HB2500 Enrolled LRB094 09823 AJO 40079 b

1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
5 Division 15.2 to Article 11 as follows:
 
6     (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.2 heading new)
7
DIVISION 15.2. ANNEXATION; DRAINAGE DISTRICTS

 
8     (65 ILCS 5/11-15.2-1 new)
9     Sec. 11-15.2-1. If authorized by an agreement approved by
10 the court pursuant to notice as required by Section 4-22 of the
11 Illinois Drainage Code (70 ILCS 605/4-22), a municipality and a
12 drainage district may enter into an implementing agreement to
13 provide for the automatic detachment of land from the drainage
14 district when the land is annexed to the municipality. An
15 implementing agreement shall not be required to comply with the
16 provisions of Sections 4-19 through 4-24 of the Illinois
17 Drainage Code (70 ILCS 605/4-19 through 605/4-24) and may
18 authorize the filing of certificates as provided in this
19 Section.
20     Upon the filing of a certificate, executed by a drainage
21 district in compliance with Section 4-11 of the Illinois
22 Drainage Code (70 ILCS 605/4-11) and by an annexing
23 municipality, the land described in the certificate shall be
24 detached from the drainage district and annexed to the annexing
25 municipality as of the date of filing. The certificate shall be
26 filed with the drainage district clerk and the county clerk
27 where the land is located. The legal effect of the filing of a
28 certificate shall be the same as a court order entered pursuant
29 to Section 8-20 of the Illinois Drainage Code (70 ILCS
30 605/8-20).