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Public Act 095-0719


 

Public Act 0719 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
Public Act 095-0719
 
SB2052 Enrolled LRB095 19161 HLH 45394 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Flood
Prevention District Act.
 
    Section 5. Creation; purpose.
    (a) Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair Counties may each be
designated independently and separately as a flood prevention
district for the purpose of performing emergency levee repair
and flood prevention in order to prevent the loss of life or
property. The county board of any such county may declare an
emergency and create a flood prevention district by the
affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the county
board.
    (b) Two or more flood prevention districts may join
together through an intergovernmental agreement, pursuant to
the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act.
    (c) Any district created under this Act shall be dissolved
upon the later of (i) 25 years after the date the district is
created or (ii) the payment of all obligations of the district
under Section 20 of this Act and any federal reimbursement
moneys to the county treasurer under Section 30 of this Act. A
district may be dissolved earlier if all federal reimbursement
moneys have been paid to the county treasurer and all
obligations of the district have been paid, including its
obligations related to bonds issued under Section 20 of this
Act and any obligations incurred pursuant to an
intergovernmental agreement.
 
    Section 10. Commissioners.
    The affairs of the district shall be managed by a board of
3 commissioners who shall be appointed by the chairman of the
county board of the county in which the district is situated.
All initial appointments under this Section must be made within
90 days after the district is organized. Of the initial
appointments, one commissioner shall serve for a one-year term,
one commissioner shall serve for a 2-year term, and one
commissioner shall serve for a 3-year term, as determined by
lot. Their successors shall be appointed for 3-year terms. No
commissioner may serve for more than 20 years. All appointments
must be made so that no more than 2 commissioners are from the
same political party at the time of the appointment. With
respect to appointments representing the minority party in the
county, the minority party members of the county board may
submit names for consideration to the chairman of the county
board. Each commissioner must be a legal voter in the district,
and at least one commissioner shall reside or own property that
is located within a floodplain situated in the territory of the
flood protection district. Commissioners shall serve without
compensation, but may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties.
 
