(70 ILCS 3705/28.2)

Sec. 28.2. Sangamon Valley Public Water District annexation.

(a) The General Assembly finds:

(1) Due to a natural gas leak in December 2016, multiple water wells connected to the Mahomet Aquifer, one of the largest sources of water in the State of Illinois, were contaminated with methane, so much so, that numerous homeowners are without potable water.

(2) The issue of methane contamination of the State of Illinois' water supply has become a statewide issue and resulted in the Illinois Attorney General having litigation pending over the contamination. On December 21, 2018, the Mahomet Aquifer Task Force issued their report specifically addressing this incident and future incidents and stressed the need to provide State government, legislative, and monetary relief so immediate remediation may begin.

(3) The area residents have been without safe water service for 4 years.

(4) The cost of expanding infrastructure to the area is estimated around $10,000,000. The Sangamon Valley Public Water District is not a taxing body, but rather operates on fees for provided water service and to initiate construction would require an initial sum of $3,800,000.

(5) In June 2020, in recognition of this Illinois water-source crisis, the General Assembly passed, and the Governor signed a Capital Bill appropriating $3,800,000 required for initiation of the plan to bring water to this area of the State.

(6) In addition to funding, the affected area needs to be annexed into a water district territory for such district to be able to lawfully expend funds to benefit the territory and the current statutory annexation procedure is insufficient to address the crisis and does not provide for nor contemplate an expedited procedure in the event of water contamination.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the following property is annexed into the territory of the Sangamon Valley Public Water District:

SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING EAST OF THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF ILLINOIS ROUTE 47;

SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING EAST OF THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF ILLINOIS ROUTE 47 AND LYING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74;

SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74;

SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74;

SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74;

SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74;

WEST HALF OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

WEST HALF OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

WEST HALF OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74;

WEST HALF OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 74;

SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

NORTH HALF OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

NORTH HALF OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, EXCEPT THAT PART OF THE SOUTH HALF LYING WEST OF THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF ILLINOIS ROUTE 47;

SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN;

ALL IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

(Source: P.A. 102-41, eff. 6-25-21.)