Division 132 - Bettering Source of City Water Supply - Illinois Statutes

      (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 132 heading)DIVISION 132. BETTERING SOURCE OF CITY WATER SUPPLY

(65 ILCS 5/11‑132‑1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑132‑1)     Sec. 11‑132‑1. All cities owning or operating waterworks under any charter granted by an act of any General Assembly of this state, or under the general incorporation laws of this state, whether by boards of water commissioners or by officers appointed for that purpose, have the powers and privileges granted by Section 11‑132‑2, for the purpose of increasing or bettering the source of supply from which their water is obtained. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11‑132‑2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑132‑2)     Sec. 11‑132‑2. Whenever, in the judgment of a majority of any board of water commissioners, or if there is no such board, whenever in the judgment of a majority of the city council of any city specified in Section 11‑132‑1, it is necessary for the public health, or for any other cause, to increase the source of water supply, or to substitute for it such better source as in their judgment the interests of the city may demand, the board of water commissioners or the city council may dig wells, either by boring or excavation, and protect and equip them, or they may lease water privileges from persons owning wells already or hereafter to be dug. Subject to the provisions of Section 11‑132‑3, the board of water commissioners or the city council may pay for the boring, excavation, or lease, and for the expenses incurred in maintaining and operating the wells, only out of the surplus earnings of the city's waterworks. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11‑132‑3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑132‑3)     Sec. 11‑132‑3. No money, except the specified surplus earnings, shall be expended under the provisions of Section 11‑132‑2, for the purposes therein specified, until the question of the expenditure of the money has been certified by the clerk submitted to a vote of the electors of the city, and has received a favorable majority of the votes cast on the question. (Source: P.A. 81‑1489.)