Sen. Eric Mattson

Filed: 1/5/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5061

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5061 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Sections 11-135.5-15, 11-135.5-25, 11-135.5-35, and
611-135.5-40 as follows:
 
7    (65 ILCS 5/11-135.5-15)
8    Sec. 11-135.5-15. Establishment of commission; members;
9initial costs and funding.
10    (a) Establishment of commission. Two or more
11municipalities, at least one of which is located in whole or in
12part in the county of Cook, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, or
13Will and has 140,000 or more inhabitants at the time of
14establishment of a regional water commission, excluding cities
15of 500,000 or more inhabitants, may acquire, either by
16purchase or construction, a waterworks system or a common

 

 

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1source of supply of water, or both, and may operate jointly a
2waterworks system or a common source of supply of water, or
3both, and improve and extend the same, as provided in this
4Division. The municipality meeting the requirement to have
5140,000 or more inhabitants as required by this paragraph must
6have attained that population as of December 16, 2021 (the
7effective date of Public Act 102-684) this amendatory Act of
8the 102nd General Assembly.
9    The corporate authorities of the municipalities desiring
10to avail themselves of the provisions of this Division shall
11establish a regional water commission by adopting an ordinance
12determining and electing to acquire and operate jointly a
13waterworks system or a common source of supply of water, or
14both, as the case may be, and approving an intergovernmental
15agreement among the municipalities establishing the regional
16water commission. This agreement may be amended at any time
17upon the adoption, by the corporate authorities of all member
18municipalities, of concurring ordinances approving the
19amendment to the agreement by the corporate authorities of all
20member municipalities.
21    (b) Addition or withdrawal of members; dissolution. The
22agreement may provide for additional municipalities to join
23the commission upon adoption of an ordinance by the corporate
24authorities of the joining municipality and, upon such
25consents, conditions, and approvals of the board of
26commissioners and of existing member municipalities as shall

 

 

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1be provided in the agreement. The agreement shall provide the
2manner and terms on which a municipality may withdraw from
3membership in the commission and on which the commission may
4terminate and dissolve in whole or in part.
5    (c) Filing of agreement. Promptly upon entering into the
6agreement or any amendment to it, a copy of such agreement or
7amendment shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of
8State. Promptly upon the addition or withdrawal of a
9municipality, or, upon the dissolution of the commission, that
10fact shall be certified by an officer of the commission to the
11Secretary of State.
12    (d) Development costs. A municipality whose corporate
13authorities adopted an ordinance and approved an
14intergovernmental agreement to acquire and operate jointly a
15waterworks system or a common source of supply of water, or
16both, as the case may be, under the provisions of this
17Division, may from time to time pay, advance, or obligate
18itself to the commission to bear a proportionate share of the
19development costs, including principal and interest, of any
20project proposed by the commission, including plans,
21feasibility reports, and engineering, even if the project is
22never constructed or water is never supplied by the commission
23to such municipality.
24    Whenever the corporate authorities of a municipality
25determine that the municipality will pay, advance, or be
26obligated for its proportionate share of development costs as

 

 

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1provided in this subsection, they shall adopt an ordinance
2declaring their intention that the municipality will do so,
3fix the maximum amount of the municipality's share of the cost
4the municipality proposes to pay or that the municipality will
5advance or to obligate the municipality for, and fix the
6period over which it is proposed to pay the obligation (not
7exceeding 10 years), and the maximum amount to be paid
8annually, if such obligation is to be paid in installments.
9The time of payment of any such installment obligation may be
10extended for a period not exceeding 10 years from the final
11maturity date of the original obligation. On and after the
12date such ordinance becomes effective, the municipality shall
13include an amount sufficient to pay the annual installments of
14its obligation each year in the next succeeding appropriation
15ordinances. The commission may require that if any such
16municipality whose corporate authorities determined to pay, to
17advance, or to obligate the municipality to the commission for
18development costs defaults in such payments, advances, or
19obligations, then the remaining municipalities whose corporate
20authorities have determined to pay, to advance, or to obligate
21the respective municipalities to the commission for
22development costs will be required to pay for all or a portion
23of the payments, advances by, or obligations of the defaulting
24municipality. No prior appropriation shall be required for the
25corporate authorities of a municipality to authorize the
26payments, advances, or obligations herein provided for.

