Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 1005 — Mosquito Abatement District Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Mosquito Abatement District Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

Any contiguous territory having a population of not less than 300 inhabitants and no part of which is already included in a mosquito abatement district may be organized as a mosquito abatement district in the following manner: Any 5% of the legal voters within the limits of the proposed mosquito abatement district may…

Upon the filing of such a petition in the office of the circuit clerk the court to whom the petition is addressed shall give notice of the time and place of a hearing on the question of the necessity for the organization of such a district and of the boundaries of such district. The notice shall be published at least o…

The determination of the court as to the necessity for the organization of the proposed mosquito abatement district, together with the description of the boundaries of such district as fixed by such court, shall be entered of record in the court. Thereupon the court shall certify the question of the organization of the…

If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of the organization of the territory as a mosquito abatement district such territory shall thenceforth be deemed an organized mosquito abatement district under this Act. The district so organized shall have the name set forth in the petition and by such name…

Within 60 days after the organization of any mosquito abatement district under the provisions of this Act a board of trustees, consisting of 5 members, for the government and control of the affairs and business of such mosquito abatement district shall be appointed in the following manner: (1) If the district lies whol…

The trustees appointed in accordance with the foregoing provisions shall constitute a board of trustees for the mosquito abatement district for which they are appointed, and such board of trustees is declared to be the corporate authority of said district and shall exercise all of the powers and control all of the affa…

The board of trustees of such district shall have power to take all necessary or proper steps for the surveillance and monitoring of ticks and the surveillance, monitoring, and extermination of mosquitoes and rats within the district, and, subject to the paramount control of the municipal or other public authorities, t…

Sale of personal property

Sale of personal property. Whenever any mosquito abatement district owns any personal property which in the opinion of three-fourths of the members of the board of trustees is no longer necessary or useful to, or for the best interests of the district, such a majority of the board of trustees then holding office, at an…

Sale of real estate

Sale of real estate. Any mosquito abatement district which acquires or holds any real estate for any purpose whatsoever has the power to convey the real estate when, in the opinion of three-fourths of the members of the board of trustees, the real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate, required for the use of, pro…

Ordinance directing sale-Publication-Bids-Deed of Conveyance

Ordinance directing sale-Publication-Bids-Deed of Conveyance. An ordinance directing a sale of real estate 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 board of trustees may deem necessary and desirable to the public interest.…

Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly

Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 84-731.)

Eminent domain

Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

The board of trustees of any mosquito abatement district shall, in its work, advise and cooperate with the Department, and the board of trustees of such district shall submit to such Department, on or before January 1st of each year, a report of the work done and results obtained by the district during the preceding ye…

Any mosquito abatement district organized under the provisions of this Act may levy and collect a general tax on the property situated in such district, but the aggregate amount of taxes levied for any one year shall not exceed the rate of .025%, or the limitation in effect on July 1, 1967, whichever is greater, of val…

Any mosquito abatement district organized under the provisions of this Act in the preparation of its annual budget and appropriation ordinance may provide that an amount equal to not more than one-half of one percent of the total equalized assessed value of real property situated in the district shall be allocated to a…

Levy and collection of taxes by municipalities and districts for mosquito abatement services

Levy and collection of taxes by municipalities and districts for mosquito abatement services. If a municipality budgets for and provides mosquito abatement services and levies, within its general tax levy, a tax to fund those services, and if the municipality lies wholly or partially within a district that also levies…

Any territory lying adjacent and contiguous to a mosquito abatement district, and not part of another mosquito abatement district, may be annexed to such district in the following manner: (a) Upon petition in writing, describing the territory proposed to be annexed and signed by a majority of the legal voters in such t…

Any mosquito abatement district organized under the provisions of this Act may be dissolved and discontinued upon like petition, hearing and election as is provided in this Act for the organization of such district. If a majority of the votes cast on the question at such election are in favor of such dissolution, the c…

Cessation of district organization

Cessation of district organization. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a majority vote of the board of trustees of a mosquito abatement district is in favor of a proposition to annex the district to another mosquito abatement district whose boundaries are contiguous, consolidate the district into a municipa…

The invalidity of any part or portion of this act shall not affect the validity of the remaining part thereof

The invalidity of any part or portion of this act shall not affect the validity of the remaining part thereof. (Source: Laws 1927, p. 694.)

Any mosquito abatement district organized under the provisions of this Act which lies wholly within a county having fewer than 1,000,000 inhabitants which levies a tax for mosquito abatement pursuant to Section 25.05-4 of "An Act in relation to counties", approved March 31, 1874, as heretofore or hereafter amended, sha…

The owner or owners of record of any area of land consisting of one or more tracts lying within the corporate limits of any mosquito abatement district may have the area disconnected from the mosquito abatement district in the following manner: The owner or owners of record of any such tract or tracts of land shall fil…

Any territory which lies within a mosquito abatement district and which lies within a county which levies a tax for mosquito abatement pursuant to Section 25

Any territory which lies within a mosquito abatement district and which lies within a county which levies a tax for mosquito abatement pursuant to Section 25.05-4 of "An Act in relation to counties", approved March 31, 1874, as heretofore or hereafter amended, shall be disconnected from such mosquito abatement district…