    Section 20. Powers of the district. A district formed under
this Act shall have the following powers:
        (1) To sue or be sued.
        (2) To apply for and accept gifts, grants, and loans
    from any public agency or private entity.
        (3) To enter into intergovernmental agreements to
    further ensure levee repair, levee construction or
    reconstruction, and flood prevention, including agreements
    with the United States Army Corps of Engineers or any other
    agency or department of the federal government.
        (4) To undertake evaluation, planning, design,
    construction, and related activities that are determined
    to be urgently needed to stabilize, repair, restore,
    improve, or replace existing levees and other flood control
    systems.
        (5) To address underseepage problems and old and
    deteriorating pumps, gates, pipes, electrical controls,
    and other infrastructure.
        (6) To conduct evaluations of levees and other flood
    control facilities that protect urban areas, including the
    performance of floodplain mapping studies.
        (7) To provide capital moneys for levee or
    river-related scientific studies, including the
    construction of facilities for such purposes.
        (8) To borrow money or receive money from the United
    States Government or any agency thereof, or from any other
    public or private source, for the purposes of the District.
        (9) To enter into agreements with private property
    owners.
        (10) To issue revenue bonds, payable from revenue
    received from a retailers' occupation tax imposed under
    Section 25 of this Act, and from any other revenue sources
    available to the flood prevention district. These bonds may
    be issued with maturities not exceeding 25 years from the
    date of the bonds, and in such amounts as may be necessary
    to provide sufficient funds, together with interest, for
    the purposes of the District. These bonds shall bear
    interest at a rate of not more than the maximum rate
    authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the
    time of the making of the contract of sale, payable
    semi-annually, may be made registerable as to principal,
    and may be made payable and callable as provided on any
    date at a price of par and accrued interest under such
    terms and conditions as may be fixed by the ordinance
    authorizing the issuance of the bonds. Bonds issued under
    this Section are negotiable instruments. In case any
    officer whose signature appears on the bonds or coupons
    ceases to hold that office before the bonds are delivered,
    such officer's signature shall nevertheless be valid and
    sufficient for all purposes the same as though such officer
    had remained in office until the bonds were delivered. The
    bonds shall be sold in such manner and upon such terms as
    the board of commissioners shall determine, except that the
    selling price shall be such that the interest cost to the
    District of the proceeds of the bonds shall not exceed the
    maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as
    amended at the time of the making of the contract of sale,
    payable semi-annually, computed to maturity according to
    the standard table of bond values. A request to issue
    revenue bonds by the Commission must be submitted for
    approval to the county board of the county in which the
    district is situated. The county board has 30 calendar days
    to approve the issuance of such bonds. If the county board
    does not approve or disapprove the issuance of the bonds
    within 30 calendar days after the receipt of such request,
    the request shall be deemed approved.
        (11) To acquire property by gift, grant, or eminent
    domain, in accordance with the Eminent Domain Act. Any
    action by the District to acquire property by eminent
    domain requires the express approval of the county board.
        (12) To retain professional staff to carry out the
    functions of the District. Any flood prevention district
    shall employ a Chief Supervisor of Construction and the
    Works with appropriate professional qualifications,
    including a degree in engineering, construction,
    hydrology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination
    of education and experience. The Chief Supervisor of
    Construction and the Works shall be vested with the
    authority to carry out the duties and mission of the Flood
    Prevention District, pursuant to the direction and
    supervision of the Board of Commissioners. The Chief
    Supervisor of Construction and the Works may hire
    additional staff as necessary to carry out the duties and
    mission of the district, including administrative support
    personnel. Two or more districts may, through an
    intergovernmental agreement, share the services of a Chief
    Supervisor of Construction and the Works, support staff, or
    both. If 2 districts are adjoining and share a common
    federal levee, they must retain the services of the same
    person as Chief Supervisor of Construction and the Works.
        (13) To conduct an audit of any drainage, levee, or
    sanitary district within the territory of the flood
    prevention district.    
 
