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| Public Act 099-0014 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Sanitary District Act of 1936 is amended by | ||||
adding Section 37.1 as follows: | ||||
(70 ILCS 2805/37.1 new) | ||||
Sec. 37.1. Dissolution of district with no employees and no | ||||
bond indebtedness; winding up sanitary district business; tax | ||||
by acquiring municipalities. | ||||
(a) Any sanitary district created under this Act which is | ||||
located in a county having a population of 3,000,000 or more, | ||||
which is wholly included in three or more municipalities, which | ||||
no part is included in any unincorporated area, which has no | ||||
employees, and which has no revenue bond indebtedness shall, | ||||
upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th | ||||
General Assembly, be dissolved by operation of law. Each of the | ||||
municipalities within the territory of a dissolved sanitary | ||||
district shall be responsible for providing sewers for | ||||
collecting and disposing of sewage. | ||||
(b) The officers of any dissolved sanitary district | ||||
immediately preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||
of the 99th General Assembly shall close up the business | ||||
affairs of the sanitary district by conveying title of a | ||||
dissolved sanitary district's property to the municipalities | ||
collecting and disposing of sewage and by liquidating any | ||
remaining personal property of a dissolved sanitary district. | ||
After all the debts and obligations of the dissolved sanitary | ||
district have been satisfied, any remaining monies shall be | ||
distributed to the municipalities collecting and disposing of | ||
sewage in proportion to the percentage of territory located | ||
within the boundaries of each affected municipality. | ||
(c) The corporate authorities of any municipality required | ||
to provide sewer service under this Section after the | ||
dissolution of a sanitary district is hereby authorized to levy | ||
and collect a tax for the purpose of maintaining, constructing | ||
or replacing sewers, upon the taxable property within that | ||
municipality, the aggregate amount of which for each year may | ||
not exceed 0.25% of the value of such property as equalized or | ||
assessed by the Department of Revenue and that tax shall be in | ||
addition to any taxes that may otherwise be authorized to be | ||
levied for the general corporate purposes of the municipality | ||
as currently provided in Section 37 of this Act. Any | ||
outstanding obligations of the dissolved sanitary district | ||
shall be paid from the taxes levied and collected pursuant to | ||
this subsection. | ||
If any tax has been levied for sewer or water purposes | ||
prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th | ||
General Assembly by a municipality who would also have the | ||
power to levy such a tax under this subsection, that tax is | ||
expressly validated.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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