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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 Section 11-141-10.1 as follows:
 
6     (65 ILCS 5/11-141-10.1 new)
7     Sec. 11-141-10.1. Annexation of territory including
8 township sewerage system.
9     (a) If a municipality annexes part or all of the territory
10 in which a township operates a sewerage system that includes a
11 sewage treatment plant or plants, and if the corporate
12 authorities of the municipality do not operate a sewerage
13 system that includes a sewage treatment plant or plants, the
14 township shall be responsible for that portion of the sewerage
15 system within the annexed territory. Any user fees attributable
16 to the annexed territory shall remain with the township,
17 unless, by agreement, the township assigns those fees.
18     (b) If a municipality annexes part or all of the territory
19 in which a township operates a sewerage system that does not
20 include a sewage treatment plant or plants, the authority
21 responsible for operating the sewerage system within the
22 annexed territory shall assume responsibility for that portion
23 of the sewerage system within the annexed territory. Beginning
24 upon the date of annexation, any user fees attributable to the
25 maintenance and operation of the sewerage system shall be
26 collected by the corporate authorities of the municipality.
 
27     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
28 becoming law.