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MUNICIPALITIES (65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code. 65 ILCS 5/11-76-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-76-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-1)
Sec. 11-76-1.
Any city or village incorporated under any general or special
law which acquires or holds any real estate for any purpose whatsoever,
except real estate granted to a municipality as commons by a grant which
has been confirmed by the government of the United States, has the power to
lease the real estate for any term not exceeding 99 years, and to convey
the real estate when, in the opinion of the corporate authorities, the real
estate is no longer necessary, appropriate, required for the use of,
profitable to, or for the best interests of the city or village. This power
shall be exercised by an ordinance passed by three-fourths of the corporate
authorities of the city or village then holding office, at any regular
meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose. However, the
corporate authorities have the power to authorize any municipal officer to
make leases for terms not exceeding 2 years in such manner as they may
determine. The disposition of real estate acquired pursuant to Section 6 of
the "Urban Community Conservation Act", approved July 13, 1953, as
heretofore and hereafter amended, and acquired pursuant to Sections 12,
22 and 31 of the "Urban Renewal Consolidation Act of 1961", enacted by the
Seventy-Second General Assembly, and acquired pursuant to Division 11-11
by a municipality as the Local Public Agency under an urban renewal project
as defined therein, shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3425.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-76-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-2)
Sec. 11-76-2.
An ordinance directing a sale, or a lease of real estate for
any term in excess of 20 years, shall specify the location of the real
estate, the use thereof, and such conditions with respect to further use of
the real estate as the corporate authorities may deem necessary and
desirable to the public interest. Before the corporate authorities of a
city or village make a sale, by virtue of such an ordinance, notice of the
proposal to sell shall be published once each week for 3 successive weeks
in a daily or weekly paper published in the city or village, or if there is
none, then in some paper published in the county in which the city or
village is located. The first publication shall be not less than 30 days
before the day provided in the notice for the opening of bids for the real
estate. The notice shall contain an accurate description of the property,
state the purpose for which it is used and at what meeting the bids will be
considered and opened, and shall advertise for bids therefor. All such bids
shall be opened only at a regular meeting of the corporate authorities. The
corporate authorities may accept the high bid or any other bid determined
to be in the best interest of the city or village by a vote of 3/4 of the
corporate authorities then holding office, but by a majority vote of those
holding office, they may reject any and all bids. The consideration for
such a sale may include but need not be limited to the provision of
off-street parking facilities by the purchaser, which parking facilities
may be made part of the municipal parking system. Such consideration also
may include the provision of other public facilities by the purchaser.
Before the corporate authorities of the city or village make a lease of
real estate for a term in excess of 20 years, they shall give notice of
intent to adopt such an ordinance. The notice must be published at least
once in a daily or weekly newspaper published in the city or village, and
if there is none, then in some paper published in the county in which the
city or village is located. The publication must be not less than 15 nor
more than 30 days before the date on which it is proposed to adopt such an
ordinance. The notice must contain an accurate description of the property,
state the purpose for which it is used and the restrictions upon the
proposed use of the property to be leased. The corporate authorities may
negotiate the consideration and terms of such lease. Such consideration may
include the provision of off-street parking facilities by the lessee, which
parking facilities may be made part of the municipal parking system. Such
consideration also may include the provision of other public facilities by
the lessee on the real estate acquired. The corporate authorities may
contract with the lessee for the use of a portion of a structure or
improvement to be constructed on the real estate leased.
If such real estate is utilized in part for private use and in part for
public use, those portions of the improvements devoted to private use are
fully taxable. The land shall be exempt from taxation to the extent that
the uses thereon are public and taxable to the extent that the uses are
private. The taxable portion of the land is that percentage of the land's
total assessed valuation that the private development thereon bears to the
total development thereon. Nothing in this Section prevents the corporate
authorities from determining to sell or lease such property to the highest
responsible bidder. The corporate authorities may provide by ordinance for
the procedure to be followed in securing bids for the sale or lease of the
subject property. The disposition of real estate acquired pursuant to (a)
Section 6 of the "Urban Community Conservation Act", approved July 13,
1953, as now or hereafter amended, (b) Sections 12, 22 and 31 of the "Urban
Renewal Consolidation Act of 1961", approved August 15, 1961, as now or
hereafter amended, or (c) Division 11 of this Article by a municipality as
the Local Public Agency under an urban renewal program as defined therein,
is exempt from the requirements of this Section. Additionally, leases to
persons or corporations of municipally-owned or operated airport lands,
buildings, structures or other facilities for the shelter, servicing,
manufacturing and repair of aircraft, aircraft parts or accessories, or for
receiving and discharging passengers and, or cargo, are exempt from the
requirements of this Section.
(Source: Laws 1968, p. 519.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-76-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-3)
Sec. 11-76-3.
When the ordinance has been adopted and the consideration
paid or secured, as provided in Section 11-76-2, the mayor, or president,
and the municipal clerk, may convey the real estate and transfer it, by
proper deed of conveyance, stating therein the consideration therefor, with
the seal of the city or village.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3435.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76-4
(65 ILCS 5/11-76-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-4)
Sec. 11-76-4.
Whenever a city or village incorporated under any general or
special law, other than a city or village of 500,000 or more population,
owns any personal property which in the opinion of a simple majority of the
corporate authorities then holding office, is no longer necessary or useful
to, or for the best interests of the city or village, such a majority of
the corporate authorities then holding office, at any regular meeting or at
any special meeting called for that purpose, (1) by ordinance may authorize
the sale of that personal property in such manner as they may designate,
with or without advertising the sale, or (2) may authorize any municipal
officer to convert that personal property into some other form that is
useful to the city or village by using the material in the personal
property, or (3) may authorize any municipal officer to convey or turn in
any specified article of personal property as part payment on a new
purchase of any similar article. However, no article shall be turned in as
part of the purchase price on any purchase except upon receipt of
competitive bids, in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance, after
notice to all bidders that the article will be turned over as part of the
purchase price.
In cities or villages of 500,000 or more population, the sale of any
such personal property shall be governed by the provisions of Division 10
of Article 8.
(Source: P.A. 88-355.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76-4.1
(65 ILCS 5/11-76-4.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-4.1)
Sec. 11-76-4.1.
Sale of surplus real estate.
The corporate
authorities of a municipality by resolution may authorize the sale or public
auction of
surplus public real estate. The value of the real estate shall be
determined by a written MAI certified appraisal or by a written certified
appraisal of a State certified or licensed real estate appraiser. The
appraisal shall be available for public inspection. The resolution may direct
the sale to be conducted by the staff of the municipality; by
listing
with local licensed real estate agencies, in which case the terms of the
agent's compensation shall be included in the resolution; or by public
auction. The resolution
shall be published at the first opportunity following its passage in a
newspaper published in the municipality or, if none, then in a newspaper
published in the county where the municipality is located. The resolution
shall also contain pertinent information concerning the size, use, and
zoning of the real estate and the terms of sale. The corporate authorities
may accept any contract proposal determined by them to be in the best
interest of the municipality by a vote of two-thirds of
the
corporate authorities then holding office, but in no event at a price
less
than 80% of the appraised value.
(Source: P.A. 88-355; 89-78, eff. 6-30-95.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76-4.2
(65 ILCS 5/11-76-4.2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-4.2)
Sec. 11-76-4.2.
