Full Text of HB3369 101st General Assembly
HB3369 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB3369 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Weber SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 70 ILCS 2805/33 | from Ch. 42, par. 444 |
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Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1936. Provides that the board of trustees of the of the Village of Lindenhurst may, by ordinance, terminate the terms of all members of the board of trustees of the Lindenhurst Sanitary District and the powers of the Lindenhurst Sanitary District shall be exercised by the board of trustees of the Village, including the District's authority to levy and collect taxes. Provides that once there are no debts of the District or the Village has sufficient funds on hand or available to satisfy any debts of the District, the board of trustees of the Village may dissolve the Lindenhurst Sanitary District and acquire all of the District's assets and responsibilities if it adopts an ordinance stating: (1) the reasons for dissolving the District; (2) that there are no outstanding debts of the District or that the Village has sufficient funds on hand or available to satisfy the debts; (3) that no federal or State permit or grant will be impaired by dissolution of the District; and (4) that the Village assumes all assets and responsibilities of the District. Requires the Village of Lindenhurst to notify the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency of the dissolution of the District. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Sanitary District Act of 1936 is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 33 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 2805/33) (from Ch. 42, par. 444)
| 7 | | Sec. 33.
Except as provided in Section 33.1, any sanitary | 8 | | district created under this Act which does not
have outstanding | 9 | | and unpaid any revenue bonds issued under the
provisions of | 10 | | this Act may be dissolved as follows:
| 11 | | (a) Any 50 electors residing within the area of any | 12 | | sanitary district may
file with the circuit clerk of the county | 13 | | in which the area is situated,
a petition addressed to the | 14 | | circuit court to cause submission of
the question whether
the | 15 | | sanitary district shall be dissolved. Upon the filing of the
| 16 | | petition with the clerk, the court shall certify the question | 17 | | to the proper
election officials who shall submit the question | 18 | | at an election in accordance
with the general election law,
and | 19 | | give notice of the election in the manner provided by the
| 20 | | general election law.
| 21 | | The question shall be in substantially
the following form:
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| 23 | | "Shall the sanitary YES
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| 1 | | district of .... be ----------------------------
| 2 | | dissolved?" NO
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| 4 | | If a majority of the
votes cast on this question are in | 5 | | favor of dissolution of the sanitary
district, then such | 6 | | organization shall cease, and the sanitary district
is | 7 | | dissolved, and the court shall direct the sanitary district to
| 8 | | discharge all outstanding obligations.
| 9 | | (b) The County of Lake may dissolve the Fox Lake Hills | 10 | | Sanitary District, thereby acquiring all of the District's | 11 | | assets and responsibilities, upon adopting a resolution | 12 | | stating: (1) the reasons for dissolving the District; (2) that | 13 | | there are no outstanding debts of the District or that the | 14 | | County has sufficient funds on hand or available to satisfy | 15 | | such debts; (3) that no federal or State permit or grant will | 16 | | be impaired by dissolution of the District; and (4) that the | 17 | | County assumes all assets and responsibilities of the District. | 18 | | Upon dissolution of the District, the statutory powers of the | 19 | | former District shall be exercised by the county board of the | 20 | | Lake County. Within 60 days after the effective date of such | 21 | | resolution, the County of Lake shall notify the Illinois | 22 | | Environmental Protection Agency regarding the dissolution of | 23 | | the Fox Hills Sanitary District. | 24 | | (c) The board of trustees of the of the Village of | 25 | | Lindenhurst may, by ordinance, terminate the terms of all | 26 | | members of the board of trustees of the Lindenhurst Sanitary |
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| 1 | | District and the powers of the Lindenhurst Sanitary District | 2 | | shall be exercised by the board of trustees of the Village of | 3 | | Lindenhurst, including the District's authority to levy and | 4 | | collect taxes. | 5 | | Once there are no debts of the Lindenhurst Sanitary | 6 | | District or the Village of Lindenhurst has sufficient funds on | 7 | | hand or available to satisfy any debts of the District, the | 8 | | board of trustees of the Village of Lindenhurst may dissolve | 9 | | the Lindenhurst Sanitary District and acquire all of the | 10 | | District's assets and responsibilities if it adopts an | 11 | | ordinance stating: (1) the reasons for dissolving the District; | 12 | | (2) that there are no outstanding debts of the District or that | 13 | | the Village has sufficient funds on hand or available to | 14 | | satisfy the debts; (3) that no federal or State permit or grant | 15 | | will be impaired by dissolution of the District; and (4) that | 16 | | the Village assumes all assets and responsibilities of the | 17 | | District. Upon dissolution of the District, the statutory | 18 | | powers of the former District shall be exercised by the board | 19 | | of trustees of the Village of Lindenhurst. No later than 60 | 20 | | days after the effective date of the ordinance, the Village of | 21 | | Lindenhurst shall notify the Illinois Environmental Protection | 22 | | Agency regarding the dissolution of the District. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 99-783, eff. 8-12-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; | 24 | | 100-874, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 | | becoming law.
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