Sen. Scott M. Bennett
Filed: 4/16/2021
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2663




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2663 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Public Water District Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 28.2 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 3705/28.2  new)
7    Sec. 28.2. Alternate method of annexation.  The board of 
8trustees of any water district may annex territory which is 
9not within the corporate limits of the water district if:
10        (1)  the new territory is contiguous to the annexing 
11    water district and not currently served by another water 
12    district; and
13        (2)  the new territory is without a source of quality 
14    water not contaminated by methane and is within 3 miles of 
15    a source of a methane contamination.
16    The annexation shall be accomplished only by ordinance and 
 
 
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1the ordinance shall include a description of the annexed 
2territory and a map of the annexed territory certified as true 
3and accurate by the clerk of the water district shall be filed 
4with the county clerk of the county in which the annexed 
5territory is located.  The territory to be annexed shall be 
6considered to be contiguous to the water district 
7notwithstanding that the territory to be annexed is divided 
8by, or that the territory to be annexed is separated from the 
9water district by, one or more railroad right of waters, 
10public easements, or properties owned by a public utility, a 
11forest preserve district, a public agency, or a not-for-profit 
12corporation. A two-thirds vote of the board is required to 
13annex such territory to the district and action of the board 
14shall be by ordinance of annexation and the vote on such 
15ordinance shall be entered upon the records of the district.
 

16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
17becoming law.".