Surplus property; alternative method of sale.
(a) This Section applies to any municipality with a population of less
than 20,000 which is situated wholly or partially within a county that has
an unemployment rate, as determined by the Illinois Department of
Employment Security, higher than the national unemployment average, as
determined by the U.S. Department of Labor, for at least one month during
the 6 months preceding the adoption of a resolution to sell real estate
under this Section.
(b) If a municipality has either (1) adopted an ordinance to sell
surplus real estate under Section 11-76-2 and has received no bid on a
particular parcel or (2) adopted a resolution to sell surplus real estate
under Section 11-76-4.1 and has received no acceptable offer on a
particular parcel within 6 months after adoption of the resolution, then
that parcel of surplus real estate may be sold in the manner set forth in
subsection (c) of this Section.
(c) If the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this Section are
met, then the corporate authorities may, by resolution, authorize the sale
of a parcel of surplus public real estate in either of the following
manners: (1) by the staff of the municipality; (2) by listing with local
licensed real estate agencies; or (3) by public auction. The terms of the
sale, the compensation of the agent, if any, the time and the place of the
auction, if applicable, a legal description of the property and its size,
use and zoning shall be included in the resolution. The resolution shall
be published once each week for 3 successive weeks in a daily or weekly
newspaper published in the municipality or, if none, in a newspaper
published in the county in which the municipality is located. No sale may
be conducted until at least 30 days after the first publication. The
corporate authorities may accept any offer or bid determined by them to be
in the best interest of the municipality by a vote of three-fourths of the
corporate authorities then holding office.
(Source: P.A. 86-331.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76-5
(65 ILCS 5/11-76-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-5)
Sec. 11-76-5.
If, in the opinion of the corporate authorities of a
municipality with a population not exceeding 100,000 which is situated upon
the banks of a navigable river, the land owned by the municipality for the
purpose of a public landing or public levee, is not immediately required
for that purpose, the municipality may lease, for a period not exceeding 25
years, such parts of the landing or levee as the corporate authorities
think best, for the purpose of erecting manufactories, warehouses, or grain
elevators thereon.
No lease specified in this section shall take effect until approved by a
resolution or ordinance of the corporate authorities of the municipality.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76-6
(65 ILCS 5/11-76-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-6)
Sec. 11-76-6.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may enter into
a lease for a period of not to exceed 5 years for such equipment and
machinery as may be required for corporate purposes when authorized by the
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the corporate authorities.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2841.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 76.1
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 76.1 heading)
DIVISION 76.1.
PURCHASE OR LEASE OF REAL OR
PERSONAL PROPERTY
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65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.1-1)
Sec. 11-76.1-1.
The corporate authorities of each municipality having a
population of less than 500,000 inhabitants have the power by ordinance
adopted by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the elected corporate
authorities then holding office:
(i) To purchase or lease real or personal property for public purposes
pursuant to contracts or leases which provide for the consideration for
such purchase or lease to be paid in annual installments during a period
not exceeding 20 years;
(ii) To lease as lessee and to purchase real property or personal
property for public purposes pursuant to a lease or purchase agreement
which lease or purchase agreement may provide that the municipality may, at
its option, purchase the property which is subject to the agreement or
lease upon terms wherein payments previously made, or a portion of them,
are deducted from the purchase price of the property as provided for in
such lease or agreement.
A municipality, having adopted and filed with the municipal clerk such
installment or lease agreement, executed by officers of the municipality,
may issue debt certificates to any person either in lieu of or in evidence
of the amounts payable under such lease or installment agreement. Such
certificates may contain such terms as are provided for the issuance of
bonds generally under Section 10 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, as
now or hereafter amended, except to the extent such terms expressly
conflict with limitations set forth in this Division. Cash proceeds
received upon issuance of such certificates shall be duly applied to the
acquisition and construction and payment for the real or personal property
which is the subject of such installment or lease agreement.
(Source: P.A. 85-1419.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.1-2)
Sec. 11-76.1-2.
Whenever and as often as a municipality enters into a
lease or purchase agreement, the governing body of such municipality
shall provide by ordinance for the levy and collection of a direct
annual tax sufficient to pay the annual installments or rent provided
for by any such lease or agreement as and when it becomes due and
payable. A certified copy of the lease or agreement as entered into by
the municipality and a certified copy of the tax levy ordinance of such
municipality providing for the levy and collection of a direct annual
tax sufficient to pay the annual installments of such lease or agreement
shall be filed in the office of the County Clerk of each county in which
any portion of the territory of such municipality is situated, which
certified copies shall constitute the authority for the clerk or clerks
in each case to extend the taxes annually necessary to pay the annual
installments payable under any such lease or agreement as and when the
same become due and payable.
Upon such filing in the office of the County Clerk, or clerks, of the
proper county, it shall be the duty of such County Clerk, or clerks, to
ascertain the rate per cent which, upon the value of all property
subject to taxation within the municipality as that property is assessed
or equalized by the Department of Revenue will produce
a net amount of not less than the amount of the annual installments
provided for in such lease or agreement. The County Clerk, or clerks,
shall thereupon and thereafter annually extend taxes against all of the
taxable property contained in that municipality sufficient to pay the
annual installments provided for in such lease or agreement. Such tax
shall be levied and collected in like manner with the other taxes of
such municipality and shall be in addition and in excess of all other
taxes now or hereafter authorized to be levied by that municipality.
This tax shall not be included within any statutory limitation of rate
or amount for that municipality but shall be excluded therefrom and be
in addition thereto and in excess thereof. The funds realized from such
tax levy shall be set aside for the payment of the annual rent and shall
not be disbursed for any other purpose until the annual installment has
been paid in full.
Notwithstanding anything in this Code to the contrary, each
municipality may enter into leases and agreements as provided herein and
such leases or agreements may be made and the obligation and expense
thereunder incurred without making a previous appropriation therefor.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.1-3)
Sec. 11-76.1-3.
After the ordinance providing for the lease or purchase
of real or personal property has been passed, it shall be published at
least twice within 30 days after its passage in one or more newspapers
published in the municipality, or, if no newspaper is published therein,
then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the
municipality. In municipalities with less than 500 population in which no
newspaper is published, publication may instead be made by posting a notice
in 3 prominent places within the municipality. The ordinance shall not
become effective until 30 days after its second publication.
(Source: P.A. 87-767.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-4
(65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.1-4)
Sec. 11-76.1-4.
Whenever a petition signed by the electors of any
specified municipality equal in number to 10% or more of the total number
of registered voters in the municipality, is filed
with the municipal clerk of any such municipality which has
adopted an ordinance pursuant to the powers granted in Section 11-76.1-1
of this Code, and such petition has been filed with the clerk of the
municipality within 30 days of the second publication of the notice
required in Section 11-76.1-3 of this Code which notice shall include (1)
the specific number of voters required to sign the petition; (2) the time
in which the petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective
referendum, the corporate authorities
shall order the submission of the question to the
municipal electors and designate the election at which the
question shall be submitted. The municipal clerk shall certify the question
to the proper election authority. The municipal clerk shall provide
a petition form to any individual requesting one.
