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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 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act 
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is amended  by changing Sections 8 and 8c as follows:
 



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    (70 ILCS 2605/8)  (from Ch. 42, par. 327)



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    Sec. 8. Except as otherwise in this Act provided, the 
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sanitary district
may acquire by lease, purchase or otherwise 
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within or without its corporate
limits, or by condemnation 
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within its corporate limits, any and all real
and personal 
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property, right of way and privilege that may be required for

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its corporate purposes. All moneys for the purchase and 
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condemnation of
any property must be paid before possession is 
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taken, or any work done on
the premises. In case of an appeal 
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from the Court in which the condemnation
proceedings are 
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pending, taken by either party, whereby the amount of damages

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is not finally determined, the amount of the judgment in the 
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court shall
be deposited with the county treasurer of the 
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county in which the judgment
is rendered, subject to the 
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payment of damages on orders signed by the judge
whenever the 
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amount of damages is finally determined.

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    Upon recommendation of the general superintendent and upon 
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the
approval of the board of trustees when any real or personal 
 


 






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property,
right of way or privilege or any interest therein, or 
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any part thereof
of such sanitary district is no longer 
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required for the corporate
purposes of the sanitary district it 
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may be sold, vacated or released.
Such sales, vacations, or 
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releases may be made subject to such
conditions and the 
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retention of such interest therein as may be deemed
for the 
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best interest of such sanitary district as recommended by the

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general superintendent and approved by the board of trustees.

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    However, the sanitary district may enter into a lease of a 
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building
or a part thereof, or acquire title to a building 
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already constructed or
to be constructed, for the purpose of 
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securing office space for its
administrative corporate 
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functions, the period of such lease not to
exceed 15 years 
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except as authorized by the provisions of Section 8b of
this 
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Act.  In the event of the purchase of such property for

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administrative corporate functions, the sanitary district may 
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execute a
mortgage or other documents of indebtedness as may be 
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required for the
unpaid balance, to be paid in not more than 15 
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annual installments.
Annual installments on the mortgage or 
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annual payment on the lease shall
be considered a current 
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corporate expense of the year in which they are
to be paid, and 
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the amount of such annual installment or payment shall
be 
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included in the Annual Appropriation and Corporate Tax Levy

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Ordinances. Such expense may be incurred, notwithstanding the

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provisions, if any applicable, contained in any other Sections 
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of this
Act.

 


 






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    The sanitary district may dedicate to the public for 
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highway purposes
any of its real property and the dedications 
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may be made subject to such
conditions and the retention of 
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such interests therein as considered in
the best interests of 
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the sanitary district by the board of trustees
upon 
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recommendation of the general superintendent.

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    The sanitary district may lease to others for any period of 
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time, not
to exceed 99 years, upon the terms as its board of 
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trustees upon
recommendation of the general superintendent may 
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determine, any such
real property, right-of-way or privilege, 
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or any interest therein or any
part thereof, which is in the 
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opinion of the board of trustees and
general superintendent of 
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the sanitary district no longer required for
its corporate 
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purposes or which may not be immediately needed for such

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purposes. The leases may contain such terms and conditions, 
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including restrictions as to permissible use of the real 
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property, and retain such
interests therein as considered in 
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the best interests of the sanitary
district by the board of 
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trustees upon recommendation of the general
superintendent. 
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Negotiations and execution of such leases and
preparatory 
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activities in connection therewith must comply with Section
8c 
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of this Act. The sanitary district may grant easements and 
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permits
for the use of any such real property, right-of-way, or 
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privilege, which
will not in the opinion of the board of 
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trustees and general
superintendent of the sanitary district 
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interfere with the use thereof
by the sanitary district for its 
 


 






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corporate purposes. Such easements and
permits may contain such 
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conditions and retain such interests therein as
considered in 
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the best interests of the sanitary district by the board
of 
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trustees upon recommendation of the general superintendent.

