(70 ILCS 605/4-26) (from Ch. 42, par. 4-26)
Sec. 4-26.
Settlement of disputes.
In the event of dispute or disagreement between the commissioners and
any owner of land in the district with regard to the nature and extent of
the drainage system or with regard to the duties and obligations of the
commissioners to provide drainage to the lands in the district, to protect
the lands from overflow or to keep the drainage system of the district in
repair, the commissioners or such owner may petition the court to specify
the nature and extent of the drainage system or to specify and define with
particularity those duties and obligations with respect to such dispute or
disagreement. Upon being filed with the clerk of the court, any such
petition shall be presented to the court and by the court set for hearing
upon such notice as the court may direct. On such hearing any interested
party may offer evidence in support of or in opposition to the petition and
the court shall make a binding declaration of the nature and extent of the
drainage system or of duties and rights, which declaration shall have the
force of a final judgment. The court shall thereafter have the power to
enforce any such declaration by appropriate proceedings.
(Source: P.A. 86-297.)
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