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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Sanitary District Act of 1936 is amended by
5changing Sections 33 and 35 and by adding Section 33.1 as
6follows:
 
7    (70 ILCS 2805/33)  (from Ch. 42, par. 444)
8    Sec. 33. Except as provided in Section 33.1, any Any
9sanitary district created under this Act which does not have
10outstanding and unpaid any revenue bonds issued under the
11provisions of this Act may be dissolved as follows:
12    (a) Any 50 electors residing within the area of any
13sanitary district may file with the circuit clerk of the county
14in which the area is situated, a petition addressed to the
15circuit court to cause submission of the question whether the
16sanitary district shall be dissolved. Upon the filing of the
17petition with the clerk, the court shall certify the question
18to the proper election officials who shall submit the question
19at an election in accordance with the general election law, and
20give notice of the election in the manner provided by the
21general election law.
22    The question shall be in substantially the following form:
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1    "Shall the sanitary                 YES
2district of .... be              ----------------------------
3dissolved?"                             NO
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5    If a majority of the votes cast on this question are in
6favor of dissolution of the sanitary district, then such
7organization shall cease, and the sanitary district is
8dissolved, and the court shall direct the sanitary district to
9discharge all outstanding obligations.
10    (b) The County of Lake may dissolve the Fox Lake Hills
11Sanitary District, thereby acquiring all of the District's
12assets and responsibilities, upon adopting a resolution
13stating: (1) the reasons for dissolving the District; (2) that
14there are no outstanding debts of the District or that the
15County has sufficient funds on hand or available to satisfy
16such debts; (3) that no federal or State permit or grant will
17be impaired by dissolution of the District; and (4) that the
18County assumes all assets and responsibilities of the District.
19Upon dissolution of the District, the statutory powers of the
20former District shall be exercised by the county board of the
21Lake County. Within 60 days after the effective date of such
22resolution, the County of Lake shall notify the Illinois
23Environmental Protection Agency regarding the dissolution of
24the Fox Hills Sanitary District.
25(Source: P.A. 99-783, eff. 8-12-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 2805/33.1 new)
2    Sec. 33.1. Dissolution of Lakes Region Sanitary District.
3The Lakes Region Sanitary District may dissolve itself upon
4entering into a dissolution agreement with Lake County for the
5county to acquire all of the assets and responsibilities of the
6district. Upon dissolution of the district, the statutory
7powers of the former district shall be exercised by the county
8board of Lake County. No later than 60 days after the effective
9date of the dissolution, Lake County shall notify the Illinois
10Environmental Protection Agency of the dissolution of the Lakes
11Region Sanitary District and provide a copy of the dissolution
12agreement to the Agency.
 
13    (70 ILCS 2805/35)  (from Ch. 42, par. 446)
14    Sec. 35. The dissolution of any sanitary district shall not
15affect the obligation of any bonds issued or contracts entered
16into by such district, nor invalidate the levy, extension or
17collection of any taxes or special assessments upon the
18property in the debtor district, but all such bonds and
19contracts shall be discharged.
20    All money remaining after the business affairs of the
21sanitary district have been closed up and all the debts and
22obligations of the sanitary district have been paid, shall be
23paid to the school treasurer of the school district in which
24the sanitary district was situated, not including high school
25districts; except that after the business affairs of the Lakes

 

 

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1Region Sanitary District have been closed up and all the debts
2and obligations of the Lakes Region Sanitary District have been
3paid after dissolution under Section 33.1, all money remaining
4shall be paid to Lake County. When the district was situated in
5two or more such school districts the money shall be divided
6between the districts, each district to receive an amount based
7on the ratio of assessed valuation of real estate of the
8district which was situated in the sanitary district to the
9assessed valuation of the real estate of all school districts
10which were situated in the sanitary district.
11(Source: Laws 1957, p. 349.)