 

 

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1    Whenever the corporate authorities of a municipality have
2obligated the municipality for development costs as herein
3provided and after the effective date of the ordinance under
4which the municipality became obligated for a specific amount
5for development costs of a project and after approval of such
6obligation by the commission, the commission is authorized to
7borrow funds temporarily for payment of such development costs
8in advance of permanent financing. The commission may from
9time to time and pursuant to an appropriate ordinance or
10resolution borrow money and issue its interim notes to
11evidence borrowings for such purpose, including all necessary
12and incidental expenses in connection therewith.
13    An ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of
14such notes shall describe the project and the development
15costs to be undertaken and specify the principal amount, rate
16of interest as authorized under Section 2 of the Bond
17Authorization Act, and the maturity date, which shall coincide
18with the due date of the obligations or the installments
19thereof incurred by the respective municipalities pursuant to
20this Section not, however, to exceed 10 years from date.
21    Contemporaneously with the issuance of revenue bonds under
22Section 11-135.5-30, all outstanding interim notes issued for
23development costs of a project though they have not then
24matured shall be paid, both principal and interest to date of
25payment, from funds derived from the sale of revenue bonds for
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1notes may have been issued and such interim notes shall be
2surrendered and cancelled, or, in the alternative, the
3commission may determine to pay such interim notes out of
4receipts from other sources available to the commission,
5including grants and loans.
6    Whenever a member municipality has incurred development
7costs for a project and has advanced funds or otherwise
8obligated itself for the payment of such costs, the commission
9is authorized to accept assignment of such debt instruments
10and the payment obligations thereunder and to thereafter make
11all necessary payments to meet such obligations out of
12receipts from other sources available to the commission,
13including grants and loans, or provide for credits against
14amounts otherwise due to the commission from the municipality,
15including interest on the amounts due.
16    As used in this subsection, "development costs" means the
17costs of development of a project, including debt incurred and
18principal and interest payments, whether incurred by the
19commission or a member municipality.
20    (e) Construction and operating costs. A municipality, the
21corporate authorities of which adopted an ordinance and
22approved an intergovernmental agreement to acquire and operate
23jointly a waterworks system or a common source of supply of
24water, or both, as the case may be, under the provisions of
25this Division, may from time to time pay, advance, or obligate
26itself to the commission to bear a proportionate share of the

 

 

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1construction and operating costs of any project proposed by
2the commission.
3    Whenever the corporate authorities of a municipality
4determine that the municipality will pay, advance, or be
5obligated for its proportionate share of construction or
6operating costs as above provided, they shall adopt an
7ordinance declaring their intention to do so, fix the maximum
8amount of the municipality's share of the cost it proposes to
9pay, to advance, or to obligate itself for, and fix the period
10over which it is proposed to pay the obligation, and state the
11maximum amount to be paid annually, if such obligation is to be
12paid in installments. On and after the date such ordinance
13becomes effective, the municipality shall include an amount
14sufficient to pay the annual installments of its obligation
15each year in the next succeeding appropriation ordinances. The
16commission may require that if any such municipality whose
17corporate authorities determined that the municipality will
18pay, advance, or be obligated to the commission for
19construction or operating costs defaults in such payments,
20advances, or obligations, then the remaining municipalities
21whose corporate authorities have determined that the
22municipality will pay, advance, or be obligated to the
23commission for construction or operating costs will be
24required to pay for all or a portion of the payments, advances
25by, or obligations of the defaulting municipality. No prior
26appropriation shall be required for the corporate authorities

 

 

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1of a municipality to authorize the payments, advances, or
2obligations herein provided for.
3    Whenever a municipality, through its corporate
4authorities, has paid, advanced, or obligated the municipality
5for development, construction, or operating costs as herein
6provided, the commission may contract with the municipality,
7on such terms as may be agreed, for the repayment to the
8municipality by the commission of any payment or advance made
9by the municipality to the commission and to charge, in
10addition to all other charges and rates authorized under this
11Division, such rates and charges for water sold by the
12commission as shall be necessary to provide for such
13repayment. In addition, any payment or advance of such costs
14made by a municipality pursuant to this Section may be repaid
15by the commission to the municipality: (i) from the proceeds
16of revenue bonds authorized to be issued by the commission
17pursuant to this Division; (ii) or, in the alternative, the
18commission may determine to pay all or part of such amounts out
19of receipts from other sources available to the commission,
20including grants and loans; or (iii) by the commission
21providing credits against amounts otherwise due to the
22commission from the municipality, including interest on the
23amounts due.
24    Whenever a member municipality has incurred construction
25and operating costs for a project and has advanced funds or
26otherwise obligated itself for the payment of such costs, the

