Illinois 99th Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 3273 — SANITARY DIST-DISSOLUTION

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0014

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2015. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

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  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1936. Provides that a sanitary district created under the Act which is located in a county having a population of 3,000,000 or more, which is wholly included in three or more municipalities, which no part is included in any unincorporated area, which has no employees, and which has no revenue bond indebtedness shall be dissolved by operation of law. Provides that the officers of the dissolved sanitary district shall convey the property of the sanitary district, liquidate personal property, pay debts, and distribute remaining monies to the municipalities taking over for the sanitary district. Provides the municipalities may levy and collect a tax for the purpose of maintaining, constructing, or replacing sewers with the aggregate amount of which for each year may not exceed 0.25%. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

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3 added · 3 removed

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The changes made to Bill HB 3273 involve the removal of specific lines from an earlier version and the addition of new lines in the enrolled version. This process represents a finalization of the bill’s details, ensuring it aligns with the intended goals of the legislation. These adjustments are important as they can clarify the bill's provisions, enhance understanding, and facilitate better implementation once the bill becomes law.

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HB3273 Engrossed LRB099 09062 AWJ 29251 b AN ACT concerning local government.
HB3273 Enrolled LRB099 09062 AWJ 29251 b AN ACT concerning local government.
(b) The officers of any dissolved sanitary district immediately preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly shall close up the business affairs of the sanitary district by conveying title of a HB3273 Engrossed - 2 - LRB099 09062 AWJ 29251 b dissolved sanitary district's property to the municipalities collecting and disposing of sewage and by liquidating any remaining personal property of a dissolved sanitary district.
(b) The officers of any dissolved sanitary district immediately preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly shall close up the business affairs of the sanitary district by conveying title of a HB3273 Enrolled - 2 - LRB099 09062 AWJ 29251 b dissolved sanitary district's property to the municipalities collecting and disposing of sewage and by liquidating any remaining personal property of a dissolved sanitary district.
If any tax has been levied for sewer or water purposes prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly by a municipality who would also have the power to levy such a tax under this subsection, that tax is HB3273 Engrossed - 3 - LRB099 09062 AWJ 29251 b expressly validated.
If any tax has been levied for sewer or water purposes prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly by a municipality who would also have the power to levy such a tax under this subsection, that tax is HB3273 Enrolled - 3 - LRB099 09062 AWJ 29251 b expressly validated.
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The bill adds provisions for the automatic dissolution of certain sanitary districts in Illinois and outlines the responsibilities of municipalities after such dissolution.

  • 70 ILCS 2805/37.1

    Sec. 37.1. Dissolution of district with no employees and no bond indebtedness; winding up sanitary district business; tax by acquiring municipalities. (a) Any sanitary district created under this Act which is located in a county having a population of 3,000,000 or more, which is wholly included in three or more municipalities, which no part is included in any unincorporated area, which has no employees, and which has no revenue bond indebtedness shall, upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, be dissolved by operation of law. Each of the municipalities within the territory of a dissolved sanitary district shall be responsible for providing sewers for collecting and disposing of sewage. (b) The officers of any dissolved sanitary district immediately preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly shall close up the business affairs of the sanitary district by conveying title of a dissolved sanitary district's property to the municipalities collecting and disposing of sewage and by liquidating any remaining personal property of a dissolved sanitary district. After all the debts and obligations of the dissolved sanitary district have been satisfied, any remaining monies shall be distributed to the municipalities collecting and disposing of sewage in proportion to the percentage of territory located within the boundaries of each affected municipality. (c) The corporate authorities of any municipality required to provide sewer service under this Section after the dissolution of a sanitary district is hereby authorized to levy and collect a tax for the purpose of maintaining, constructing or replacing sewers, upon the taxable property within that municipality, the aggregate amount of which for each year may not exceed 0.25% of the value of such property as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue and that tax shall be in addition to any taxes that may otherwise be authorized to be levied for the general corporate purposes of the municipality as currently provided in Section 37 of this Act. