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90_HB2073
70 ILCS 405/10 from Ch. 5, par. 115
70 ILCS 405/14 from Ch. 5, par. 119
70 ILCS 405/19 from Ch. 5, par. 124
70 ILCS 405/23 from Ch. 5, par. 128
70 ILCS 405/26a from Ch. 5, par. 131a
70 ILCS 405/26a.1 from Ch. 5, par. 131a-1
70 ILCS 405/26a.4 from Ch. 5, par. 131a-4
70 ILCS 405/26b.3 from Ch. 5, par. 131b-3
70 ILCS 405/26b.6 from Ch. 5, par. 131b-6
70 ILCS 405/32
70 ILCS 405/8 rep.
70 ILCS 405/9 rep.
70 ILCS 405/11 rep.
70 ILCS 405/12 rep.
70 ILCS 405/13 rep.
70 ILCS 405/17 rep.
70 ILCS 405/19.01 rep.
70 ILCS 405/20 rep.
70 ILCS 405/20.01 rep.
70 ILCS 405/28 rep.
70 ILCS 405/29 rep.
70 ILCS 405/30 rep.
Amends the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act.
Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall divide into
districts all territory not already part of a soil and water
conservation district. Provides for the election of district
directors at a nonpartisan election and includes the district
referendums within the provisions of the Election Code (now
both governed by the Department, owners of land, and
occupiers of land). Makes other changes.
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1 AN ACT concerning soil and water conservation districts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act
5 is amended by changing Sections 10, 14, 19, 23, 26a, 26a.1,
6 26a.4, 26b.3, 26b.6, and 32 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 405/10) (from Ch. 5, par. 115)
8 Sec. 10. Findings and determinations of Department.
9 Within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory
10 Act of 1997, After such hearing, if the Department determines
11 upon the facts presented at such hearing and upon such other
12 relevant facts and information as may be available that there
13 is need in the interest of the public health, safety, and
14 welfare, for a soil and water conservation district to
15 function in the territory considered at the hearing, it shall
16 make and record such determination and shall define by metes
17 and bounds, or by legal subdivisions, the boundaries of the
18 existing soil and water conservation districts and shall
19 divide by defining in the same manner the remaining territory
20 of the State into soil and water conservation districts such
21 district. In making the such determination and in defining
22 the such boundaries of the remaining territory, the
23 Department shall give due weight and consideration to the
24 following matters that which are hereby stated to be the
25 standards that which shall guide the considerations of the
26 Department: The topography of the area considered and of the
27 State; the composition of soils therein; the distribution of
28 erosion; the prevailing land use practices; the desirability
29 and necessity of including within the boundaries the
30 particular lands under consideration and the benefits the
31 such lands may receive from being included within the such
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1 boundaries; the relation of the proposed area to existing
2 watersheds and agricultural regions and to other soil
3 conservation districts already organized or proposed for
4 organization under the provisions of this Act, and such other
5 physical, geographical, and economic factors as are relevant.
6 The territory to be included within the such boundaries need
7 not be contiguous. No territory shall be included within the
8 boundaries of more than one district. In cases where
9 territory is proposed to be added to an existing district,
10 the Department shall also consider the attitude of the
11 district directors as expressed at the hearing, by resolution
12 or otherwise.
13 If the Department determines after such hearing, and
14 after due consideration of the above-mentioned facts and
15 standards that there is no need for a soil and water
16 conservation district for the territory considered at the
17 hearing, it shall record such determination and deny the
18 petition. No subsequent petitions covering the same or
19 substantially the same territory shall be filed as aforesaid
20 until after the expiration of one year from the date of such
21 denial.
22 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 530.)