 

 

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1commission is authorized to accept assignment of such debt
2instruments and the payment obligations thereunder and to
3thereafter make all necessary payments to meet such
4obligations: (i) from the proceeds of revenue bonds authorized
5to be issued by the commission pursuant to this Division; (ii)
6or, in the alternative, the commission may determine to pay
7all or part of such amounts out of receipts from other sources
8available to the commission, including grants and loans; or
9(iii) by the commission providing credits against amounts
10otherwise due to the commission from the municipality,
11including interest on the amounts due.
12    As used in this subsection, "construction and operating
13costs" means the costs of construction and operation of a
14project, including debt incurred and principal and interest
15payments, whether incurred by the commission or a member
16municipality.
17    (f) Commission facilities. A waterworks system or a common
18source of supply of water, or both, purchased or constructed
19by the commission: (1) may be located within or without the
20corporate limits of any member municipality; (2) may include,
21or may consist of, without limitation, facilities for
22receiving, storing, and transmitting water from any source for
23supplying water to member municipalities and other purchasers
24of water from the commission; and (3) may include, without
25limitation, facilities that are developed, acquired,
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1at any time be owned by another unit of local government if
2such facilities will serve the waterworks system or provide a
3common source of supply of water for the commission.
4(Source: P.A. 102-684, eff. 12-16-21.)
 
5    (65 ILCS 5/11-135.5-25)
6    Sec. 11-135.5-25. Board organization and powers.
7    (a) Organization of board. A commission shall organize by
8electing a chair from among its own members and shall elect
9persons, who need not be commissioners, to such other offices
10as shall be designated in the agreement. It shall adopt its own
11bylaws, rules, and regulations and provide for its meetings.
12The commission has full and complete supervision, management,
13and control of the waterworks system or the common source of
14supply of water, or both, as provided in the agreement and
15ordinances for acquiring and operating the same, and in their
16maintenance, operation, and extension. The board of
17commissioners shall determine the general policy of the
18commission, shall approve the annual budget, shall make all
19appropriations (which may include appropriations made at any
20time in addition to those made in any annual appropriation
21document), shall approve all contracts for the purchase or
22sale of water, shall adopt ordinances or resolutions providing
23for the issuance of bonds or notes by the commission, shall
24adopt its bylaws, rules, and regulations, and shall have such
25other powers and duties as may be prescribed in the agreement.

 

 

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1Such agreement may further specify the voting and approval
2requirements for actions regarding the commission's powers and
3duties, including those powers and actions of the commission
4which shall be authorized only upon votes of greater than a
5majority of all commissioners or only upon consents of the
6corporate authorities of a certain number of member
7municipalities, or both.
8    The agreement may provide for the establishment of a
9technical advisory committee to consist of a municipal
10employee member from each member municipality as designated by
11ordinance or other official action, from time to time by the
12corporate authorities of the member municipality, and having
13the qualifications as prescribed in the agreement, and also
14may provide for such functions and duties of the committee as
15will support the efficient administration and operation of the
16commission.
17    The board of commissioners may establish other committees
18from time to time, consisting of either members of the board or
19members who are municipal employees from each member
20municipality, in order to support the efficient administration
21and operation of the commission.
22    (b) Water contracts to acquire water supply. A commission
23may contract to acquire a supply of water on such terms and
24conditions as it finds in the best interests of the commission
25for a period not exceeding 101 years. The term of the water
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1term, be extended by an amendment, renewal, or revision beyond
2101 years by further agreement of the parties. A commission
3may contract with any person, corporation, political
4subdivision, municipal corporation, or other governmental or
5non-governmental entity for a supply of water, and any such
6political subdivision, municipal corporation, or other
7governmental entity is authorized to enter into such a
8contract with the commission. A commission may accept from a
9municipality that is a member of the commission the assignment
10of a contract to acquire a supply of water and to accept and
11perform the duties and obligations and make all payments
12required pursuant to such assigned contract.
13    A contract made by or assigned to a commission for a supply
14of water may contain provisions whereby the commission is
15obligated to pay for such supply of water without setoff or
16counterclaim and irrespective of whether such supply of water
17is ever furnished, made available, or delivered to the
18commission or whether any project for the supply of water
19contemplated by the contract is completed, operable, or
20operating and notwithstanding any suspension, interruption,
21interference, reduction, or curtailment of the supply of water
22from such project.
23    No prior appropriation shall be required before entering
24into or accepting assignment of such contract, and no
25appropriation shall be required to authorize payments to be
26made under the terms of the contract, notwithstanding any

