55 ILCS 5/ Counties Code.

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55 ILCS 5/5-14006

(55 ILCS 5/5-14006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-14006)

Sec. 5-14006.

Official plans of counties of less than 500,000
population. In any county with a population not in excess of 500,000
located in the area served by the Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area
Planning Commission any planning commission created under the provisions of
this Division may prepare and recommend to the county board of such county a
comprehensive plan of public improvements looking to the present and future
development of the region for the planning of which it was created. The
plan or plans when adopted by the county board shall be designated as the
official plan, or part thereof, of that county. Such plan or plans may be
adopted in whole or in separate geographical or functional parts, each of
which, when adopted, shall be the official plan or part thereof, of that
county. Thereafter, from time to time, the planning commission may
recommend changes in the official plan or any part thereof. To provide for
the health, safety, comfort and convenience of the inhabitants of the
county, such plans may establish reasonable standards of design for
subdivisions and for resubdivisions of unimproved land and areas subject to
redevelopment, including reasonable requirements for public streets,
alleys, ways for public service facilities, storm or flood water runoff
channels and basins, parks, playgrounds, school grounds, and other public
grounds.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-14007

(55 ILCS 5/5-14007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-14007)

Sec. 5-14007.

Review by Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area
Planning Commission. Before the county board of any county with a
population not in excess of 500,000 located in the area served by the
Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning Commission adopts any plan
as the official plan, or part thereof, as provided in Section 5-14006, it
shall submit such plan to the Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area
Planning Commission for review and recommendations.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-14008

(55 ILCS 5/5-14008)
Sec. 5-14008. Powers of commission; real property.

The joint regional planning commission may acquire, by purchase, gift, or legacy, and hold real property for the purposes of the joint regional planning commission, and may sell and convey that property. The value of the real property shall be determined by an appraisal performed by an appraiser licensed under the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002 and who is certified to appraise the type or types of property to be valued. The appraisal report of the appraiser shall be available for public inspection. The joint regional planning commission may purchase the real property under contracts providing for payment in installments over a period of time of not more than 20 years and may finance the purchase of the real property under finance contracts providing for payment in installments over a period of time of not more than 20 years. This Section applies only to a joint regional planning commission if it consists of 3 or fewer counties that border the Illinois River, where at least one of those counties has a population of 180,000 or more.

(Source: P.A. 98-196, eff. 8-9-13.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-15

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-15 heading) Division 5-15.

Water Supply, Drainage and Flood Control

55 ILCS 5/5-15001

(55 ILCS 5/5-15001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-15001)

Sec. 5-15001.

Applicability.

This Division shall apply to
any county upon the adoption of a resolution by the county board of any
such county, by at least two-thirds of the elected members, accepting the
provisions hereof.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-15002

(55 ILCS 5/5-15002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-15002)

Sec. 5-15002.

Definitions.

When used in this Division the term
"waterworks system" means and includes a waterworks system in its entirety,
or any integral part thereof, including mains, hydrants, meters, valves,
standpipes, storage tanks, pumps, tanks, intakes, wells, impounding
reservoirs, machinery, purification plants, softening apparatus, and all
other elements useful in connection with a water supply or water distribution
system.

The term "sewerage system" means and includes any or all of the
following: Sewerage treatment plant or plants, collecting, intercepting,
and outlet sewers, lateral sewers and drains, including combined storm
water and sanitary drains, force mains, conduits, pumping stations, ejector
stations, and all other appurtenances, extensions and improvements
necessary, useful or convenient for the collection, treatment and disposal
in a sanitary manner of storm water, sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.

The term "combined waterworks and sewerage system" means and includes a
waterworks and sewerage system, as hereinabove defined, which any county
shall determine to operate in combination.

The term "waste management" means the process of storage, treatment or
disposal, but not the hauling or transport, of "waste" as defined in
Section 3.535 of the Environmental Protection Act, but excluding
"hazardous waste" as defined in that Act.

(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)