23 (70 ILCS 405/14) (from Ch. 5, par. 119)
24 Sec. 14. Organization of district. The Department If the
25 Department shall determine that the operation of the proposed
26 district is administratively practicable and feasible, it
27 shall appoint in a timely manner 2 temporary directors in
28 each of the districts created after the effective date of
29 this amendatory Act of 1997, who shall hold office until the
30 election and qualification of the permanent board of
31 directors as provided in Section 19. The Such district shall
32 be a public body corporate and politic, upon the taking of
33 the following proceedings:
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1 The 2 temporary directors shall present to the Secretary
2 of State an application signed by them, which shall set forth
3 (and the such application need contain no detail other than
4 the mere recitals): (1) that a petition for the creation of
5 the district was filed with the Department pursuant to the
6 provisions of this Act, and that the proceedings specified in
7 this Act were taken pursuant to such petition; that the
8 application is being filed in order to complete the
9 organization of the district as a public body, corporate and
10 politic, under this Act; that the Department has appointed
11 them as temporary directors; (2) the name and official
12 residence of each of the temporary directors; (3) the name
13 that which is proposed for the district; and (4) the location
14 of the principal office of the district. The application
15 shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the said
16 temporary directors before an officer authorized by the laws
17 of this State to take acknowledgments of deeds, who shall
18 certify upon the application that he or she personally knows
19 the temporary directors and knows them to be the officers as
20 affirmed in the application, and that each has subscribed
21 thereto in the officer's presence. The application shall be
22 accompanied by a statement by the Department, which shall
23 certify (and the such statement need contain no detail other
24 than the mere recitals) that a petition was filed, notice
25 issued, and hearing held as aforesaid; that the Department
26 did duly determine that there is need, in the interest of the
27 public health, safety, and welfare, for a soil and water
28 conservation district to function in the proposed territory
29 and did define the boundaries thereof; that notice was given
30 and a referendum held on the question of the creation of such
31 district; and that a majority of the owners of land lying
32 within the district voted in favor of the creation of the
33 district; that thereafter the Department did duly determine
34 that the operation of the proposed district is
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1 administratively practicable and feasible and that 2
2 temporary directors, naming them, were duly appointed. The
3 said statement shall set forth the boundaries of the district
4 as they have been defined by the Department.
5 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 530.)
6 (70 ILCS 405/19) (from Ch. 5, par. 124)
7 Sec. 19. Governing body of district.
8 (a) The governing body of the district shall consist of
9 5 directors, who shall be owners or occupiers of lands within
10 the district in which they serve.
11 Five directors shall be elected before March 1 in the
12 year 1948, three of whom shall serve until the first Monday
13 of March, 1950, and the remaining two shall serve until the
14 first Monday of March, 1949. Successive elections shall be
15 held before March 1 of each year and each director so elected
16 shall serve during the two-year period commencing with the
17 first Monday in March of the year in which he was elected.
18 (b) Any vacancy in the office of director may be filled
19 by appointment by the remaining directors. The person so
20 appointed shall hold office until the next election at which
21 a member of the governing board of the district is elected.
22 At the such election a person shall be elected to fill the
23 vacancy, if there is sufficient time to meet the requirements
24 for nomination. Otherwise, the person appointed to fill the
25 vacancy shall hold office until the expiration of the term of
26 the director whom he or she succeeded.
27 (c) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of
28 1997, the 5 directors of each district shall be elected at a
29 nonpartisan election, and the Election Code shall apply to
30 and govern their nomination and election. No party
31 designation shall appear on the ballot. The terms of these
32 directors shall commence on the first Monday of December
33 following their election. The terms of the directors and
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1 temporary directors previously elected or appointed shall
2 expire on the first Monday of December following the
3 election. At the first meeting of the directors, they shall
4 divide themselves by lot into 2 groups. Directors from the
5 first group shall serve 4-year terms, and directors from the
6 second group shall serve 2-year terms. The successors of each
7 group shall be elected to 4-year terms.
8 (Source: P.A. 76-110.)
9 (70 ILCS 405/23) (from Ch. 5, par. 128)
10 Sec. 23. Adoption of land-use regulations. The directors
11 of any district shall have authority to formulate regulations
12 governing the use of lands within the district in the
13 interest of conserving soil, soil resources, water, and water
14 resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion and
15 erosion, floodwater, and sediment damages. The directors
16 shall conduct such public meetings and public hearings upon
17 tentative regulations as may be necessary to assist them in
18 this work. The directors shall not have authority to enact
19 the such land-use regulations into law until after they
20 submit the regulations to the district voters for approval.