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    No sales, vacations, dedications for highway purposes, or 
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leases for periods
in excess of 5 years, of the following 
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described real estate, may be made
or granted by the sanitary 
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district without the approval in writing of the
Director of 
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Natural Resources of the State
of Illinois:

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    All the right-of-way of the Calumet-Sag Channel of the 
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sanitary
district extending from the Little Calumet River near 
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Blue Island,
Illinois, to the right-of-way of the main channel 
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of the sanitary
district near Sag, Illinois.

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    Lots 1, 3, 5, 21, 30, 31, 32, 33, 46, 48, 50, 52, 88, 89, 
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89a, 90,
91, 130, 132, 133, those parts of Lots 134 and 139 
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lying northeasterly
of a tract of land leased to the Corn 
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Products Manufacturing Company
from January 1, 1908, to 
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December 31, 2006; 1000 feet of Lot 141 lying
southwesterly of 
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and adjoining the above mentioned leased tract measured

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parallel with the main channel of the sanitary district; Lots 
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166, 168,
207, 208, and part of Lot 211 lying northeasterly of 
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a line 1500 feet
southwesterly of the center line of Stephen 
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Street, Lemont, Illinois,
and parallel with said street 
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measured parallel with said main channel;
and Lot 212 of the 
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Sanitary District Trustees Subdivision of
right-of-way from 
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the north and south center line of Section 30,
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North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, to
Will 
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County line.

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    That part of the right-of-way of the main channel of the 
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sanitary
district in Section 14, Township 37 North, Range 11 
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East of the Third
Principal Meridian, lying southerly of said 
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main channel, northerly of
the Northerly Reserve Line of the 
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Illinois and Michigan Canal, and
westerly of the Center line of 
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the old channel of the Des Plaines River.

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    That part of said main channel right-of-way in Section 35, 
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Township
37 North, Range 10 East of the Third Principal 
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Meridian, lying east of
said main channel and south of a line 
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1,319.1 feet north of and parallel
with the south line of said 
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Section 35.

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    That part of said main channel right-of-way in the 
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northeast quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section 2, 
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Township 36 North, Range 10 East
of the Third Principal 
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Meridian, lying east of said main channel.

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    That part of said main channel right-of-way lying south of 
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Ninth
Street in Lockport, Illinois.

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    Notwithstanding any other law, if any surplus real
estate 
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is located in an unincorporated territory and if that real 
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estate is
contiguous to only one municipality, 60 days before 
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the sale of that real
estate, the sanitary district shall 
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notify in writing the contiguous
municipality of the proposed 
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sale.  Prior to the sale of the real estate, the
municipality 
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shall notify in writing the sanitary district that the

 


 






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municipality will or will not annex the surplus real estate.  If 
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the contiguous
municipality will annex such surplus real 
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estate, then coincident with the
completion of the sale of that 
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real estate by the sanitary district, that real
estate shall be 
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automatically annexed to the contiguous municipality.

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    All sales of real estate by the sanitary district must be 
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for
cash, to the highest bidder upon open competitive bids, and 
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the proceeds of
the sales may be
used only for the construction 
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and equipment of sewage disposal plants, pumping
stations and 
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intercepting sewers and appurtenances thereto, the
acquisition 
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of sites and easements therefor, and the financing of the Local

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Government Assistance Program established under Section 9.6c.

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    However, the sanitary district may:

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    (a) Remise, release, quit claim and convey, without the 
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approval of the
Department of Natural Resources of the State
of 
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Illinois acting by and through its Director, to the
United 
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States of America without any consideration to be paid 
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therefor,
in aid of the widening of the Calumet-Sag Channel of 
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the sanitary district
by the United States of America, all 
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those certain lands, tenements and
hereditaments of every kind 
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and nature of that portion of the established
right-of-way of 
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the Calumet-Sag Channel lying east of the east line of Ashland

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Avenue, in Blue Island, Illinois, and south of the center line 
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of the channel
except such portion thereof as is needed for the 
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operation and maintenance
of and access to the controlling 
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works lock of the sanitary district;

 


 






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    (b) Without the approval of the Department of Natural 
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Resources of the State of Illinois acting by and through its

