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      65 ILCS 5/9-2-9           from Ch. 24, par. 9-2-9
          Amends  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  to  provide  that
      multiple local improvements may be combined under one special
      assessment project provided that the  assessing  commissioner
      considers whether each piece of property is benefitted by all
      or  only  some  of the improvements.  Provides that combining
      improvements under one special assessment project  shall  not
      be   a   ground  for  objection  to  the  special  assessment
      proceeding.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code  by  changing
 2    Section 9-2-9.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Municipal  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 9-2-9 as follows:
 7        (65 ILCS 5/9-2-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 9-2-9)
 8        Sec.  9-2-9. Preliminary procedure for local improvements
 9    by special assessment. All ordinances for local  improvements
10    to  be  paid  for  wholly or in part by special assessment or
11    special taxation shall originate  with  the  board  of  local
12    improvements.  Petitions  for  any local improvement shall be
13    addressed to that board. The board may originate a scheme for
14    any local improvement to be paid for by special assessment or
15    special tax, either with or without a petition, and in either
16    case  shall  adopt  a  resolution  describing  the   proposed
17    improvement.  This resolution may provide that specifications
18    for the proposed improvement be made part of  the  resolution
19    by   reference   to   specifications  previously  adopted  by
20    resolution by the municipality, or to specifications  adopted
21    or  published  by  the  State  of  Illinois  or  a  political
22    subdivision   thereof,   provided   that   a   copy   of  the
23    specifications so adopted by reference  is  on  file  in  the
24    office  of  the  clerk  of  the municipality. This resolution
25    shall be at once transcribed into the records of the board.
26        The  proposed  local  improvement  may  consist  of   the
27    construction  of    street, storm drain sewer, water main, or
28    sanitary  sewer  improvements  and  appurtenances,   or   any
29    combination thereof, in a local contiguous area pursuant to a
30    single special assessment project, provided that in assessing
31    each   lot,   block,  tract,  and  parcel  of  property,  the
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 1    commissioner  so  assessing  shall  take  into  consideration
 2    whether each lot, block, tract, or parcel is benefited by all
 3    or only some of the improvements  combined  into  the  single
 4    special  assessment  project.    For purposes hereof, a local
 5    contiguous area shall be defined as an area in which  all  of
 6    the  lots,  blocks,  tracts,  or  parcels  located within the
 7    boundaries thereof will be benefited by one or  more  of  the
 8    proposed   improvements.     The  fact  that  more  than  one
 9    improvement is being constructed as part of a single  special
10    assessment  project  shall not be grounds for an objection by
11    an assessee to the special assessment proceeding in court.
12        Whenever the proposed improvement requires  that  private
13    or  public property be taken or damaged, the resolution shall
14    describe the property proposed to be  taken  or  damaged  for
15    that  purpose. The board, by the same resolution, shall fix a
16    day and hour for a public hearing thereon. The hearing  shall
17    not   be  less  than  10  days  after  the  adoption  of  the
18    resolution. The board shall also have an estimate of the cost
19    of the improvement (omitting land to  be  acquired)  made  in
20    writing  by  the  engineer  of  the  board,  (if  there is an
21    engineer, if not, then by the president) over his  signature.
22    This  estimate  shall  be itemized to the satisfaction of the
23    board and  shall  be  made  a  part  of  the  record  of  the
24    resolution.  However,  such  an  estimate  is not required in
25    municipalities having a population of 100,000  or  more  when
26    the  proposed improvement consists only of taking or damaging
27    private or public property. And in cities and villages  which
28    have  adopted  prior  to  the  effective date of this Code or
29    which after  the  effective  date  of  this  Code  adopt  the
30    commission  form of municipal government, the estimate of the
31    cost of the improvement,  (omitting  land  to  be  acquired),
32    shall  be  made in writing by the public engineer if there is
33    one, of the city or village, if not, then  by  the  mayor  or
34    president of the city or village.
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 1        Notice  of the time and place of the public hearing shall
 2    be sent by mail directed to the person who paid  the  general
 3    taxes  for the last preceding year on each lot, block, tract,
 4    or parcel of land fronting on the  proposed  improvement  not
 5    less  than  5  days  prior  to  the  time  set for the public
 6    hearing. These notices shall contain (1) the substance of the
 7    resolution adopted by the board,  (2)  when  an  estimate  is
 8    required  by  this Division 2 the estimate of the cost of the
 9    proposed improvement, and (3) a notification that the extent,
10    nature, kind, character, and (when an estimate is required by
11    this article) the estimated cost of the proposed  improvement
12    may be changed by the board at the public hearing thereon. If
13    upon  the  hearing  the  board deems the proposed improvement
14    desirable, it shall adopt a resolution and prepare and submit
15    an ordinance  therefor.  But  in  proceedings  only  for  the
16    laying,  building, constructing, or renewing of any sidewalk,
17    water service pipe, or house  drain,  no  resolution,  public
18    hearing,  or  preliminary  proceedings leading up to the same
19    are necessary. In such proceedings the board  may  submit  to
20    the  corporate  authorities  an  ordinance, together with its
21    recommendation  and  (when  an  estimate  is  required)   the
22    estimated  cost  of the improvement, as made by the engineer.
23    Such proceedings shall have  the  same  effect  as  though  a
24    public hearing had been held thereon.
25        In   the   event  that  a  local  improvement  is  to  be
26    constructed with the assistance of any agency of the  Federal
27    government,  or  other governmental agency, the resolution of
28    the board of local improvements shall set forth that fact and
29    the estimate of cost shall set forth and indicate, in dollars
30    and cents, the  estimated  amount  of  assistance  to  be  so
31    provided.
32    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2425.)

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