(70 ILCS 605/3-31) (from Ch. 42, par. 3-31)
Sec. 3-31.
Mutual Drainage Districts.
Owners of lands which require
combined drainage or combined drainage and protection from overflow may
form a drainage district by mutual agreement, to include lands of their own
only, by an instrument in writing duly signed, acknowledged and recorded in
the drainage record. This agreement may include the location and character
of the work to be done, the method by which the work shall be done, the
total amount of the assessment to be levied, the amount of assessments of
benefits and damages to be levied against each tract, or so much of these
or more as may be agreed upon, and, to the extent provided by the
agreement, the proceedings shall be as valid as though the drainage
district were organized by petition in court in the manner hereinbefore
provided. The appointment, powers and duties of the commissioners of a
drainage district organized by mutual agreement shall, except as may be
limited by the agreement, be the same as prescribed for drainage districts
organized by petition in court, provided, however, that the agreement may
include the selection of three drainage commissioners from the signers of
the agreement or from others qualified to act. The terms of office of such
commissioners shall be until the first Tuesday of the following September
and until their successors have been appointed in the manner provided in
this Act for the appointment of commissioners of other districts and have
qualified. A drainage district organized by mutual agreement shall be
subject to the jurisdiction of the circuit court and all such districts
shall have all the powers, rights and duties of every kind given to
drainage districts organized by petition in court, except as may be limited
by the agreement. The above powers, rights and duties shall include, but
not be limited to, the power of annexation of lands benefited and the
formation of subdistricts as in other drainage districts.
(Source: P.A. 86-297.)
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