(70 ILCS 605/12-1) (from Ch. 42, par. 12-1)
Sec. 12-1.
Lands
within district-Right to use district drains.
A landowner within any drainage district has the right to use the
ditches and drains of the district as outlets for any drains, either open
or covered, which he may desire to construct for the more complete drainage
of his own land; provided, however, that hereafter when any such drain is
connected with any ditch or drain of the district, a proper bulkhead,
spillway, drop box, pipe outlet, junction box or other suitable structure
shall be constructed and thereafter maintained by the landowner so as to
prevent damage to the ditch or drain of the district. The landowner shall
obtain the approval of the commissioners as to the type, design and method
of construction of the structure before making any connection and the
construction thereof shall be subject to the supervision and control of the
commissioners. Any landowner who fails to construct such an outlet
structure is liable for all damages resulting from such failure. If, after
written request by the commissioners to do so, the landowner fails or
refuses to construct such an outlet structure, then the district may build
the same and recover the cost thereof from the landowner.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
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