21 The directors shall certify the question to the appropriate
22 election authority who shall submit the regulation to the
23 voters of the district at a referendum according to the
24 Election Code. The Election Code shall apply to and govern
25 the referendum shall have caused due notice to be given of
26 their intention to conduct a referendum for submission of
27 such regulations to the land owners within the boundaries of
28 the district for their approval or disapproval of such
29 proposed regulations, shall have held such referendum, and
30 shall have considered the result of such referendum. The
31 proposed regulations shall be embodied in a proposed
32 ordinance. Copies of the such proposed ordinance shall be
33 filed with the Department for an expression of opinion. The
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1 opinion of the Department and any statement it may issue with
2 reference thereto shall be made known to the voters owners in
3 the such district at least 10 days prior to the date of any
4 referendum thereon. Copies of the such proposed ordinance
5 shall be available for distribution among, and inspection by
6 owners and occupiers of land in the district during the
7 period between publications of the such notice and the date
8 of the referendum. The notices of the referendum shall
9 recite the contents of the such proposed ordinance and shall
10 state where copies of the such proposed ordinance may be
11 examined or obtained. The question shall be submitted by
12 ballots, upon which the words "For approval of proposed
13 ordinance No....., prescribing land-use regulations for
14 conservation of soil and water and prevention of erosion" and
15 "Against approval of proposed ordinance No....., prescribing
16 land-use regulations for conservation of soil and water and
17 prevention of erosion" shall appear, with a square before
18 each proposition and a direction to insert an X mark in the
19 square before one or the other of those propositions. A
20 summary or digest of the provisions of the proposed ordinance
21 shall also appear on the such ballots. Votes The directors
22 shall supervise such referendum, shall prescribe appropriate
23 regulations governing the conduct thereof, and shall publish
24 the result thereof. All the owners of land within the
25 district shall be eligible to vote in such referendum and
26 each shall have one vote. Such vote may be cast in person or
27 by absentee ballot. No informalities in the conduct of such
28 referendum or in any matters relating thereto shall
29 invalidate such referendum or the result thereof if notice
30 thereof shall have been given substantially as herein
31 provided and such referendum shall have been fairly
32 conducted.
33 The directors shall not have authority to enact the such
34 proposed ordinance into law unless at least three-fourths of
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1 the voters owners of land voting in such referendum shall
2 vote in the such referendum for approval of the proposed
3 ordinance. The approval of the proposed ordinance by
4 three-fourths of the voters land owners voting on the
5 proposition shall not be deemed to require the directors to
6 enact the such proposed ordinance into law. Land-use
7 regulations prescribed in ordinances adopted pursuant to this
8 Section by the directors of any district shall have the force
9 and effect of law in the district and shall be binding and
10 obligatory upon all owners of lands within the such district.
11 Any owner of land within the such district may at any
12 time file a petition with the directors asking that any or
13 all of the land-use regulations prescribed in any ordinance
14 adopted by the directors under this Section shall be amended,
15 supplemented, or repealed. Land-use regulations prescribed in
16 any ordinance adopted pursuant to this Section shall not be
17 amended, supplemented, or repealed except in accordance with
18 the procedure prescribed in this Section for adoption of
19 land-use regulations. Referenda on adoption, amendment,
20 supplementation, or repeal of land-use regulations shall not
21 be held more often than once in 6 months.
22 The regulations to be adopted by the directors under this
23 Section may include:
24 1. Provisions requiring the carrying out of
25 necessary engineering operations, including the
26 construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams,
27 dikes, ponds, ditches, and other necessary structures.
28 2. Provisions requiring observation of particular
29 methods of cultivation including contour cultivating,
30 contour furrowing, strip cropping, seeding, and planting
31 of lands to water-conserving and erosion-preventing
32 plants, trees, grasses, forestation, and reforestation.
33 3. Provisions requiring the permanent retirement
34 from cultivation of highly erosive areas or of areas on
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1 which erosion cannot be adequately controlled if
2 cultivation is carried on.
3 4. Provisions for such other means, measures,
4 operations, and programs as may assist conservation of
5 soil and water resources and prevent or control soil
6 erosion in the district.
7 5. Provisions prohibiting the clear cutting of
8 trees within 30 feet of any navigable waters, except for
9 trees that are included in a forestry management plan
10 approved by the Division of Forest Resources of the
11 Department of Natural Resources. However, these
12 provisions shall not prohibit clear cutting incidental to
13 any project, activity or program that has been permitted,
14 licensed, certified, or approved by an agency of federal,
15 State, or local government. For the purpose of this item
16 5, "navigable waters" means public waters that are usable
17 for water commerce.
18 However, these provisions shall not prohibit a public
19 utility from maintaining its transmission facilities and
20 rights of way.
21 The regulations shall be uniform throughout the territory
22 comprised within the district except that the directors may
23 classify the lands within the district with reference to such
24 factors as soil type, degree of slope, degree of erosion
25 threatened or existing, cropping, and tillage practices in
26 use, and other relevant factors, and may provide regulations
27 varying with the type or class of land affected, but uniform
28 as to all lands within each class or type. Copies of land-use
29 regulations adopted under this Section shall be printed and
30 made available to all owners and occupiers of lands lying
31 within the district.
