Public Act 099-0669

HB4492 Enrolled LRB099 15785 AWJ 40092 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 Special Assessment Supplemental Bond and

Procedures Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(50 ILCS 460/10)

Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the

context or usage clearly indicates otherwise:

"Governing body" means the legislative body, council,

board, commission, trustees, or any other body by whatever name

it is known having charge of the corporate affairs of a

governmental unit.

"Governmental unit" means a county, township,

municipality, municipal corporation, unit of local government,

or a special district, by whatever name known, authorized by

any special assessment law to make local improvements by

special assessment.

"Special assessment bond" means any instrument evidencing

the obligation to pay money authorized or issued by or on

behalf of a governmental unit under a special assessment law or

under this Act, being payable from assessments made under a

special assessment law, and when applicable, as supplemented by

this Act.

"Special assessment law" means any law of the State of

Illinois authorizing governmental units to make local

improvements payable wholly or in part by special assessment,

and includes, without limitation, Division 2 of Article 9 of

the Illinois Municipal Code, Division 5-32 of Article 5 of the

Counties Code, Section 21 of the North Shore Water Reclamation

Sanitary District Act, Section 19 of the Sanitary District Act

of 1917, Sections 22a.1 through 22a.55 of the Sanitary District

Act of 1917, and Section 28 of the Sanitary District Act of

1936.

"Special assessment proceeding" means the proceeding by

any governmental unit under a special assessment law to provide

for the making of a specific local improvement by special

assessment.

"Special assessment ordinance" means an ordinance, or when

applicable a resolution, as provided for by any special

assessment law by which the governing body institutes, calls

for, or provides for the making of a local improvement to be

paid by the imposition of a special assessment pursuant to such

special assessment law.

"Supplemental Act Assessment Bonds" are those special

assessment bonds issued under Section 100 of this Act.

"Voucher" means any voucher issued under a special

assessment law for work done in connection with the making of a

local improvement.

(Source: P.A. 90-480, eff. 8-17-97.)

Section 10. The North Shore Sanitary District Act is

amended by changing Sections 0.1, 3, 4, and 11 and by adding

Sections 0.5, 7.6, 7.7, 18.5, and 31 as follows:

(70 ILCS 2305/0.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 276.99)

Sec. 0.1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the

"North Shore Water Reclamation Sanitary District Act".

(Source: P.A. 77-699.)

(70 ILCS 2305/0.5 new)

Sec. 0.5. Sanitary district references. On and after the

date the sanitary district renames itself under Section 4 of

this Act, any references to "sanitary district" in this Act

shall mean "water reclamation district".

(70 ILCS 2305/3) (from Ch. 42, par. 279)

Sec. 3. Election of trustees; terms. The corporate

authority of the North Shore Water Reclamation Sanitary

District shall consist of 5 trustees.

Within 20 days after the adoption of the Act, as provided

in Section 1, the county governing body shall proceed to divide

the sanitary district into 5 wards for the purpose of electing

trustees. One trustee shall be elected for each ward on the

date of the next regular county election. In each sanitary

district organized pursuant to the provisions of this Act prior

to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975, one

trustee shall be elected for each ward on the date of the

regular county election in the year 1976. However, the

population in no one ward shall be less than 1/6 of the

population of the whole district and the territory in each of

the wards shall be composed of contiguous territory in as

compact form as practicable. A portion of each ward shall abut

the west shore of Lake Michigan and the boundaries of the

respective wards shall coincide with precinct boundaries and

the boundaries of existing municipalities as nearly as

practicable. In the year 1981, and every 10 years thereafter,

the sanitary district board of trustees shall reapportion the

district, so that the respective wards shall conform as nearly

as practicable with the above requirements as to population,

shape and territory.

All trustees elected from 1994 through 2011 shall assume

office on the first Monday in December following the general

election. All trustees elected in 2012 or thereafter shall

assume office on the second Wednesday in December following the

general election.

In the year 1982, and every 10 years thereafter, following

each decennial Federal census, all 5 trustees shall be elected.

Immediately following each decennial redistricting, the

sanitary district board of trustees shall be randomly divided

into 2 groups, one of which shall consist of 3 wards and the

other shall consist of 2 wards. A random process shall again be

used to determine which trustees from one group shall serve

terms of 4 years, 4 years and 2 years; and which trustees from

the other group shall serve terms of 2 years, 4 years and 4

years.

Each of the trustees, upon entering the duties of their

respective offices, shall execute a bond with security, in the

amount and form to be approved by the corporate authorities,

payable to the district, in the penal sum of not less than

$250,000.00, as directed by resolution or ordinance,

conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the

office. Each bond shall be filed with and preserved by the

board secretary.

When a vacancy exists in the office of trustees of any

sanitary district organized under the provisions of this Act,

the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the president of

the sanitary district board of trustees, with the advice and

consent of the sanitary district board of trustees, until the

next regular election at which trustees of the sanitary

district are elected, and shall be made a matter of record in

the office of the county clerk in the county in which the

district is located.

A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a

quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. No

trustee or employee of the district shall be directly or

indirectly interested in any contract, work or business of the

district, or the sale of any article, the expense, price or

consideration of which is paid by the district; nor in the

purchase of any real estate or other property belonging to the

district, or which shall be sold for taxes or assessments, or

by virtue of legal process at the suit of the district. The

trustees have the power to provide and adopt a corporate seal

for the district.

(Source: P.A. 97-500, eff. 8-23-11; 98-162, eff. 8-2-13.)

(70 ILCS 2305/4) (from Ch. 42, par. 280)

Sec. 4. Board of trustees; powers; compensation. The

trustees shall constitute a board of trustees for the district.