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Director, give and grant to
the United States of America 
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without any consideration to be paid therefor
the right, 
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privilege and authority to widen the Calumet-Sag Channel and 
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for
that purpose to enter upon and use in the work of such 
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widening and for the
disposal of spoil therefrom all that part 
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of the right-of-way of the
Calumet-Sag Channel owned by the 
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sanitary district lying south of the
center line of the 
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Calumet-Sag Channel from its connection with the main
channel 
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of the sanitary district to the east line of Ashland Avenue in 
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Blue
Island, Illinois;

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    (c) Make alterations to any structure made necessary by 
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such
widening and to construct, reconstruct or otherwise alter 
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the existing
highway bridges of the sanitary district across 
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the Calumet-Sag Channel;

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    (d) Give and grant to the United States of America without 
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any
consideration to be paid therefor the right to maintain the 
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widened
Calumet-Sag Channel without the occupation or use of or 
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jurisdiction
over any property of the sanitary district 
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adjoining and adjacent to
such widened channel;

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    (e) Acquire by lease, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, 
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whatever
land, easements or rights of way, not presently owned 
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by it, that may be
required by the United States of America in 
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constructing the Calumet-Sag
Navigation Project, as approved 
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in Public Law 525, 79th Congress, Second
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in House Document No. 677 for widening and dredging
the 
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Calumet-Sag Channel, in improving the Little Calumet River 
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between
the eastern end of the Sag Channel and Turning Basin 
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No. 5, and in
improving the Calumet River between Calumet 
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Harbor and Lake Calumet;

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    (f) Furnish free of cost to the United States all lands, 
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easements,
rights-of-way and soil disposal areas necessary for 
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the new work and for
subsequent maintenance by the United 
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States;

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    (g) Provide for the necessary relocations of all utilities.

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    Whatever land acquired by the sanitary district may 
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thereafter be
determined by the Board of Trustees upon 
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recommendation of the general
superintendent as not being 
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needed by the United States for the purposes
of constructing 
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and maintaining the Calumet-Sag Navigation Project as
above 
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described, shall be retained by the sanitary district for its

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corporate purposes, or be sold, with all convenient speed, 
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vacated or
released (but not leased) as its Board of Trustees 
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upon recommendation
of the general superintendent may 
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determine: All sales of such real
estate must be for cash, to 
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the highest bidder upon open, competitive
bids, and the 
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proceeds of the sales may be used only for the purpose of

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paying principal and interest upon the bonds authorized by this 
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Act, and
if no bonds are then outstanding, for the purpose of 
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paying principal
and interest upon any general obligation bonds 
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sanitary district.  When the proceeds
are used to pay bonds and 
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interest, proper abatement shall be made in
the taxes next 
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extended for such bonds and interest.

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(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 89-502, eff. 6-28-96; 
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90-568, eff.
1-1-99; 90-690, eff. 7-31-98.)

 



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    (70 ILCS 2605/8c)  (from Ch. 42, par. 327c)


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    Sec. 8c. Every lease of property no longer or not 
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immediately
required for corporate purposes of a sanitary 
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district, from such
district to others for a term not to exceed 
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99 years, in accordance with
Section 8 of this Act, shall be 
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negotiated, created and executed in the
following manner:

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    (1) Notice of such proposed leasing shall be published for 
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consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation 
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published in
such sanitary district, if any, and otherwise in 
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the county containing
such district.

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    (2) Prior to receipt of bids for the lease under this 
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Section, the
fair market value of every parcel of real property 
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to be leased must be
determined by 2 professional appraisers 
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who are members of the American
Institute of Real Estate 
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Appraisers or a similar, equivalently
recognized professional 
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organization. The sanitary district acting
through the general 
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superintendent may select and engage an additional
appraiser 
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for such determination of fair market value. Every appraisal

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report must contain an affidavit certifying the absence of any 
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such property.

