70 ILCS 3020. Eastern Will Sanitary District Act.


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  •     (70 ILCS 3020/1)
        Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Eastern Will Sanitary District Act.
    (Source: P.A. 88-390.)

        (70 ILCS 3020/5)
        Sec. 5. District established. A sanitary district is formed to be known as the Eastern Will Sanitary District for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, operating, improving, extending, and maintaining a plant or plants for the purification and treatment of sewage; the maintenance of one or more outlets for the drainage of sewage that has been treated and purified by these plant or plants; and for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, operating, improving, extending, and maintaining one or more waterworks.
    (Source: P.A. 88-390.)

        (70 ILCS 3020/10)
        Sec. 10. Territory of District. The District shall be comprised of the following territory:
        Being a part of Sections 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, and 24, all in Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; and also part of Section 7 and 18 in Township 34 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian; and also part of Section 34, Township 35 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian, all in Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, described as follows:
        Beginning at the intersection of the North line of Section 1, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian and the East line of Lot 3 in the Subdivision of the Northeast quarter of said Section 1; thence South 660 feet along last said East line to the South line of said Lot 3; thence West 660 feet along last said South line to the East line of Lot 6 in said Subdivision; thence South 1320 feet along the East line of Lots 6 and 14 to the North line of Lot 15 all in said Subdivision; thence East 665 feet along the North line of said Lot 15 to the East line of Lot 15; thence South 141 feet along last said East line to the North line of the Subdivision of the Southeast quarter of Section 1, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence West 332 feet along last said North line to the West line of the East half of Lot 3 in last said Subdivision of the Southeast quarter; thence South 663 feet along last said West line to the North line of Lot 6 in last said Subdivision; thence West 994 feet along the North line of Lot 6 and 5 in last said Subdivision to the North and South centerline of said Section 1; thence South along last said North-South centerline to the Northline of Section 12, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence South 1039.5 feet along the West line of the Northeast quarter of said Section 12; thence East 1320 feet along a line 1039.5 feet South of and parallel to the North line of said Section 12 to the West line of the East 1320 feet of the East half of the Northeast quarter of said Section 12; thence South 957 feet along last said West line to the North line of the South 660 feet of the East half of the Northeast quarter of said Section 12; thence East 1320 feet along last said North line to the East line of said Section 12; thence South 2660 feet along last said East line to the North line of Lot 59 extended West in Robert Bartlett's Meadowood in Section 7, Township 34 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence East 330 feet along the North line of said Lot 59 to the East line of said Lot 59; thence South 660 feet along the East line of Lots 59 and 60 in last said Subdivision to the South line of said Section 7; thence East 648 feet along last said South line to the West line of Lots 64-A and 64-B in last said Subdivision; thence North 1100 feet to the North line of Lot 64-A; thence East along last said line to a line 80 feet West of and parallel to the East line of Lot 64-A; thence South along said line 80 feet West of and parallel to the East line of Lot 64-A to a line 250 feet South of the North line of said Lot 64-A as measured along the East line of Lot 64-A; thence East 80 feet to the East line of Lot 64-A; thence South 825.5 feet along the East line of Lots 64-A and 64-B to the North line of Section 18, Township 35 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence East 1482 feet along last said North line to the North-South centerline of said Section 18; thence South along last said centerline to a point 663 feet North of the South line of said Section 18; thence West 1320 feet to the West line of the East half of the Southwest quarter of Section 18; thence South 663 feet along last said West line to the South line of said Section 18; thence West along last said South line to the West line of said Section 18 also being the East line of Section 24, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence East 1707 feet along the North line of said Section 24 to a line 950 feet East of the West line of the Northeast quarter of said Section 24; thence south 240 feet along last said line 950 feet East of said West line; thence East 250 feet; thence South 585 feet; thence West 250 feet; thence South 75 feet; thence West 95 feet; thence South 427 feet to the South line of the North half of the Northeast quarter of Section 24; thence West 570 feet along last said South line; thence North 480.5 feet; thence West 285 feet to the East line of the Northwest quarter of Section 24; thence south 480 feet along last said East line to the South line of the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of said Section 24; thence West 1327 feet along last said South line to the West line of said Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter; thence North 1325 feet along last said West line to the South line of the Southwest quarter of Section 13, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence East 1327 feet along last said South line; thence North 390 feet along the East line of said Southwest quarter; thence West 167.4 feet; thence South 340 feet to the North line of the South 50 feet of said Southwest quarter; thence West 2487 feet along last said North line to the East line of Section 14, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence North 1066 feet along last said East line to a line 220 feet South of the North line of the South half of the Southeast quarter of said Section 14; thence West 1320 feet along last described line; thence North 2912 feet to the North line of the Southwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of said Section 14; thence West 2640 feet along last said line and the South line of the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter to the West line of the last described quarter, quarter; thence North 1325 feet along the last described West line to the North line of said Section 14; thence West 396 feet to the East line of Monee Road; thence Southwesterly along said East line of Monee Road to a line 393.67 feet South of and parallel to the North line of said Section 14; thence West on last described line to the East line of Section 15, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence South 927 feet along last described East line of Section 15 to the centerline of Dralle Road; thence West 3939 feet along last said centerline to the West line of the Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter; thence South 1325 feet along last said West line to the East-West centerline of said Section 15; thence East 2630 feet along last said East-West line to the East line of the West half of the Southeast quarter of Section 15; thence South 2640 feet along last said East line to the North line of Section 22, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence South 2650 feet along the East line of the West half of the Northeast quarter of said Section 22 to the South line of the Northeast quarter; thence West 182.4 feet along last said South line; thence North 228 feet; thence West 208 feet; thence South 228 feet to the last described South line; thence West 928 feet along last said South line to the North-South centerline of said Section 22; thence North 3350 feet along last said North-South