plant if the drainage system of such other  district does not include a levee and pumping plant. If a ditch or covered  drain leading from lands lying within one drainage district is connected,  other than by the drainage system of that district, with a ditch or covered  drain of another district and such lands are benefited by the ditch or  covered drain of the other district, then the lands so connected and  benefited may be included in or annexed to the other district and the fact  of such connection shall be deemed to be a waiver of any objection to such  inclusion or annexation upon the ground that such land is already within  the boundaries of and subject to assessment by an organized drainage  district.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/12-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-7)Sec. 12-7.     Penalty  for obstructing or injuring drain, drainage structure, levee or pumping  plant.     Whoever wilfully obstructs, injures or destroys any covered drain  constructed through the lands of others as provided in Section 2-6 of this  Act, or any other drain, levee, drainage structure or pumping plant,  whether private, mutual or district, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  The dumping of trash, refuse or debris into an open drain shall be treated  and considered as obstructing a drain.The pollution of the water of any drain of any drainage district shall  be considered an injury to such drain, within the meaning of this Section.  Pollution shall be deemed to be wilful, within the meaning of this Section,  if the person, firm or corporation responsible for such pollution shall  allow the same to continue for more than 60 days after written notice from  the commissioners to abate the same.Whoever wilfully cuts or breaches any private, mutual or district levee  is guilty of a Class 3 felony.Any fines collected under this Section for the obstruction, injury or  destruction of a district drain, drainage structure or pumping plant or for  the cutting or breaching of any district levee shall be paid over to the  district.In addition to the criminal penalty imposed by this Section, whoever  wilfully or negligently obstructs, injures, cuts, breaches or destroys a  private, mutual or district drain or drainage structure, levee or pumping  plant is liable for the cost of repairing or reconstructing the same and  for any damage to lands, crops or other property that may have resulted  therefrom.    (Source: P.A. 77-2405.)
70 ILCS 605/12-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-8)Sec. 12-8.         Penalty  for preventing entry by commissioners upon lands or right-of-way.Whoever wilfully prohibits, prevents or obstructs the commissioners of a  district or their agents from going upon lands either within or outside of  the district for the purpose of examining the same or making surveys in  connection with the work of the district, or wilfully prohibits, prevents  or obstructs the commissioners of a district, their agents, employees or  contractors from going upon the right-of-way of the district with their  servants, tools, machinery, instruments and other equipment for the purpose  of constructing, reconstructing, repairing or maintaining the work of the  district, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Each day's hindrance  constitutes a separate offense.Any fine collected under this Section shall be paid over to the  district. In addition to the criminal penalty imposed by this Section,  whoever hinders the work is liable for all damages which may have been  sustained by reason thereof to be recovered in a civil action.    (Source: P.A. 77-2405.)
70 ILCS 605/12-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-9)Sec. 12-9.     Penalty for preventing construction or repair of private drain.Whoever wilfully prohibits, prevents or delays the construction or  repair of any drain through the land of others, as provided in Section 2-6,  is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  Each day's hindrance constitutes a  separate offense.    (Source: P.A. 77-2405.)
70 ILCS 605/12-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-10)Sec. 12-10.         Penalty for failure or refusal of commissioner to perform duties-Removal  from office.Any commissioner appointed under the provisions of this Act who wilfully  fails or refuses to perform any duty imposed upon him by this Act is guilty  of a Class A misdemeanor. Any fines collected under this Section shall be  paid over to the district.Conviction under this Section is cause for removal from office.    (Source: P.A. 77-2405.)
