(70 ILCS 605/8-15) (from Ch. 42, par. 8-15)
Sec. 8-15.
Detachment of lands in municipal corporation exercising drainage powers-
Power of court.
When a drainage district contains lands lying within a municipal
corporation which has constructed drains or levees and which is exercising
storm drainage powers in that territory of the same nature as the drainage
powers being exercised by the drainage district then all the lands within
such municipal corporation and within the drainage district may be detached
from the drainage district by the court upon petition of the landowners in
the territory sought to be detached, the commissioners of the drainage
district or the corporate authorities of the municipal corporation. When
any lands are so detached from a drainage district and the drainage system
of the drainage district is so situated that it will continue to protect
the detached lands from overflow or continue to provide an outlet for the
storm drainage of those lands, the municipal corporation shall be liable to
the drainage district for its proportionate share of the cost of future
construction, repair and maintenance work on the levee or outlet, based
upon the benefits to be received by the detached lands.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
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