The board of trustees is the corporate authority of the

district, and shall exercise all the powers and manage and

control all the affairs and property of the district. The board

shall elect a president and vice-president from among their own

number. In case of the death, resignation, absence from the

state, or other disability of the president, the powers, duties

and emoluments of the office of the president shall devolve

upon the vice-president, until the disability is removed or

until a successor to the president is appointed and chosen in

the manner provided in this Act. The board may select a

secretary, treasurer, executive director, and attorney, and

may provide by ordinance for the employment of other employees

as the board may deem necessary for the municipality. The board

may appoint such other officers and hire such employees to

manage and control the operations of the district as it deems

necessary; provided, however, that the board shall not employ

an individual as a wastewater operator whose Certificate of

Technical Competency is suspended or revoked under rules

adopted by the Pollution Control Board under item (4) of

subsection (a) of Section 13 of the Environmental Protection

Act. All employees selected by the board shall hold their

respective offices during the pleasure of the board, and give

such bond as may be required by the board. The board may

prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all the

officers and employees of the sanitary district. However, the

president of the board of trustees shall not receive more than

$10,000 per year and the other members of the board shall not

receive more than $7,000 per year. However, beginning with the

commencement of the new term of each board member in 1993, the

president shall not receive more than $11,000 per year and each

other member of the board shall not receive more than $8,000

per year. Beginning with the commencement of the first new term

after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th

General Assembly, the president of the board shall not receive

more than $14,000 per year, and each other member of the board

shall not receive more than $11,000 per year. The board of

trustees has full power to pass all necessary ordinances, rules

and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the

business of the board and of the corporation, and for carrying

into effect the objects for which the sanitary district was

formed. The ordinances may provide for a fine for each offense

of not less than $100 or more than $1,000. Each day's

continuance of a violation shall be a separate offense. Fines

under this Section are recoverable by the sanitary district in

a civil action. The sanitary district is authorized to apply to

the circuit court for injunctive relief or mandamus when, in

the opinion of the chief administrative officer, the relief is

necessary to protect the sewerage system of the sanitary

district.

The board of trustees shall have the authority to change

the name of the District, by ordinance, to the North Shore

Water Reclamation District. Any such name change shall not

impair the legal status of any act by the sanitary district. If

an ordinance is passed pursuant to this paragraph, all

provisions of this Act shall apply to the newly renamed

district. No rights, duties, or privilege of such sanitary

district or of any person existing before the change of name

shall be affected by the change in the name of the sanitary

district. All proceedings pending in any court relating to such

sanitary district may continue to final consummation under the

name in which they were commenced.

(Source: P.A. 98-162, eff. 8-2-13.)

(70 ILCS 2305/7.6 new)

Sec. 7.6. Rates for treatment and disposal of sewage and

surface or ground water. The board of trustees shall have the

authority by ordinance to establish, revise, and maintain rates

or charges for the treatment and disposal of sewage and surface

or ground water. Any user charge, industrial waste surcharge,

or industrial cost recovery charge imposed by the sanitary

district, together with all penalties, interest, and costs

imposed in connection therewith, shall be liens against the

real estate which receives the service or benefit for which the

charges are being imposed; provided, however, such liens shall

not attach to such real estate until such charges or rates have

become delinquent as provided by the ordinance of the sanitary

district and provided further, that nothing in this Section

shall be construed to give the sanitary district a preference

over the rights of any purchaser, mortgagee, judgment creditor,

or other lien holder arising prior to the filing in the office

of the recorder of the county in which real estate is located

of notice of the lien, which notice shall consist of a sworn

statement setting out (1) a description of the real estate for

which the service or the benefit was rendered sufficient to

identify the real estate, (2) the amount or amounts of money

due for such service or benefit, and (3) the date or dates when

such amount or amounts became delinquent. The sanitary district

shall have the power to foreclose such lien in the same manner

and with the same effect as in the foreclosure of mortgages on

real estate.

The assertion of liens against real estate by the sanitary

district to secure payment of user charges, industrial waste

surcharges, or industrial cost recovery charges imposed by the

sanitary district as indicated in the previous paragraph shall

be in addition to any other remedy or right of recovery which

the sanitary district may have with respect to the collection

or recovery of such charges imposed by the sanitary district.

Judgment in a civil action brought by the sanitary district to

recover or collect such charges shall not operate as a release

and waiver of the lien upon the real estate for the amount of

the judgment. Only satisfaction of the judgment or the filing

of a release or satisfaction of lien shall release said lien.

The lien for charges on account of services or benefits

provided for in this Section and the rights created hereunder

shall be in addition to the lien upon real estate created by

and imposed for general real estate taxes.

(70 ILCS 2305/7.7 new)

Sec. 7.7. Discharge into sewers of the sanitary district.

(a) As used in this Section:

"Executive director" means the executive director of the

sanitary district.

"Industrial wastes" means all solids, liquids, or gaseous

wastes resulting from any commercial, industrial,

manufacturing, agricultural, trade, or business operation or

process, or from the development, recovery, or processing of

natural resources.

"Other wastes" means decayed wood, sawdust, shavings,

bark, lime, refuse, ashes, garbage, offal, oil, tar, chemicals,

and all other substances except sewage and industrial wastes.

"Person" means any individual, firm, association, joint

venture, sole proprietorship, company, partnership, estate

copartnership, corporation, joint stock company, trust, school

district, unit of local government, or private corporation

organized or existing under the laws of this or any other state

or country.

"Sewage" means water-carried human wastes or a combination

of water-carried wastes from residences, buildings,

businesses, industrial establishments, institutions, or other

places together with any ground, surface, storm, or other water

that may be present.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge

sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes into the sewerage

system of the sanitary district or into any sewer tributary

therewith, except upon the terms and conditions that the

sanitary district might reasonably impose by way of ordinance,

permit, rule, or regulation.

The sanitary district, in addition to all other powers

vested in it and in the interest of public health and safety,

or as authorized by subsections (b) and (c) of Section 46 of

the Environmental Protection Act, is hereby empowered to pass

all ordinances, rules, or regulations necessary to implement

this Section, including, but not limited to, the imposition of

charges based on factors that influence the cost of treatment,

including strength and volume, and including the right of

access during reasonable hours to the premises of a person for

enforcement of adopted ordinances, rules, or regulations.

(c) Whenever the sanitary district, acting through the

executive director, determines that sewage, industrial wastes,

or other wastes are being discharged into the sewerage system

and when, in the opinion of the executive director, the

discharge is in violation of an ordinance, rules, or

regulations adopted by the board of trustees under this Section

governing industrial wastes or other wastes, the executive

director shall order the offending party to cease and desist.

The order shall be served by certified mail or personally on

the owner, officer, registered agent, or individual designated

by permit.

In the event the offending party fails or refuses to

discontinue the discharge within 90 days after notification of

the cease and desist order, the executive director may order

the offending party to show cause before the board of trustees

of the sanitary district why the discharge should not be

discontinued. A notice shall be served on the offending party

directing him, her, or it to show cause before the board of

trustees why an order should not be entered directing the

discontinuance of the discharge. The notice shall specify the

time and place where a hearing will be held and shall be served

personally or by registered or certified mail at least 10 days

before the hearing; and, in the case of a unit of local

government or a corporation, the service shall be upon an

officer or agent thereof. After reviewing the evidence, the

board of trustees may issue an order to the party responsible

for the discharge, directing that within a specified period of

time the discharge be discontinued. The board of trustees may

also order the party responsible for the discharge to pay a

civil penalty in an amount specified by the board of trustees

that is not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000 per day for

each day of discharge of effluent in violation of this Act as

provided in subsection (d). The board of trustees may also

order the party responsible for the violation to pay court

reporter costs and hearing officer fees in an amount not

exceeding $3,000.

