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92_SB0031enr SB31 Enrolled LRB9201389TAtm 1 AN ACT concerning sanitary districts. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Sanitary District Act of 1936 is amended 5 by changing Section 4 as follows: 6 (70 ILCS 2805/4) (from Ch. 42, par. 415) 7 Sec. 4. The trustees shall constitute a board of 8 trustees for the sanitary district. The board of trustees is 9 the corporate authority of the sanitary district, and may 10 exercise all the powers and manage and control all the 11 affairs and property of the district. The board of trustees 12 at the beginning of each new term of office shall meet and 13 elect one of their number as president, one of their number 14 as vice-president, and from or outside of their membership a 15 clerk and an assistant clerk. In case of the death, 16 resignation, absence from the state, or other disability of 17 the president, the powers, duties and emoluments of the 18 office of the president shall devolve upon the 19 vice-president, until such disability is removed or until a 20 successor to the president is appointed and chosen in the 21 manner provided in this Act. The board may select a 22 treasurer, engineer and attorney for the district, who shall 23 hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the 24 board, and give such bond as may be required by the board. 25 The board may appoint such other officers and hire such 26 employees to manage and control the operations of the 27 district as it deems necessary. The board may prescribe the 28 duties and fix the compensation of all the officers and 29 employees of the sanitary district. However, no member of the 30 board of trustees shall receive more than $6,000$3,000per 31 year. The board of trustees has full power to pass all SB31 Enrolled -2- LRB9201389TAtm 1 necessary ordinances, rules and regulations for the proper 2 management and conduct of the business of the board and the 3 sanitary district, and for carrying into effect the 4 collection and disposal of sewage and the purposes for which 5 the sanitary district was formed. Such ordinances may 6 provide for a fine for each offense of not less than $100 or 7 more than $1,000. Each day's continuance of such violation 8 shall be a separate offense. Fines pursuant to this Section 9 are recoverable by the sanitary district in a civil action. 10 The sanitary district is authorized to apply to the circuit 11 court for injunctive relief or mandamus when, in the opinion 12 of the chief administrative officer, such relief is necessary 13 to protect the sewerage system of the sanitary district. The 14 board of trustees has the sole and exclusive authority for 15 regulation and inspection of drainage lines to determine 16 their adequacy and suitability for connection to the sewage 17 system of the district. 18 (Source: P.A. 85-1136.)