Illinois § 11-139-5

Full text of Illinois Illinois Compiled Statutes § 11-139-5, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 11-139-5.

The corporate authorities of any municipality availing itself of the provisions of this Division 139 shall adopt an ordinance describing in a general way the contemplated project. If it is intended to include in the combined waterworks and sewerage system any existing waterworks or any existing sewerage system, the ordinance shall provide for its inclusion in the combined system and shall describe in a general way the existing waterworks or sewerage system to be included in the combined waterworks and sewerage system. If it is intended to acquire or construct a combined waterworks and sewerage system, or to extend and improve such a system, the ordinance shall describe in a general way the system to be acquired or constructed or the extension or improvement to be made or any project authorized by Section 11-139-2. It shall not be necessary that the ordinance refer to plans and specifications nor that there be on file for public inspection prior to the adoption of such ordinance detailed plans and specifications of the project. The ordinance shall set out the estimated cost of the contemplated project, and if any existing waterworks or sewerage system is included in the project, the ordinance shall state the means provided for defraying or refunding any unpaid obligation, payable solely from the revenue or secured by a mortgage of the waterworks or sewerage system, and if any unpaid obligations payable from the revenue of the combined waterworks and sewerage system are outstanding and unpaid the ordinance shall state the means providing for defraying or refunding any unpaid obligation so payable from the revenue of the combined waterworks and sewerage system. The ordinance shall determine the period of usefulness of the contemplated project. The ordinance shall also prescribe the method of defraying the cost of the contemplated project and fix the amount of revenue bonds proposed to be issued, the interest rate, and all other details in connection with the bonds deemed advisable. The ordinance may contain such covenants and restrictions upon the issuance thereafter of additional revenue bonds as may be deemed necessary or advisable for the assurance of the payment of bonds thereby authorized and as may be thereafter issued. (Source: P.A. 77-2837.)

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