(70 ILCS 605/1-4) (from Ch. 42, par. 1-4)
Sec. 1-4.
Jurisdiction of circuit courts over drainage districts-Venue.
The circuit courts of the several counties have jurisdiction over all
matters and proceedings pertaining to the organization and operation of
drainage districts. In those instances in which all the land in a proposed
district is situated in a single county, the petition for the organization
of that district shall be filed with, and all subsequent proceedings shall
be had in, the circuit court of that county. In those instances in which
the land in a proposed district is situated in 2 or more counties, the
proceedings for the organization and operation of the district shall be had
in the circuit court of the county in which the greater portion of the land
in the proposed district is situated. After a district has been organized
under this Act all proceedings pertaining to the operation of that district
shall be had in the court which organized the district without regard to
changes in boundaries or area by annexation, detachment or otherwise.
A district heretofore organized by a circuit court shall be deemed to
have been organized in the county in which the court so organizing the
district was located. A district heretofore organized by any method other
than by order of any court of record shall be deemed to have been organized
in the county in which the greater portion of its land is situated at the
time when this Act goes into effect, unless it is impossible to determine,
without a survey, the county in which the greater portion of its land is
situated and in that event the commissioners of the district shall have the
power to determine the county in which the district shall be deemed to have
been organized.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 678.)
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