The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:
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Shall the ordinance passed by the city council (or board of YES trustees, etc.) of (name of municipality) on (insert date), - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
entitled ............., which provides (stating the nature of the proposed ordinance), become NO effective? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
If a majority of the votes cast on the questions are in favor of the
proposition, the corporate authorities shall have the authority granted
to them by Section 11-76.1-1.
This amendatory Act of 1975 is not a limit on any municipality which
is a home rule unit.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99 .)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 76.2
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 76.2 heading)
DIVISION 76.2.
EXCHANGE OF REAL ESTATE
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65 ILCS 5/11-76.2-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-76.2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.2-1)
Sec. 11-76.2-1.
A public hearing on a proposal to exchange real estate
shall be held, pursuant to a 3/4 vote of the members of the corporate authorities
of a municipality then holding office. No exchange of real estate shall
be made unless such a public hearing is held prior to the agreement being entered into.
(Source: P.A. 81-858.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76.2-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-76.2-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.2-2)
Sec. 11-76.2-2.
Upon action being duly adopted pursuant to Section 11-76.2-1
above, a public hearing shall be held by the corporate authorities at a
time and place to be designated by them upon such proposal, pursuant to
notice of public hearing duly published in a newspaper of general circulation
published in said municipality or if no such newspaper
is so published then in a newspaper published in the county in which said
municipality is wholly or partially situated that has a general circulation
in said municipality. Said notice shall be so published not less than 15
days nor more than 30 days prior to the date of the hearing; and shall set
forth a legal description of the property or properties to be so exchanged,
as well as the property or properties that the municipality is to receive
through such exchange, and the proposed terms and conditions otherwise of such exchange.
(Source: P.A. 81-858.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76.2-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-76.2-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.2-3)
Sec. 11-76.2-3.
After the conclusion of said public hearing, the corporate
authorities of the municipality may by a 3/4 vote of the corporate authorities
then holding office authorize the exchange as proposed, or as modified as
they may find desirable after the holding of the hearing.
In case an exchange is so authorized, the authorization shall be by ordinance,
wherein findings shall be made as follows: (1) that the premises to be conveyed
by the municipality under such exchange, in the opinion of the city council
or board of trustees are no longer needed by the municipality for the public
interest; (2) that the premises to be received by the municipality under
such exchange will prove useful to the municipality and will be for the
public interest; and (3) that the total value of the substitutional premises
is approximately equal to or exceeds the value of the premises for which
same are being exchanged, as determined by the corporate authorities, taking
into consideration the long term best interest of the public.
(Source: P.A. 81-858.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-76.2-4
(65 ILCS 5/11-76.2-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.2-4)
Sec. 11-76.2-4.
When the ordinance has been adopted, an exchange agreement
entered into and consideration
secured, as provided under such authorized exchange, the mayor or president,
and the municipal clerk, may convey the real estate to be given by the municipality
under such exchange and transfer same, by proper deed of conveyance, stating
therein the consideration therefor, with the seal of the municipality.
(Source: P.A. 81-858.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 77
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 77 heading)
DIVISION 77.
LEASES WITH STATE AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENTS
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65 ILCS 5/11-77-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-77-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-77-1)
Sec. 11-77-1.
The corporate authorities in every municipality, incorporated
under any law of this state, have the power, by ordinance:
(1) To convey, grant, transfer, or sell to the United | | States of America, or to any proper agency thereof, any real or personal property owned by the municipality, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the corporate authorities, or in consideration of a grant or loan of money by the United States of America, or any agency thereof, for the construction, extension, or improvement of any public works project or municipal building;
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(3) To pay for the use of this leased property in
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(4) To authorize any municipal official to enter into
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Such a lease may be entered into without making a
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(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-77-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-77-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-77-2)
Sec. 11-77-2.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may donate,
sell, lease, or convey any land heretofore acquired to the State
or any
agency thereof, to be used as a site for an armory for the National Guard
or Naval Militia, and to acquire land for these purposes. No municipality,
however, shall have any power to divert any gift, grant or legacy from the
specific purpose designated by any donor.
(Source: P.A. 83-388.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 78
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 78 heading)
DIVISION 78.
LEASING PROPERTY FOR SCHOOL
PURPOSES
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65 ILCS 5/11-78-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-78-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-78-1)
Sec. 11-78-1.
Any city or village, whether incorporated under a general or
special law, which holds any real or personal estate which has been
conveyed to it for school or academy purposes by ordinance or resolution of
the corporate authorities may convey that real or personal estate to the
school officers, authorized to hold it, for the use of the school district
in which the real or personal estate is situated, by proper deeds of
conveyance executed by the proper officers of the municipality, under the
corporate seal thereof.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-78-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-78-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-78-2)
Sec. 11-78-2.
If any real estate conveyed by virtue of Section 11-78-1
ceases at any time to be used for school purposes for a period of 3 years,
the school officers, holding the title to the real estate, shall convey the
real estate back to the grantor municipality to be by it thereafterwards
held, enjoyed, and disposed of as other corporate property. A provision
expressing this condition shall be inserted in every deed made by a
municipality under Section 11-78-1. Such a reconveyance may be compelled
and enforced by any taxpayer of the grantor municipality by proper
proceedings to be instituted by him for that purpose.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-78-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-78-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-78-3)
Sec. 11-78-3.
If real or personal estate is under the control of trustees,
appointed or elected by virtue of any general or special law of this state,
when it is conveyed as specified in Section 11-78-1, the duties of those
trustees in relation thereto shall cease, and they shall immediately settle
and adjust all matters relating to the trust estate and make a report to
the proper authority of their acts. Upon the approval of this report the
trustees shall be released and discharged from the further performance of
duty in that behalf. All money which may remain in the municipal treasury
to the credit of any fund connected with the use of such real or personal
estate, while so held by the municipality, shall be used by the
municipality for any lawful corporate purpose.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-78-4
(65 ILCS 5/11-78-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-78-4)
Sec. 11-78-4.
When authorized by ordinance, any municipality incorporated
under a special charter, holding title to or having an interest in any real
estate, may sell and convey the real estate, or the municipality's interest
therein, to the trustee of the schools of the township or other county
board of school trustees as the case may be in which the real estate is
situated, to be used as a school site for the school district in which the
real estate is situated. The conveyance shall be made by a proper deed or
conveyance, executed by the corporate authorities of the municipality.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 79
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 79 heading)
DIVISION 79.
PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION LEASES
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65 ILCS 5/11-79-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-79-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-79-1)
Sec. 11-79-1.
In addition to all the rights and powers conferred on any
municipality under this Code or any other Acts to acquire, under lease or
otherwise, any real or personal property for corporate purposes, the
corporate authorities in every municipality, incorporated under any law of
this state, have the power by ordinance:
(1) To lease from any public building commission created pursuant to the
provisions of the Public Building Commission Act, approved July 5, 1955, as
heretofore and hereafter amended, any real or personal property for any
of its corporate purposes, for any period of time not exceeding 20 years.
(2) To pay for the use of the leased property in accordance with the
terms of the lease and with the provisions of the Public Building
Commission Act, approved July 5, 1955, as heretofore and hereafter amended.
(3) Such lease may be entered into without making a previous
appropriation for the expense thereby incurred, notwithstanding the
provisions contained in Sections 8-1-6, 8-1-7 and 8-2-1 through 8-2-8.
