65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

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65 ILCS 5/11-111.1-1

(65 ILCS 5/11-111.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-111.1-1)

Sec. 11-111.1-1.

The corporate authorities may remove or cause the removal
in such manner as they may direct, the driftwood and other obstructions
from natural and other water courses causing flooding of any part of the
corporate area whether such obstructions are located inside or outside the
corporate limits, and for that purpose, after written notice to the owner
at least 10 days prior thereto, may enter upon the lands or waters of any
person, but subject to responsibility for all damages which shall be
occasioned thereby.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2616.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 112

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 112 heading) DIVISION 112.

TAXES FOR LEVEE PURPOSES

65 ILCS 5/11-112-1

(65 ILCS 5/11-112-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-1)

Sec. 11-112-1.

When a vote has been taken under "An Act to enable cities,
villages and towns threatened with overflow or inundation to levy taxes by
vote of the electors thereof, to strengthen, build, raise or repair the
levees around same and to issue anticipation warrants on such taxes,"
approved June 11, 1897, as amended, or when a vote is taken under this
section and Section 11-112-2 at a general municipal election in a
municipality that is protected by levees or embankments, or that may deem
it necessary to be so protected, and a majority of the legal votes cast at
the election were or are for a tax to build, raise, strengthen, or repair
the levees around the municipality, not exceeding the rate of .1666%
annually, to be levied annually for a period of not exceeding 7 years on
the taxable property of the municipality, the corporate authorities of the
municipality may (1) make an appropriation by ordinance of the proceeds of
the tax so authorized, (2) pass an ordinance levying the tax for the whole
period as authorized by the vote to be annually extended, and (3) draw tax
anticipation warrants thereon to the amount that the tax levy will produce
based on the assessment of the preceding year of all the taxable property
of the municipality. These warrants shall draw interest at not to exceed
the rate authorized by the vote authorizing the tax, not exceeding 7%
annually, but the warrants shall not be sold below par.

The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased
according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of
Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 76-845.)

65 ILCS 5/11-112-2

(65 ILCS 5/11-112-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-2)

Sec. 11-112-2.

The county clerk of the county in which the municipality
specified in Section 11-112-1 is located shall extend each year the taxes
specified in Section 11-112-1, when the ordinance making the levy of the
tax is certified to him. The tax shall be extended at the rate fixed in the
ordinance, not exceeding .1666% for a period not exceeding 7 years. The
county clerk shall extend the tax in a separate column designated the
"Seven Year Levee Tax."

The collector of state and county taxes, when he receives the money
collected from this levee tax, shall pay it to the municipal treasurer,
every 2 weeks, informing the treasurer that this money is from the 7 year
levee tax; and he shall take the treasurer's receipt for the money as 7
year levee tax paid over.

The municipal treasurer shall receive the money so paid over by the
collector and shall pay the money out as rapidly as possible on warrants
issued on the 7 year levee tax only, so long as such warrants remain
unpaid.

This tax shall be levied in addition to taxes for general purposes
authorized by Section 8-3-1.

The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased
according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of
Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 76-845.)

65 ILCS 5/11-112-3

(65 ILCS 5/11-112-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-3)

Sec. 11-112-3.

Subject to the provisions of Section 11-112-7, every
municipality, whether incorporated under general law or special charter,
which is subject to overflow or inundation from a river or other sources
may construct, widen, raise, strengthen, improve, and maintain levees,
protective embankments and structures and has the power for any of these
purposes to levy and collect annually a tax of not exceeding .1666% of
the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of
all the taxable property within its corporate
limits.

The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased
according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of
Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)

65 ILCS 5/11-112-4

(65 ILCS 5/11-112-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-4)

Sec. 11-112-4.

This annual tax provided for in Section 11-112-3 shall be
designated as the levee tax and shall be levied and collected in the same
manner as are the general taxes of that municipality. This tax shall be in
addition to and exclusive of all other taxes which that municipality is now
or hereafter authorized to levy and collect.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-112-5

(65 ILCS 5/11-112-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-5)

Sec. 11-112-5.

All taxes collected by virtue of Sections 11-112-3 through
11-112-8 shall be deposited in the municipal treasury to the credit of what
shall be called the levee fund. This fund shall be kept separate and apart
from all other funds or money of the municipality and shall be used and
paid out only for the purpose specified in those sections. The money in
this levee fund, as far as possible, shall be kept at interest by the
municipality.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-112-6

(65 ILCS 5/11-112-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-6)

Sec. 11-112-6.

Such a municipality specified in Section 11-112-3 may
purchase or condemn, by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, all
real estate needed for the purpose of constructing thereon levees,
protective embankments, and structures, and also for the purpose of
obtaining earth or other materials, either within or without the corporate
limits of the municipality, with which to construct, widen, raise,
strengthen, improve, or maintain those levees, protective embankments, and
structures.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-112-7

(65 ILCS 5/11-112-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-7)

Sec. 11-112-7.

The levee tax provided for by Section 11-112-3 shall
not be levied and collected for any year until the question of its levy
for that year has been certified by the clerk and submitted to a vote
of the electors and has received the affirmative vote of a majority
of the electors voting upon the question.

(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

65 ILCS 5/11-112-8

(65 ILCS 5/11-112-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-8)

Sec. 11-112-8.

Nothing contained in Sections 11-112-3 through 11-112-7
limits the powers granted to municipalities by Sections 11-112-1 and
11-112-2, or possessed by a municipality under this Code or any other Act.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 113

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 113 heading) DIVISION 113.

SURFACE WATER AND SEWAGE

REMOVAL TAX

65 ILCS 5/11-113-1

(65 ILCS 5/11-113-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-113-1)

Sec. 11-113-1.

The corporate authorities of any municipality having a population
less than 500,000, subject to the referendum provision of Section
11-113-2, may levy, annually, a tax of not to exceed .15% of the value,
as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
of all taxable property therein to provide for the expense of pumping to
remove surface water and sewage due to flood conditions. Revenue raised
by this tax cannot be transferred to any other fund in the municipality
and can be used only for pumping necessitated by flood conditions. This
tax shall be in addition to all taxes authorized by law to be levied and
collected in the municipality and shall be in addition to the amount
authorized to be levied for general purposes provided by Section 8-3-1.

The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased
according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of
Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)

65 ILCS 5/11-113-2

(65 ILCS 5/11-113-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-113-2)

Sec. 11-113-2.

This Division 113 shall not be in force in any
municipality until the question of its adoption is certified by the clerk
and submitted to the
electors of the municipality and approved by a majority of those voting
on the question at an election in accordance with the general election law.

The question shall be in substantially the
following form:

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    Shall Division 113 of the Illinois
Municipal Code permitting municipalities
to levy an additional annual tax of not        YES
to exceed .15% for the purpose of
providing revenue for pumping surface      -------------------
water and sewage brought about by flood
conditions be adopted by the City              NO
(Village or Incorporated Town, as the
case may be) of ....?
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If a majority of the votes cast on the question is in favor of
adopting this Division 113, then such division shall be adopted. It
shall be in force in the adopting municipality for the purpose of the
fiscal years succeeding the year in which the election is held.

(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)