102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2368
 
Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. John Connor
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 135.5 heading new
65 ILCS 5/11-135.5-1 new
65 ILCS 5/11-135.5-5 new
65 ILCS 5/11-135.5-10 new

 Creates the Regional Water Commission Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that Municipalities may enter into joint efforts to acquire, develop, and operate a joint water supply, joint water works, or both, through intergovernmental cooperation in a regional water commission. Includes findings of the General Assembly.



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1 AN ACT concerning local government.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 
5adding Division 135.5 to Article 11 as follows:

6 (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 135.5 heading new)
7
Division 135.5.  REGIONAL WATER COMMISSION


8 (65 ILCS 5/11-135.5-1 new)
9 Sec. 11-135.5-1. References to Division. This Division may 
10be referred to as the Regional Water Commission Act.

11 (65 ILCS 5/11-135.5-5 new)
12 Sec. 11-135.5-5. Findings. The General Assembly finds 
13that:
14  (1) It is necessary and in the public interest to help 
15 assure a sufficient and economic supply of a source of 
16 water of suitable quality within those areas of this State 
17 that are dependent on ground water supply from portions of 
18 the Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer as well as shallow 
19 aquifers, and where those aquifers are expected not to be 
20 able to provide a sufficient supply of water or water of 
21 suitable quality to one or more municipalities which may 
 
 
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1 be located in more than a single county, and where, 
2 because of economic development and population growth and 
3 proximity to large urban centers, the health, safety and 
4 welfare of the residents is threatened by the continuing 
5 reduction in the amount of ground water and quality of 
6 ground water that can be obtained from the aquifers.
7  (2) Because of a need to provide such municipalities a 
8 continuing, available, and adequate source and supply of 
9 water on an economically viable basis, it is necessary and 
10 desirable to establish a different structure for affected 
11 municipalities to jointly establish an alternative source 
12 of water supply and the necessary waterworks and other 
13 supporting facilities as needed to provide a reliable, 
14 sustainable, and high-quality source of water on a 
15 cost-effective basis.
16  (3) It is not the intent of the General Assembly to 
17 interfere with the structure and operation of other water 
18 commissions and county water commissions already existing 
19 around the State as of the effective date of this 
20 amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly or to 
21 interfere with the power of municipalities to provide for 
22 the retail distribution of water to its residents or the 
23 customers of its water systems.
24  (4) It is in the State's best interest to provide for a 
25 sufficient and economic supply of water to such areas.

 
 
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1 (65 ILCS 5/11-135.5-10 new)
2 Sec. 11-135.5-10. Regional water commissions. 
3Municipalities may enter into joint efforts to acquire, 
4develop, and operate a joint water supply, joint water works, 
5or both, through intergovernmental cooperation in a regional 
6water commission as provided in this Division.