Illinois § 3-29

Full text of Illinois Illinois Compiled Statutes § 3-29, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 3-29.

Outlet drainage districts-Commissioners-Powers. Commissioners, both temporary and permanent, shall be appointed for outlet drainage districts at the time and in the manner and with like qualifications provided in this Act for the appointment of commissioners of other drainage districts. Such commissioners shall have the same powers and duties as commissioners of other districts except the following: (a) The commissioners of an outlet drainage district shall not have the power to construct any drainage work except the deepening, widening, straightening, relocating or otherwise improving of the channel of such outlet river, stream or other natural or artificial watercourse, and to reconstruct, enlarge, repair and maintain the same. No assessment shall be levied except for these purposes and incidental expenses in connection therewith and to pay damages, if any, and compensation for land taken, and the cost of organization. (b) Subdistricts may not be formed in any outlet drainage district. (c) No outlet drainage district shall remove, destroy, appropriate or use any levee, drain, ditch or part thereof or other work of any other drainage district or municipal corporation exercising drainage powers without the consent of such district or municipal corporation or without paying just compensation therefor. (Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)

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