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65 ILCS 5/11-138-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-138-1)Sec. 11-138-1.         Any water company organized under the laws of this state for  the purpose of supplying any municipality or the inhabitants thereof with  water, may locate its source of supply at, or change its source of supply  to, a point not more than 20 miles beyond the corporate limits of the  municipality. Such company may enter upon any land and take and damage  private property beyond those corporate limits, (1) for the construction,  maintenance, and operation of a line or lines of water-pipe to the source  of supply, (2) for the necessary pumping stations, reservoirs, and other  appurtenances, and (3) for the protection of all reservoirs, submerged  land, and source of supply from contamination, pollution, or damage from  any cause whatsoever.Such a company may construct, maintain, and operate beyond those  corporate limits such a line or lines of water-pipe across or under any  railroad right-of-way, and in and under any public or private road,  highway, street, alley, or public ground, or across or under any of the  waters within this state, subject, however, to these conditions: (1) such a  line or lines of water-pipe shall not interfere with any railroad, or with  any sewer, gas pipes, water-pipes, or other conduit, already laid in or  under any public or private road, highway, street, alley, or public ground  by public authority; (2) such a company, in the construction and repair of  such a line or lines of water-pipe, shall restore any public or private  road, highway, street, alley, or public ground that is damaged to the same  condition as before, and shall not unnecessarily interfere with the public  use of the navigation of any of the specified waters; and (3) the laying of  the water-pipes and construction of the other works shall be done under  such reasonable regulations as the corporate authorities of any township or  municipality wherein that work is done may prescribe.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-138-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-138-2)Sec. 11-138-2.         Whenever it is necessary for the construction, maintenance,  and operation of such a line or lines of water-pipe, pumping stations,  reservoirs, other appurtenances, or for the protection of reservoirs,  submerged land, and the source of supply from contamination, pollution, or  damage from any cause, to take or damage private property adjacent to these  improvements, that property may be taken or damaged, and the compensation  therefor may be ascertained and paid in the manner which may be then  provided by law for the exercise of the right of eminent domain.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-138-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-138-3)Sec. 11-138-3.         Any person who unlawfully and intentionally molests or  destroys any part of such a line of water-pipe, pumping station, reservoir,  or other appurtenance, or the material or property belonging to a specified  water company, or who in any manner interferes with the construction,  maintenance, or operation of the property specified in this section is  guilty of a petty offense. But a prosecution under the provisions of this  section shall not in any manner prevent a recovery by the company entitled  thereto, of the amount of damages done to its property.    (Source: P.A. 77-2830.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 139 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 139.      COMBINED WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
65 ILCS 5/11-139-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-139-1)Sec. 11-139-1.         When used in this Division 139, "waterworks" means and  includes a waterworks system in its entirety or any integral part thereof,  including mains, hydrants, meters, values, standpipes, storage tanks, pump  tanks, intakes, wells, impounding reservoirs, pumps, machinery,  purification plants, softening apparatus, and all other elements, useful in  connection with a water supply or water distribution system."Sewerage system" means and includes any or all of the following: a  sewerage treatment plant or plants, collecting, intercepting and outlet  sewers, lateral sewers, and drains, including combined and separate storm  water and sanitary drains, force mains, conduits, pumping stations, ejector  stations and all other appurtenances, extensions and improvements  necessary, useful, or convenient for the collection, treatment, and  disposal in a sanitary manner of sewage and industrial wastes."Combined waterworks and sewerage system" means and includes a  waterworks and sewerage system, which the municipality determines by  ordinance to operate in combination.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2433.)
65 ILCS 5/11-139-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-139-2)Sec. 11-139-2.         Any municipality may acquire, or construct, and maintain and  operate a combined waterworks and sewerage system either within or without  the corporate limits thereof. A municipality owning and operating a  waterworks or sewerage system may provide for the inclusion of that  waterworks or sewerage system or the combination of the 2 in a combined  waterworks and sewerage system under this Division 139, and in connection  therewith may provide for paying or refunding any unpaid obligations which  are payable solely from the revenue of or which are secured by a mortgage  of that waterworks or sewerage system, or any part thereof included in the  combined waterworks and sewerage system. Any municipality owning and  operating a combined waterworks and sewerage system may also provide for  paying or refunding any unpaid obligations which are payable solely from  the revenue of the combined waterworks and sewerage system. A municipality  owning, acquiring, or constructing and providing for the operation of a  combined waterworks and sewerage system may improve and extend that system,  and may impose and collect charges or rates for the use of that system as  provided in this Division 139. A municipality may also, when determined by  its corporate authorities to be in the public interest and necessary for  the protection of the public health or in the best interests of the  municipality and its environs, enter into and perform contracts, whether  long-term or short-term, with any other municipality within a radius of 25  miles of its corporate limits and construct water mains to such  municipality and supply water to such municipalities on the request of any  such municipality; provided, that such water mains be constructed and that  such municipality purchase water on a long term basis at rates sufficient  to amortize the cost of the construction of such water mains and pay the  cost of maintenance and operation thereof, as hereinafter provided in this  Division 139, and also with any industrial establishment for the provision  and operation by the municipality of sewerage facilities, either within or  without the corporate limits of such municipality, to abate or reduce the  pollution of waters caused by discharges of industrial wastes by the  industrial establishment and the payment periodically by such municipality  or municipalities or the industrial establishment to the municipality of  amounts at least sufficient, in the determination of such corporate  authorities, to compensate the municipality for the cost of providing  (including payment of principal and interest charges, if any) and of  operating and maintaining any such facilities. This amendatory Act is not a  prohibition upon the contractual and associational powers granted by  Article VII, Section 10 of the Constitution.    (Source: P.A. 77-2837.)