However, if the corporate authorities of any municipality undertake to pay
all or any part of the costs of operating and maintaining the property of a
public building commission as authorized in subsection (4) of this section,
such expenses of operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual
appropriation ordinance of such municipality annually during the term of
such undertaking.
(4) In addition, the corporate authorities in every municipality may
undertake, either in the lease with a public building commission or by
separate agreement or contract with a public building commission, to pay
all or any part of the costs of maintaining and operating the property of a
public building commission for any period of time not exceeding 20 years.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 80
(65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 80 heading)
STREETS AND PUBLIC WAYS
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 80
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 80 heading)
DIVISION 80.
GENERAL POWERS OVER
STREETS AND PUBLIC WAYS
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-1)
Sec. 11-80-1.
All provisions of this Code relating to the control of streets,
alleys, sidewalks and all other public ways are subject to the provisions
of "The Illinois Vehicle Code", as now and hereafter
amended, and the Illinois Highway Code, as now and hereafter amended.
(Source: P.A. 81-840.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-2)
Sec. 11-80-2.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
the use of the streets and other municipal property.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-2a
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-2a) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-2a)
Sec. 11-80-2a.
In areas zoned for residential use, the corporate authorities
may restrict part of each street for "residents parking only".
(Source: P.A. 79-545.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-3)
Sec. 11-80-3.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may prevent
and remove encroachments or obstructions upon the streets and other
municipal property.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-4
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-4)
Sec. 11-80-4.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide
for the lighting of streets and other municipal property.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-5
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-5)
Sec. 11-80-5.
The corporate authorities of each municipality, with
the concurrence of two-thirds of all of the alderpersons, trustees or
commissioners elected therein, may levy and collect annually, in
addition to all other taxes now authorized by law, a tax of not to
exceed .05% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
Revenue, of the taxable property in the municipality,
to be used exclusively for the purpose of lighting streets. The tax
authorized by this Section is in addition to taxes for general corporate
purposes authorized by Section 8-3-1.
The foregoing tax rate limitation, insofar as it is applicable to
municipalities of less than 500,000 population, may be increased or
decreased under the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of
Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-6
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-6)
Sec. 11-80-6.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide
for the cleaning of streets and other municipal property.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-7
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-7)
Sec. 11-80-7.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
the openings in streets and other municipal property for the laying,
building, repairing, and removing of gas or water mains and pipes, or
sewers, tunnels, and drains and may erect gas lights.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-8
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-8)
Sec. 11-80-8.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
the use of the space over the streets, alleys, other municipal property,
and public places of the city, and upon payment of proper compensation, to
be fixed by ordinance, may permit the use of the space more than 12 feet
above the level of such streets, alleys, property or places, except for
purely private uses.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-9
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-9)
Sec. 11-80-9.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may prevent
and regulate all amusements and activities having a tendency to annoy or
endanger persons or property on the sidewalks, streets, and other municipal
property. However, no municipality may prohibit a charitable organization, as defined in Section 2 of the Charitable Games Act, from soliciting for charitable purposes, including solicitations taking place on public roadways from passing motorists, if all of the following requirements are met.
(1) The persons to be engaged in the solicitation are | | law enforcement personnel, firefighters, or other persons employed to protect the public safety of a local agency, and that are soliciting solely in an area that is within the service area of that local agency.
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| (2) The charitable organization files an application
| | with the municipality having jurisdiction over the location or locations where the solicitation is to occur. The application shall be filed not later than 10 business days before the date that the solicitation is to begin and shall include all of the following:
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| (A) The date or dates and times of day when the
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| (B) The location or locations where the
| | solicitation is to occur along with a list of 3 alternate locations listed in order of preference.
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| (C) The manner and conditions under which the
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| (D) Proof of a valid liability insurance policy
| | in the amount of at least $1,000,000 insuring the charity or local agency against bodily injury and property damage arising out of or in connection with the solicitation.
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| The municipality shall approve the application within 5 business days after the filing date of the application, but may impose reasonable conditions in writing that are consistent with the intent of this Section and are based on articulated public safety concerns. If the municipality determines that the applicant's location cannot be permitted due to significant safety concerns, such as high traffic volumes, poor geometrics, construction, maintenance operations, or past crash history, then the municipality may deny the application for that location and must approve one of the 3 alternate locations following the order of preference submitted by the applicant on the alternate location list. By acting under this Section, a local agency does not waive or limit any immunity from liability provided by any other provision of law.
For purposes of this Section, "local agency" means a municipality, special district, fire district, joint powers of authority, or other political subdivision of the State of Illinois.
A home rule unit may not regulate a charitable organization in a manner that is inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23 .)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-10
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-10)
Sec. 11-80-10.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
and prevent the depositing of ashes, offal, dirt, garbage, or any other
offensive matter in, and to prevent injury to streets, alleys, or other
municipal property.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-11
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-11)
Sec. 11-80-11.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide
for and regulate cross-walks, curbs, and gutters. However, after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1973, all new curbs which are provided
for by any municipality, and all existing curbs which are a part of any
reconstruction, within any block which is contiguous to any highway and in
which more than 50% of the territory is devoted to or zoned for business,
commercial or industrial use shall comply with this Section. In order to
enable persons using wheelchairs to travel freely and without assistance,
at each cross-walk a ramp with non-slip surface shall be built into the
curb so that the sidewalk and street blend to a common level. Such ramp
shall conform to the standards adopted by the Capital Development Board
in accordance with the Environmental Barriers Act. Where because of surrounding
buildings or other restrictions it is impossible to conform the slope with
this requirement, the ramp shall contain a slope with as shallow a rise as
possible under the circumstances. In all ramps there shall be a gradual
rounding at the bottom of the slope.
(Source: P.A. 86-447.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-12
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-12)
Sec. 11-80-12.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may authorize
the construction of and may regulate mills, mill-races, and feeders on,
through, or across the streets and other municipal property.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-13
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-13)
Sec. 11-80-13.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
the use of sidewalks, the construction, repair, and use of openings in
sidewalks, and all vaults and structures thereon and thereunder, including
telephone booths, and may require the owner or occupant of any premises to
keep the sidewalks abutting the premises free from snow and other
obstructions.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2430.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-14
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-14)
Sec. 11-80-14.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
and prevent the use of streets, sidewalks, and public property for signs,
sign posts, awnings, awning posts, telegraph poles, watering places, racks,
posting handbills and advertisements.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-15
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-15)
Sec. 11-80-15.
Street advertising; adult entertainment advertising.
(a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may license
street advertising by means of billboards, sign boards, and signs and may
regulate the character and control the location of billboards, sign boards,
and signs upon vacant property and upon buildings.
(b) The corporate authorities of each municipality may further
regulate the character and control the location of adult entertainment
advertising placed on billboards, sign boards, and signs upon vacant property
and upon
buildings that are within 1,000 feet of the property boundaries of schools, day
care
centers, cemeteries, public parks, and places of religious worship.
For the purposes of this subsection, "adult entertainment" means
entertainment provided by an adult bookstore, striptease club, or pornographic
movie theater whose business is the
commercial sale, dissemination, or distribution of sexually explicit materials,
shows, or other exhibitions.
