(70 ILCS 610/1) (from Ch. 42, par. 473)
Sec. 1.
Whenever any drainage district subject to the provisions of
the Illinois Drainage Code finds that the district drainage system
through long, continued and common usage, collects and conveys from
within or without the district, sewage and other wastes, which cause or
are likely to cause water pollution as defined in the "Environmental
Protection Act", enacted by the 76th General Assembly, and it will
conduce to the preservation of public health, convenience, and welfare,
or whenever such a drainage district is directed by a court of competent
jurisdiction or by an order issued by the Pollution Control Board to
abate the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated wastes
collected by or received into the sewers under the jurisdiction of the
district, and when existing statutes do not provide applicable,
reasonable, and economic means of complying with requirements of laws,
court directives, or orders of administrative agencies relating to
pollution abatement and control, the district shall have the following
additional powers:
a. Under these circumstances the commissioners of any drainage
district shall have power to provide for the collection and disposal of
sewage. For that purpose they may improve or construct sewage works
including facilities for treatment of sewage and other wastes as defined
in the Act above. The commissioners may cooperate with and enter into
contracts with any sanitary district, municipal corporation, or public
utility for the joint collection and disposal of sewage and drainage, as
provided for in Article 11, Division 147, of the Illinois Municipal
Code.
b. The commissioners may levy and collect assessments on the lands
and property benefited to pay the cost and expenses incident to the
planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of the sewage works
and may borrow money in an amount not exceeding 90% of assessments,
unpaid at the time of borrowing in accordance with Section 6-6 of the
Illinois Drainage Code, or in excess of 90% as provided for in Section
6-7 of such Code.
c. Issue revenue bonds and carry out duties and exercise powers as
provided in "An Act authorizing sanitary districts having a population
of less than 500,000 and certain drainage districts to construct or
acquire, improve and extend a sewerage system, impose and collect
charges and rates for the use thereof, issue revenue bonds payable
solely from the revenue derived from the operation of such system or
improvement or extension in payment thereof, to provide for the
operation of sewage systems, and contract in relation thereto", approved
August 15, 1941, as heretofore or hereafter amended.
(Source: P.A. 80-1495.)
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