65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 132

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 132 heading) DIVISION 132.

BETTERING SOURCE OF CITY WATER SUPPLY

65 ILCS 5/11-132-1

(65 ILCS 5/11-132-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-132-1)

Sec. 11-132-1.

All cities owning or operating waterworks under any charter
granted by an act of any General Assembly of this state, or under the
general incorporation laws of this state, whether by boards of water
commissioners or by officers appointed for that purpose, have the powers
and privileges granted by Section 11-132-2, for the purpose of increasing
or bettering the source of supply from which their water is obtained.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-132-2

(65 ILCS 5/11-132-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-132-2)

Sec. 11-132-2.

Whenever, in the judgment of a majority of any board of
water commissioners, or if there is no such board, whenever in the judgment
of a majority of the city council of any city specified in Section
11-132-1, it is necessary for the public health, or for any other cause, to
increase the source of water supply, or to substitute for it such better
source as in their judgment the interests of the city may demand, the board
of water commissioners or the city council may dig wells, either by boring
or excavation, and protect and equip them, or they may lease water
privileges from persons owning wells already or hereafter to be dug.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11-132-3, the board of water
commissioners or the city council may pay for the boring, excavation, or
lease, and for the expenses incurred in maintaining and operating the
wells, only out of the surplus earnings of the city's waterworks.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-132-3

(65 ILCS 5/11-132-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-132-3)

Sec. 11-132-3.

No money, except the specified surplus earnings, shall
be expended under the provisions of Section 11-132-2, for the purposes
therein specified, until the question of the expenditure of the money
has been certified by the clerk submitted to a vote of the electors of the
city, and has received a favorable majority of the votes cast on the question.

(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)