70 ILCS 605/4-19
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 605/ - Illinois Drainage Code.|Article IV - Commissioners And Other Officers--Selection, Qualifications, Powers And Duties

 (from Ch. 42, par. 4-19)Sec. 4-19.     Obtaining court authorization.         If the commissioners determine that it is necessary or advisable (a) to  exercise any of the specific powers conferred upon them by Section 4-16 of  this Act, or (b) to levy an additional assessment (unless the alternate  method of levying an additional assessment for repair work provided by  Section 5-18 is being followed), or (c) to levy an annual maintenance  assessment, or (d) to increase an existing annual maintenance assessment,  or if the commissioners are requested in writing by a majority of the adult  landowners owning one-third of the land, or by at least one-third of the  landowners owning the major portion of the land, to exercise any such power  or to levy any such assessment, then the commissioners shall file a  verified petition in the court in which the district is organized for  authority to exercise such power or powers or to levy such an assessment.The petition shall contain the following (or so much thereof as may be  applicable): (a) a general description of any work or changes proposed to  be undertaken; (b) a general description of any equipment proposed to be  purchased, acquired, leased, maintained or operated; (c) a statement  showing the necessity for or advisability of the levy of the assessment or  the exercise of such powers; (d) such plans, profiles or specifications as  may be necessary; (e) a description of any lands, rights-of-way or other  property which they deem it necessary to acquire for such work; (f) an  estimate of costs, including an estimate of any increase or decrease in  costs occasioned by any proposed change; (g) the amount of the assessment  proposed to be levied, if any; (h) a statement that the benefits to the  lands and other property in the district from the proposed work or the  exercise of the power or powers proposed exceed the cost to such lands and  other property; (i) a request for authority to exercise such powers and to  do the acts proposed; (j) a request for authority to levy the proposed  assessment; and (k) any other matters which the commissioners may deem  pertinent.Whenever a petition is filed with the court by the commissioners  requesting authority to levy an additional or annual maintenance  assessment, such petition must be accompanied by a current financial report  in the form set forth in Section 4-32 and covering the period since the  last preceding report. If there are lands or other property which will be  benefited, but which lie outside the district and within another district  or a municipal corporation exercising drainage powers, then such other  district or municipal corporation may be named as a party defendant in such  petition and shall be served with process as provided in Section 3-19.If the proposed work, changes or other powers sought by the  commissioners will require the levy of an annual maintenance assessment, or  if the petition seeks such an assessment or the increase in any existing  annual maintenance assessment to keep any such work or other works of the  district in repair or to pay the cost of operating any proposed or existing  pumping plant, work or equipment, then the petition shall contain an  estimate of the amount of such new or increased annual maintenance  assessment and a request for authority to levy such new or increased annual  maintenance assessment.The commissioners may file with their petition an additional assessment  roll or an annual maintenance assessment roll, or both, if any such  assessments are proposed.    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)