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MUNICIPALITIES
(65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code.

65 ILCS 5/11-113.1-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-113.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-113.1-1)
    Sec. 11-113.1-1. A non-home rule municipality located at least partly in a county which is preparing a stormwater management plan in accordance with Section 5-1062 of the Counties Code may levy a tax upon all taxable property within its corporate limits, at a rate not to exceed 0.06% if the municipality owns and operates a wastewater treatment plant, and at a rate not to exceed 0.03% if it does not, of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property within the municipality, for the purposes of implementing the stormwater management plan, improving storm sewer and combined sewer facilities, protecting sanitary sewage treatment works from the 100-year frequency flood, and acquiring lands, buildings and properties in the 100-year floodplain, paying the principal of and interest on any bonds issued pursuant to this Section for any of the foregoing purposes, and paying the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and any fees relating to, any loan made to such municipality by the Illinois Finance Authority, pursuant to the Illinois Finance Authority Act for any of the foregoing purposes, or any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness of such municipality issued in connection with any such loan. Such tax shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected in such municipality and shall be in addition to the maximum tax rate authorized by law for general municipal purposes. The limitations on tax rate provided in this Section may be increased or decreased by referendum in accordance with the provisions of Sections 18-120, 18-125, and 18-130 of the Property Tax Code.
    However, unless the municipality is located at least partly in a township declared after July 1, 1986 by presidential declaration to be a disaster area as a result of flooding, the tax authorized by this Section shall not be levied until the question of its adoption, either for a specified period or indefinitely, has been submitted to the electors thereof and approved by a majority of those voting on the question. This question may be submitted at any election held in the municipality after the adoption of a resolution by the governing body of the municipality providing for the submission of the question to the electors of the municipality. The governing body of the municipality shall certify the resolution and proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the votes cast on the question is in favor of the levy of such tax, it may thereafter be levied in such municipality for the specified period or indefinitely, as provided in the proposition. The question shall be put in substantially the following form:
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    Shall an annual tax be levied
for stormwater management purposes            YES
(for a period of not more than
...... years) at a rate not exceeding      -------------------
.....% of the equalized assessed
value of the taxable property of              NO
(municipality)?
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    Any municipality in a county which has established a stormwater management planning committee in accordance with Section 5-1062 of the Counties Code is hereby authorized to borrow money and to issue its bonds for the purposes of implementing the stormwater management plan, improving storm sewer and combined sewer facilities, protecting sanitary sewage treatment works from the 100-year frequency flood, and acquiring lands, buildings and properties in the 100-year floodplain.
    Any municipality in a county which has established a stormwater management planning committee in accordance with Section 5-1062 of the Counties Code is hereby further authorized to borrow money from the Illinois Finance Authority for the purpose of financing the protection of storm sewer outfalls, the construction of adequate storm sewer outfalls and the provision for flood protection of sanitary sewage treatment plants, pursuant to the Illinois Finance Authority Act, and is hereby authorized to enter into loan agreements and other documents with the Illinois Finance Authority and to issue its bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to evidence its obligation to repay such loan to the Illinois Finance Authority. Without the submission of the question to the electors, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, such municipality is hereby authorized to execute such loan agreements and other documents and to issue such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, which loan agreements, documents, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness may bear such date or dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates, payable at such time or times, may mature at any time or times not later than 40 years from the date of issuance, may be payable at such place or places, may be payable from any funds of such municipality on hand and lawfully available therefor, including without limitation the taxes levied pursuant to this Section or from any other taxes or revenues of such municipality pledged to their payment, may be negotiated at such price or prices, may be executed in such manner, may be subject to redemption prior to maturity, may be in such form, may be secured, and may be subject to such other terms and conditions, all as may be provided in a resolution or ordinance authorizing the execution of any such loan agreement or other document or the issuance of such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness.
(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 114

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 114 heading)
DIVISION 114. LEVEE IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION

65 ILCS 5/11-114-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-114-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-114-1)
    Sec. 11-114-1. The corporate authorities of a municipality with a population of less than 500,000 which (1) is bounded by or through which flows a river, or (2) is contiguous to or contains within its corporate limits a portion of a navigable lake, may provide by ordinance for the creation of a levee improvement commission, consisting of four members and a chairman. The mayor or president, with the approval of the corporate authorities, shall appoint the 4 members of the commission. The mayor or president shall be ex-officio chairman of the commission.
    The members of the levee improvement commission shall be electors of the municipality, and shall serve without compensation. Their terms of office shall be fixed by the ordinance creating the commission. Before entering upon their duties, the members shall execute a bond, payable to the municipality, in the sum of $2,000, conditioned upon the performance of their duties.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-114-2