    Section 25. Retailers' occupation tax.
    (a) If the Board of a flood prevention district determines
that an emergency situation exists regarding levee repair or
flood prevention, and upon an ordinance or resolution adopted
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the
county board of the county in which the district is situated,
it may impose a retailers' occupation tax upon all persons
engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property
at retail within the territory of the district for a period not
to exceed 25 years or as required to repay the bonds issued
pursuant to Section 20 of this Act. The tax rate shall be 0.25%
of the gross receipts from all taxable sales made in the course
of that business. The tax imposed under this Section and all
civil penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof
shall be collected and enforced by the State Department of
Revenue. The Department shall have full power to administer and
enforce this Section; to collect all taxes and penalties so
collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and to determine
all rights to credit memoranda arising on account of the
erroneous payment of tax or penalty hereunder.
    In the administration of and compliance with this
subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this
subsection (i) have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
immunities, powers, and duties, (ii) are subject to the same
conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, and
definitions of terms, and (iii) shall employ the same modes of
procedure as are set forth in Sections 1 through 1o, 2 through
2-70 (in respect to all provisions contained in those Sections
other than the State rate of tax), 2a through 2h, 3 (except as
to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a,
5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 11a, 12, and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and
all provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act as if
those provisions were set forth in this subsection.
    Persons subject to any tax imposed under this Section may
reimburse themselves for their seller's tax liability
hereunder by separately stating the tax as an additional
charge, which charge may be stated in combination in a single
amount with State taxes that sellers are required to collect
under the Use Tax Act, under any bracket schedules the
Department may prescribe.
    If a tax is imposed under this subsection (a), a tax shall
also be imposed under subsection (b) of this Section.
    (b) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (a), a
service occupation tax shall also be imposed upon all persons
within the territory of the district engaged in the business of
making sales of service, who, as an incident to making the
sales of service, transfer tangible personal property within
the territory of the district, either in the form of tangible
personal property or in the form of real estate as an incident
to a sale of service. The tax rate shall be 0.25% of the
selling price of all tangible personal property transferred.
    The tax imposed under this subsection and all civil
penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The
Department shall have full power to administer and enforce this
subsection; to collect all taxes and penalties due hereunder;
to dispose of taxes and penalties collected in the manner
hereinafter provided; and to determine all rights to credit
memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax or
penalty hereunder.
    In the administration of and compliance with this
subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this
subsection (i) have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
immunities, powers, and duties, (ii) be subject to the same
conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, and
definitions of terms, and (iii) employ the same modes of
procedure as are set forth in Sections 2 (except that that
reference to State in the definition of supplier maintaining a
place of business in this State means the district), 2a through
2d, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all provisions contained in
those Sections other than the State rate of tax), 4 (except
that the reference to the State shall be to the district), 5,
7, 8 (except that the jurisdiction to which the tax is a debt
to the extent indicated in that Section 8 is the district), 9
(except as to the disposition of taxes and penalties
collected), 10, 11, 12 (except the reference therein to Section
2b of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act), 13 (except that any
reference to the State means the district), Section 15, 16, 17,
18, 19, and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and all
provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as
if those provisions were set forth herein.
    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their
serviceman's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the
tax as an additional charge, that charge may be stated in
combination in a single amount with State tax that servicemen
are authorized to collect under the Service Use Tax Act, under
any bracket schedules the Department may prescribe.
    (c) This additional tax may not be imposed on personal
property titled or registered with an agency of the State; food
for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises
where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft drinks,
and food that has been prepared for immediate consumption);
prescription and non-prescription medicines, drugs, and
medical appliances; or insulin, urine testing materials, and
syringes and needles used by diabetics.
    (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize
the district to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
any business that under the Constitution of the United States
may not be made the subject of taxation by the State.
    (e) The certificate of registration that is issued by the
Department to a retailer under the Retailers' Occupation Tax
Act or a serviceman under the Service Occupation Tax Act
permits the retailer or serviceman to engage in a business that
is taxable without registering separately with the Department
under an ordinance or resolution under this Section.
    (f) The Department shall immediately pay over to the State
Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties
collected under this Section to be deposited into the Flood
Prevention Occupation Tax Fund, which shall be an
unappropriated trust fund held outside the State treasury.
    On or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller that
disbursement of stated sums of money to the counties from which
retailers or servicemen have paid taxes or penalties to the
Department during the second preceding calendar month. The
amount to be paid to each county is equal to the amount (not
including credit memoranda) collected from the county under
this Section during the second preceding calendar month by the
Department, (i) less 2% of that amount, which shall be
deposited into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund and
shall be used by the Department in administering and enforcing
the provisions of this Section on behalf of the county, (ii)
plus an amount that the Department determines is necessary to
offset any amounts that were erroneously paid to a different
taxing body; (iii) less an amount equal to the amount of
refunds made during the second preceding calendar month by the
Department on behalf of the county; and (iv) less any amount
that the Department determines is necessary to offset any
amounts that were payable to a different taxing body but were
erroneously paid to the county. When certifying the amount of a
monthly disbursement to a county under this Section, the
Department shall increase or decrease the amounts by an amount
necessary to offset any miscalculation of previous
disbursements within the previous 6 months from the time a
miscalculation is discovered.
    Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller from the
Department of the disbursement certification to the counties
provided for in this Section, the Comptroller shall cause the
orders to be drawn for the respective amounts in accordance
with directions contained in the certification.
    If the Department determines that a refund should be made
under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a credit
memorandum, then the Department shall notify the Comptroller,
who shall cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified
and to the person named in the notification from the
Department. The refund shall be paid by the Treasurer out of
the Flood Prevention Occupation Tax Fund.
    (g) If a flood prevention district board imposes a tax
under this Section, then the board shall, by ordinance,
discontinue the tax upon the payment of all bonded indebtedness
of the District. The tax shall not be discontinued until all
bonded indebtedness of the District has been paid.
    (h) Any ordinance imposing the tax under this Section, or
any ordinance that discontinues the tax, must be certified by
the county clerk and filed with the Illinois Department of
Revenue either (i) on or before the first day of April,
whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and
enforce the tax or change in the rate as of the first day of
July next following the filing; or (ii) on or before the first
day of October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate as of the
first day of January next following the filing.
    (j) This Section may be cited as the Flood Prevention
Occupation Tax Law.
 