(d) The board of trustees shall establish procedures for

assessing civil penalties and issuing orders under subsection

(c) as follows:

(1) In making its orders and determinations, the board

of trustees shall take into consideration all the facts and

circumstances bearing on the activities involved and the

assessment of civil penalties as shown by the record

produced at the hearing.

(2) The board of trustees shall establish a panel of

one or more independent hearing officers to conduct all

hearings on the assessment of civil penalties and issuance

of orders under subsection (c). All hearing officers shall

be attorneys licensed to practice law in this State.

(3) The board of trustees shall promulgate procedural

rules governing the proceedings, the assessment of civil

penalties, and the issuance of orders.

(4) All hearings shall be on the record, and testimony

taken must be under oath and recorded stenographically.

Transcripts so recorded must be made available to any

member of the public or any party to the hearing upon

payment of the usual charges for transcripts. At the

hearing, the hearing officer may issue, in the name of the

board of trustees, notices of hearing requesting the

attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of

evidence relevant to any matter involved in the hearing,

and may examine witnesses.

(5) The hearing officer shall conduct a full and

impartial hearing on the record, with an opportunity for

the presentation of evidence and cross-examination of the

witnesses. The hearing officer shall issue findings of

fact, conclusions of law, a recommended civil penalty, and

an order based solely on the record. The hearing officer

may also recommend, as part of the order, that the

discharge of industrial waste be discontinued within a

specified time.

(6) The findings of fact, conclusions of law,

recommended civil penalty, and order shall be transmitted

to the board of trustees along with a complete record of

the hearing.

(7) The board of trustees shall either approve or

disapprove the findings of fact, conclusions of law,

recommended civil penalty, and order. If the findings of

fact, conclusions of law, recommended civil penalty, or

order are rejected, the board of trustees shall remand the

matter to the hearing officer for further proceedings. If

the order is accepted by the board of trustees, it shall

constitute the final order of the board of trustees.

(8) The civil penalty specified by the board of

trustees shall be paid within 35 days after the party on

whom it is imposed receives a written copy of the order of

the board of trustees, unless the person or persons to whom

the order is issued seeks judicial review.

(9) If a person seeks judicial review of the order

assessing civil penalties, the person shall, within 35 days

after the date of the final order, pay the amount of the

civil penalties into an escrow account maintained by the

sanitary district for that purpose or file a bond

guaranteeing payment of the civil penalties if the civil

penalties are upheld on review.

(10) Civil penalties not paid by the times specified

above shall be delinquent and subject to a lien recorded

against the property of the person ordered to pay the

penalty. The foregoing provisions for asserting liens

against real estate by the sanitary district shall be in

addition to any other remedy or right of recovery that the

sanitary district may have with respect to the collection

or recovery of penalties and charges imposed by the

sanitary district. Judgment in a civil action brought by

the sanitary district to recover or collect the charges

shall not operate as a release and waiver of the lien upon

the real estate for the amount of the judgment. Only

satisfaction of the judgment or the filing of a release or

satisfaction of lien shall release the lien.

(e) The executive director may order a person to cease the

discharge of industrial waste upon a finding by the executive

director that the final order of the board of trustees entered

after a hearing to show cause has been violated. The executive

director shall serve the person with a copy of his or her order

either by certified mail or personally by serving the owner,

officer, registered agent, or individual designated by permit.

The order of the executive director shall also schedule an

expedited hearing before a hearing officer designated by the

board of trustees for the purpose of determining whether the

person has violated the final order of the board of trustees.

The board of trustees shall adopt rules of procedure governing

expedited hearings. In no event shall the hearing be conducted

less than 7 days after service of the executive director's

order.

At the conclusion of the expedited hearing, the hearing

officer shall prepare a report with his or her findings and

recommendations and transmit it to the board of trustees. If

the board of trustees, after reviewing the findings and

recommendations, and the record produced at the hearing,

determines that the person has violated the board of trustees'

final order, the board of trustees may authorize the plugging

of the sewer. The executive director shall give not less than

10 days' written notice of the board of trustees' order to the

owner, officer, registered agent, or individual designated by

permit, as well as the owner of record of the real estate and

other parties known to be affected, that the sewer will be

plugged.

The foregoing provision for plugging a sewer shall be in

addition to any other remedy that the sanitary district may

have to prevent violation of its ordinances and orders of its

board of trustees.

(f) A violation of the final order of the board of trustees

shall be considered a nuisance. If any person discharges

sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes into any waters

contrary to the final order of the board of trustees, the

sanitary district, acting through the executive director, has

the power to commence an action or proceeding in the circuit

court in and for the county in which the sanitary district is

located for the purpose of having the discharge stopped either

by mandamus or injunction, or to remedy the violation in any

manner provided for in this Section.

The court shall specify a time, not exceeding 20 days after

the service of the copy of the complaint, in which the party

complained of must plead to the complaint, and in the meantime,

the party may be restrained. In case of default or after

pleading, the court shall immediately inquire into the facts

and circumstances of the case and enter an appropriate judgment

in respect to the matters complained of. Appeals may be taken

as in other civil cases.

(g) The sanitary district, acting through the executive

director, has the power to commence an action or proceeding for

mandamus or injunction in the circuit court ordering a person

to cease its discharge, when, in the opinion of the executive

director, the person's discharge presents an imminent danger to

the public health, welfare, or safety; presents or may present

an endangerment to the environment; or threatens to interfere

with the operation of the sewerage system or a water

reclamation plant under the jurisdiction of the sanitary

district. The initiation of a show cause hearing is not a

prerequisite to the commencement by the sanitary district of an

action or proceeding for mandamus or injunction in the circuit

court. The court shall specify a time, not exceeding 20 days

after the service of a copy of the petition, in which the party

complained of must answer the petition, and in the meantime,

the party may be restrained. In case of default in answer or

after answer, the court shall immediately inquire into the

facts and circumstances of the case and enter an appropriate

judgment order in respect to the matters complained of. An

appeal may be taken from the final judgment in the same manner

and with the same effect as appeals are taken from judgment of

the circuit court in other actions for mandamus or injunction.

(h) Whenever the sanitary district commences an action

under subsection (f) of this Section, the court shall assess a

civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 for

each day the person violates the board of trustees' order.

