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70 ILCS 2305/20

(70 ILCS 2305/20) (from Ch. 42, par. 296)

Sec. 20.

(a) The board of trustees of any such sanitary district shall have
power and authority to prevent the pollution of any waters from which a
water supply may be obtained by any city, town or village within said
district, and shall have the right and power to appoint and support a
sufficient police force, the members of which may have and exercise police
powers over the territory within such drainage district, and over the
waters from which said water supply may be obtained, for a distance of
three miles from the shore thereof, for the purpose of preventing the
pollution of said waters, and any interference with any of the property of
such drainage district; but such police officers when acting within the
limits of any such city, town or village, shall act in aid of the regular
police force thereof, and shall then be subject to the direction of its
chief of police, city or village marshals or other head thereof: Provided,
that in so doing they shall not be prevented or hindered from executing the
orders and authority of said board of trustees of such drainage district:
Provided, further, that before compelling a change in any method of
disposal of sewage so as to prevent the said pollution of any water, the
board of trustees of such district shall first provide some other method of
sewage treatment.

(b) The board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under
this Act is authorized to apply to the circuit court for injunctive relief
or mandamus when, in the opinion of the board of trustees, such relief is
necessary to prevent the pollution of any waters from which a water supply
may be obtained by any municipality within the district.

(c) The sanitary district shall have the power and authority to
prevent the pollution of any waters
from which a water supply may be obtained by any city, town or village.
The sanitary district, acting through the chief administrative officer of
such sanitary district, shall have the power to commence an action or
proceeding in the circuit court in and for the county in which the district
is located for the purpose of having the pollution stopped and prevented
either by mandamus or injunction.  The court shall specify a time, not
exceeding 20 days after the service of the copy of the petition, in which
the party complained of must answer the petition, and in the meantime, the
party be restrained.  In case of default in answer or after answer, the
court shall immediately inquire into the facts and circumstances of the
case and enter an appropriate order in respect to the matters
complained of.  An appeal may be taken in the same
manner and with the same effect as appeals are taken
in other actions for mandamus or injunction.

(Source: P.A. 98-162, eff. 8-2-13.)