    Section 30. Disbursement of federal funds.
    (a) Any reimbursements for the construction of flood
protection facilities shall be appropriated to each county
flood prevention district in accordance with the location of
the specific facility for which the federal appropriation is
made.
    (b) If there are federal reimbursements to a county flood
prevention district for construction of flood protection
facilities that were built using revenues authorized by this
Act, those funds shall be used for early retirement of bonds
issued in accordance with this Act.
    (c) When all bond obligations of the District have been
paid, any remaining federal reimbursement moneys shall be
remitted to the county treasurer for deposit into a special
fund for the continued long-term maintenance of federal levees
and flood protection facilities, pursuant to the direction of
the county board.
 
    Section 35. Financial audit of the Commission. A financial
audit of the Commission shall be conducted annually by a
certified public accountant (CPA) that is licensed at the time
of the audit by the Illinois Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation. The CPA shall meet all of the general
standards concerning qualifications, independence, due
professional care, and quality control as required by the
Government Auditing Standards, 1994 Revision, Chapter 3,
including the requirements for continuing professional
education and external peer review. The financial audit is to
be performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards issued by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA) for field work and reporting, generally
accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS) and AICPA
Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) current at the time the
audit is commenced. The audit shall be made publicly available
and sent to the county board chairman of the county in which
the district is situated and to the Illinois Secretary of
State.
 
    Section 40. Budget of the Commission. The Commission shall
adopt an annual budget by August 31 of each year for the fiscal
year beginning October 1. Such budget shall include expected
revenues by source and expenditures by project or by function
for the following year. The budget must be approved by the
county board of the county in which the district is situated
prior to any expenditure by the Commission for the fiscal year
beginning October 1. The county board must approve or
disapprove the budget of the commission within 30 calendar days
after the budget is received by the county board. If the county
board does not act to approve or disapprove the budget within
30 calendar days of receipt, it shall stand as approved.
    In addition, the Commission shall submit an annual report
to the county board by August 31 of each year detailing the
activities of the district. This report must also include any
information submitted to the flood prevention district by a
drainage, levee, or sanitary district in accordance with
Section 4-45 of the Illinois Drainage Code or Section 2-2 of
the Metro-East Sanitary District Act.
 
    Section 45. Procurement. The Commission shall conduct all
procurements in accordance with the requirements of the Local
Government Professional Services Selection Act and any
competitive bid requirements contained in Section 5-1022 of the
Counties Code.
 
    Section 50. Contracts for construction. A request for any
construction contract of more than $10,000 by the Commission
must be submitted for approval to the county board of the
county in which the district is situated. The county board has
30 calendar days to approve the construction contract. If the
county board does not approve or disapprove the construction
contract within 30 calendar days after the receipt of such
request, the request shall be deemed approved.
 
    Section 60. The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act is
amended by adding Section 3.9 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 220/3.9 new)
    Sec. 3.9. Flood prevention. Two or more county flood
prevention districts may enter into an intergovernmental
agreement to provide any services authorized in the Flood
Prevention District Act.
 