line and the North-South centerline of said Section 15 to the South line of P.I.N. 14-15-300-016; thence West 2632 feet along last said South line to the East line of Section 16, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian and also the East line of Gorman Drainage District No. 6; thence North 540 feet along last said East line to the South line of the West 10 Acres of the Northwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of said Section 15; thence East 320 feet along last said South line to the East line of said West 10 Acres; thence North 1320 feet along last said East line to the North line of said West 10 Acres; thence West 2400 feet along last said North line and the East-West centerline of said Section 16 to the East line of the Illinois Central Railroad right-of-way; thence North 690 feet along last said right-of-way line to the North line of said Drainage District; thence West 6100 feet along last said North line to the North-South centerline of Section 17, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence South 660 feet along last said North-South centerline to the East West centerline of said Section 17; thence West 660 feet along last said East-West line to the West line of the East half of the East half of the Northwest quarter of said Section 17; thence North 2640 feet along last said West line to the South line of Section 8, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence East 520 feet to the East line of Interstate 57; thence Northerly along last said East line to the North line of said Section 8; thence East 2500 feet along last said North line to the East line of said Section 8; thence South 5280 feet along last said East line to the North line of said Section 16; thence East 2145 feet along last said North line to the East line of the West 2145 feet of the Northwest quarter of said Section 16; thence South 504 feet along last said East line; thence West 557 feet; thence South 501 feet; thence East 557 feet; thence South 290 feet to the North line of Lot 12 in School Trustee's Subdivision; thence East 1315 feet along the North line of Lot 12 to the West line of Governor's Highway; thence Northeast 6800 feet along the West line of said Highway to the South line of Lot 1 of Robert Bartlett's Home Acres in Section 10, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence West 317 feet along last said South line to the West line of Lot 1; thence North 284 feet along last West line extended North to the North line of Section 10, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence West 460 feet to the West line of Section 3, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence North 5280 feet along last said West line to the South line of Section 34, Township 35 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence West 900 feet to the West line of said Section 34; thence North 1320 feet along last said West line to the North line of the South half of the Southwest quarter of said Section 34; thence East 2640 feet along last said North line to the East line of said Southwest quarter; thence South 1320 feet along last said East line to the North line of said Section 3; thence East 1460 feet along last said North line to the East right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Railroad; thence Southwest 2404 feet along last said right-of-way line to the North line of the South half of said Section 3; thence East 970 feet along last said North line to the West line of the East 120 Acres of the Southeast quarter of said Section 3; thence South 2640 feet along last said West line to the North line of said Section 10; thence East 1920 feet along last said North line to the West line of the Northwest quarter of Section 11, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence South 330 feet along last said West line to the North line of Pine Trace Resubdivision; thence East 660 feet along last said North line to the West line of last said Resubdivision; thence South 495 feet along the West line of last said Resubdivision to the South line of said Pine Trace Resubdivision; thence East 660 feet along last said South line to the West line of said Section 11; thence South 1830 feet along last said West line to the North line of Pine Woods Subdivision; thence East 1320 feet along the North line of last said Subdivision to the West line of the East half of the Northwest quarter of said Section 11; thence North 660 feet along last said West line to the North line of South half of the Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of said Section 11; thence East 1320 feet along last said North line to the West line of Lot 4 in the Subdivision of the Northeast quarter of said Section 11; thence North 200 feet along last said West line to the North line of the South half of last said Lot 4; thence East 150 feet to the West line of Monee Road; thence North along last said West line of Monee Road to the North line of last said Lot 4; thence East 225 feet along last said North line to the West line of Lot 5 of said Subdivision of the Northeast quarter; thence South 466 feet along last said West line to the South line of the North half of last said Lot 5; thence East 478 feet along last said South line to the West line of Lot 6 in last said Subdivision; thence North 466 feet along last said West line to the North line of said Lot 6; thence East 469 feet along last said North line to the East line of the West half of the Northeast quarter of said Section 11; thence North 1320 feet along last said East line to the South line of Section 2, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian; thence West 1130 feet along last said South line to the East line of Monee Road; thence North 300 feet along last said East line to the North line of the South 9 Acres of Lots 6 and 7 in the Subdivision of the South half of the Southeast quarter of said Section 2; thence East 1192 feet along last said North line to the West line of Lots 3 and 8 in the Subdivision of the South half of the Southeast quarter of said Section 2; thence North 815 feet along last said West line to the North line of last said Subdivision; thence East 1320 feet along last said North line to the West line of said Section 1; thence North 900 feet along last said West line to the South line of Lot 4 in the Subdivision of the Southwest quarter of said Section 1; thence East 440 feet along the South line of last said Lot 4 to the East line of Lot 4; thence North 480 feet along last said East line to the South line of the Northwest quarter of said Section 1; thence East 369 feet along last said South line to the West line of Lot 6 in the Subdivision of the Northwest quarter of said Section 1; thence North 585 feet along last said West line to the centerline of Thorn Creek; thence Northeasterly along the centerline of Thorn Creek through Lots 6 and 7 in last said Subdivision to the North line of said Lot 7; thence Northeasterly along last said North line to the East line of said Lot 7; thence South 1065 feet along last said East line to the North line of the East half of the Southwest quarter of said Section 1; thence East 660 feet along last said North line to the West line of Dargis Subdivision; thence South 322 feet along last said West line to the South line of said Subdivision; thence East 661 feet along last said South line to the East line of said Subdivision and also the West line of the Subdivision of the Northeast quarter of said Section 1; thence North 2177 feet along last said West line to the South line of Monee Road; thence Northeasterly along last said South line to the North line of said Section 1; thence East 960 feet along last said North line to the place of beginning; excepting therefrom Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 in Oak Woods, being a Subdivision in the Southeast quarter of Section 12, Township 34 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian.
        Except to the extent expressly provided to the contrary in this Act, the terms and provisions of the Sanitary District Act of 1917 shall apply to a sanitary district created under this Section.
    (Source: P.A. 88-390.)