Whenever the sanitary district commences an action under

subsection (g) of this Section, the court shall assess a civil

penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 for each

day the person violates the ordinance. Each day's continuance

of the violation is a separate offense. The penalties provided

in this Section plus interest at the rate set forth in the

Interest Act on unpaid penalties, costs, and fees, imposed by

the board of trustees under subsection (d); the reasonable

costs to the sanitary district of removal or other remedial

action caused by discharges in violation of this Act;

reasonable attorney's fees; court costs; other expenses of

litigation; and costs for inspection, sampling, analysis, and

administration related to the enforcement action against the

offending party are recoverable by the sanitary district in a

civil action.

(i) The board of trustees may establish fees for late

filing of reports with the sanitary district required by an

ordinance governing discharges. The sanitary district shall

provide by certified mail a written notice of the fee

assessment that states the person has 30 days after the receipt

of the notice to request a conference with the executive

director's designee to discuss or dispute the appropriateness

of the assessed fee. Unless a person objects to paying the fee

for filing a report late by timely requesting in writing a

conference with a designee of the executive director, that

person waives his or her right to a conference and the sanitary

district may impose a lien recorded against the property of the

person for the amount of the unpaid fee.

If a person requests a conference and the matter is not

resolved at the conference, the person subject to the fee may

request an administrative hearing before an impartial hearing

officer appointed under subsection (d) to determine the

person's liability for and the amount of the fee. If the

hearing officer finds that the late filing fees are owed to the

sanitary district, the sanitary district shall notify the

responsible person or persons of the hearing officer's

decision. If payment is not made within 30 days after the

notice, the sanitary district may impose a lien on the property

of the person or persons.

Any liens filed under this subsection shall apply only to

the property to which the late filing fees are related. A claim

for lien shall be filed in the office of the recorder of the

county in which the property is located. The filing of a claim

for lien by the sanitary district does not prevent the sanitary

district from pursuing other means for collecting late filing

fees. If a claim for lien is filed, the sanitary district shall

notify the person whose property is subject to the lien, and

the person may challenge the lien by filing an action in the

circuit court. The action shall be filed within 90 days after

the person receives the notice of the filing of the claim for

lien. The court shall hear evidence concerning the underlying

reasons for the lien only if an administrative hearing has not

been held under this subsection.

(j) To be effective service under this Section, a demand or

order sent by certified or registered mail to the last known

address need not be received by the offending party. Service of

the demand or order by registered or certified mail shall be

deemed effective upon deposit in the United States mail with

proper postage prepaid and addressed as provided in this

Section.

(k) The provisions of the Administrative Review Law and all

amendments and rules adopted pursuant to that Law apply to and

govern all proceedings for the judicial review of final

administrative decisions of the board of trustees in the

enforcement of any ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted under

this Act. The cost of preparing the record on appeal shall be

paid by the person seeking a review of an order or action

pursuant to the Administrative Review Law.

(l) The provisions of this Section are severable under

Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

(70 ILCS 2305/11) (from Ch. 42, par. 287)

Sec. 11. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all

contracts for purchases or sales by the municipality, the

expense of which will exceed the mandatory competitive bid

threshold, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder

therefor upon not less than 14 days' public notice of the terms

and conditions upon which the contract is to be let, having

been given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation

published in the district, and the board may reject any and all

bids and readvertise. In determining the lowest responsible

bidder, the board shall take into consideration the qualities

and serviceability of the articles supplied, their conformity

with specifications, their suitability to the requirements of

the district, the availability of support services, the

uniqueness of the service, materials, equipment, or supplies as

it applies to network integrated computer systems, the

compatibility of the service, materials, equipment or supplies

with existing equipment, and the delivery terms. Contracts for

services in excess of the mandatory competitive bid threshold

may, subject to the provisions of this Section, be let by

competitive bidding at the discretion of the district board of

trustees. All contracts for purchases or sales that will not

exceed the mandatory competitive bid threshold may be made in

the open market without publication in a newspaper as above

provided, but whenever practical shall be based on at least 3

competitive bids. For purposes of this Section, the "mandatory

competitive bid threshold" is a dollar amount equal to 0.1% of

the total general fixed assets of the district as reported in

the most recent required audit report. In no event, however,

shall the mandatory competitive bid threshold dollar amount be

less than $10,000, nor more than $40,000.

Cash, a cashier's check, a certified check, or a bid bond

with adequate surety approved by the board of trustees as a

deposit of good faith, in a reasonable amount, but not in

excess of 10% of the contract amount, may be required of each

bidder by the district on all bids involving amounts in excess

of the mandatory competitive bid threshold and, if so required,

the advertisement for bids shall so specify.

Contracts which by their nature are not adapted to award by

competitive bidding, including, without limitation, contracts

for the services of individuals, groups or firms possessing a

high degree of professional skill where the ability or fitness

of the individual or organization plays an important part,

contracts for financial management services undertaken

pursuant to "An Act relating to certain investments of public

funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or

hereafter amended, contracts for the purchase or sale of

utilities, contracts for commodities including supply

contracts for natural gas and electricity, contracts for

materials economically procurable only from a single source of

supply, contracts for services, supplies, materials, parts, or

equipment which are available only from a single source or

contracts for maintenance, repairs, OEM supplies, or OEM parts

from the manufacturer or from a source authorized by the

manufacturer, contracts for the use, purchase, delivery,

movement, or installation of data processing equipment,

software, or services and telecommunications and interconnect

equipment, software, or services, contracts for duplicating

machines and supplies, contracts for goods or services procured

from another governmental agency, purchases of equipment

previously owned by an entity other than the district itself,

purchases of used equipment, purchases at auction or similar

transactions which by their very nature are not suitable to

competitive bids, and leases of real property where the

sanitary district is the lessee shall not be subject to the

competitive bidding requirements of this Section.

The District may use a design-build procurement method for

any public project which shall not be subject to the

competitive bidding requirements of this Section provided the

Board of Trustees approves the contract for the public project

by a vote of 4 of the 5 trustees. For the purposes of this

Section, "design-build" means a delivery system that provides

responsibility within a single contract for the furnishing of

architecture, engineering, land surveying and related services

as required, and the labor, materials, equipment, and other

construction services for the project.

In the case of an emergency affecting the public health or

safety so declared by the Board of Trustees of the municipality

at a meeting thereof duly convened, which declaration shall

require the affirmative vote of four of the five Trustees, and

shall set forth the nature of the danger to the public health

or safety, contracts totaling not more than the emergency

contract cap may be let to the extent necessary to resolve such

emergency without public advertisement or competitive bidding.