    (65 ILCS 5/11-114-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-114-2)
    Sec. 11-114-2. The levee improvement commission has full control and supervision of all improvements, docks, levees, industrial developments and facilities, including terminals and parks, on the river front or lake shore, and the land, whether developed or undeveloped, approximate to the river front or lake shore, located within the corporate limits of the municipality.
    All money derived from the tax or the sale of bonds authorized by Section 11-114-3 shall be under the control of the commission and shall be expended only upon the warrants of the commission for the purpose authorized by this Division 114.
    The commission may expend money over which it has control, for the construction, operation, or maintenance of improvements, docks, levees, industrial developments and facilities, including terminals and parks, on the river front or lake shore, or of land over which the commission has control.
    The commission may lease any property over which it has control and fix the terms of the lease, subject to the approval of the corporate authorities.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-114-3

    (65 ILCS 5/11-114-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-114-3)
    Sec. 11-114-3. Subject to the provisions of this Division 114 the corporate authorities of any municipality specified in this Division 114 may issue bonds for the purposes authorized. These bonds shall (1) be issued in the name of the municipality, (2) be attested by the municipal clerk, (3) bear interest at a rate of not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, payable annually, and (4) mature at such time not exceeding 20 years from the date thereof, as is specified in the bonds. The proceeds of the bonds shall be used exclusively for the purposes authorized by this Division 114.
    An annual tax which, when considered in the aggregate for the period for which the bonds are issued, will be sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the bonds, may be levied for the payment thereof.
    With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts.
    Any bonds issued under this Section as limited bonds as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act shall comply with the requirements of the Bond Issue Notification Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-655, eff. 1-1-97.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 114.1

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 114.1 heading)
DIVISION 114.1. FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS

65 ILCS 5/11-114.1-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-114.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-114.1-1)
    Sec. 11-114.1-1. The corporate authority of a municipality which is subject to the hazards of flooding due to the existence within or near its borders of a natural waterway shall prominently post copies of the most recent Flood Insurance Rate Maps, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in the municipal hall. At least once every 5 years, the corporate authority shall replace each posted map with the most recently issued map.
(Source: P.A. 85-854.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 115

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 115 heading)
DIVISION 115. STATE AID IN FLOOD CONTROL

65 ILCS 5/11-115-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-115-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-115-1)
    Sec. 11-115-1. Whenever the State of Illinois appropriates money for the purpose of aiding in the construction of or for the purpose of constructing works to protect against floods, the corporate authorities of any municipality benefited, or to be benefited, by that protection have the power to contract with the State of Illinois through the department charged with the construction of those works for the taking over and maintenance thereof. Such a contract may be entered into either before or after the works have been constructed.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 115.1

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 115.1 heading)
DIVISION 115.1. MUNICIPAL - FEDERAL FLOOD
CONTROL PROJECTS

65 ILCS 5/11-115.1-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-115.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-115.1-1)
    Sec. 11-115.1-1. Any city, village or incorporated town, may enter into contracts or agreements with, and give assurances to, the United States that it will with reference to any flood control project constructed or to be constructed by the United States and so located as to furnish protection to the city, village or incorporated town from floods,
    (1) Provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project and for the subsequent maintenance and operation of the project.
    (2) Contribute such part of the first cost of construction of such project as shall be agreed upon with the United States, either in cash or in credits, for purchase of material or performance of work forming part of the project, such first cost to be the sum allowed and approved by the Secretary of Defense.
    (3) Hold and save the United States free and harmless from claims for damages to any property resulting from construction of the works of the project, except damages for breach of contract between the United States and third parties and to which the city, village or incorporated town is not a party and damages arising from the negligence of the United States, its servants, agents or employees, where the laws of the United States give a right of action against the United States.
    (4) Maintain and operate all the works after completion of the project, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
    (5) Establish and enforce flood channel limits approved by the Secretary of Defense for the protection of any flood channel, against further encroachments.
    (6) Prevent dumping of waste material or the creation of fills within any flood channel limits.
    (7) Regulate under approval of the Secretary of Defense the construction or reconstruction of bridges or other structures crossing any waterway.
    (8) Restrict further residential development in the area protected unless the city, village or incorporated town or local interests elect to make sufficient additional contribution to permit construction of the project for a higher degree of protection substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army and approved by the Secretary of Defense.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 852.)

65 ILCS 5/11-115.1-2

    (65 ILCS 5/11-115.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-115.1-2)
    Sec. 11-115.1-2. Any city, village or incorporated town, entering into any contract or agreement with or giving any assurance to the United States as herein authorized, is given full power and authority to perform and do all acts necessary to comply with the terms of any such contract, agreement or assurance, to the same extent as if such power and authority were expressly granted with reference to the different subject matters enumerated in Section 11-115.1-1.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 852.)