    Section 70. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
by changing Section 4A-101 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 420/4A-101)  (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-101)
    Sec. 4A-101. Persons required to file. The following
persons shall file verified written statements of economic
interests, as provided in this Article:
        (a) Members of the General Assembly and candidates for
    nomination or election to the General Assembly.
        (b) Persons holding an elected office in the Executive
    Branch of this State, and candidates for nomination or
    election to these offices.
        (c) Members of a Commission or Board created by the
    Illinois Constitution, and candidates for nomination or
    election to such Commission or Board.
        (d) Persons whose appointment to office is subject to
    confirmation by the Senate.
        (e) Holders of, and candidates for nomination or
    election to, the office of judge or associate judge of the
    Circuit Court and the office of judge of the Appellate or
    Supreme Court.
        (f) Persons who are employed by any branch, agency,
    authority or board of the government of this State,
    including but not limited to, the Illinois State Toll
    Highway Authority, the Illinois Housing Development
    Authority, the Illinois Community College Board, and
    institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board of
    Trustees of the University of Illinois, Board of Trustees
    of Southern Illinois University, Board of Trustees of
    Chicago State University, Board of Trustees of Eastern
    Illinois University, Board of Trustees of Governor's State
    University, Board of Trustees of Illinois State
    University, Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
    University, Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois
    University, Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
    University, or Board of Trustees of the Illinois
    Mathematics and Science Academy, and are compensated for
    services as employees and not as independent contractors
    and who:
            (1) are, or function as, the head of a department,
        commission, board, division, bureau, authority or
        other administrative unit within the government of
        this State, or who exercise similar authority within
        the government of this State;
            (2) have direct supervisory authority over, or
        direct responsibility for the formulation,
        negotiation, issuance or execution of contracts
        entered into by the State in the amount of $5,000 or
        more;
            (3) have authority for the issuance or
        promulgation of rules and regulations within areas
        under the authority of the State;
            (4) have authority for the approval of
        professional licenses;
            (5) have responsibility with respect to the
        financial inspection of regulated nongovernmental
        entities;
            (6) adjudicate, arbitrate, or decide any judicial
        or administrative proceeding, or review the
        adjudication, arbitration or decision of any judicial
        or administrative proceeding within the authority of
        the State;
            (7) have supervisory responsibility for 20 or more
        employees of the State; or
            (8) negotiate, assign, authorize, or grant naming
        rights or sponsorship rights regarding any property or
        asset of the State, whether real, personal, tangible,
        or intangible.
        (g) Persons who are elected to office in a unit of
    local government, and candidates for nomination or
    election to that office, including regional
    superintendents of school districts.
        (h) Persons appointed to the governing board of a unit
    of local government, or of a special district, and persons
    appointed to a zoning board, or zoning board of appeals, or
    to a regional, county, or municipal plan commission, or to
    a board of review of any county, and persons appointed to
    the Board of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
    and any Trustee appointed under Section 22 of the
    Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act, and
    persons appointed to a board or commission of a unit of
    local government who have authority to authorize the
    expenditure of public funds. This subsection does not apply
    to members of boards or commissions who function in an
    advisory capacity.
        (i) Persons who are employed by a unit of local
    government and are compensated for services as employees
    and not as independent contractors and who:
            (1) are, or function as, the head of a department,
        division, bureau, authority or other administrative
        unit within the unit of local government, or who
        exercise similar authority within the unit of local
        government;
            (2) have direct supervisory authority over, or
        direct responsibility for the formulation,
        negotiation, issuance or execution of contracts
        entered into by the unit of local government in the
        amount of $1,000 or greater;
            (3) have authority to approve licenses and permits
        by the unit of local government; this item does not
        include employees who function in a ministerial
        capacity;
            (4) adjudicate, arbitrate, or decide any judicial
        or administrative proceeding, or review the
        adjudication, arbitration or decision of any judicial
        or administrative proceeding within the authority of
        the unit of local government;
            (5) have authority to issue or promulgate rules and
        regulations within areas under the authority of the
        unit of local government; or
            (6) have supervisory responsibility for 20 or more
        employees of the unit of local government.
        (j) Persons on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois
    Mathematics and Science Academy.
        (k) Persons employed by a school district in positions
    that require that person to hold an administrative or a
    chief school business official endorsement.
        (l) Special government agents. A "special government
    agent" is a person who is directed, retained, designated,
    appointed, or employed, with or without compensation, by or
    on behalf of a statewide executive branch constitutional
    officer to make an ex parte communication under Section
    5-50 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act or
    Section 5-165 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
    Act.
        (m) Members of the board of commissioners of any flood
    prevention district.
    This Section shall not be construed to prevent any unit of
local government from enacting financial disclosure
requirements that mandate more information than required by
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03; 93-816, eff. 7-27-04.)
 
