(70 ILCS 2605/21) (from Ch. 42, par. 342)
Sec. 21.
In case any sanitary district in this state formed under the
provisions of this Act shall introduce sewage into any river or stream of
water, or natural or artificial water course, beyond or without the limits
of such district, without conforming to the provisions of this Act, or
having introduced such sewage into such water course, shall fail to comply
with any of the provisions of this Act, an action to enforce compliance
shall be brought by the Attorney General of this State in the courts of any
county wherein such water course is situated, or he may authorize the
State's Attorney of any such county to commence and prosecute such action
in any such county. Nothing in this Section contained shall
be construed to prevent the prosecution of any action or proceeding by
individuals or bodies corporate or politic against that district. If any
individual or the authorities of any
municipal corporation shall file with the Attorney General a verified
statement, in writing, setting forth wherein the sanitary district has
failed to comply with any of the provisions of this Act, it shall be the
duty of the Attorney General forthwith to file in a court of competent
jurisdiction a complaint for mandamus, setting forth wherein the
sanitary district
has failed to comply with the provisions of this Act. The court shall
thereupon hear and determine the cause and proceed to enforce compliance
with the provisions of this Act, as in other cases of mandamus.
And, in order to comply with the provisions of this Act, sanitary
districts are hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect such tax,
as an emergency tax, upon the taxable property of such sanitary district as
may be necessary to carry into effect any order or judgment of the
court relating to the requisite flowage of water, capacity of the channel
or outlet and the construction, maintenance and operation of movable
bridges, as required by this Act.
(Source: P.A. 83-345.)
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