32 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
33 (70 ILCS 405/26a) (from Ch. 5, par. 131a)
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1 Sec. 26a. Consolidation. Any 25 or more owners of lands
2 lying within the boundaries of any district organized under
3 the provisions of this Act may file, with the Department, a
4 petition proposing the consolidation of the such district
5 with one or more adjoining soil conservation districts. The
6 Such petition shall set forth: (1) the names of the districts
7 proposed to be consolidated, and (2) the proposed name of the
8 consolidated district.
9 Within 30 days after the such petition is filed the
10 Department shall submit the proposal to the directors of each
11 district proposed to be consolidated. The Directors of each
12 such district, shall within 30 days thereafter, adopt and
13 forward to the Department a resolution approving or
14 disapproving the proposed consolidation.
15 If the directors of all of the said districts approve the
16 proposals to consolidate the such districts, the Department
17 shall certify the proposition to the appropriation election
18 authorities who shall submit the proposition to the voters of
19 each district for approval. it shall be the duty of the
20 Department to give 10 days notice of the holding of a
21 referendum by causing such notice to be published at least
22 once in one or more newspapers having general circulation
23 within the district and to hold a referendum within each such
24 district upon the proposition or the proposed consolidation.
25 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, The proposition
26 shall be submitted in accordance with Section 28-3 of the
27 Election Code.
28 The question at the such referendum shall be submitted
29 upon ballots in substantially the following form:
30 -------------------------------------------------------------
31 Place an X in the square opposite the proposition for which
32 you desire to vote.
33 -------------------------------------------------------------
34 For approval of the proposed
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1 consolidation of (here insert names
2 of districts to be consolidated)
3 into one soil and water
4 conservation district.
5 -------------------------------------------------------------
6 Against approval of the
7 proposed consolidation of (here
8 insert names of districts to be
9 consolidated) into one soil and
10 water conservation district.
11 -------------------------------------------------------------
12 Only owners or occupiers of land, or both, lying within
13 the districts are eligible to vote in such referendum and
14 each shall have one vote. Eligible Voters may vote in person
15 or by absentee ballot.
16 If a majority of the votes cast in the referendum in each
17 of the such districts are cast in favor of the proposed
18 consolidation and if the Department determines that such
19 consolidation is administratively practicable and feasible,
20 the Chairmen of the directors of the said districts shall
21 present to the Secretary of State through the Department an
22 application for a certificate of organization of the
23 consolidated district. The application shall be signed and
24 sworn to by all of the said chairmen, and shall set forth the
25 names of the constituent districts, the proposed name of the
26 consolidated district, and the location of the office of the
27 consolidated district. The said application shall be
28 accompanied by the statement from the Department which shall
29 set forth (and the such statement need contain no details
30 other than the mere recitals) that a petition for the
31 consolidation of the said district was filed, that the
32 proposed consolidation was, by resolution, approved by the
33 governing bodies of all of the such districts, that a
34 referendum was held in each of the said districts on the
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1 question of the proposed consolidation, and that the result
2 of the such referendum showed a majority of the votes cast in
3 each district to be in favor of the proposed consolidation.
4 The Secretary of State shall receive and file the such
5 application and statement and shall record them in an
6 appropriate book of record in the his office. When the
7 application and statements have been made, filed, and
8 recorded as herein provided, the consolidation of the such
9 districts shall be deemed affected and the consolidated
10 district shall constitute a public body, corporate and
11 politic, vested with all the power of soil and water
12 conservation districts. The Secretary of State shall make and
13 issue to the signers of the application a certificate, under
14 the seal of the State, of the due organization of the said
15 consolidated district, and shall record the such certificate
16 with the application and statement. A copy of the statement
17 and certificate of organization, duly certified by the
18 Secretary of State, shall be recorded with the recorder of
19 the county in which the office of the consolidated district
20 is located.
21 Upon a consolidation of districts, the directors of all
22 the such districts shall continue to hold office and serve as
23 a temporary governing body of the consolidated district until
24 the members of a permanent governing body have been elected
25 and have qualified. The provisions of Sections 19, 20 and 21
26 of this Act that relate to the number, and to the nomination,
27 election, and organization of members of the governing bodies
28 of soil and water conservation districts shall govern the
29 selection of the members of the permanent governing body of a
30 consolidated district.
