Illinois · statute · 70 ILCS 3720 · 15 active provisions
Commissioners; terms; vacancies. (a) The commissioners of water commissions appointed pursuant to this Act shall be appointed as follows: (1) A chairperson, who shall also serve in the capacity of a commissioner, shall be appointed by the chairperson of the county board of the home county with the advice and consent of…
Officers. A water commission established pursuant to this Act shall, by majority vote of the water commissioners, appoint a general manager, a finance director, and a treasurer. The appointment of the general manager, finance director, and treasurer is subject to the advice and consent of the county board of the home c…
Powers and duties. A water commission has the power and duty to: (1) establish and define the responsibilities of the commission and its committees; (2) establish and define the responsibilities of the commission's management and staff; (3) establish a finance committee to conduct monthly meetings to supervise staff's…
Service to areas with contaminated or tainted water. (a) Notwithstanding the terms of a water supply contract existing on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, a municipality with a water supply contract with a county water commission must provide water to territories outside that muni…
Rate equalization. Notwithstanding the terms of a water supply contract existing on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, all parties to a water supply contract with a county water commission, irrespective of whether such party is a charter member or subsequent entrant, shall pay rates…
Water subsidy guaranty. Except to satisfy the obligations of persons who loaned funds to the county water commission, the water rates charged to municipalities that are in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly may not be increased for a period of 5 years. (Source: P.A. 93-226,…
Five-year annual transfer of funds to home county. Beginning July 1, 2003 and prior to July 1 of each year through and including 2007, each county water commission shall from any legally available sources transfer the sum of $15,000,000 to the county board of the home county to be used for county purposes. This amendat…
Home rule. A municipality, including a home rule unit, must regulate its water systems and provide access to water as required under the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. This Section is a denial and limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution o…
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Water Commission Act of 1985. (Source: P.A. 84-119.)
The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that it is necessary and in the public interest to help assure a sufficient and economic supply of a source of water within those county wide areas of this State where, because of a growth in population and proximity to large urban centers, the health, safety and welfare o…
Cessation of commission organization. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a majority vote of the water commission is in favor of the proposition to annex the commission to another commission whose boundaries are contiguous, or consolidate the commission into a municipality with which the commission is coterm…
Boil order; notification of certified local public health department required. If a water commission issues a boil order, then the commission 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.…
(a) All water commissions (hereinafter referred to as "existing commissions") previously organized under that Act of the General Assembly known as the Water Commission Act (Public Act 83-1123), as amended, shall hereafter be deemed organized and operating under this Act of the General Assembly known as the Water Commis…
Taxes. (a) The board of commissioners of any county water commission may, by ordinance, impose throughout the territory of the commission any or all of the taxes provided in this Section for its corporate purposes. However, no county water commission may impose any such tax unless the commission certifies the propositi…
The proposition of the issuance of general obligation bonds as provided in Section 2 and the imposition of certain taxes as provided in Section 4 may be presented to the voters of the territory of the county water commission in a single proposition if the commission, by ordinance, so provides. If such ordinance is adop…