 

 

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1provision of this Code to the contrary. The contract shall not
2be a debt within the meaning of any statutory or
3constitutional limitations.
4    (c) Water contracts to provide water supply to members.
5The commission is authorized to contract with the
6municipalities which established the commission, and with
7other municipalities that have become members pursuant to the
8process established in the intergovernmental agreement, for a
9supply of water to those municipalities, for a period not
10exceeding 101 years, and those municipalities are authorized
11to enter into such contracts with the commission. The term of
12the water supply contract may, at the end of the initial or
13extended term, be extended by an amendment, renewal, or
14revision beyond 101 years by further agreement of the parties.
15    Any such contract made by a commission and any such
16municipalities to supply water may contain provisions whereby
17the purchasing municipality is obligated to pay for such
18supply of water without setoff or counterclaim and
19irrespective of whether such supply of water is ever
20furnished, made available, or delivered to the purchasing
21municipality or whether any project for the supply of water
22contemplated by any such contract is completed, operable, or
23operating and notwithstanding any suspension, interruption,
24interference, reduction, or curtailment of the supply of water
25from such project. Any such contract may provide that if one or
26more of the other purchasers' defaults in the payment of its

 

 

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1obligations under the contract or similar contract made with
2the supplier of the water, the remaining purchasers party to
3such contract or such similar contract shall be required to
4pay for all or a portion of the obligations of the defaulting
5purchaser. Each municipality that enters into such a contract
6shall be obligated and have the duty to include an amount
7sufficient to pay the annual amount of its obligation each
8year in the next succeeding appropriation ordinances. No prior
9appropriation shall be required for a municipality to
10authorize the payments, advances, or obligations provided for
11in such contracts or this subsection.
12    (d) Water contracts to provide water supply to nonmembers
13and extend system. A commission may supply water to and
14contract with a person, corporation, political subdivision,
15municipal corporation, or other governmental or
16non-governmental entity, in addition to the municipalities
17which have formed the commission and other municipalities that
18have become members pursuant to the process established in the
19intergovernmental agreement, and to construct water
20transmission and distribution lines within a radius of 25
21miles outside the corporate limits of member municipalities
22for the purpose of furnishing water to any additional entities
23which contract with the commission for a supply of water, upon
24such payment, terms, and conditions as may be mutually agreed
25upon. Any such contract shall be a continuing, valid, and
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1not to exceed 40, as may be provided in such contract.
2    Any such contract entered into to supply water to a
3municipal corporation or political subdivision shall provide
4that the payments to be made thereunder shall be from the
5revenues to be derived by such municipality or political
6subdivision from the operation of the waterworks system or
7combined waterworks and sewer system of such municipality or
8political subdivision or from receipts from other sources
9available to the municipality or political subdivision,
10including grants and loans. Any such contract made by a
11commission and a purchaser that is such a municipal
12corporation or political subdivision to supply water may
13contain provisions whereby the purchaser is obligated to pay
14for such supply of water without setoff or counterclaim and
15irrespective of whether such supply of water is ever
16furnished, made available, or delivered to the purchaser or
17whether any project for the supply of water contemplated by
18any such contract is completed, operable, or operating and
19notwithstanding any suspension, interruption, interference,
20reduction, or curtailment of the supply of water from such
21project. The contract may provide that, if one or more of the
22other purchasers defaults in the payment of its obligations
23under such contract or similar contract made with the supplier
24of the water, the remaining purchasers party to such contract
25or such similar contract shall be required to pay for all or a
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1municipal corporation or political subdivision that enters
2into such a contract shall be obligated and have the duty to
3include an amount sufficient to pay the annual amount of its
4obligation each year in the next succeeding appropriation
5ordinances. No prior appropriation shall be required for a
6municipality or political subdivision to authorize the
7payments, advances, or obligations provided for in such
8contracts or this subsection. Any such contract shall not be a
9debt within the meaning of any statutory or constitutional
10limitations.
11    (e) Additional powers. In addition to any other powers set
12forth in this Division and in the agreement, a commission has
13the following powers:
14        (1) The power to enter into intergovernmental police
15    assistance agreements with any municipality or county.
16        (2) The power to enter into intergovernmental
17    agreements with any unit of local government or other
18    governmental entity in order to carry out the purposes for
19    which the commission was formed.
20(Source: P.A. 102-684, eff. 12-16-21.)
 
