Bill Text: IL HB3273 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1936. Provides that a sanitary district created under the Act which is located in a county having a population of 3,000,000 or more, which is wholly included in three or more municipalities, which no part is included in any unincorporated area, which has no employees, and which has no revenue bond indebtedness shall be dissolved by operation of law. Provides that the officers of the dissolved sanitary district shall convey the property of the sanitary district, liquidate personal property, pay debts, and distribute remaining monies to the municipalities taking over for the sanitary district. Provides the municipalities may levy and collect a tax for the purpose of maintaining, constructing, or replacing sewers with the aggregate amount of which for each year may not exceed 0.25%. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-07-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0014 [HB3273 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3273-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 099-0014
HB3273 Enrolled LRB099 09062 AWJ 29251 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Sanitary District Act of 1936 is amended by
adding Section 37.1 as follows:
(70 ILCS 2805/37.1 new)
Sec. 37.1. Dissolution of district with no employees and no
bond indebtedness; winding up sanitary district business; tax
by acquiring municipalities.
(a) Any sanitary district created under this Act which is
located in a county having a population of 3,000,000 or more,
which is wholly included in three or more municipalities, which
no part is included in any unincorporated area, which has no
employees, and which has no revenue bond indebtedness shall,
upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th
General Assembly, be dissolved by operation of law. Each of the
municipalities within the territory of a dissolved sanitary
district shall be responsible for providing sewers for
collecting and disposing of sewage.
(b) The officers of any dissolved sanitary district
immediately preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 99th General Assembly shall close up the business
affairs of the sanitary district by conveying title of a

dissolved sanitary district's property to the municipalities
collecting and disposing of sewage and by liquidating any
remaining personal property of a dissolved sanitary district.
After all the debts and obligations of the dissolved sanitary
district have been satisfied, any remaining monies shall be
distributed to the municipalities collecting and disposing of
sewage in proportion to the percentage of territory located
within the boundaries of each affected municipality.
(c) The corporate authorities of any municipality required
to provide sewer service under this Section after the
dissolution of a sanitary district is hereby authorized to levy
and collect a tax for the purpose of maintaining, constructing
or replacing sewers, upon the taxable property within that
municipality, the aggregate amount of which for each year may
not exceed 0.25% of the value of such property as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue and that tax shall be in
addition to any taxes that may otherwise be authorized to be
levied for the general corporate purposes of the municipality
as currently provided in Section 37 of this Act. Any
outstanding obligations of the dissolved sanitary district
shall be paid from the taxes levied and collected pursuant to
this subsection.
If any tax has been levied for sewer or water purposes
prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th
General Assembly by a municipality who would also have the
power to levy such a tax under this subsection, that tax is

expressly validated.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.