Division 127 - Purchase or Lease of Waterworks - Illinois Statutes

      (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 127 heading)DIVISION 127. PURCHASE OR LEASE OF WATERWORKS

(65 ILCS 5/11‑127‑1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑127‑1)     Sec. 11‑127‑1. In all municipalities where waterworks have been constructed, the corporate authorities of the municipality may purchase or lease the waterworks from the owner thereof. However, such a lease or purchase is not binding upon the municipality until the corporate authorities pass an ordinance which includes the terms of the lease or purchase therein. This ordinance shall be published at least once, within 10 days after passage, in one or more newspapers published in the municipality, or, if no newspaper is published therein, then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the municipality. In municipalities with less than 500 population in which no newspaper is published, publication may instead be made by posting a notice in 3 prominent places within the municipality.     The publication or posting of the ordinance shall be accompanied by a notice of (1) the specific number of voters required to sign a petition requesting the question of authorizing the purchase or lease of waterworks to be submitted to the electors; (2) the time in which such petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective referendum. The city clerk shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.     If no petition is submitted to the corporate authorities, as provided in this section, within 30 days after the ordinance is so published and posted, the corporate authorities may consummate the lease or purchase provided for in the ordinance. But if within this period of 30 days there is presented to the corporate authorities a petition signed by electors of the municipality numbering 10% or more of the number of registered voters in the municipality asking that the question, whether the lease or purchase should be made, be submitted to a vote, the corporate authorities by ordinance shall designate the election at which the electors of the municipality may vote upon that question and the city clerk shall promptly certify the proposition for submission. If a majority of the electors voting upon that question vote in favor of making the lease or purchase, then the corporate authorities shall proceed to complete the lease or purchase. But if a majority of the votes cast on the question are against the lease or purchase, the corporate authorities shall proceed no further with the lease or purchase for the period of 6 months next ensuing. (Source: P.A. 87‑767.)

(65 ILCS 5/11‑127‑2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑127‑2)     Sec. 11‑127‑2. Municipalities may borrow money, appropriate money, and levy and collect a general tax in the same manner as other municipal taxes may be levied and collected for the purchase and maintenance or the lease and maintenance of such waterworks. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)