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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Drainage Code is amended  by adding 
5Section 10-7.2 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 605/10-7.2 new)
7    Sec. 10-7.2. Seavey Drainage District; dissolution. In 
8addition to the other methods of dissolution provided in this 
9Article, the Lake County Board may dissolve the Seavey Drainage 
10District by adopting a resolution that states:
11        (1) that the district has not imposed a levy for at 
12    least 10 years;
13        (2) that there are no outstanding debts of the district 
14    that have been filed with the county clerk of Lake County;
15        (3) that federal or State permits or grants will not be 
16    impaired by dissolution of the district;
17        (4) that the precise physical boundaries of the 
18    district have become indeterminate due to the passage of 
19    time; and
20        (5) the date of dissolution of the district.
21    On the date of dissolution of the district, all drains, 
22levees, and other works constituting the drainage system of the 
23district and the rights-of-way, if any, on which the same are 
 
 
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1situated shall be deemed to be for the mutual benefit of the 
2lands formerly in the district as provided in Section 10-11. 
3Additional

powers of the former district, except those in 
4Article V, shall be exercised by the respective municipalities 
5where the various parts of the former district are located and 
6by Lake County for any unincorporated areas contained in the 
7former district. No later than 60 days after the date of 
8dissolution of the district, Lake County shall notify the 
9Illinois Environmental Protection Agency of the dissolution of 
10the district.
11    Dissolution of the Seavey Drainage District under this 
12Section must take place no later than December 31, 2019.