31 Upon the issuance, by the Secretary of State, of a
32 certificate of organization to a consolidated district,
33 property belonging to the constituent district shall become
34 the property of the consolidated district. All contracts
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1 theretofore entered into, to which the constituent districts
2 are parties, shall remain in force and effect for the period
3 provided in the such contracts. The consolidated districts
4 shall be substituted for each constituent district as party
5 to the such contracts, and shall be entitled to all benefits
6 and subject to all liabilities under the such contracts and
7 shall have the same right and liability to perform, to
8 require performance, to sue and to be sued thereon, and to
9 modify or terminate the such contracts by mutual consent or
10 otherwise, as the constituent district would have had. Any
11 indebtedness, claim, demand, or right owing or belonging to
12 any of the constituent districts shall vest in and become due
13 to the consolidated district, which shall have the right to
14 demand, sue for, recover, and enforce the same in its own
15 name. Upon a consolidation of districts, all land-use
16 regulations theretofore adopted and in force and effect
17 within any of the constituent districts shall remain in force
18 and effect throughout the territory for which they were
19 originally adopted, until repealed, amended, supplemented, or
20 superseded by action of the consolidated district.
21 (Source: P.A. 83-358.)
22 (70 ILCS 405/26a.1) (from Ch. 5, par. 131a-1)
23 Sec. 26a.1. Division of districts. Any 25 or more owners
24 of lands lying within the boundaries of any district
25 organized under this Act which lies in more than one county
26 may file with the Department a petition proposing the
27 division of the district into 2 or more districts along
28 county lines. The Such petition shall set forth:
29 (1) The name of the district proposed to be divided.,
30 (2) The proposed names of the districts to be formed
31 from it.
32 (3) The proposed boundaries of each of the districts to
33 be formed.
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1 The petition shall be accompanied by an inventory of the
2 property belonging to the district and of its liabilities and
3 a proposed plan for a division of these assets and
4 liabilities between or among the districts proposed to be
5 formed.
6 Within 30 days after the such a petition is filed, the
7 Department shall submit the proposal to the directors of the
8 district proposed to be divided. The directors shall within
9 30 days thereafter adopt and submit to the Department a
10 resolution approving or disapproving the proposed division.
11 If the directors disapprove the proposed division, the
12 petition shall be denied. If the directors favor the proposed
13 division, the Department shall certify the proposition to the
14 appropriate election authorities who shall submit the
15 proposition to the voters of the district at a referendum.
16 Department shall give 10 days notice of the holding of a
17 referendum by causing such notice to be published at least
18 once in one or more newspapers having general circulation
19 within the district and hold a referendum within the district
20 upon the question of the proposed division. Except as
21 otherwise provided in this Act, The proposition shall be
22 submitted in accordance with Section 28-3 of the Election
23 Code. The proposition shall be submitted upon ballots in
24 substantially the following form:
25 -------------------------------------------------------------
26 Place an in the square opposite the
27 proposition for which you wish to vote.
28 -------------------------------------------------------------
29 For the division of the ....
30 Soil and Water Conservation District in-
31 to the .... and ....
32 Soil and Water Conservation Districts
33 with the boundaries described below.
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1 Against the division of the ....
2 Soil and Water Conservation District in-
3 to the .... and ....
4 Soil and Water Conservation Districts
5 with the boundaries described below.
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7 (Here insert descriptions of proposed new districts.)
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9 Votes Only owners or occupiers of land, or both, lying
10 within the district are eligible to vote in the referendum.
11 Such vote may be cast in person or by absentee ballot.
12 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 530.)
13 (70 ILCS 405/26a.4) (from Ch. 5, par. 131a-4)
14 Sec. 26a.4. Directors of a divided district. Upon a
15 division of a district, the directors of the divided district
16 shall continue to hold office and serve as a temporary
17 governing body of each of the new districts until the members
18 of a permanent governing body for each of the new districts
19 have been elected and have qualified. The provisions of
20 Sections 19, 20 and 21 of this Act that relate to the number,
21 and to the nomination, election, and organization of members
22 of the governing bodies of soil and water conservation
23 districts shall govern the selection of the members of the
24 permanent governing body for each of the new districts.
25 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 530.)
26 (70 ILCS 405/26b.3) (from Ch. 5, par. 131b-3)
27 Sec. 26b.3. Referendum. If the directors determine that
28 the petition meets the requirements of Section 26b.1 and
29 Section 26b.2, they shall, within 30 days after the
30 conclusion of the hearing, certify the petition to the
31 appropriate election authority who shall submit the question
32 to the voters of the district at a referendum. give 10 days
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1 notice of the holding of a referendum by causing such notice
2 to be published at least once in one or more newspapers
3 having general circulation within the subdistrict. Except as
4 otherwise provided in this Act, The proposition shall be
5 submitted in accordance with Section 28-3 of the Election
6 Code. The proposition shall be submitted upon ballots in
7 substantially the following form:
8 -------------------------------------------------------------
9 Place an X in the square opposite the
10 proposition for which you wish to vote.