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    (3) No
Such lease must be awarded to the highest 
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responsible bidder
(including established commercial or 
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industrial concerns and financially
responsible individuals) 
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upon free and open competitive bids, except
that no lease may 
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be awarded unless the bid of such highest responsible
bidder 
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provides for an annual rental payment to the sanitary district 
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of
at least 6% of the parcel's fair market value determined 
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under this Section, provided however, if the sanitary district 
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determines that a parcel contains a special development 
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impediment, defined as any condition that constitutes a 
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material impediment to the development or lease of a parcel, 
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and includes, but is not limited to: environmental 
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contamination, obsolescence, or advanced disrepair of 
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improvements or structures, or accumulation of large 
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quantities of non-indigenous materials, the sanitary district 
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may establish a minimum acceptable initial annual rental of 
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less than 6% of the parcel's fair market value for the initial 
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10 years of the lease. In no event will the annual rental 
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payment for each 10-year period after the initial 10 years of 
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the lease be less than the 6% of the parcel's fair market value 
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determined under this Section. Every lease must be awarded to 
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the highest responsible bidder (including established 
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commercial or industrial concerns and financially responsible 
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individuals) upon free and open competitive bids. In 
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district may consider, in addition to financial 
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responsibility, any  past records of transactions with the 
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bidder and any other pertinent factors, including but not 
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limited to, the bidder's performance or past record  with 
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respect to any lease, use, occupancy, or trespass of sanitary 
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district or other lands.

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    (4) Prior to acceptance of the bid of the highest 
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responsible bidder
and before execution of the lease the bidder 
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shall submit to the board
of commissioners and general 
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superintendent, for incorporation in the lease,
a detailed plan 
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and description of improvements to be constructed upon
the 
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leased property, the time within which the improvements will be

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completed, and the intended uses of the leased property.  If 
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there is more
than one responsible bid, the board of 
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commissioners may authorize and direct
the general 
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superintendent to solicit from the 2 highest responsible 
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bidders
written amendments to their prior bids, increasing 
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their rental bid proposal
by at least 5% in excess of their 
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prior written bid, or otherwise amending the
financial terms of 
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their bid so as to maximize the financial return to the

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sanitary district during the term of the proposed lease.  Upon 
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the general
superintendent's tentative agreement with one or 
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more amended bids, the bids
may be submitted to the board of 
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commissioners with the recommendation of the
general 
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superintendent for acceptance of one or rejection of all.  The

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transaction and
must result in an agreement that is equal to or 
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greater in value than the
highest responsible bid initially 
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received.

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    (5) The execution of such lease must be contemporaneous to 
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the
execution by the lessee, each member of the board of 
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commissioners and the
general superintendent of an affidavit 
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certifying the absence of any
collusion involving the lessee, 
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the members and the general
superintendent and relating to such 
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lease.

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    (6) No later than 30 days after the effective date of the 
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lease, the
lessee must deliver to the sanitary district a 
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certified statement of
the County Assessor, Township Assessor 
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or the county clerk of the county
wherein the property is 
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situated that such property is presently
contained in the 
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official list of lands and lots to be assessed for
taxes for 
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the several towns or taxing districts in his county.

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    (7) Such lease shall provide for a fixed annual rental 
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payment for the
first year not less than 6% of the fair market 
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value as determined under
this Section and may be subject to 
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annual adjustments based on changes in
the Consumer Price Index 
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published by the United States Department of
Labor, Bureau of 
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Labor Statistics, or some other well known economic

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governmental activity index.  Any lease, the term of which will 
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extend for
15 years or more, shall provide for a 
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redetermination of the fair market
value (independent of 
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of the lease) after the initial 10 years and every 10 years

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thereafter, in the manner set forth in paragraph (2) of this 
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Section, which redetermination shall be referred to as the 
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decennial adjustment.  Where the property rental is less than 6% 
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of fair market value due to the existence of a special 
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development impediment, the first decennial adjustment shall 
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not occur until the twentieth year of the lease. Such
said

