(70 ILCS 605/4-16) (from Ch. 42, par. 4-16)
Sec. 4-16.
Specific powers of commissioners-Court approval.
When authorized by the court, the commissioners may: (a) construct
additional drains, ditches, levees or other works necessary for the
drainage or protection of the lands in the district, including the
construction of one or more pumping plants; (b) alter, enlarge, extend,
improve, deepen, widen or straighten any drain, levee, pumping plant or
other work within the district and may do any such work outside the
district when necessary to obtain a proper outlet or to protect the lands
in the district; (c) change the method of construction, route, size,
capacity, termini or plans of any proposed drain, levee or other work of
the district; (d) purchase, acquire or lease and maintain and operate
dredge boats, draglines, bulldozers or other machinery or equipment
necessary for the construction, repair, maintenance and preservation of any
drain, levee or other work of the district; (e) purchase mowing machines,
tractors, sprayers or other like equipment for keeping the drains, levees,
banks and right-of-way free from weeds, brush or other obstructions; (f)
construct access roads when such roads are necessary to protect or maintain
any drain, levee, pumping plant or other work or structure of the district;
(g) level spoil banks and excavated material to permit cultivation or use
for roadway or other lawful purposes; (h) construct headwalls, bulkheads,
spillways, surface water inlets and tile outlets as a part of the drainage
system of the district; and (i) abandon any drain, levee or other work of
the district, or any part thereof, when the same is no longer of value or
service to the district or has been adequately replaced or superseded by
other works.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
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