70 ILCS 605/12-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-11)Sec. 12-11.     Withdrawal of signature from petition.After a landowners petition has been filed with the court under any of  the provisions of this Act, a petitioner may withdraw his signature from  the petition only with the consent of a majority of the other petitioners,  or upon a satisfactory showing to the court that his signature was obtained  by fraud or misrepresentation.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/12-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-12)Sec. 12-12.     Additional signers to petition.At any time before the conclusion of the hearing on a landowners  petition filed with the court under any of the provisions of this Act,  other landowners shall be permitted to join as petitioners and upon so  joining they shall be considered as signers in determining the sufficiency  of the petition.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/12-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-13)Sec. 12-13.     Deeds, petitions and contracts in fraud of act.All deeds, made for the purpose of preventing or aiding the organization  of a district or for the purpose of preventing or aiding any other  proceeding taken under this Act, and not made in good faith, are in fraud  of the provisions of this Act.If the court in which a petition for the organization of a district is  pending finds that any other petition for the organization of another  district which includes a portion only of the lands involved in the pending  petition is on file, yet if the court finds (a) that the petition first  filed was filed for the primary purpose of preventing the organization of  the other proposed district or for the purpose of preventing the lands or  some of the lands described therein from being included in the other  proposed district, (b) that all of the lands included in the petition first  filed are included in the petition for the other proposed district, and (c)  that the lands described in the petition first filed will be protected and  drained as adequately and as cheaply by the works proposed in the petition  under consideration as they would be by any works which might be  constructed by the proposed district described in the petition first filed;  then such petition first filed shall be deemed in fraud of the provisions  of this Act, and the fact that such petition was first filed shall not be a  valid objection to the granting of the prayer of the petition under  consideration or to the inclusion of such land in the proposed district.If the court in which a petition for the organization of a district is  pending finds that a district including a portion only of the lands  involved in the petition under consideration has been organized by mutual  agreement, yet if the court finds (a) that such mutual district has neither  constructed nor contracted to construct any substantial drainage or levee  work, (b) that such mutual district was organized for the primary purpose  of preventing the organization of the other proposed district or preventing  the lands or some of the lands in the mutual district from being included  in the other proposed district, (c) that all the lands included in the  mutual district are included in the petition for the other proposed  district, and (d) that the lands in the mutual district will be protected  and drained as adequately and as cheaply by the works proposed in the  petition under consideration as they would be by any works which may be  constructed by the mutual district, then the agreement organizing the  mutual district shall be deemed in fraud of the provisions of this Act, and  the fact that such mutual district has been organized shall not be a valid  objection to the granting of the prayer of the petition under consideration  or the inclusion of such lands in the proposed district.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/12-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-14)Sec. 12-14.     Separate petitions not required.Whenever the commissioners of a district petition the court for  authority to do or perform any act or thing specified in this Act, such  petition may also seek authorization from the court to do or perform other  acts and things specified elsewhere in this Act and it shall not be  necessary for the commissioners to file separate petitions with the court  for each act or thing for which authorization is sought.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/12-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-15)Sec. 12-15.     Continuances and amendments.Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, any hearing may  be continued generally or to a day certain and from time to time as other  civil cases. Any petition, report, assessment roll or other pleading may be  amended as in other civil cases.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
70 ILCS 605/12-16
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-16)Sec. 12-16.     Appeals.         Unless otherwise provided in this Act, appeals may be taken from the  final judgments or orders as in other civil cases. An appeal from a  judgment on an assessment roll shall be taken in the time and manner as is  now or may hereafter be provided for taking an appeal from a judgment on  the collector's application for judgment and order of sale for delinquent  general taxes. Appeals may be joint or separate. No appeal shall affect the  validity of any order or judgment as to any tract of land or other property  not directly involved in such appeal, except as provided in Sections 3-25  and 8-6 of this Act.    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3809.)
70 ILCS 605/12-17
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article XII - Miscellaneous Provisions--Penalties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 12-17)Sec. 12-17.         Construction of act-Effect of omissions, imperfections or defects in  proceedings.This Act shall be liberally construed to promote drainage for  agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes. The collection of assessments  shall not be defeated by reason of any omission, imperfection or defect not  substantial in nature occurring in the organization of any district or in  any of the proceedings prior to the order confirming an assessment, but  such order shall be conclusive that all prior proceedings were regular and  according to law.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)