(Source: P.A. 89-605, eff. 8-2-96.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-16
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-16)
Sec. 11-80-16.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
and prohibit the exhibition or carrying of banners, signs, placards,
advertisements, or handbills on the sidewalks, streets, or other municipal
property.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-17
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-17) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-17)
Sec. 11-80-17.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
and prevent the flying of flags, banners, or signs across streets or from
houses.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-18
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-18) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-18)
Sec. 11-80-18.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may
regulate the numbering of buildings and lots. No change in the
numbering of buildings and lots shall be effective until 30 days after
the election authorities having jurisdiction in the area in which such
numbering is changed and the post office branch serving that area have
been notified by the corporate authority initiating such action of the
change in writing by certified or registered mail.
(Source: P.A. 80-398.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-19
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-19) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-19)
Sec. 11-80-19.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may
name originally and then may change the name of any street, avenue,
alley, or other public place. No change in the name of any street,
avenue, alley or other public place shall be effective until 30 days
after the election authorities having jurisdiction in the area in which
the name of the public place is changed and the post office branch
serving that area have been notified by the corporate authority
initiating such action of the change in writing by certified or
registered mail.
(Source: P.A. 80-398.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-20
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-20)
Sec. 11-80-20.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
traffic and sales upon the streets, sidewalks, public places, and municipal
property.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-21
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-21) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-21)
Sec. 11-80-21.
The corporate authorities by condemnation or otherwise may
extend any street or alley over or across, or may construct any sewer under
any railroad track, or through the right-of-way or land of any railroad
company. Where no compensation is made to the railroad company, however,
the municipality shall restore the railroad track, right-of-way, or land so
that its usefulness will not be impaired more than is reasonably necessary.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-23
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-23) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-23)
Sec. 11-80-23.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may
employ and fix the compensation of persons to serve as school crossing
guards, on a part-time basis, by directing traffic and protecting
children crossing the streets in going to and from school. The corporate
authorities of any municipality may pay such compensation from general
corporate funds or may levy, annually, in municipalities having a
population of less than 500,000 a special tax for that purpose of not to
exceed .02% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
Revenue, of all taxable property in that municipality.
Such a tax is in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for
general purposes by Section 8-3-1.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-80-24 (65 ILCS 5/11-80-24) Sec. 11-80-24. Collocation of small wireless facilities. (a) A municipality may propose that a small wireless facility be collocated on an existing utility pole within 200 feet of the wireless providers proposed location within its public rights-of-way under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of Section 15 of the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act and the entity owning the utility pole shall provide access for that purpose. (b) Any fee charged for the use of a utility pole under this Section shall be at the lowest rate charged by the entity owning the utility pole for other wireless providers and shall not exceed the entity's actual costs. (c) Nothing in this Section alters anything in Section 15 of the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act.
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 81
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 81 heading)
DIVISION 81.
STREET AND BRIDGE TAX
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65 ILCS 5/11-81-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-81-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-81-1)
Sec. 11-81-1.
The corporate authorities of each municipality, whether
incorporated under the general law or a special charter, which includes
wholly within its corporate limits a township or townships, or a road
district, may levy, annually, a tax for street and bridge purposes of
not to exceed .06% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in any
township or road district lying wholly within the limits of that
municipality. But if, in the opinion of three-fourths of the members
elected to the city council or board of trustees of such a municipality,
a greater levy for bridge and street purposes is needed, an additional
levy may be made of any sum not exceeding .04% of such taxable property.
Municipalities having a higher limitation than .10% for street and
bridge purposes on July 1, 1967 may continue to levy such higher rate.
The street and bridge tax authorized by this Section shall be in
addition to: (1) any tax that such a municipality is now authorized to
levy for street or bridge purposes, and (2) the tax that such a
municipality is now authorized to levy upon all property within the
municipality, and (3) the amount authorized to be levied for general
purposes as provided by Section 8-3-1.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-81-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-81-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-81-2)
Sec. 11-81-2.
The city council of any city and the board of trustees
of any village or incorporated town, whether organized under the general
law or special charter, which does not correspond to the description set
out in Section 11-81-1, may annually levy a tax for street and bridge
purposes at a rate of not to exceed .06% of the value, as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue, and may by a
three-fourths vote of the members elected to such city council or board
of trustees levy an additional tax for street and bridge purposes at a
rate of not to exceed .04% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue, of taxable property within such
city, village or incorporated town. Municipalities having a higher
limitation than .10% for street and bridge purposes on July 1, 1967 may
continue to levy such higher rate. However, if any city, village or
incorporated town levying such tax for street and bridge purposes is
situated as a whole or in part within any road district in which a tax
for road and bridge purposes has also been levied under the authority of
Section 6-501 of the "Illinois Highway Code" as the same may from time
to time be amended, the county clerk shall as to the taxable property
lying within such city, village or incorporated town, reduce and abate
from such street and bridge tax levied by the authority of this Section
11-81-2 a rate equivalent to the amount of all road district road and
bridge taxes accruing to such city, village or incorporated town in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6-507 of the "Illinois Highway
Code" as the same may from time to time be amended.
Such street and bridge tax authorized by this Section 11-81-2 shall
be in addition to any tax any such city, village or incorporated town is
now authorized to levy for street or bridge purposes and shall be in
addition to the tax that such city, village or incorporated town is now
authorized to levy upon the aggregate valuation of all property within
such city, village or incorporated town, and shall be in addition to the
amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as provided by
Section 8-3-1.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 82
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 82 heading)
DIVISION 82.
COST OF OILING STREETS
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65 ILCS 5/11-82-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-82-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-82-1)
Sec. 11-82-1.
The corporate authorities of any city or village with a
population of less than 20,000 may, for the purpose of oiling the streets
or public highways within the corporate limits of the city or village,
direct the payment of the costs thereof out of any money in the municipal
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 83
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 83 heading)
DIVISION 83.
RESURFACING STREETS BY SPECIAL
ASSESSMENT
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65 ILCS 5/11-83-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-83-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-83-1)
Sec. 11-83-1.
In addition to all other means or methods authorized by law
for the repair, maintenance, resurfacing, or reconstruction of street
pavements, any municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the resurfacing
of streets paved by macadam, brick, granite, blocks, asphalt, cement, or
other type of pavement, when that pavement becomes disintegrated at the
surface or by reason of wear, usage, or lapse of time becomes otherwise
inadequate, defective, or imperfect. The municipality, by that ordinance,
may provide for the payment of the whole or any part of the cost of the
resurfacing of those streets (1) by special taxation of the lots or parcels
of land fronting upon those streets, or (2) by special assessment upon the
property benefited by the improvement of those streets through the
resurfacing, or (3) by apportioning the cost of the resurfacing so that
part of the cost will be paid by special assessment upon the property
benefited and part of it by appropriation from the fund accumulated through
the vehicle tax levied in accordance with the statute for purposes of
street and alley improvement or repair.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-83-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-83-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-83-2)
Sec. 11-83-2.
The corporate authorities of any municipality may, of their
own motion, pass ordinances providing for the resurfacing of streets as
specified in Section 11-83-1, and for the nature, character, and locality,
and description thereof. Upon the passage of an ordinance so providing, all
proceedings thereafter to be had for the levy and collection of special
assessments to defray the cost thereof shall be in accordance with the
provisions of Article 9.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 84
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 84 heading)
DIVISION 84.
SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
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65 ILCS 5/11-84-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-84-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-84-1)
Sec. 11-84-1.
In addition to any other manner authorized by law, any
municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the construction and repair of
sidewalks therein, along or upon any streets or part of streets therein.
The corporate authorities, by that ordinance, may provide for the payment
of the whole or any part of the cost thereof by special taxation of the
lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels of land touching upon the line where such
a sidewalk is ordered. This special taxation may be either by levying the
whole or any part of the cost thereof upon each of the lots, blocks,
tracts, or parcels of land touching upon the line of the sidewalk, pro
rata, according to their respective values. The values of the lots, blocks,
tracts, or parcels of land shall be determined by the last preceding
assessment thereof for the purpose of state and county taxation. Or the
whole or any part of the cost thereof may be levied upon such lots, blocks,
tracts, or parcels of land in proportion to their frontage upon such
sidewalk, or in proportion to their superficial area, as may be provided by
ordinance ordering the laying down of the sidewalk. In case the ordinance
only requires a part of the cost of the sidewalk to be paid by a special
tax as provided in this section, the residue of the cost shall be paid out
of any fund of the municipality raised by general taxation upon the
property in the municipality and not otherwise appropriated. Such a
municipality, by one and the same ordinance, may provide for the
construction or repair of sidewalks under this article on 2 or more
streets, or parts of streets, or on one or both sides of any street or
streets, whenever the sidewalks are so connected, or otherwise related, as
to constitute a single system of improvement. A duplicate copy of the
ordinance, duly certified by law, shall be delivered by the clerk of the
municipality to the recorder of deeds of each county in which any part of
the property is located not less than 30 days before commencement of any
construction by the municipality as specified hereinafter in this Division
84. Each recorder shall record the copy and keep it as part of the
permanent records of the office of such recorder. Such special taxes are a
lien upon the property against which they are charged from the date upon
which a copy of said ordinance is filed or recorded, which lien is
discharged when the tax has been paid or the property has been sold
pursuant to Section 11-84-5 of this Act.
When the tax has been fully paid, the corporate authorities of the
municipality shall execute and record, in the recorder's office of the
county in which the land is located, a release of the lien of the taxes so
paid, and shall deliver a copy of the release to the owner of the property.
(Source: P.A. 85-1252.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-84-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-84-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-84-2)
Sec. 11-84-2.
Such an ordinance shall define the location of the proposed
sidewalk or the sidewalk to be repaired with reasonable certainty, shall
prescribe its width, the materials of which it is to be constructed and the
manner of its construction, and may provide that the materials and
construction shall be under the supervision of and subject to the approval
of an officer or board of officers of the municipality to be designated in
the ordinance.
The ordinance shall require all owners of lots, blocks, tracts, or
parcels of land touching the line of a proposed sidewalk to construct or
repair a sidewalk in front of or touching upon their respective lots,
blocks, tracts, or parcels of land in accordance with the specifications of
the ordinance, within 30 days after the mailing of notice of the passage of
the ordinance, addressed to the party who last paid the general taxes on
the respective lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels. In default thereof the
municipality may furnish the materials and construct or repair the sidewalk
in accordance with the ordinance, or may enter into a contract for the
furnishing of the materials and the construction or repair of the sidewalk
as hereinafter provided in this Division 84. The cost of such part thereof
as may be fixed in the ordinance may be collected as hereinafter provided
in this Division 84. The municipality may issue vouchers bearing not to
exceed 6% interest annually in payment of these sidewalks, payable solely
out of the special tax provided for in this Division 84 when the tax is
collected.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-84-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-84-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-84-3)
Sec. 11-84-3.
Such an ordinance may provide that a bill of the costs of the
sidewalk, showing the cost of the construction or repair and supervision
thereof, shall be made by the officer or board designated by the ordinance
to take charge of the construction or repair of the sidewalk, together with
a list of the lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels of land touching upon the
line of the sidewalk, the names of the parties who last paid the general
taxes on the respective lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels and the frontage,
superficial area, or assessed value as specified in Section 11-84-1,
according as the ordinance may provide for the levy of the cost by the
frontage, superficial area or assessed value.
Thereupon, if the owner of any lot, block, tract, or parcel of land has
failed or refused to construct or repair his portion of the sidewalk in
accordance with the provisions of the ordinance, the specified officer or
board shall proceed to prepare a special tax list against those lots,
blocks, tracts or parcels of land in front of or touching upon which the
sidewalk has not been constructed or repaired, ascertaining by computation
the amount of special taxes and the annual installments thereof to be
charged against each of those lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels of land on
account of the construction or repair of the sidewalk, according to the
rule fixed for the levy of that special tax by the ordinance.
This special tax list shall be filed in the office of the specified
officer or board, and this officer or board shall thereupon issue warrants
directed to the municipal collector, or to such officer as may be
designated in the ordinance, for the collection of the amount of special
tax so ascertained and appearing from this special tax list to be due from
the respective lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels of land touching upon the
line of the sidewalk. However, the aggregate amount of each special tax
shall be divided into 5 annual installments of equal amounts, except that
all fractional amounts shall be added to the first installment, so as to
leave the remaining installments equal in amount and each a multiple of
$100.
The first installment shall be due and payable on the second day of
January next after the date of the first voucher issued on account of the
work done, and the second installment one year thereafter, and so on
annually until all installments are paid. The specified officer or board
shall file in the office of the municipal collector, or such officer as may
be designated to collect the tax, a certificate, signed by the officer or
secretary of the board preparing the tax list, of the date of the first
voucher and of the amount thereof within 30 days after the issuance
thereof.
All the installments shall bear interest as provided in this section
until paid, at the rate of not to exceed 6% annually. Interest on
assessments shall begin to run from the date of the first voucher issued on
account of work done. The interest on each installment shall be payable as
follows: On the second day of January next succeeding the date of the first
voucher as certified, the interest accrued up to date on all unpaid
installments shall be due and payable and it shall be collected with the
installment. Thereafter the interest on all unpaid installments shall be
payable annually and be due and payable at the same time as the installment
maturing in that year and be collected therewith.
In all cases the municipal collector, or the officer designated to
collect the tax, whenever payment is made of any installment, shall collect
all interest that is due up to the date of that payment, whether the
payment is made at or after maturity. Any person may at any time pay the
whole assessment against any lot, block, tract or parcel of land, or any
installment thereof, with interest as provided in this section up to the
date of payment. The municipal collector, or the officer designated to
collect the tax, shall proceed to collect the warrants by mailing a written
notice to the address of the party who last paid the general taxes on the
respective lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels of land in the list, that the
tax list is in his possession for collection. All money so collected shall
be immediately paid over by that officer to the municipal treasurer of that
municipality.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-84-4
(65 ILCS 5/11-84-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-84-4)
Sec. 11-84-4.