65 ILCS 5/11-115.1-3

    (65 ILCS 5/11-115.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-115.1-3)
    Sec. 11-115.1-3. Nothing in this Division 115.1 shall be construed to limit or qualify any powers or authority conferred on any department of the State of Illinois by any other law or statute.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 852.)

65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 116

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 116 heading)
MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 116

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 116 heading)
DIVISION 116. MONUMENTS FOR SOLDIERS,
SAILORS, DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGES

65 ILCS 5/11-116-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-116-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-1)
    Sec. 11-116-1. Subject to the provisions of this Division 116, a municipality with a population of less than 100,000 may erect monuments or memorials in honor of its soldiers and sailors or in honor of any one or more of its notable or distinguished persons.
    To defray the cost of constructing such a monument or memorial the municipality may levy a direct tax of not more than .01% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property within the corporate limits of the municipality. This tax shall be in addition to the taxes now or hereafter authorized by law to be levied and collected by the municipality and shall be in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as provided by Section 8-3-1.
    The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)

65 ILCS 5/11-116-2

    (65 ILCS 5/11-116-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-2)
    Sec. 11-116-2. When the petition specified in this Division 116 is filed with the municipal clerk of a municipality specified in this Division 116, the question of erecting a monument or memorial shall be certified by the clerk and submitted to the electors of the municipality. The question shall be in substantially the following form:
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    Shall a monument (or memorial
 be erected in honor of                YES
 ....... (insert for whom to be    ---------------------------
 erected) by .......... (insert
 name of the municipality) at a        NO
 cost not to exceed $....?
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    If a majority of those voting on the question vote yes, the corporate authorities shall have the monument or memorial erected and, if necessary, shall levy and collect, in the same manner as other general taxes are levied and collected, a tax sufficient to raise the amount specified in the petition, and to provide for the maintenance of the memorial.
(Source: P.A. 98-312, eff. 8-12-13.)

65 ILCS 5/11-116-3

    (65 ILCS 5/11-116-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-3)
    Sec. 11-116-3. The petition referred to in Section 11-116-3 shall be signed by not less than 100 electors of the municipality in which the specified question is to be voted upon. The petition shall state the specific purpose for which the proposed monument or memorial is to be erected, whether in honor of the soldiers and sailors of the municipality or in honor of any one or more of its notable and distinguished persons, and shall specify the amount of money to be expended for the erection of the proposed monument or memorial. The cost of the monument or memorial, however, shall not exceed the amount authorized by referendum.
(Source: P.A. 76-1234.)

65 ILCS 5/11-116-4

    (65 ILCS 5/11-116-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-4)
    Sec. 11-116-4. All municipalities whose electors have approved the erection of a monument or memorial under "An Act to authorize cities, villages and incorporated towns having a population of less than one hundred thousand to erect monuments and memorials," approved May 10, 1919, as amended, may continue to levy the tax thereby authorized as long as its levy would be authorized if the monument or memorial had been erected under the provisions of this Division 116.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 117

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 117 heading)
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 117

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 117 heading)
DIVISION 117. CONSTRUCTION AND LEASING OF
CERTAIN UTILITIES

65 ILCS 5/11-117-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-117-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-1)
    Sec. 11-117-1. Subject to the provisions of this Division 117, any municipality may (1) acquire, construct, own and operate within the corporate limits of the municipality any public utility the product or service of which, or a major portion thereof, is or is to be supplied to the municipality or its inhabitants and may contract for, purchase and sell the product or service of any such utility; provided, however, that any municipality may acquire, construct, own and operate without the corporate limits of any municipality any public utility for the transportation of persons; (2) acquire, construct, own, maintain and operate without the corporate limits of any municipality any electric power lines or substations necessary solely to provide power or a source of power for such municipality, and, when it is found necessary and in the public interest by the Illinois Commerce Commission, to acquire by eminent domain any property without the corporate limits of any municipality for such purposes, but no new customer which an electric supplier is entitled to serve under the Electric Supplier Act may be served from any line, lines or other facilities located without the corporate limits of a municipality unless waiver to serve such a customer is given in writing by the electric supplier; (3) lease any public utility owned by the municipality to any corporation organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of operating that public utility, for a period not longer than 20 years; (4) fix the rates and charges for the product sold and the services rendered by any such public utility; and (5) make all needful rules and regulations in relation thereto.
    However, no municipality shall acquire or operate a public utility for or in connection with the transportation of persons under the provisions of this Division 117 if there is operating in such municipality any other publicly or privately owned public utility that provides such a service; and no municipality located within or partly within a county having 400,000 or more inhabitants may acquire by eminent domain any land or right of way for any electrical power line or substation outside of its corporate limits.
(Source: P.A. 77-2465.)