For purposes of this Section, the dollar amount of an emergency

contract shall not be less than $40,000, nor more than

$350,000. The Resolution or Ordinance in which such declaration

is embodied shall fix the date upon which such emergency shall

terminate which date may be extended or abridged by the Board

of Trustees as in their judgment the circumstances require. A

full written account of any such emergency, together with a

requisition for the materials, supplies, labor or equipment

required therefor shall be submitted immediately upon

completion and shall be open to public inspection for a period

of at least one year subsequent to the date of such emergency

purchase. Within 30 days after the passage of the resolution or

ordinance declaring an emergency affecting the public health or

safety, the municipality shall submit to the Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency the full written account of any

such emergency along with a copy of the resolution or ordinance

declaring the emergency, in accordance with requirements as may

be provided by rule.

To address operating emergencies not affecting the public

health or safety, the Board of Trustees shall authorize, in

writing, officials or employees of the sanitary district to

purchase in the open market and without advertisement any

supplies, materials, equipment, or services for immediate

delivery to meet the bona fide operating emergency, without

filing a requisition or estimate therefor, in an amount not in

excess of $100,000; provided that the Board of Trustees must be

notified of the operating emergency. A full, written account of

each operating emergency and a requisition for the materials,

supplies, equipment, and services required to meet the

operating emergency must be immediately submitted by the

officials or employees authorized to make purchases to the

Board of Trustees. The account must be available for public

inspection for a period of at least one year after the date of

the operating emergency purchase. The exercise of authority

with respect to purchases for a bona fide operating emergency

is not dependent on a declaration of an operating emergency by

the Board of Trustees.

The competitive bidding requirements of this Section do not

apply to contracts, including contracts for both materials and

services incidental thereto, for the repair or replacement of a

sanitary district's treatment plant, sewers, equipment, or

facilities damaged or destroyed as the result of a sudden or

unexpected occurrence, including, but not limited to, a flood,

fire, tornado, earthquake, storm, or other natural or man-made

disaster, if the board of trustees determines in writing that

the awarding of those contracts without competitive bidding is

reasonably necessary for the sanitary district to maintain

compliance with a permit issued under the National Pollution

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) or any successor system or

with any outstanding order relating to that compliance issued

by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, or the Illinois

Pollution Control Board. The authority to issue contracts

without competitive bidding pursuant to this paragraph expires

6 months after the date of the writing determining that the

awarding of contracts without competitive bidding is

reasonably necessary.

No Trustee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in

any contract, work or business of the municipality, or in the

sale of any article, whenever the expense, price or

consideration of the contract work, business or sale is paid

either from the treasury or by any assessment levied by any

Statute or Ordinance. No Trustee shall be interested, directly

or indirectly, in the purchase of any property which (1)

belongs to the municipality, or (2) is sold for taxes or

assessments of the municipality, or (3) is sold by virtue of

legal process in the suit of the municipality.

A contract for any work or other public improvement, to be

paid for in whole or in part by special assessment or special

taxation, shall be entered into and the performance thereof

controlled by the provisions of Division 2 of Article 9 of the

"Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as heretofore

or hereafter amended, as near as may be. However, contracts may

be let for making proper and suitable connections between the

mains and outlets of the respective sanitary sewers in the

district with any conduit, conduits, main pipe or pipes that

may be constructed by such sanitary district.

(Source: P.A. 98-162, eff. 8-2-13.)

(70 ILCS 2305/18.5 new)

Sec. 18.5. Contracts. The sanitary district may enter into

contracts with municipalities or other parties outside the

sanitary district that may request service from the sanitary

district at higher rates than the existing rates for like

consumers within the sanitary district to allow the sanitary

district to obtain a fair return to cover the costs of

financing, constructing, operating, and maintaining its

facilities. In the event that thereafter such rates are not

agreed upon by the parties or are not otherwise provided for by

contract, such rates shall be fixed and determined by the

circuit court of Lake County after a petition has been filed

with that court.

(70 ILCS 2305/31 new)

Sec. 31. Resource recovery.

(a) As used in this Section:

"Recovered resources" means any material produced by or

extracted from the operation of sanitary district facilities,

including, but not limited to:

(1) solids, including solids from the digestion

process, semi-solids, or liquid materials;

(2) gases, including biogas, carbon dioxide, and

methane;

(3) nutrients;

(4) algae;

(5) treated effluent; and

(6) thermal energy or hydropower.

"Renewable energy facility" shall have the same meaning as

a facility defined under Section 5 of the Renewable Energy

Production District Act.

"Renewable energy resources" means resources as defined

under Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.

"Resource recovery" means the recovery of material or

energy from waste as defined under Section 3.435 of the

Environmental Protection Act.

(b) The General Assembly finds that:

(1) technological advancements in wastewater treatment

have resulted in the ability to capture recovered resources

and produce renewable energy resources from material

previously discarded;

(2) the capture and beneficial reuse of recovered

resources and the production of renewable energy resources

serve a wide variety of environmental benefits including,

but not limited to, improved water quality, reduction of

greenhouse gases, reduction of carbon footprint, reduction

of landfill usage, reduced usage of hydrocarbon-based

fuels, return of nutrients to the food cycle, and reduced

water consumption;

(3) the sanitary district is a leader in the field of

wastewater treatment and possesses the expertise and

experience necessary to capture and beneficially reuse or

prepare for beneficial reuse recovered resources,

including renewable energy resources; and

(4) the sanitary district has the opportunity and

ability to change the approach to wastewater treatment from

that of a waste material to be disposed of to one of a

collection of resources to be recovered, reused, and sold,

with the opportunity to provide the sanitary district with

additional sources of revenue and reduce operating costs.

(c) The sanitary district may sell or otherwise dispose of

recovered resources or renewable energy resources resulting

from the operation of sanitary district facilities, and may

construct, maintain, finance, and operate such activities,

facilities, and other works as are necessary for that purpose.

(d) The sanitary district may take in materials which are

used in the generation of usable products from recovered

resources, or which increase the production of renewable energy

resources, including, but not limited to, food waste, organic

fraction of solid waste, commercial or industrial organic

wastes, fats, oils, greases, and vegetable debris.

(e) The authorizations granted to the sanitary district

under this Section shall not be construed as modifying or

limiting any other law or regulation. Any actions taken

pursuant to the authorities granted in this Section must be in

compliance with all applicable laws and regulations,

including, but not limited to, the Environmental Protection

Act, and rules adopted under that Act.

Section 15. The Sanitary District Act of 1917 is amended by

changing Section 17.1 as follows:

(70 ILCS 2405/17.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 316.1)

Sec. 17.1. Acquiring district or municipal treatment

works.