Upon failure to collect the special tax as hereinbefore
provided in this Division 84, the municipal collector, or the officer
designated to collect the tax on or before the first day of August in each
year, shall make a written report of this special tax to such general
officer of the county as may be authorized by law to apply for judgment
against and sell lands for taxes due the county or state. This report shall
also contain an enumeration of (1) all the lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels
of land upon which this special tax remains unpaid, (2) the names of the
respective owners thereof, so far as the names are known to the collecting
officer, (3) the amount due and unpaid upon each lot, block, tract, or
parcel and (4) a copy of the ordinance ordering the construction of the
sidewalk. This report shall be accompanied by the oath of the officer that
the list is a correct return of the lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels of
land on which the special tax levied by authority of the municipality for
the cost or partial cost, as the case may be, of the sidewalk specified in
that ordinance remains due and unpaid, and that the amounts therein stated
as due and unpaid, have not been collected, nor any part thereof. This
report, when so made, is prima facie evidence that all the forms and
requirements of the law in relation to making that return have been
complied with, and that the special tax, as mentioned in the report, is due
and unpaid.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-84-5
(65 ILCS 5/11-84-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-84-5)
Sec. 11-84-5.
When the specified general officer of the county receives
such a report, he shall at once proceed to obtain judgment against the
lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels of land enumerated therein for the special
tax remaining due and unpaid, in the same manner as may be provided by law
for obtaining judgment against land for taxes due and unpaid to the county
and state, and in the same manner shall proceed to sell the same for the
special tax due and unpaid. In obtaining this judgment, and making this
sale, the specified officer shall be governed by the general revenue laws
of Illinois, except when otherwise provided in this Division 84. The
general revenue laws shall also apply to the execution of certificates of
sales and deeds, and to the force and effect of these sales and deeds. All
other laws in relation to the enforcement and collection of taxes, and
redemption from tax sales, shall apply to proceedings to collect this
special tax, except as otherwise provided in this Division 84.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-84-6
(65 ILCS 5/11-84-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-84-6)
Sec. 11-84-6.
Whenever payment of the cost of such sidewalk is required to
be made in part by special tax and in part out of any general fund of the
municipality, and the owner of a lot, block, tract, or parcel of land
constructs or repairs the sidewalk in accordance with the ordinance for its
construction or repair the officer or board directed by the ordinance to
superintend the construction or repair thereof shall thereupon have issued
to that owner, an order on the municipal treasurer for the cost of the
construction or repair of the sidewalk, less the amount of special tax
chargeable to the lot, block, tract, or parcel of land of that owner on the
line of which the sidewalk has been so constructed or repaired.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-84-7
(65 ILCS 5/11-84-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-84-7)
Sec. 11-84-7.
Except as herein otherwise provided for municipalities of
more than 500,000 population, all contracts for the construction or repair
of sidewalks as provided in this Division 84, when the expense thereof
exceeds $1,500, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder in the
following manner: Notice shall be given by the officer or board designated
in the ordinance to take charge of the construction or repair and
supervision of a sidewalk, by advertisement at least twice, not more than
30 nor less than 15 days in advance of the day of opening the bids, that
bids will be received for the construction or repair of that sidewalk in
accordance with the ordinance therefor, in one or more newspapers published
within the municipality, or if no newspaper is published therein, then in
one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the municipality.
In municipalities with less than 500 population in which no newspaper is
published, publication may instead be made by posting a notice in 3
prominent places within the municipality. The notice shall state the time
of opening the bids. All bids offered shall be accompanied by cash or a
check payable to the order of the officer or board having charge of the
improvement, and certified by a responsible bank, for an amount which shall
not be less than 10% of the aggregate of the bid. All contracts shall be
approved by the officer, or the presiding officer of the board, having the
supervision of the construction or repair of that sidewalk.
In municipalities of more than 500,000 population, the letting of
contracts for the construction or repair of sidewalks as provided in this
Division 84 shall be governed by the provisions of Division 10 of Article
8.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-84-8
(65 ILCS 5/11-84-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-84-8)
Sec. 11-84-8.
If a special tax for the construction or repair of a sidewalk
is annulled by the corporate authorities or set aside by any court, a new
ordinance may be passed and a new tax may be made and returned. This power
to pass a new ordinance providing for a new tax exists only when (1) the
prior ordinance was passed under "An Act to provide additional means for
the construction of sidewalks in cities, towns and villages," approved
April 15, 1875, as amended, or under this Division 84, and (2) when the
prior ordinance was merely defective but not void.
The proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the first instance, and
all parties in interest shall have like rights and like powers in relation
to any subsequent tax as are hereby given in relation to the first tax. No
special tax shall be levied for work already done under a prior ordinance,
unless it appears that the work was done in good faith, by the
municipality, or under contract duly let and executed, pursuant to an
ordinance providing that the sidewalk should be paid for by special tax.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 85
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 85 heading)
DIVISION 85.
CERTAIN JOINT MUNICIPAL AND
TOWNSHIP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
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65 ILCS 5/11-85-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-85-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-85-1)
Sec. 11-85-1.
Municipalities lying within one or more townships, or whose
boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of a township, have the
power to enter into a contract with any township within which the
municipality lies, or with any township lying immediately contiguous to the
municipality, and such township has the power to enter into a contract with
such municipality, for the construction of any public improvement
consisting of the construction of any bridge, subway, elevated way, or
viaduct which may lie partly within the municipality, and partly outside
the municipality and within the township, or consisting of the improvement
of the roadway of any highway or street upon and along which runs the line
of the corporate limits of the municipality, so that the improvement as
proposed would lie partly within the municipality and partly within the
township, in the manner authorized in this Division 85.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-85-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-85-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-85-2)
Sec. 11-85-2.
The corporate authorities of such municipality and the
commissioner of highways in and for such township, in the manner they agree
upon, shall procure (1) detailed plans and specifications of the proposed
improvement, (2) a detailed estimate of the cost thereof prepared by a
competent engineer, showing the total estimated cost of the improvement,
and (3) separate estimates from that engineer of the portions thereof
within and without the municipality. As soon as the corporate authorities
both of the municipality and of the township approve the plans,
specifications, and estimates as a basis for the letting of a contract for
the improvement, and as soon as the proportions of the cost thereof are
agreed upon by the corporate authorities of the municipality and township,
they may proceed jointly to let a contract therefor as provided in this
section.
This contract shall be let only upon competitive bidding, in the manner
provided for the letting of contracts by municipalities for the
constructing of local improvements under the provisions of Article 9,
except that (1) the advertising for bids for the construction of the
proposed improvement shall be authorized and made by the corporate
authorities of both the municipality and the township, (2) bids for the
construction shall be received by those corporate authorities jointly at
the time and place agreed upon and stated in the notice for bids, and (3)
no contract shall be let except by the approval of the corporate
authorities of both the municipality and the township. All contracts shall
be signed and executed by the officials of the municipality and of the
township who may be vested generally, by law or ordinance, with the duty of
the execution of contracts, for and in behalf of the respective bodies, and
all bonds for the performance of a contract shall be made payable to those
corporate bodies jointly.
All consents, agreements, and approvals provided for in this Division 85
shall be by writing and when hereby required to be made or given by a
municipality, shall be made or given by a resolution of the corporate
authorities of the municipality.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-85-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-85-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-85-3)
Sec. 11-85-3.