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redetermination shall
to be as of the first day of each 
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succeeding 10 year period,
and annual rental payments shall be 
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adjusted so that the ratio of annual
rental to fair market 
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value shall be the same as that ratio for the first
year of the 
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preceding 10 year period. The decennial adjustment shall not 
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exceed 100%  of the rental in effect on the last day of the 
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preceding 10-year period,  except when  the property rental is 
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less than 6% of fair market value due to the existence of a 
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special development impediment, in which case, the decennial 
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adjustment shall not be so limited until the twentieth year of 
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the lease.  The rental payment for the first
year of the new 10 
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year period may be subject to Consumer Price Index or
other 
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allowable index adjustments for each of the next 9 years, or 
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until
the end of the lease term if there are less than 9 years 
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remaining.

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    (8) A sanitary district may require compensation to be paid 
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in addition to
rent, based on a reasonable percentage of 
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revenues derived from a lessee's
business operations on the 
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compensation from the lessee or any sublessee in the form of

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services, including but not limited to solid waste disposal; 
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provided,
however, that such additional compensation shall not 
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be considered in
determining the highest responsible bid, said 
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highest responsible bid to be
determined only on the initial 
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annual rental payment as set forth in
paragraph (3) of this 
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Section.

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    (9) No assignment of such lease or sublease of such 
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property is
effective unless approved in writing by the general 
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superintendent and
the board of commissioners of the sanitary 
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district. The district may consider, for any assignment or 
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sublease,    all pertinent factors including  the assignee's or 
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sublessee's responsibility in accordance with  subparagraph (3) 
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of this Section.  The sanitary district  may also condition its 
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consent upon the redetermination of the annual rental required 
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to be paid  under any lease initially executed on or before 
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January 1, 1983, for which  the annual rent being paid 
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thereunder is less than 6% of the current appraised fair market 
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value of the leased property.  The redetermination of  any  annual 
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rental under this Section  shall be consistent  with the 
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requirements of subparagraphs (2) and (3) of this Section. No 
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assignment or
sublease is effective if the assignee or 
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sublessee is a trust
constituted by real property of which the 
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trustee has title but no power
of management or control, unless 
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the identity of the beneficiaries of
the trust is revealed, 
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commissioners of the sanitary district.

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    (10) Failure by the lessee to comply with a provision in 
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the lease
relating to improvements upon the leased property or 
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any other provision
constitutes grounds for forfeiture of the 
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lease, and upon such failure
the sanitary district acting 
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through the general superintendent shall
serve the lessee with 
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a notice to terminate the lease and deliver
possession of the 
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property to the sanitary district within a particular
period.

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    (11) If the general superintendent and the board of 
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commissioners
conclude that it would be in the public interest, 
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said sanitary district
may lease without complying with the 
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prior provisions of this Section, in accordance with an Act 
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concerning "Transfer of Real Estate between Municipal 
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Corporations", approved July 2, 1925, as amended, to the 
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following, upon such terms as may be mutually agreeable: (a)

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the United States of America and the State of Illinois,
County 
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of Cook, any municipal corporation, with provisions that the 
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property is to be applied exclusively for public recreational 
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purposes or other public purposes; (b)
or any academic 
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institution of
learning which has been in existence for 5 years 
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prior to said lease,
provided that such lease limit the 
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institution's use of the leased land
to only those purposes 
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relating to the operation of such institution's
academic or 
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physical educational programs; or (c) any lease involving  land 
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located in a county with a population of 100,000 or less and 
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recreational uses. Any lease issued in accordance with this 
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paragraph shall contain the provisions
without complying with 
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the
prior provisions of this section, upon such terms as may be 
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mutually
agreed upon, in accordance with an act concerning 
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"Transfer of Real
Estate between Municipal Corporations", 
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approved July 2, 1925, as
amended, with provisions that such 
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property is to be applied exclusively
to public recreational 
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purposes or other public purposes and that such
lease is 
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terminable in accordance with service of a one-year notice to

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terminate after determination by the board of commissioners and 
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the general
superintendent that such property (or part thereof) 
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has become essential
to the corporate purposes of the sanitary 
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district.

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(Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 93-988, eff. 8-23-04.)

 

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