(a) After incorporation, any district organized under this

Act may, in accordance with this Act and an intergovernmental

agreement with the sanitary district being acquired or the

municipality from whom the treatment works and lines are to be

acquired, acquire the territory, treatment works, lines,

appurtenances, and other property of (i) any sanitary district

organized under this Act, the Sanitary District Act of 1907,

the North Shore Water Reclamation Sanitary District Act, the

Sanitary District Act of 1936, or the Metro-East Sanitary

District Act of 1974 or (ii) any municipality whose treatment

works were established under the Illinois Municipal Code or the

Municipal Wastewater Disposal Zones Act, regardless of whether

that district or municipality is contiguous to the acquiring

sanitary district. The distance between the sanitary district

being acquired or municipality and the acquiring sanitary

district, however, as measured between the points on their

corporate boundaries that are nearest to each other, shall not

exceed 20 miles. In the case of a municipality, only that

property used by the municipality for transport, treatment, and

discharge of wastewater and for disposal of sewage sludge shall

be transferred to the acquiring sanitary district.

(b) The board of trustees of the sanitary district being

acquired, or the corporate authorities of a municipality whose

treatment works is being acquired, shall, jointly with the

board of trustees of the acquiring sanitary district, petition

the circuit court of the county containing all or the larger

portion of the sanitary district being acquired or the

municipality to permit the acquisition. The petition shall show

the following:

(1) The reason for the acquisition.

(2) That there are no debts of the sanitary district

being acquired or municipality outstanding, or that there

are sufficient funds on hand or available to satisfy those

debts.

(3) That no contract or federal or State permit or

grant will be impaired by the acquisition.

(4) That all assets and responsibilities of the

sanitary district being acquired or municipality, as they

relate to wastewater treatment, have been properly

assigned to the acquiring sanitary district.

(5) That the acquiring sanitary district will pay any

court costs incurred in connection with the petition.

(6) The boundaries of the acquired sanitary district or

municipality as of the date of the petition.

(c) Upon adequate notice, including appropriate notice to

the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the circuit

court shall hold a hearing to determine whether there is good

cause for the acquisition by the acquiring district and whether

the allegations of the petition are true. If the court finds

that there is good cause and that the allegations are true, it

shall order the acquisition to proceed. If the court finds that

there is not good cause for the acquisition or that the

allegations of the petition are not true, the court shall

dismiss the petition. In either event, the costs shall be taxed

against the acquiring sanitary district. The order shall be

final. Separate or joint appeals may be taken by any party

affected by the order as in other civil cases.

(d) If the court orders the acquisition contemplated in the

petition, there shall be no further appointments of trustees if

the acquired agency is a sanitary district. The trustees of the

acquired sanitary district acting at the time of the order

shall close up the business affairs of the sanitary district

and make the necessary conveyances of title to the sanitary

district property in accordance with the intergovernmental

agreement between the acquiring and acquired sanitary

districts. In the case of a municipality, the governing body of

the municipality shall make the necessary conveyances of title

to municipal property to the acquiring sanitary district in

accordance with the intergovernmental agreement between the

municipality and the acquiring sanitary district. The

acquiring sanitary district's ordinances take effect in the

acquired territory upon entry of the order.

(e) The acquisition of any sanitary district by another

sanitary district or the acquisition of a treatment works from

a municipality by another sanitary district shall not affect

the obligation of any bonds issued or contracts entered into by

the acquired sanitary district or the municipality, nor

invalidate the levy, extension, or collection of any taxes or

special assessments upon a property in the acquired sanitary

district, but all those bonds and contracts shall be

discharged. The general obligation indebtedness of the

acquired sanitary district shall be paid from the proceeds of

continuing taxes and special assessments as provided in this

Act.

All money remaining after the business affairs of the

acquired sanitary district or acquired treatment works of the

municipality have been closed up and all debts and obligations

of the entities paid shall be paid to the acquiring sanitary

district in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement

between the parties.

(f) The board of trustees of the acquiring sanitary

district required to provide sewer service under this Act may

levy and collect, for that purpose, a tax on the taxable

property within that district. The aggregate amount of the tax

shall be as provided in this Act.

(g) Any intergovernmental agreement entered into by the

parties under this Section shall provide for the imposition or

continuance of a user charge system in accordance with the

acquiring district's ordinance, the Illinois Environmental

Protection Act, and the federal Clean Water Act.

(h) All courts shall take judicial notice of the

acquisition of the sanitary district being acquired or

municipal treatment works by the acquiring sanitary district.

(Source: P.A. 87-1060.)

Section 20. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by changing

Section 15-5-15 as follows:

(735 ILCS 30/15-5-15)

Sec. 15-5-15. Eminent domain powers in ILCS Chapters 70

through 75. The following provisions of law may include express

grants of the power to acquire property by condemnation or

eminent domain:

(70 ILCS 5/8.02 and 5/9); Airport Authorities Act; airport

authorities; for public airport facilities.

(70 ILCS 5/8.05 and 5/9); Airport Authorities Act; airport

authorities; for removal of airport hazards.

(70 ILCS 5/8.06 and 5/9); Airport Authorities Act; airport

authorities; for reduction of the height of objects or

structures.

(70 ILCS 10/4); Interstate Airport Authorities Act; interstate

airport authorities; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 15/3); Kankakee River Valley Area Airport Authority

Act; Kankakee River Valley Area Airport Authority; for

acquisition of land for airports.

(70 ILCS 200/2-20); Civic Center Code; civic center

authorities; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/5-35); Civic Center Code; Aledo Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/10-15); Civic Center Code; Aurora Metropolitan

Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for

grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/15-40); Civic Center Code; Benton Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/20-15); Civic Center Code; Bloomington Civic

Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and

parking.

(70 ILCS 200/35-35); Civic Center Code; Brownstown Park

District Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers,

buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/40-35); Civic Center Code; Carbondale Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/55-60); Civic Center Code; Chicago South Civic

Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and

parking.

(70 ILCS 200/60-30); Civic Center Code; Collinsville

Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/70-35); Civic Center Code; Crystal Lake Civic

Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and

parking.

(70 ILCS 200/75-20); Civic Center Code; Decatur Metropolitan

Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for

grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/80-15); Civic Center Code; DuPage County

Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/85-35); Civic Center Code; Elgin Metropolitan

Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for

grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/95-25); Civic Center Code; Herrin Metropolitan

Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for

grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/110-35); Civic Center Code; Illinois Valley Civic

Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and

parking.

(70 ILCS 200/115-35); Civic Center Code; Jasper County Civic

Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and

parking.

(70 ILCS 200/120-25); Civic Center Code; Jefferson County

Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/125-15); Civic Center Code; Jo Daviess County

Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings,

and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/130-30); Civic Center Code; Katherine Dunham

Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/145-35); Civic Center Code; Marengo Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/150-35); Civic Center Code; Mason County Civic

Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and

parking.

