(65 ILCS 5/9-2-99) (from Ch. 24, par. 9-2-99)
Sec. 9-2-99.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-113, no person
obtaining contracts from the municipality and agreeing to be paid out of
special assessments or special taxes, has any claim or lien upon the
municipality in any event, except from the collection of special
assessments or special taxes made or to be made for the work contracted
for. However, the municipality shall cause collections and payments to be
made with all reasonable diligence. If it appears that such an assessment
or tax cannot be levied or collected, the municipality, nevertheless, is
not in any way liable to a contractor in case of failure to collect the
assessment or tax, but, so far as it can legally do so, with all reasonable
diligence, it shall cause a valid assessment or assessments, or special
taxes, to be levied and collected to defray the cost of the work until all
contractors are fully paid. Any contractor is entitled to the summary
relief of mandamus or injunction to enforce the provisions of this section.
The municipal treasurer shall keep a separate account of each special
assessment warrant number, and of the money received thereunder.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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