(65 ILCS 5/11-136-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-136-3)
Sec. 11-136-3.
Such a commission shall organize by appointing a chairman
from its own members and a clerk and treasurer, who need not be
commissioners. It shall adopt its own rules of procedure and provide for
its meetings. The commission has full and complete supervision, management,
and control of the waterworks system, or sources of supply of water, or
sewer systems, or combination thereof, as provided in the ordinances or
resolutions for acquiring and operating the same, and in their maintenance,
operation, and extension. The commission is authorized to contract with the
municipalities which established the commission or with any other person,
firm or corporation for a supply of water, a sewage treatment plant or any
other facilities useful in conducting a water supply and sewage disposal
system for a period not exceeding 50 years, and the corporate authorities
of those municipalities are authorized to enter into contracts with the
commission. The commission is authorized to purchase from any person, firm
or corporation or municipal corporation including those making up the
commission, any sewer or water properties or sources of supplies and
municipalities are hereby authorized to sell such facilities to the
commission.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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