11 -------------------------------------------------------------
12 For organization of the subdistrict of the ..........
13 Soil and Water Conservation
14 District or Districts, described
15 below including the levy of an annual
16 tax of not in excess of .125% of the full,
17 cash value of all taxable property in
18 such subdistrict.
19 -------------------------------------------------------------
20 Against organization of the subdistrict of the .......
21 Soil and Water Conservation District or Districts,
22 described below including the levy of an
23 annual tax of not in excess of .125% of
24 the full, cash value of all taxable property
25 in such subdistrict.
26 -------------------------------------------------------------
27 (Here insert description of proposed subdistrict.)
28 -------------------------------------------------------------
29 All legal voters within a proposed subdistrict may vote
30 and if a majority of the votes cast in the referendum are
31 cast in favor of the proposed subdistrict, the directors
32 shall declare that the subdistrict is duly organized, and
33 shall record the such fact in their official minutes,
34 together with an appropriate official name or designation for
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1 the subdistrict.
2 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
3 (70 ILCS 405/26b.6) (from Ch. 5, par. 131b-6)
4 Sec. 26b.6 Governing body of sub-district.) The
5 governing body of any sub-district shall consist of 5
6 sub-district directors, of legal voting age, who shall be
7 owners of land within the sub-district or resident occupiers
8 of land within the sub-district, in which they serve.
9 Nominating petitions shall be filed The nomination and the
10 election of the such sub-district directors shall be
11 conducted and held in the manner provided in Section 19 20 of
12 this Act with respect to the election of directors. The 5
13 nominees receiving the highest number of votes shall be
14 declared elected. After the first such election, the
15 sub-district directors shall be divided into 3 classes, each
16 consisting as nearly as may be of one-third of the entire
17 number of sub-district directors and one class of
18 sub-district directors shall be elected each year. The term
19 of office of the members of the first sub-district board
20 shall be determined by lot following their election and 2
21 shall hold office for 3 years, 2 for 2 years and one for one
22 year. Their successors shall hold office for 3 years and
23 shall be nominated and elected, in the manner provided in
24 Section 20 of this Act, in the years in which the respective
25 terms of office of the members of the sub-district board
26 expire.
27 The governing body of the sub-district shall designate
28 from its membership, a chairman, vice chairman, and
29 secretary-treasurer, to serve for a term of one year.
30 At the close of the fiscal year of each sub-district, a
31 report of the operations of the sub-district for the year,
32 including a report of receipts and expenditures, shall be
33 filed with the board of directors of each Soil and Water
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1 Conservation District within which the sub-district or any
2 part thereof lies.
3 Each sub-district director shall receive for his services
4 while actually engaged in the business of the sub-district, a
5 sum of not to exceed $20 per day, to be fixed by ordinance.
6 No sub-district director may receive compensation under this
7 sub-section on any day for which he or she receives
8 compensation under Section 21 of this Act.
9 (Source: P.A. 79-1003.)
10 (70 ILCS 405/32) (from Ch. 5, par. 137)
11 Sec. 32. Absentee voting. All absentee voting shall be
12 conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of
13 Article 19 of the Election Code that which are not
14 inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, except that the
15 Department shall be substituted for the county clerk in
16 instances referring to application, mailing or delivery,
17 folding, depositing and receipt of ballots.
18 (Source: Laws 1955, p. 189.)
19 (70 ILCS 405/8 rep.)
20 (70 ILCS 405/9 rep.)
21 (70 ILCS 405/11 rep.)
22 (70 ILCS 405/12 rep.)
23 (70 ILCS 405/13 rep.)
24 (70 ILCS 405/17 rep.)
25 (70 ILCS 405/19.01 rep.)
26 (70 ILCS 405/20 rep.)
27 (70 ILCS 405/20.01 rep.)
28 (70 ILCS 405/28 rep.)
29 (70 ILCS 405/29 rep.)
30 (70 ILCS 405/30 rep.)
31 Section 10. The Soil and Water Conservation Districts
32 Act is amended by repealing Sections 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17,
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1 19.01, 20, 20.01, 28, 29, and 30.