    Section 75. The Illinois Drainage Code is amended by adding
Section 4-45 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 605/4-45 new)
    Sec. 4-45. Flood prevention districts; reporting
requirement; control. If a flood prevention district has been
formed under the Flood Prevention District Act, the flood
prevention district shall have the exclusive authority within
such areas as designated by the county board to restore,
improve, upgrade, construct, or reconstruct levees. If any part
of the territory of a drainage district, levee district, or
sanitary district overlaps with the territory of a flood
prevention district, the drainage district, levee district, or
sanitary district shall, at the direction of the county board,
operate under the direction of the board of commissioners of
the flood prevention district with respect to the restoration,
improvement, upgrade, construction, or reconstruction of
levees and other flood control systems. At the direction of the
county board, the flood prevention district and its assignees
shall be permitted to utilize any property, easements, or
rights-of-way owned or controlled by the drainage district,
levee district, or sanitary district. In addition, at the
direction of the county board, the board of commissioners of
any such drainage, levee, or sanitary district must comply with
any requests for information by the board of commissioners of
the flood prevention district, including, but not limited to,
requests for information concerning past, present, and future
contracts; employees of the drainage, levee, or sanitary
district; finances of the drainage, levee, or sanitary
district; and other activities of the drainage, levee, or
sanitary district. This information must be submitted to the
board of commissioners of the flood prevention district within
30 days after the request is received. Nothing in this Section
4-45 or in the Flood Prevention District Act shall preclude or
prohibit a drainage district, levee district, or sanitary
district that overlaps the territory of a flood prevention
district from conducting or performing its normal operation and
maintenance of levees under their control, provided such normal
operation and maintenance does not interfere with or inhibit
the restoration, improvement, upgrade, construction, or
reconstruction of levees and other flood control systems by the
flood prevention district.
 
    Section 80. The Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974 is
amended by changing Section 2-2 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 2905/2-2)  (from Ch. 42, par. 502-2)
    Sec. 2-2.
    To lay out, locate, establish and construct one or more
levees or embankments of such size, material and character as
may be required to protect the district against overflow from
any river, or tributary stream, or water-course, and to lay
out, establish and construct all such other or additional
improvements or works as may be auxiliary or incidental
thereto, or promotive of the sanitary purposes contemplated in
this Act; and to maintain, repair, change, enlarge and add to
such levees, embankments, improvements and work as may be
necessary or proper to meet future requirements for the
accomplishment of the purposes aforesaid.
    To the extent that any part of the territory of the
District overlaps with a flood prevention district that is
formed under the Flood Prevention District Act, the flood
prevention district shall have the exclusive authority to
repair, construct, or reconstruct levees within the territory
of the flood prevention district. The District shall operate
under the direction of the board of commissioners of the flood
prevention district with respect to the repair, construction,
or reconstruction of levees within the territory of the flood
prevention district. In addition, the board of the District
must comply with any requests for information by the board of
commissioners of the flood prevention district, including, but
not limited to, requests for information concerning past,
present, and future contracts; employees of the District;
finances of the District; and other activities of the District.
This information must be submitted to the board of
commissioners of the flood prevention district within 30 days
after the request is received.
(Source: P.A. 78-1017.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 05/21/2008