(70 ILCS 200/155-15); Civic Center Code; Matteson Metropolitan

Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings,

and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/160-35); Civic Center Code; Maywood Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/165-35); Civic Center Code; Melrose Park

Metropolitan Exposition Auditorium and Office Building

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/170-20); Civic Center Code; certain Metropolitan

Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authorities;

for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 200/180-35); Civic Center Code; Normal Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/185-15); Civic Center Code; Oak Park Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/195-35); Civic Center Code; Ottawa Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/200-15); Civic Center Code; Pekin Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/205-15); Civic Center Code; Peoria Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/210-35); Civic Center Code; Pontiac Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/215-15); Civic Center Code; Illinois Quad City

Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings,

and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/220-30); Civic Center Code; Quincy Metropolitan

Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for

grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/225-35); Civic Center Code; Randolph County Civic

Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and

parking.

(70 ILCS 200/230-35); Civic Center Code; River Forest

Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/235-40); Civic Center Code; Riverside Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/245-35); Civic Center Code; Salem Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/255-20); Civic Center Code; Springfield

Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority; for

grounds, centers, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/260-35); Civic Center Code; Sterling Metropolitan

Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for

grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/265-20); Civic Center Code; Vermilion County

Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/270-35); Civic Center Code; Waukegan Civic Center

Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

(70 ILCS 200/275-35); Civic Center Code; West Frankfort Civic

Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and

parking.

(70 ILCS 200/280-20); Civic Center Code; Will County

Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority; for

grounds, centers, and parking.

(70 ILCS 210/5); Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority

Act; Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority; for

general purposes, including quick-take power.

(70 ILCS 405/22.04); Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act;

soil and water conservation districts; for general

purposes.

(70 ILCS 410/10 and 410/12); Conservation District Act;

conservation districts; for open space, wildland, scenic

roadway, pathway, outdoor recreation, or other

conservation benefits.

(70 ILCS 503/25); Chanute-Rantoul National Aviation Center

Redevelopment Commission Act; Chanute-Rantoul National

Aviation Center Redevelopment Commission; for general

purposes.

(70 ILCS 507/15); Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission Act;

Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission; for general

purposes or to carry out comprehensive or redevelopment

plans.

(70 ILCS 520/8); Southwestern Illinois Development Authority

Act; Southwestern Illinois Development Authority; for

general purposes, including quick-take power.

(70 ILCS 605/4-17 and 605/5-7); Illinois Drainage Code;

drainage districts; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 615/5 and 615/6); Chicago Drainage District Act;

corporate authorities; for construction and maintenance of

works.

(70 ILCS 705/10); Fire Protection District Act; fire protection

districts; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 750/20); Flood Prevention District Act; flood

prevention districts; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 805/6); Downstate Forest Preserve District Act;

certain forest preserve districts; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 805/18.8); Downstate Forest Preserve District Act;

certain forest preserve districts; for recreational and

cultural facilities.

(70 ILCS 810/8); Cook County Forest Preserve District Act;

Forest Preserve District of Cook County; for general

purposes.

(70 ILCS 810/38); Cook County Forest Preserve District Act;

Forest Preserve District of Cook County; for recreational

facilities.

(70 ILCS 910/15 and 910/16); Hospital District Law; hospital

districts; for hospitals or hospital facilities.

(70 ILCS 915/3); Illinois Medical District Act; Illinois

Medical District Commission; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 915/4.5); Illinois Medical District Act; Illinois

Medical District Commission; quick-take power for the

Illinois State Police Forensic Science Laboratory

(obsolete).

(70 ILCS 920/5); Tuberculosis Sanitarium District Act;

tuberculosis sanitarium districts; for tuberculosis

sanitariums.

(70 ILCS 925/20); Mid-Illinois Medical District Act;

Mid-Illinois Medical District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 930/20); Mid-America Medical District Act;

Mid-America Medical District Commission; for general

purposes.

(70 ILCS 935/20); Roseland Community Medical District Act;

medical district; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1005/7); Mosquito Abatement District Act; mosquito

abatement districts; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1105/8); Museum District Act; museum districts; for

general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1205/7-1); Park District Code; park districts; for

streets and other purposes.

(70 ILCS 1205/8-1); Park District Code; park districts; for

parks.

(70 ILCS 1205/9-2 and 1205/9-4); Park District Code; park

districts; for airports and landing fields.

(70 ILCS 1205/11-2 and 1205/11-3); Park District Code; park

districts; for State land abutting public water and certain

access rights.

(70 ILCS 1205/11.1-3); Park District Code; park districts; for

harbors.

(70 ILCS 1225/2); Park Commissioners Land Condemnation Act;

park districts; for street widening.

(70 ILCS 1230/1 and 1230/1-a); Park Commissioners Water Control

Act; park districts; for parks, boulevards, driveways,

parkways, viaducts, bridges, or tunnels.

(70 ILCS 1250/2); Park Commissioners Street Control (1889) Act;

park districts; for boulevards or driveways.

(70 ILCS 1290/1); Park District Aquarium and Museum Act;

municipalities or park districts; for aquariums or

museums.

(70 ILCS 1305/2); Park District Airport Zoning Act; park

districts; for restriction of the height of structures.

(70 ILCS 1310/5); Park District Elevated Highway Act; park

districts; for elevated highways.

(70 ILCS 1505/15); Chicago Park District Act; Chicago Park

District; for parks and other purposes.

(70 ILCS 1505/25.1); Chicago Park District Act; Chicago Park

District; for parking lots or garages.

(70 ILCS 1505/26.3); Chicago Park District Act; Chicago Park

District; for harbors.

(70 ILCS 1570/5); Lincoln Park Commissioners Land Condemnation

Act; Lincoln Park Commissioners; for land and interests in

land, including riparian rights.

(70 ILCS 1801/30); Alexander-Cairo Port District Act;

Alexander-Cairo Port District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1805/8); Havana Regional Port District Act; Havana

Regional Port District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1810/7); Illinois International Port District Act;

Illinois International Port District; for general

purposes.

(70 ILCS 1815/13); Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act;

Illinois Valley Regional Port District; for general

purposes.

(70 ILCS 1820/4); Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port

District Act; Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port

District; for removal of airport hazards or reduction of

the height of objects or structures.

(70 ILCS 1820/5); Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port

District Act; Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port

District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1825/4.9); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet

Regional Port District; for removal of airport hazards.

(70 ILCS 1825/4.10); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet

Regional Port District; for reduction of the height of

objects or structures.

(70 ILCS 1825/4.18); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet

Regional Port District; for removal of hazards from ports

and terminals.

(70 ILCS 1825/5); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet

Regional Port District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1830/7.1); Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act;

Kaskaskia Regional Port District; for removal of hazards

from ports and terminals.