If a municipality desires to pay its proportion of the cost
of such an improvement by a special assessment or a special tax upon the
property within the municipality benefited by the improvement, either
before or after the letting of the contract as provided by Section 11-85-2,
it may pass an ordinance providing for the improvement and that the cost
thereof shall be paid by a special tax or a special assessment, to be
levied upon the municipality and upon the property within the municipality
specially benefited by the improvement. The proceedings thereafter for the
levy of that special assessment or special tax, and the collection thereof,
shall conform to the provisions of Article 9, in so far as the provisions
of Article 9 are applicable. It shall be no defense in any proceedings to
levy a special assessment or a special tax hereunder that the special
assessment or special tax is levied for work previously performed.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-85-4
(65 ILCS 5/11-85-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-85-4)
Sec. 11-85-4.
A municipality participating in the construction of an
improvement specified in this Division 85 has jurisdiction over the part
thereof lying within the corporate limits of the municipality. The
participating township has jurisdiction over that part of the improvement
lying outside the municipality and within the township. The municipality
and the township may repair, maintain, or reconstruct the portions of the
improvement within their respective jurisdictions in the manner provided by
law in cases of similar improvements lying wholly within their respective
jurisdictions. But nothing contained in this section affects any power
otherwise given by law to either the municipality or the township to expend
money in the repair, maintenance, or reconstruction of the entire
improvement or any part thereof.
Although parts of the improvements are under separate jurisdictions, the
municipality and the township interested may enter into contracts with each
other providing for the repair, maintenance, and upkeep, including
lighting, of the improvement, apportioning the cost thereof and providing
the method of that repair, maintenance, and upkeep, as may be agreed upon
between them.
A township may surrender its jurisdiction over such an improvement to
the municipality jointly interested, by agreement made between the
corporate authorities of both the municipality and the township. The
municipality thus assuming that jurisdiction thereafter shall be chargeable
with the repair, maintenance, and upkeep of the part of the improvement so
turned over, and may exercise its police powers thereover in like manner as
if the improvement lay entirely within the municipality.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 86
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 86 heading)
DIVISION 86.
MUNICIPAL AND PARK RELATIONSHIP
CONCERNING STREETS
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65 ILCS 5/11-86-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-86-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-86-1)
Sec. 11-86-1.
Any city, incorporated town or village may construct and
maintain an elevated way in or upon any street, and construct and maintain
all necessary approaches, inclines and superstructures, and may by
ordinance authorize any commission or board having jurisdiction of a public
park or parks to take over, maintain and control any street or way,
incline, approach or superstructure therein upon terms fixed by such
ordinance.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-86-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-86-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-86-2)
Sec. 11-86-2.
Any city, incorporated town or village may by ordinance duly
passed grant to any commission or board having jurisdiction over parks and
boulevards the right to take and improve by means of surface or elevated
ways for vehicles and pedestrians a street or streets not more than one
mile in length in any one instance, and for that purpose to construct,
maintain and control all approaches, inclines and superstructures
convenient or necessary for the purpose aforesaid.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-86-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-86-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-86-3)
Sec. 11-86-3.
Where any park is located wholly within any city, the city
council of such city shall have power by ordinance to extend streets
through such park as the needs of the public shall demand. Such needs to be
determined by the park commissioners having control thereof.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-86-4
(65 ILCS 5/11-86-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-86-4)
Sec. 11-86-4.
If the street designated in Section 11-86-3 is to be used
only for boulevard purposes, it may be extended through such park at the
grade of other roadways to be crossed by such street so to be extended
within such park in the discretion of the park commissioners having control
thereof. If such street is to be used for general traffic purposes, it
shall be depressed below the street level within such park, as the park
commissioners, having control thereof, shall direct. The cost of the
construction and maintenance of such depression shall be borne by the city.
No such street or streets shall be extended through any park in any city
without the consent and express direction of the park commissioners having
control of such park.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 87
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 87 heading)
DIVISION 87.
RE-LOCATING WATER COURSES
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65 ILCS 5/11-87-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-87-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-87-1)
Sec. 11-87-1.
Whenever in the judgment of the corporate authorities of any
city or village it becomes necessary to change or re-locate the channel,
course, or bed of any natural or artificial water course or stream within
the corporate limits of the city or village, in order to properly lay out,
establish, open, alter, widen, extend, grade, pave, or otherwise improve
the streets, alleys, avenues, and sidewalks, or any of them in any part of
the city or village, the corporate authorities are hereby vested with the
power to provide by ordinance for the laying out, establishing, opening,
altering, widening, extending, grading, paving, or otherwise improving
those streets, alleys, avenues, and sidewalks, or any of them in any such
part of the city or village, and by the same ordinance to provide for the
changing or re-locating of the channel, course, or bed of any such water
course or stream within the corporate limits of the city or village. The
entire improvement provided for by such an ordinance shall constitute a
local improvement, the cost of which may be paid for by special assessment,
by special taxation of contiguous property, or by general taxation, or
otherwise, as the corporate authorities by ordinance shall direct, and in
providing for such an improvement they may proceed in accordance with the
provisions of Article 9.
In case the corporate authorities re-locate any such channel or water
course, the title of the State of Illinois in and to any land artificially
made or reclaimed within the corporate limits of any city or village, which
prior to the re-location was, but after the re-location is no longer a part
of the channel, course, or bed of the natural or artificial water course or
stream, shall vest in fee simple absolute, without further act or deed, in
the city or village which so re-locates that channel, course, or bed. The
State of Illinois shall take the same title and to the same extent in
territory in metes and bounds in and to the channel course or bed of the
watercourse or stream, after its re-location by the city or village, as it
had in the channel course or bed of the watercourse or stream, before its
re-location.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-87-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-87-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-87-2)
Sec. 11-87-2.
For the purpose of this Division 87, a water course or stream
shall be construed to include all banks, beds, and waters connected with,
adjacent, and leading to the watercourse, or stream.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-87-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-87-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-87-3)
Sec. 11-87-3.
Whenever any portion within the corporate limits of a city or
village of a fork, branch, arm, canal, or slip terminating within the city
or village of any natural or artificial watercourse or stream, or a fork,
branch, arm, canal, or slip communicating therewith, has been declared
non-navigable by the Congress of the United States of America, or the
United States of America has surrendered, relinquished, or abandoned
jurisdiction of such a portion thereof as a navigable body of water, and in
the judgment of the corporate authorities of the city or village it becomes
necessary to fill in all or any part of a portion of such a watercourse or
stream in order to properly lay out, establish, open, alter, widen, extend,
grade, pave, or otherwise improve streets, avenues, or alleys, or any of
them, in any part of the city or village, without the construction of a
bridge over or along such a watercourse or stream, the corporate
authorities have the power to provide by ordinance for the laying out,
establishing, opening, altering, widening, extending, grading, paving, or
otherwise improving such streets, avenues, and alleys, or any of them, in
that part of the city or village and by the same ordinance to provide for
the filling in of the channel, course, or bed of a part or all of any
portion of such a watercourse or stream within the corporate limits of the
city or village.
By this ordinance the corporate authorities may provide for taking by
eminent domain of so much of the specified portion of such a watercourse or
stream as the city or village requires for the purposes of any such street,
avenue, or alley and of the rights in such a watercourse or stream of all
owners of land adjoining the specified portion of such a watercourse or
stream. The entire improvement provided for by this ordinance shall
constitute a local improvement, the cost of which may be paid for by
special assessment or special taxation of contiguous property or by general
taxation, or otherwise, as the corporate authorities shall direct by
ordinance. In providing for such an improvement the corporate authorities
may proceed in accordance with the provisions of Article 9.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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