21    (65 ILCS 5/11-135.5-35)
22    Sec. 11-135.5-35. Revenues; rates; costs; construction
23contracts.
24    (a) Revenue fund. Whenever bonds are issued under this
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1properties under the control of the commission shall be set
2aside as collected and deposited in a separate fund to be used
3only (1) in paying the cost of the operation and maintenance of
4those properties, (2) in providing an adequate depreciation
5fund, (3) in paying the principal of and interest upon the
6revenue bonds issued by the commission, as provided by this
7Division, (4) to comply with the covenants of the ordinance or
8resolution, or the master trust indenture or any applicable
9supplemental trust indenture or both, authorizing the issuance
10of such bonds, and (5) to carry out the corporate purposes and
11powers of the commission.
12    (b) Rates and charges for waterworks system. If the
13commission has charge of the operation of a complete
14waterworks system, including the distribution mains, the
15commission shall establish rates and charges for water and the
16use of commission waterworks system facilities, which shall be
17sufficient at all times to pay the cost of operation and
18maintenance, to provide an adequate depreciation fund, to pay
19the principal of and interest upon all revenue bonds issued as
20provided by this Division, to comply with the covenants of the
21ordinance or resolution, or the master trust indenture or any
22applicable supplemental trust indenture or both, authorizing
23the issuance of such bonds, and to carry out the corporate
24purposes and powers of the commission. Charges and rates shall
25be established, revised, and maintained by ordinance and
26become payable as the commission may determine by ordinance.

 

 

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1    (c) Rates and charges for water source of supply. If the
2commission has charge of the operation of a common source of
3supply of water, the municipalities represented by the
4commission shall contract with the commission for water. These
5municipalities shall establish such charges and rates for
6water supplied by them to consumers as will be sufficient at
7all times (1) to pay the cost of operation and maintenance of
8the respective waterworks systems (or combined waterworks and
9sewerage systems) of the municipalities, (2) to provide an
10adequate depreciation fund therefor, (3) to pay the principal
11of and interest on all revenue bonds of the municipalities
12payable from the revenues of the waterworks system (or
13combined waterworks and sewerage system), and (4) to pay the
14charges and rates established by the commission for the sale
15of water by the commission to, and the use of commission
16waterworks system facilities by, those municipalities. The
17commission shall establish such charges and rates for water
18supplied to those municipalities and the use of commission
19waterworks system facilities as will be sufficient at all
20times (1) to pay the cost of operation and maintenance of the
21common source of supply of water, (2) to provide an adequate
22depreciation fund therefor, (3) to pay the principal of and
23interest on the revenue bonds issued by the commission, (4) to
24comply with the covenants of the ordinance or resolution, or
25the master trust indenture or any applicable supplemental
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1bonds, and (5) to carry out the corporate purposes and powers
2of the commission, under the provisions of this Division.
3Contracts entered into between the commission and the
4specified municipalities shall include covenants for the
5establishment of rates and charges as provided in this
6Section.
7    (d) Pension costs. Contributions to a retirement fund or
8other pension alternative authorized by the Illinois Pension
9Code, including, without limitation, the Illinois Municipal
10Retirement Fund, by commissions created under this Division
11which have been included under the retirement fund or other
12pension alternative shall be considered a cost of operation
13and maintenance for the purposes of this Section.
14    (e) Enforcement of obligations. An owner A holder of a
15bond or of any of its coupons issued under this Division, a
16trustee under a master trust indenture or supplemental trust
17indenture or both with respect to the bonds issued under this
18Division, or both the owner and trustee may, in a civil action,
19mandamus action, or other proceeding, may enforce and compel
20performance of all duties required by this Division to be
21performed by such a commission or by any of the
22municipalities, including the making of rates and charges, the
23collecting of sufficient revenue, and the application thereof,
24as provided in this Division.
25    (f) Construction contracts. All or any portion of a
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1commission, when the expense thereof will exceed the greater
2of (i) $25,000 or (ii) the amount of expense above which a work
3or public improvement by a municipality must be let to the
4lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids under
5Section 8-9-1 of this Code, shall be constructed, maintained,
6or repaired either: (1) by a contract let to the lowest
7responsible bidder after advertising for bids, in the manner
8prescribed by the commission's bylaws, rules, and regulations
9and by the vote required as established in the
10intergovernmental agreement pursuant to Section 11-135.5-25;
11or (2) without advertising for bids, if authorized by a vote of
12greater than a majority of all the commissioners as
13established in the intergovernmental agreement pursuant to
14Section 11-135.5-25. The commission's bylaws, rules, and
15regulations shall provide for an alternative procedure for
16emergency procurement if an emergency makes it impracticable
17to follow the procedures in this subsection.
18    (g) Alternative project delivery. A commission may use
19alternative project delivery methods if the commission
20determines it to be in the commission's best interest for a
21particular project. An alternative project delivery method may
22include, without limitation, design-build or
23construction-manager-at-risk. All notices for the procurement
24of goods, services, or work to be provided pursuant to an
25alternate delivery method shall include all requirements for
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1contracts or agreements for the procurement of goods,
2services, or work to be provided pursuant to an alternate
3delivery method shall be made on the basis of demonstrated
4competence and qualifications and with due regard for the
5principles of competitive selection. As part of an alternate
6project delivery procurement process, prior to submission of
7proposals, the commission may conduct meetings and exchange
8confidential information with proposers to promote
9understanding of the request for proposals, review alternative
10design concepts, or discuss other issues related to the
11procurement.
12    As used in this subsection:
13    "Construction-manager-at-risk" means a delivery method in
14which the party proposing to be the construction manager
15commits to be responsible for performance of certain
16preconstruction services and, if the parties reach agreement
17on key terms, becomes responsible for construction of the
18project.
19    "Design-build" means a delivery method that provides
20responsibility within a single contract for furnishing the
21architectural, engineering, land-surveying, and related
22services for the project, as well as the labor, materials,
23equipment, and other construction services for the project.
24    (h) Procurement goals and requirements. A commission may
25establish goals or requirements for the procurement of goods
26and services and for construction contracts to promote and

