(70 ILCS 2205/17.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 263.1)

Sec. 17.1. The board of trustees of a sanitary district that owns and operates a wastewater treatment plant in a county which has established a stormwater management planning committee in accordance with Section 5-1062 of the Counties Code may levy a tax upon all taxable property within its district at a rate not to exceed 0.03% of the value of such property, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, for the purposes of protecting pumping stations, wastewater treatment plants and combined sewer outfalls from the 100-year flood, paying the principal of and interest on any bonds issued pursuant to this Section for any of the foregoing purposes, and paying the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and any fees relating to, any loan made to such sanitary district by the Illinois Finance Authority, pursuant to the Illinois Finance Authority Act, for any of the foregoing purposes, or any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness of such municipality issued in connection with any such loan. The 0.03% limitation provided in this Section may be increased or decreased by referendum in accordance with the provisions of Sections 18-120, 18-125, and 18-130 of the Property Tax Code.

The tax authorized by this Section may be levied without referendum by any sanitary district that is located at least partly in a township declared after July 1, 1986 by presidential declaration to be a disaster area as a result of flooding. However, the tax authorized by this Section shall not be levied by any sanitary district not so located unless the question of its adoption, either for a specified period or indefinitely, is submitted to the electors thereof and approved by a majority of those voting on the question. This question may be submitted at any election held in the sanitary district after the adoption of a resolution by the board of trustees of the sanitary district providing for the submission of the question to the electors of the sanitary district. The board of trustees shall certify the resolution and proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the votes cast on the question is in favor of the levy of such tax, it may thereafter be levied in such sanitary district for the specified period or indefinitely, as provided in the proposition. The question shall be put in substantially the following form:

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Shall an annual tax be levied

for stormwater management purposes YES

(for a period of not more than

...... years) at a rate not exceeding -----------------------------------------------------------------

0.03% of the equalized assessed

value of the taxable property of NO

the ........ Sanitary District?

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Any sanitary district in a county that has established a stormwater management planning committee in accordance with Section 5-1062 of the Counties Code is hereby authorized to borrow money and to issue its bonds for the purposes of protecting pumping stations, wastewater treatment plants and combined sewer outfalls from the 100-year flood.

Any sanitary district in a county that has established a stormwater management planning committee in accordance with Section 5-1062 of the Counties Code is hereby further authorized to borrow money from the Illinois Finance Authority for the purpose of financing the provision of flood protection for sanitary sewage treatment plants, pursuant to the Illinois Finance Authority Act, and is hereby authorized to enter into loan agreements and other documents with the Illinois Finance Authority and to issue its bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to evidence its obligation to repay such loan to the Illinois Finance Authority. Without the submission of the question to the electors, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, such sanitary district is hereby authorized to execute such loan agreements and other documents and to issue such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, which loan agreements, documents, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness may bear such date or dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates, payable at such time or times, may mature at any time or times not later than 40 years from the date of issuance, may be payable at such place or places, may be payable from any funds of such sanitary district on hand and lawfully available therefor, including without limitation the taxes levied pursuant to this Section or from any other taxes or revenues of such sanitary district pledged to their payment, may be negotiated at such price or prices, may be executed in such manner, may be subject to redemption prior to maturity, may be in such form, may be secured, and may be subject to such other terms and conditions, all as may be provided in a resolution or ordinance authorizing the execution of any such loan agreement or other document or the issuance of such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness.

(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)