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LRB094 09823 AJO 40079 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding |
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| Division 15.2 to Article 11 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.2 heading new)
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| DIVISION 15.2. ANNEXATION; DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
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| (65 ILCS 5/11-15.2-1 new)
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| Sec. 11-15.2-1. If authorized by an agreement approved by |
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| the court pursuant to notice as required by Section 4-22 of the |
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| Illinois Drainage Code (70 ILCS 605/4-22), a municipality and a |
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| drainage district may enter into an implementing agreement to |
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| provide for the automatic detachment of land from the drainage |
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| district when the land is annexed to the municipality. An |
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| implementing agreement shall not be required to comply with the |
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| provisions of Sections 4-19 through 4-24 of the Illinois |
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| Drainage Code (70 ILCS 605/4-19 through 605/4-24) and may |
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| authorize the filing of certificates as provided in this |
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| Section. |
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| Upon the filing of a certificate, executed by a drainage |
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| district in compliance with Section 4-11 of the Illinois |
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| Drainage Code (70 ILCS 605/4-11) and by an annexing |
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| municipality, the land described in the certificate shall be |
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| detached from the drainage district and annexed to the annexing |
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| municipality as of the date of filing. The certificate shall be |
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| filed with the drainage district clerk and the county clerk |
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| where the land is located. The legal effect of the filing of a |
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| certificate shall be the same as a court order entered pursuant |
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| to Section 8-20 of the Illinois Drainage Code (70 ILCS |
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| 605/8-20). |