 

 

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1encourage the continuing economic development of (i)
2businesses that are owned and operated by minorities, women,
3persons with disabilities, or veterans; (ii) businesses that
4are located within the territory of one or more of the
5municipalities that are members of the commission; (iii)
6businesses that employ persons who reside in the territory of
7one or more of the municipalities that are members of the
8commission; (iv) businesses that are located within the
9territory of a municipality having more than 2,000,000
10inhabitants in which a portion of the commission's waterworks
11system or other commission improvement is located; or (v)
12businesses that employ persons who reside in the territory of
13a municipality having more than 2,000,000 inhabitants in which
14a portion of the commission's waterworks system or other
15commission improvement is located.
16    A commission may also establish other goals or
17requirements that result in the award to a responsible bidder
18other than the lowest responsible bidder if the commission
19determines that the award is in the commission's best
20interests, notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (f).
21Goals or requirements that are set by a commission that result
22in a preference being applied to a bidder or proposer, who has
23met those goals or requirements, in a commission's process for
24awarding construction contracts and for the procurement of
25goods and services must comply with the constitutional
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1    (i) Contract assignment. A member municipality may enter
2into a contract for any portion of a waterworks system or other
3public improvement of a commission pursuant to a contracting
4method that is consistent with the requirements applicable to
5the municipality and generally consistent with the principles
6in subsection (f) or (g). The commission may accept assignment
7of such a contract and of payment obligations under that
8contract.
9    (j) (g) Project labor agreement. In connection with a
10contract by a commission for the construction of all or any
11portion of a waterworks system or other public improvement of
12the commission, the commission must enter into a project labor
13agreement with the applicable local building trades council
14prior to the commencement of any and all construction,
15building, renovation, demolition, or any material change to
16the structure or land.
17(Source: P.A. 102-684, eff. 12-16-21.)
 