(70 ILCS 1830/14); Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act;

Kaskaskia Regional Port District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1831/30); Massac-Metropolis Port District Act;

Massac-Metropolis Port District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1835/5.10); Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act; Mt.

Carmel Regional Port District; for removal of airport

hazards.

(70 ILCS 1835/5.11); Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act; Mt.

Carmel Regional Port District; for reduction of the height

of objects or structures.

(70 ILCS 1835/6); Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act; Mt.

Carmel Regional Port District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1837/30); Ottawa Port District Act; Ottawa Port

District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1845/4.9); Seneca Regional Port District Act; Seneca

Regional Port District; for removal of airport hazards.

(70 ILCS 1845/4.10); Seneca Regional Port District Act; Seneca

Regional Port District; for reduction of the height of

objects or structures.

(70 ILCS 1845/5); Seneca Regional Port District Act; Seneca

Regional Port District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1850/4); Shawneetown Regional Port District Act;

Shawneetown Regional Port District; for removal of airport

hazards or reduction of the height of objects or

structures.

(70 ILCS 1850/5); Shawneetown Regional Port District Act;

Shawneetown Regional Port District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1855/4); Southwest Regional Port District Act;

Southwest Regional Port District; for removal of airport

hazards or reduction of the height of objects or

structures.

(70 ILCS 1855/5); Southwest Regional Port District Act;

Southwest Regional Port District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1860/4); Tri-City Regional Port District Act; Tri-City

Regional Port District; for removal of airport hazards.

(70 ILCS 1860/5); Tri-City Regional Port District Act; Tri-City

Regional Port District; for the development of facilities.

(70 ILCS 1863/11); Upper Mississippi River International Port

District Act; Upper Mississippi River International Port

District; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1865/4.9); Waukegan Port District Act; Waukegan Port

District; for removal of airport hazards.

(70 ILCS 1865/4.10); Waukegan Port District Act; Waukegan Port

District; for restricting the height of objects or

structures.

(70 ILCS 1865/5); Waukegan Port District Act; Waukegan Port

District; for the development of facilities.

(70 ILCS 1870/8); White County Port District Act; White County

Port District; for the development of facilities.

(70 ILCS 1905/16); Railroad Terminal Authority Act; Railroad

Terminal Authority (Chicago); for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 1915/25); Grand Avenue Railroad Relocation Authority

Act; Grand Avenue Railroad Relocation Authority; for

general purposes, including quick-take power (now

obsolete).

(70 ILCS 1935/25); Elmwood Park Grade Separation Authority Act;

Elmwood Park Grade Separation Authority; for general

purposes.

(70 ILCS 2105/9b); River Conservancy Districts Act; river

conservancy districts; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 2105/10a); River Conservancy Districts Act; river

conservancy districts; for corporate purposes.

(70 ILCS 2205/15); Sanitary District Act of 1907; sanitary

districts; for corporate purposes.

(70 ILCS 2205/18); Sanitary District Act of 1907; sanitary

districts; for improvements and works.

(70 ILCS 2205/19); Sanitary District Act of 1907; sanitary

districts; for access to property.

(70 ILCS 2305/8); North Shore Water Reclamation Sanitary

District Act; North Shore Water Reclamation Sanitary

District; for corporate purposes.

(70 ILCS 2305/15); North Shore Water Reclamation Sanitary

District Act; North Shore Water Reclamation Sanitary

District; for improvements.

(70 ILCS 2405/7.9); Sanitary District Act of 1917; Sanitary

District of Decatur; for carrying out agreements to sell,

convey, or disburse treated wastewater to a private entity.

(70 ILCS 2405/8); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary

districts; for corporate purposes.

(70 ILCS 2405/15); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary

districts; for improvements.

(70 ILCS 2405/16.9 and 2405/16.10); Sanitary District Act of

1917; sanitary districts; for waterworks.

(70 ILCS 2405/17.2); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary

districts; for public sewer and water utility treatment

works.

(70 ILCS 2405/18); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary

districts; for dams or other structures to regulate water

flow.

(70 ILCS 2605/8); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act;

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; for corporate

purposes.

(70 ILCS 2605/16); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

Act; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; quick-take

power for improvements.

(70 ILCS 2605/17); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

Act; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; for bridges.

(70 ILCS 2605/35); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

Act; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; for widening

and deepening a navigable stream.

(70 ILCS 2805/10); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary

districts; for corporate purposes.

(70 ILCS 2805/24); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary

districts; for improvements.

(70 ILCS 2805/26i and 2805/26j); Sanitary District Act of 1936;

sanitary districts; for drainage systems.

(70 ILCS 2805/27); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary

districts; for dams or other structures to regulate water

flow.

(70 ILCS 2805/32k); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary

districts; for water supply.

(70 ILCS 2805/32l); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary

districts; for waterworks.

(70 ILCS 2905/2-7); Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974;

Metro-East Sanitary District; for corporate purposes.

(70 ILCS 2905/2-8); Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974;

Metro-East Sanitary District; for access to property.

(70 ILCS 3010/10); Sanitary District Revenue Bond Act; sanitary

districts; for sewerage systems.

(70 ILCS 3205/12); Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act;

Illinois Sports Facilities Authority; quick-take power for

its corporate purposes (obsolete).

(70 ILCS 3405/16); Surface Water Protection District Act;

surface water protection districts; for corporate

purposes.

(70 ILCS 3605/7); Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; Chicago

Transit Authority; for transportation systems.

(70 ILCS 3605/8); Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; Chicago

Transit Authority; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 3605/10); Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; Chicago

Transit Authority; for general purposes, including

railroad property.

(70 ILCS 3610/3 and 3610/5); Local Mass Transit District Act;

local mass transit districts; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 3615/2.13); Regional Transportation Authority Act;

Regional Transportation Authority; for general purposes.

(70 ILCS 3705/8 and 3705/12); Public Water District Act; public

water districts; for waterworks.

(70 ILCS 3705/23a); Public Water District Act; public water

districts; for sewerage properties.

(70 ILCS 3705/23e); Public Water District Act; public water

districts; for combined waterworks and sewerage systems.

(70 ILCS 3715/6); Water Authorities Act; water authorities; for

facilities to ensure adequate water supply.

(70 ILCS 3715/27); Water Authorities Act; water authorities;

for access to property.

(75 ILCS 5/4-7); Illinois Local Library Act; boards of library

trustees; for library buildings.

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.80); Public Library District Act of 1991;

public library districts; for general purposes.

(75 ILCS 65/1 and 65/3); Libraries in Parks Act; corporate

authorities of city or park district, or board of park

commissioners; for free public library buildings.

(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12;

incorporates 98-564, eff. 8-27-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

becoming law.