Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 3710 — Water Service District Act.

Short title

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

Any area not included within the corporate boundaries of a city, village or incorporated town may be incorporated as a water service district in the manner following: Fifty or more of the legal voters resident within the limits of such proposed district or a majority thereof if less than 100, may petition the circuit c…

All courts in this State shall take judicial notice of the existence of all water service districts organized under this Act and every such district shall constitute a body corporate and as such may sue or be sued. (Source: Laws 1951, p. 1507.)

A board of trustees consisting of 3 members for the government and control of the affairs and business of a water service district incorporated under this Act shall be created in the following manner: (1) If the district is wholly contained within a single county the trustees for the district shall be appointed by the…

Whenever a vacancy in the board of trustees shall occur, either by death, resignation, refusal to qualify or for any other reason, the appointing authority, as defined in Section 3 of this Act, shall fill such vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term, and such person so appointed shall qualify for office in the ma…

The trustee shall exercise all of the powers and control all the affairs and property of such district

The trustee shall exercise all of the powers and control all the affairs and property of such district. The board of trustees, immediately after their appointment and at their first meeting in May of each year thereafter, shall elect one of their number as president and one of their number as secretary. The board shall…

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.)

Boil order; notification of certified local health department required

Boil order; notification of certified local health department required. If a water service district issues a boil order, then the district must notify any certified local public health department that serves an area subject to the boil order as soon as is practical, but no later than 2 hours after issuing the order. In…

All ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriations shall be published at least once in a newspaper published in said district, or if no newspaper of general circulation is published therein, by posting copies of the same in ten public places in the district; and no such ordinance shall take effect until t…

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 water service district organized hereunder may contract with any city, village or incorporated town lying adjacent to such district or with a public utility for water service to be furnished by such municipality or utility for water service in the district. The board of trustees may also co…

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 the debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof as the same shall fall due and at least within 20 years from the time of contr…

The board of trustees may levy and collect other taxes for corporate purposes upon property within the territorial limits of such water service district, the aggregate amount of which including the tax levied for payment of any bonds issued for each year, shall not exceed .125 per cent of value, as equalized or assesse…

Any adjoining territory may be annexed to such water district in the following manner: A written petition requesting such annexation and signed by a majority in numbers and in area owned of the owners of record of land in such adjoining territory shall be filed with the court in which such district was created. A publi…

Dissolution of district

Dissolution of district. (a) A water service district organized under this Act may be dissolved as provided in this Section. (b) A petition for dissolution of the district signed by two-thirds of the members of the district's board of trustees may be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the district, or th…

Cessation of district organization

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