18    (65 ILCS 5/11-135.5-40)
19    Sec. 11-135.5-40. Property.
20    (a) Generally. A commission may (i) acquire, hold, sell,
21lease as lessor or lessee, transfer, or dispose of real or
22personal property, or interest therein, and (ii) acquire by
23gift, legacy, or grant any real estate or personal property,
24or rights therein, in all such instances as it deems
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1purposes, whether the land or personal property is located
2within or outside the boundaries of the members of the
3commission. The commission also may accept any grant, subsidy,
4or contribution from the United States, the State of Illinois,
5a unit of local government, or any other governmental entity,
6or any combination thereof.
7    (b) Private property. Whenever a commission passes an
8ordinance for the construction or acquisition of any
9waterworks properties, or improvements or extension or mains,
10pumping stations, reservoirs, or other appurtenances thereto,
11which such commission is authorized to make, the making of
12which will require that private property be taken or damaged,
13such commission may cause compensation therefor to be
14ascertained and may condemn and acquire possession thereof in
15the same manner as nearly as may be, as provided for the
16exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent
17Domain Act. However, proceedings to ascertain the compensation
18to be paid for taking or damaging private property shall be
19instituted in the circuit court of the county where the
20property sought to be taken or damaged is situated.
21    (c) Public property. When a commission created under this
22Division requires that public property be taken or damaged for
23the purposes specified in this Section, the commission may
24condemn and acquire possession of public property and cause
25compensation for such public property to be ascertained in the
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1domain under the Eminent Domain Act while the commission has
2the power to initiate action in the manner provided by Article
320 of the Eminent Domain Act.
4     (d) Schedule for Acquisition. If a commission created
5under this Division determines that negotiations for the
6acquisition of property or easements for making any
7improvement, which such commission is authorized to make, have
8proven unsuccessful and, the commission shall have, by
9resolution, adopted a schedule or plan of operation for the
10execution of the project and therein made a finding that it is
11necessary to take such property or easements immediately or at
12some specified later date in order to comply with the
13schedule, the commission may commence proceedings to acquire
14such property or easements in the same manner provided in
15Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act (quick-take procedure),
16except that, if the property or easement is located in a
17municipality having more than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the
18commission may not commence such proceedings until the
19acquisition has been approved by ordinance of the corporate
20authorities of the municipality.
21    (e) Highways and public ground. A commission may
22construct, maintain, alter, and extend its water mains as a
23proper use of highways along, upon, under, and across any
24highway, street, alley, or public ground in the State,
25including highways within a municipality, but so as not to
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1construct, maintain, and operate any conduit or conduits,
2water pipe or pipes, wholly or partially buried or otherwise
3in, upon, and along any of the lands owned by the State and
4under any of the public waters therein. However, the right,
5permission, and authority hereby created shall be subject to
6all public rights of commerce and navigation and the authority
7of the United States in behalf of such public rights and also
8the laws of the State to regulate and control the same. Notice
9shall be given to the highway authorities of a municipality,
10county, township, road district, or township district in which
11such highway, street, or public way may be situated at least 60
12days before any construction or installation work in such
13highway or street shall commence. All laws and ordinances
14pertaining to such work for the protection of the public and of
15public property shall be complied with, except that no fee may
16be charged such commission for the construction or
17installation of such facilities in such public places.
18    (f) (e) Surplus property. When, in the opinion of a
19commission, real estate owned by it, however acquired, is no
20longer necessary, appropriate, required for the use of,
21profitable to, or for best interest of the commission, such
22commission may, by resolution, lease such surplus real estate
23for a period not to exceed 99 years or sell such surplus real
24estate, in accordance with procedures established in the
25intergovernmental agreement or bylaws or adopted by resolution
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1    (g) (f) Tax exemption. All property, income, and receipts
2of or transactions by a commission shall be exempt from all
3taxation, the same as if it were the property, income, or
4receipts of or transaction by the member municipalities.
5    (h) (g) Agricultural impact mitigation agreement. For any
6private property that is used for agricultural purposes, as
7defined in Section 1-60 of the Property Tax Code, that is
8damaged or taken by a commission created under this Division,
9the commission shall enter into an agricultural impact
10mitigation agreement with the Illinois Department of
11Agriculture to ensure any negative impacts to private property
12are properly mitigated.
13(Source: P.A. 102-684, eff. 12-16-21.)
 
14    Section 10. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by adding
15Section 25-5-105 as follows:
 
16    (735 ILCS 30/25-5-105 new)
17    Sec. 25-5-105. Quick-take; regional water commissions.
18Quick-take proceedings under Article 20 may be used by a
19regional water commission for one period of 3 years after
20adoption of a schedule for acquisition of property or
21easements for the purposes of a regional water commission by a
22regional water commission established under Division 11-135.5
23of the Illinois Municipal Code. This Section does not
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1regional water commission.
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.".