65 ILCS 5/11-139-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-139-4)Sec. 11-139-4.         Whenever an existing waterworks or sewerage system is  included in a combined waterworks and sewerage system under this Division  139 and there are unpaid obligations previously issued, which are payable  solely from the revenue or secured by a mortgage of the waterworks or  sewerage system, or any part thereof, or whenever there are unpaid  obligations previously issued which are payable solely from the revenue of  the combined waterworks and sewerage system, the unpaid obligations may be  refunded by the issue and exchange therefor of revenue bonds, to be issued  under this Division 139, with the consent of the respective holders of the  unpaid obligations. The holders of revenue bonds issued under this Division  139, whether (1) for refunding or (2) for acquisition, construction,  extension, or improvement, or both, have the same rights and privileges  with respect to payment and there is no distinction between revenue bonds  issued for the 2 purposes unless it is specifically provided in the  ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds that the bonds, or such ones  thereof as may be specified, issued for such acquisition, construction,  extension or improvement, shall, to the extent and in the manner  prescribed, be subordinated and be junior in standing, with respect to the  payment of principal and interest and the security thereof, to such other  bonds payable from the revenue of the combined waterworks and sewerage  system as are specified in such ordinance. Whenever any unpaid obligations  previously issued which are payable solely from the revenue or secured by a  mortgage of any waterworks or sewerage system included in a combined  waterworks and sewerage system or any combined waterworks and sewerage  system under this Division 139 are refunded, the unpaid obligations shall  be surrendered and exchanged for revenue bonds of the combined waterworks  and sewerage system of a total principal amount which shall not be more but  may be less than the principal amount of the obligations exchanged and the  interest thereon to the date of exchange.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-139-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-139-5)Sec. 11-139-5.         The corporate authorities of any municipality availing  itself of the provisions of this Division 139 shall adopt an ordinance  describing in a general way the contemplated project. If it is intended to  include in the combined waterworks and sewerage system any existing  waterworks or any existing sewerage system, the ordinance shall provide for  its inclusion in the combined system and shall describe in a general way  the existing waterworks or sewerage system to be included in the combined  waterworks and sewerage system. If it is intended to acquire or construct a  combined waterworks and sewerage system, or to extend and improve such a  system, the ordinance shall describe in a general way the system to be  acquired or constructed or the extension or improvement to be made or any  project authorized by Section 11-139-2. 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 contemplated project, and if any existing waterworks  or sewerage system is included in the project, the ordinance shall state  the means provided for defraying or refunding any unpaid obligation,  payable solely from the revenue or secured by a mortgage of the waterworks  or sewerage system, and if any unpaid obligations payable from the revenue  of the combined waterworks and sewerage system are outstanding and unpaid  the ordinance shall state the means providing for defraying or refunding  any unpaid obligation so payable from the revenue of the combined  waterworks and sewerage system. The ordinance shall determine the period of  usefulness of the contemplated project. The ordinance shall also prescribe  the method of defraying the cost of the contemplated project and fix the  amount of revenue bonds proposed to be issued, the interest rate, and all  other details in connection with the bonds deemed advisable. The ordinance  may contain such covenants and restrictions upon the issuance thereafter of  additional revenue bonds as may be deemed necessary or advisable for the  assurance of the payment of bonds thereby authorized and as may be  thereafter issued.    (Source: P.A. 77-2837.)
65 ILCS 5/11-139-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-139-6)Sec. 11-139-6.         Within 10 days after the ordinance for any project  under this Division 139 has been passed, it shall be published at least  once 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 the adoption of the ordinance be submitted to  the electors of the municipality; (2) the time in which such petition must  be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective referendum.  The municipal  clerk shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.  If  no petition is filed with the municipal clerk, as  provided in this section, within 30 days after the publication or  posting of the ordinance, it shall be in effect. But if within this 30  day period a petition is filed with the municipal clerk signed by  electors of the municipality numbering 10% or more of the number of  registered voters in the municipality, asking that the question of acquiring,  constructing, extending, or improving the combined waterworks and  sewerage system, as provided in the ordinance, and the issuance of  revenue bonds therefor be submitted to the electors of the municipality,  the municipal clerk shall certify such question for submission at an election  in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the votes  cast on the question are in favor thereof, the ordinance shall be in effect.  But if a majority of the votes cast on the question are unfavorable, the  municipality shall proceed no further and the ordinance shall not take effect.    (Source: P.A. 87-767.)
