SB1881 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 10946 AWJ 56120 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1881

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Scott M. Bennett - Chapin Rose

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

70 ILCS 2305/8.1	from Ch. 42, par. 284.1
70 ILCS 2405/8.1	from Ch. 42, par. 307.1

Amends the North Shore Water Reclamation District Act and the Sanitary District Act of 1917. Provides that that the North Shore Water Reclamation District and sanitary districts may lease property not required for district use to others for a period not exceeding 50 years (rather than 20 years for the North Shore Water Reclamation District and 10 years for sanitary districts). Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The North Shore Water Reclamation District Act is amended by changing Section 8.1 as follows:

(70 ILCS 2305/8.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 284.1)

Sec. 8.1. Every such sanitary district shall also have the power to lease to others for any period of time, not exceeding 50 20 years, upon such terms as its board of trustees may determine, any real estate, right-of-way, or privilege, or any interest therein, or any part thereof, acquired by it which is in the opinion of the board of trustees of such sanitary district, no longer required for its corporate purposes or which may not be immediately needed for such purposes, and such leases may contain such conditions and retain such interests therein as may be deemed for the best interest of such sanitary district by such board of trustees; also any such sanitary district shall have the right to grant easements and permits for the use of any such real property, right-of-way, or privilege, which will not in the opinion of the board of trustees of such sanitary district, interfere with the use thereof by such sanitary district for its corporate purposes, and such easements and permits may contain such conditions and retain such interests therein as may be deemed for the best interests of such sanitary district by such board of trustees.

(Source: P.A. 95-607, eff. 9-11-07.)

Section 10. The Sanitary District Act of 1917 is amended by changing Section 8.1 as follows:

(70 ILCS 2405/8.1) (from Ch. 42, par. 307.1)

Sec. 8.1. Every such sanitary district shall also have the power to lease to others for any period of time, not exceeding 50 10 years, upon such terms as its board of trustees may determine, any real estate, right-of-way, or privilege, or any interest therein, or any part thereof, acquired by it which, in the opinion of the board of trustees of such sanitary district, is no longer required for its corporate purposes or which may not be immediately needed for such purposes, and such leases may contain such conditions and retain such interests therein as may be deemed for the best interest of such sanitary district by such board of trustees; also any such sanitary district shall have the right to grant easements and permits for the use of any such real property, right-of-way, or privilege, which will not in the opinion of the board of trustees of such sanitary district, interfere with the use thereof by such sanitary district for its corporate purposes, and such easements and permits may contain such conditions and retain such interests therein as may be deemed for the best interests of such sanitary district by such board of trustees.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 552.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.