        (70 ILCS 3020/15)
        Sec. 15. Board of trustees; creation; term; bond; quorum; disqualification; elections; redistricting of wards.
        (a) A board of trustees shall be created consisting of 3 members for the government, control, and management of the affairs and business of the sanitary district organized under this Act.
        (b) The initial trustees shall be selected by the members of the General Assembly whose legislative districts encompass any portion of the district. Each of the trustees shall live within the sanitary district. The terms of the initial trustees shall expire on the first Monday in May, 1995.
        Within 60 days after appointment, the initial trustees shall divide the sanitary district into 3 wards that are compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population for the purpose of electing trustees from those wards.
        (c) At the general election immediately preceding the expiration of any trustee's term, an election shall be held within the ward represented by the trustee to choose a successor to serve from the first Monday in May following the election until a successor trustee is elected and qualified. The candidate receiving the most votes in an election shall be elected for a term commencing immediately after the expiration of the term of the outgoing trustee.
        (d) The initial board of trustees elected at the first election of trustees shall determine by lot at their first meeting the lengths of their terms. One trustee and his or her successors shall serve terms of 2 years, 4 years, and 2 years. The other 2 trustees and their successors shall each serve 4-year terms.
        The first board of trustees elected after each decennial federal census shall also determine by lot at their first meeting the lengths of their terms. One trustee and his or her successors shall serve terms of 4 years, 4 years, and 2 years; the second trustee and his or her successors shall serve terms of 4 years, 2 years, and 4 years; the third trustee and his or her successors shall serve terms of 2 years, 4 years, and 4 years.
        (e) If a vacancy occurs on the board of trustees, the remaining trustees shall within 60 days appoint a trustee residing within the ward for which the vacancy exists. The appointed trustee shall hold office until the next regular election at which trustees of the sanitary district are elected.
        (f) In 2001 and every 10 years thereafter, following each decennial federal census, the board of trustees shall proceed to divide the sanitary district into wards of approximately equal population for the purpose of electing trustees therefrom, and one trustee shall be elected from each of these wards on the date of the next regular county election. However, no ward shall contain less than 25% of the total population of the district. The territory of each ward shall be composed of contiguous territory in as compact form as practicable. The boundaries of the respective wards shall be set, however, so that the boundaries do not divide individual incorporated cities, towns, villages, or precincts unless division is necessary to prevent a ward from violating the minimum population requirement set forth above.
        (g) 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 a district shall have a direct or indirect interest in any contract, work, or business of the district or the sale of any article, the expense, price, or consideration of which is paid by the district; nor in the purchase of any real estate or property belonging to the district or which shall be sold for taxes or assessments, or by virtue of legal process at the suit of the district. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as prohibiting the appointment or election of any person as trustee or employee whose only interest in the district is as owner of real estate in the district or of contributing to the payment of taxes levied by the district. The trustees shall have the power to provide and adopt a corporate seal for the district.
    (Source: P.A. 88-390.)

