Illinois · statute · 70 ILCS 2105 · 42 active provisions
Whenever the unified control of a lake or of a river system or a portion thereof shall be deemed conducive to the prevention of stream pollution development, conservation and protection of water supply, preservation of water levels, control or prevention of floods, reclamation of wet and overflowed lands, development o…
All courts in this State shall take judicial notice of the existence of all conservancy districts organized under this Act. (Source: Laws 1925, p. 346.)
Additional territory may be added to any conservancy district as provided for in this Act in the manner following: One per cent or more of the legal voters resident within the limits of such proposed addition to such conservancy district, in each county in which the proposed addition is situated, may petition the circu…
Every conservancy district so established shall be governed by a board of trustees. In the statement finding the results of the election to be favorable to the establishment of the district, the circuit court shall determine and name each municipality within the district having 5,000 or more population according to the…
Each of the trustees shall enter into bond with security to be approved by the appointing authority in such sum as the appointing authority may determine. A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. No trustee or employee of such district shall be dir…
Whenever a vacancy in said board of trustees occurs, either by death, resignation, refusal to qualify or for any other reason, the appropriate appointing authority may fill such vacancy by appointment; and such person, so appointed shall qualify for office in the manner hereinbefore stated and shall thereupon assume th…
The board of trustees shall exercise all of the powers and control the affairs and property of the district. The board at their first meeting in May of each year shall elect one of their number as president, one of their number as vice-president and one of their number as secretary. The board may appoint an engineer wh…
All ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriations shall within one month after they are passed, be published at least once in a newspaper published in said district, or if no such newspaper of general circulation is published therein, by posting copies of the same in ten public places in the district; an…
All ordinances, orders, and resolutions and the date of publication thereof, may be proven by the certificate of the secretary under the seal of the corporation and when printed in book or pamphlet form and purporting to be published by the board of trustees, such book or pamphlet shall be received as evidence of the p…
The board of trustees of any conservancy district shall in addition to the other powers and duties by this Act conferred and imposed have the following powers and duties: (a) In order to effect the protection, reclamation or irrigation of the land and other property in the district, and to accomplish all other purposes…
Such conservancy district may acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise any and all real and personal property, right of way and privileges whether within or without its corporate limits that may be required for its corporate purposes; and in case any district formed hereunder shall be unable to agree with any per…
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.)
(1) The board of trustees of a conservancy district incorporated under this Act may acquire, by gift, purchase, or lease, land or any of the facilities enumerated below, and may construct, develop, operate, extend, and improve such facilities: (a) Dams and reservoirs for water storage, water wells, water purification w…
Whenever real estate is to be sold under the authority of this Act, the procedure shall be as follows: (1) Notice of such proposed sale, giving time, place and terms thereof, and an invitation for bids shall be published for 3 consecutive weeks prior to the date of the sale in a newspaper of general circulation publish…
Public development projects. (a) The board of trustees of a river conservancy district located in one or more counties may enter into lease agreements for the development of projects that are intended to enhance economic development, create jobs, and increase tourism (i) when the aggregate unemployment rate, as determi…
The board of trustees shall have the power to provide and adopt a corporate seal for the district. (Source: Laws 1931, p. 530.)
All the rights and property of said district in the waters and water courses of said district and in their uses as herein specified, shall be exercised and used in such manner as to promote the welfare of said district and the inhabitants thereof, and to promote the safest, most economical and reasonable use of the wat…
Any conservancy district organized under this Act may borrow money for corporate purposes and may issue bonds therefor, but shall not become indebted in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount in the aggregate to exceed 5% of the valuation of taxable property therein to be ascertained by the last assessment for St…
At the time of or before incurring any indebtedness, the board of trustees shall provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof as the same shall fall due, and at least within twenty years from the time o…
Any river conservancy district organized under this Act for the purpose of carrying out the powers conferred by Section 11 of this Act may borrow money and as evidence thereof may issue bonds, payable solely from revenue derived from the facilities authorized to be constructed, purchased, or acquired by Section 11 of t…
Bonds issued under Section 15.1 shall be payable solely from the revenue derived from the operation of the land or facilities for which the bonds were issued. These bonds shall not in any event constitute an indebtedness of the conservancy district, within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation. Each…
Whenever revenue bonds are issued under Section 15.1 of this Act, all revenue derived from the operation of the specified land or facilities shall be set aside as collected and shall be deposited in a separate fund designated as the "Revenue Bond Fund" of the conservancy district. This fund shall be used only in paying…
Any holder of a bond issued under Section 15.1 or of any coupon representing interest accrued thereon, may, in any civil action, compel the performance of the duties of the officials of the conservancy district set forth in Sections 15.1 through 15.3 of this Act. If there is a default in the payment of the principal of…
Whenever any land or facilities financed by the issuance of bonds under Section 15.1 is combined with any other land or facilities to be financed by the issuance of bonds under Section 15.1, and there are outstanding unpaid obligations previously issued which are payable solely from the revenue derived from the operati…
Nothing in this Act shall in any way limit the powers conferred upon river conservancy districts under the Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act. (Source: P.A. 85-293.)