65 ILCS 5/11-139-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-139-7)Sec. 11-139-7.         Revenue bonds issued under this Division 139 shall be  payable solely from the revenue derived from the operation of the combined  waterworks and sewerage system on account of which the bonds are  issued; provided, that bonds issued under this Division 139 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 5/11-139-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-139-9)Sec. 11-139-9.         Whenever revenue bonds are issued under this Division 139,  sufficient revenue derived from the operation of such a combined waterworks  and sewerage system shall be deposited in a separate fund, designated as  the waterworks and sewerage fund of the municipality. It shall be used only  (1) to pay the cost of maintenance and operation of the combined 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 139.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-139-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-139-10)Sec. 11-139-10.         Any municipality operating a combined waterworks and  sewerage system under this Division 139, shall set up and maintain a proper  system of accounts showing the amount of revenue received from the combined  waterworks and sewerage system and the application of this revenue. At  least once each year the municipality shall have these accounts properly  audited, and a report of this audit shall be open to the public for  inspection at all reasonable times.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-139-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-139-11)Sec. 11-139-11.         The holder of any bond or of any coupon of any bond issued under this  Division 139 may proceed by civil action to compel performance of all  duties required by this Division 139, including the making and collection  of sufficient rates for the purposes specified in this Division 139 and the  application of the revenue therefrom to those purposes.    (Source: P.A. 77-942.)
65 ILCS 5/11-139-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-139-12)Sec. 11-139-12. For the purpose of acquiring, constructing, extending, or  improving any combined waterworks and sewerage system under this Division  139, or any property necessary or appropriate therefor, any municipality  has the right of eminent domain, as provided by the Eminent Domain Act.The fair cash market value of an existing waterworks and sewerage system,  or portion thereof, acquired under this Division 139, which existing system  is a special use property,  may be determined by considering Section 15 of Article I of the Illinois Constitution, the Eminent Domain Act, and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and giving due consideration to the income, cost, and market approaches to valuation based on the type and character of the assets being acquired. In making the valuation determination, the historical and projected revenue attributable to the assets, the costs of the assets, and the condition and remaining useful life of the assets may be considered while giving due account to the special use nature of the property as used for water and sewerage purposes.Additionally, in determining the fair cash market value of existing utility facilities, whether real or personal, consideration may be given to the depreciated value of all facilities and fixtures constructed by the utility company and payments made by the utility company in connection with the acquisition or donation of any waterworks or sanitary sewage system.For the purposes of this Section no prior approval of the Illinois Commerce  Commission, or any other body having jurisdiction over the existing system,  shall be required.(Source: P.A. 96-1468, eff. 8-20-10.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 140 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 140.      OUTLET SEWERS OUTSIDE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES
65 ILCS 5/11-140-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-140-1)Sec. 11-140-1.         In every municipality with a population of 100,000 or less  which has a sewage system but has no adequate outlet therefor, or any  proper disposition of the sewage thereof, without constructing an outlet  sewer the terminus of which will be outside the corporate limits of the  municipality, the corporate authorities thereof may (1) construct an outlet  sewer, wholly without, or partially within and partially without the  corporate limits of the municipality into which the sewers throughout the  municipality are to empty, and through which the sewers are to discharge  their sewage for proper disposition and sanitary benefits, (2) construct  reservoirs, erect pumping works, machinery, and plants for the treatment of  the sewage within or without the corporate limits of the municipality, (3)  acquire the necessary land and machinery for these purposes, and (4)  otherwise provide for discharge of the municipality's sewage into channels  that will promote the health and improve the sanitary condition of and  accomplish the purpose of an outlet sewer for the municipality. The cost of  exercising the powers conferred by this section shall be borne by special  assessment or by special taxation upon the property in those portions of  the municipality the sewers in which are ultimately to find their outlet  through the outlet sewer so constructed.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-140-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-140-2)Sec. 11-140-2.         The corporate authorities of such municipality may maintain  and keep in repair the outlet sewers, purification plants, reservoirs,  pumping works, and machinery provided for in Section 11-140-1. The cost of  the maintenance and repair shall be borne by special assessment or by  special taxation upon the property specified in Section 11-140-1. No lot,  block, or parcel of land shall be assessed more than once in any one year  for such maintenance and repair.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-140-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-140-3)Sec. 11-140-3.         The corporate authorities of such a municipality may acquire  by purchase, gift, condemnation, or otherwise, all the real and personal  property, rights-of-way, and easements within or without the corporate  limits of the municipality necessary for the construction and maintenance  of the outlet sewers and works authorized by Section 11-140-1. The  corporate authorities have the same control and jurisdiction of this  property which is without as of that which is within the municipality.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)