Public Act 101-0111
 
HB3369 EnrolledLRB101 10833 AWJ 55964 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Sanitary District Act of 1936 is amended  by 
changing Section 33 as follows:
 


    (70 ILCS 2805/33)  (from Ch. 42, par. 444)




    Sec. 33. 
Except as provided in Section 33.1, any sanitary 
district created under this Act which does not
have outstanding 
and unpaid any revenue bonds issued under the
provisions of 
this Act may be dissolved as follows:

    (a) Any 50 electors residing within the area of any 
sanitary district may
file with the circuit clerk of the county 
in which the area is situated,
a petition addressed to the 
circuit court to cause submission of
the question whether
the 
sanitary district shall be dissolved. Upon the filing of the

petition with the clerk, the court shall certify the question 
to the proper
election officials who shall submit the question 
at an election in accordance
with the general election law,
and 
give notice of the election in the manner provided by the

general election law.

    The question shall be in substantially
the following form:

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    "Shall the sanitary                 YES

district of .... be              ----------------------------

dissolved?"                             NO

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    If a majority of the
votes cast on this question are in 
favor of dissolution of the sanitary
district, then such 
organization shall cease, and the sanitary district
is 
dissolved, and the court shall direct the sanitary district to

discharge all outstanding obligations.

    (b) The County of Lake may dissolve the Fox Lake Hills 
Sanitary District, thereby acquiring all of the District's 
assets and responsibilities, upon adopting a resolution 
stating: (1) the reasons for dissolving the District; (2) that 
there are no outstanding debts of the District or that the 
County has sufficient funds on hand or available to satisfy 
such debts; (3) that no federal or State permit or grant will 
be impaired by dissolution of the District; and (4) that the 
County assumes all assets and responsibilities of the District. 
Upon dissolution of the District, the statutory powers of the 
former District shall be exercised by the county board of the 
Lake County. Within 60 days after the effective date of such 
resolution, the County of Lake shall notify the Illinois 
Environmental Protection Agency regarding the dissolution of 
the Fox Hills Sanitary District.
    (c) The board of trustees of the of the Village of 
Lindenhurst may, by ordinance, terminate the terms of all 
members of the board of trustees of the Lindenhurst Sanitary 
District and the powers of the Lindenhurst Sanitary District 
shall be exercised by the board of trustees of the Village of 
Lindenhurst, including the District's authority to levy and 
collect taxes. 
    Once there are no debts of the Lindenhurst Sanitary 
District or the Village of Lindenhurst has sufficient funds on 
hand or available to satisfy any debts of the District, the 
board of trustees of the Village of Lindenhurst may dissolve 
the Lindenhurst Sanitary District and acquire all of the 
District's assets and responsibilities if it adopts an 
ordinance stating: (1) the reasons for dissolving the District; 
(2) that there are no outstanding debts of the District or that 
the Village has sufficient funds on hand or available to 
satisfy the debts; (3) that no federal or State permit or grant 
will be impaired by dissolution of the District; and (4) that 
the Village assumes all assets and responsibilities of the 
District. Upon dissolution of the District, the statutory 
powers of the former District shall be exercised by the board 
of trustees of the Village of Lindenhurst. No later than 60 
days after the effective date of the ordinance, the Village of 
Lindenhurst shall notify the Illinois Environmental Protection 
Agency regarding the dissolution of the District. 
(Source: P.A. 99-783, eff. 8-12-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 
100-874, eff. 1-1-19.)

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


Effective Date:  7/19/2019