        (70 ILCS 3020/20)
        Sec. 20. Board of trustees; corporate powers; officers and employees; bond; compensation; limitation.
        The trustees shall constitute a board of trustees for the district. The board of trustees is the corporate authority of the 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 first meeting in May of each year thereafter, shall elect one of their number as president, one of their number as vice-president, and from or outside of their membership a clerk and an assistant clerk. In case of the death, resignation, absence from the State, or other disability of the president, the president's powers and duties shall devolve upon the vice-president until the president's disability is removed or until a successor to the president is appointed under this Act. The board may select a treasurer, an engineer, and an attorney for the district as well as a board of local improvements consisting of 3 members all of whom may be trustees or other citizens of the sanitary district. The board may appoint other officers and hire employees to manage and control the operations of the district as it considers necessary. All persons elected by the board shall hold their respective offices at the pleasure of the board and shall give such bond as may be required by the board. The board may prescribe duties and fix the compensation of all the officers and employees of the sanitary district. However, no member of the board of trustees shall receive more than $6,000 per year as compensation for performing his or her duties as trustee.
        The board of trustees has full power to pass all necessary ordinances, rules, and regulations for the proper management and to conduct the business of the board and the corporation and for carrying into effect the objects for which the sanitary district was formed. These ordinances may provide a fine for each offense of not less than $100 or more than $1,000. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Fines under this Section are recoverable by the sanitary district in a civil action. The sanitary district is authorized to apply to the circuit court for injunctive relief or mandamus when, in the opinion of the chief administrative officer, relief is necessary to protect the sewage or waterworks system of the sanitary district.
        The board of trustees may not levy a tax on property unless the question of its adoption, either for a specified period or indefinitely, is submitted to the electors of the sanitary district and approved by a majority of those voting on the question. This question may be submitted at any election held in the sanitary district after the adoption of a resolution by the board of trustees providing for the submission of the question to the electors of the sanitary district. The board of trustees shall certify the resolution and proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with general election law. If a majority of the votes cast on the question is in favor of the levy of the tax, it may then be levied in the sanitary district for the specified period or indefinitely, as provided in the proposition. The question shall be put in the following form:
            Shall (name of district) levy an annual tax (explain

        
    rate, duration, and purpose)
        The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
    (Source: P.A. 88-390.)

        (70 ILCS 3020/99)
        Sec. 99. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
    (Source: P.A. 88-390.)