SB2663sam001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Scott M. Bennett

Filed: 4/16/2021

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2663

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2663 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Public Water District Act is amended by adding Section 28.2 as follows:

(70 ILCS 3705/28.2 new)

Sec. 28.2. Alternate method of annexation. The board of trustees of any water district may annex territory which is not within the corporate limits of the water district if:

(1) the new territory is contiguous to the annexing water district and not currently served by another water district; and

(2) the new territory is without a source of quality water not contaminated by methane and is within 3 miles of a source of a methane contamination.

The annexation shall be accomplished only by ordinance and the ordinance shall include a description of the annexed territory and a map of the annexed territory certified as true and accurate by the clerk of the water district shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the annexed territory is located. The territory to be annexed shall be considered to be contiguous to the water district notwithstanding that the territory to be annexed is divided by, or that the territory to be annexed is separated from the water district by, one or more railroad right of waters, public easements, or properties owned by a public utility, a forest preserve district, a public agency, or a not-for-profit corporation. A two-thirds vote of the board is required to annex such territory to the district and action of the board shall be by ordinance of annexation and the vote on such ordinance shall be entered upon the records of the district.

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