Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 2405 — Sanitary District Act of 1917.

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Sanitary District Act of 1917"

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Sanitary District Act of 1917". (Source: Laws 1967, p. 945.)

Whenever any area of contiguous territory shall contain one or more incorporated cities, towns or villages or parts of one or more incorporated cities, towns or villages, and shall be so situated that the construction and maintenance of a plant or plants for the purification and treatment of sewage and the maintenance…

All courts in this state shall take judicial notice of the existence of all sanitary districts organized under this act

All courts in this state shall take judicial notice of the existence of all sanitary districts organized under this act. (Source: Laws 1917, p. 396.)

Board of trustees; creation; term

Board of trustees; creation; term. A board of trustees shall be created, consisting of 5 members in any sanitary district which includes one or more municipalities with a population of over 90,000 but less than 500,000 according to the most recent Federal census, and consisting of 3 members in any other district. Howev…

Whenever a vacancy in the board of trustees shall occur, either from death, resignation, refusal to qualify, or for any other reason, the appropriate appointing authority shall fill such vacancy by appointment; and such person so appointed shall qualify for office in the manner hereinbefore stated and shall thereupon a…

The trustees shall constitute a board of trustees for the district

The trustees shall constitute a board of trustees for the district. The board of trustees is the corporate authority of such sanitary district, and shall exercise all the powers and manage and control all the affairs and property of the district. The board of trustees immediately after their appointment and at their fi…

Whenever a sanitary district has 2 or more municipalities or townships within its boundaries, it may pass an ordinance expressing its desire to change the name of the sanitary district, and shall proceed as follows: 1. Proceedings. Before action is had upon such ordinance the name proposed to be given to such sanitary…

Within 60 days after the effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1977 every sanitary district organized under the "Sanitary District Act of 1917" shall file with the Secretary of State the official name of the district. (Source: P.A. 80-424.)

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 such district, or if no such newspaper of general circulation is published therein, by posting copies of the same in three public places in the district;…

All ordinances, orders and resolutions, and the date of publication thereof, may be proven by the certificate of the clerk 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 pas…

Actions to impose a fine or imprisonment for violation of a sanitary district ordinance or resolution adopted under authority of this Act shall be brought in the corporate name of the sanitary district as plaintiff. Such actions shall commence with a complaint or a warrant. A warrant may issue upon execution of an affi…

The board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall have power to provide for the disposal of the sewage thereof including the sewage and drainage of any incorporated city, town or village within the boundaries of such district and to save and preserve the water supplied to the inhabitants of…

Any sanitary district is authorized to acquire, by purchase or contract, sanitary facilities, including but not limited to drains, ditches, sewers, outlets and sewerage treatment plants, owned by any city, village or incorporated town within the limits of the sanitary district, upon such terms and conditions as may be…

Where any sewer system under the jurisdiction of a city, village or incorporated town is tributary to a sanitary district sewer system, and the board of trustees of such sanitary district finds that it will conduce to the public health, comfort or convenience, the board shall have the power and authority to regulate, l…

Any district formed hereunder shall have the right to require that any sewer system, sewage treatment works or sewage treatment facility constructed in or within 3 miles of the limits of such district which is tributary thereto and not within the limits of any other sanitary district be constructed in accordance with t…

The board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act may require that before any person or municipal corporation connects to the sewage system of the district the district be permitted to inspect the drainage lines of the person or municipal corporation to determine whether they are adequate and suit…

The sanitary district, in addition to other powers vested in it, is authorized to enter into agreements with any city, village or incorporated town located partly within and partly without the territorial limits of the sanitary district and which has a sewage system to receive and dispose of all sewage of such city, vi…

The board of trustees of a sanitary district organized under this Act may, in carrying out its responsibility under Section 7 of this Act, plan for and establish general and specific locations for all conduits, pipes, and pumping stations provided for in Section 7. A district is not obligated to accept or maintain any…

If one or more persons pay for building a sewer to be dedicated to the sanitary district as a public sewer, and if the sewer will, in the opinion of the board of trustees, be used for the benefit of property whose owners did not contribute to the cost of the sewer's construction, the board of trustees may provide for r…

A contract entered into under Section 7

A contract entered into under Section 7.7 between the board of trustees and persons building a sewer to be dedicated to the sanitary district as a public sewer shall be filed with the Recorder of each county in which all or a part of the property affected by the contract is located. The recording of the contract in thi…

Private agreements for wastewater treatment

Private agreements for wastewater treatment. (a) The board of trustees of the Sanitary District of Decatur or the Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation District may enter into an agreement to sell, convey, or disburse treated wastewater to a private entity located within 50 miles of the District's boundaries. The ag…

(a) The sanitary district may acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise all real and personal property, right of way and privilege, either within or without its corporate limits that may be required for its corporate purposes. If real property is acquired by condemnation, the sanitary district may not sell or lea…

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.)

Every such sanitary district shall also have the power to lease to others for any period of time, not exceeding 50 years, upon such terms as its board of trustees may determine, any real estate, right-of-way, or privilege, or any interest therein, or any part thereof, acquired by it which, in the opinion of the board o…

All bonds issued pursuant to this Act shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding that permitted by the Bond Authorization Act

All bonds issued pursuant to this Act shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding that permitted by the Bond Authorization Act.(Source: P.A. 104-417, eff. 8-15-25.)