70 ILCS 605/3-18

(70 ILCS 605/3-18) (from Ch. 42, par. 3-18)

Sec. 3-18.

Notice of hearing on report.

If the temporary commissioners
recommend in their report that the district be organized and that
additional land be included in the proposed district, they shall file with
their report their affidavit setting forth the names and addresses of the
owners of such land, if known, or, if unknown, then the names and addresses
of the person who last paid the general taxes on such land as shown by the
collector's books in the county in which such land is situated, and the
petitioners or the clerk of the court shall, at least
10 days before the date fixed for hearing, mail a notice thereof to each
such person at his address as set forth in the affidavit.  Notices shall be
mailed and proof made in the manner provided in Section 3-6.  The notice
shall be entitled "Drainage Notice" and must state (a) the general nature
of the proceedings and in what court they are pending, (b) the general
location of the proposed district, (c) a general description of the system
of drainage recommended, (d) the description of the additional land
proposed to be included, and (e) the date and hour fixed for the hearing on
the report.

The notice may be substantially in the following form:

DRAINAGE NOTICE

To the owners of the lands hereinafter described:

You are hereby notified that there is pending in the Circuit Court of
the .... Judicial Circuit, .... County, Illinois, the report of the
temporary commissioners in the matter of the petition for the organization
of .... Drainage District, in the County (or Counties) of .... and State of
Illinois; that the general location of the proposed district is ....; that
the work recommended to be undertaken in the proposed district by the
temporary commissioners consists of ....; and that the temporary
commissioners have recommended that in addition to the lands described in
the petition, there be included in the districts the lands described as
follows:
........................

You are further notified that the report of the temporary commissioners
is set for hearing in the .... in the Courthouse at .... Illinois, on (insert
date), at the hour of .... .. M., at which
time and place you may appear and be heard if you see fit so to do.

Dated (insert date).

.................................

Clerk of the Circuit Court of the

............... Judicial Circuit,

............... County, Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)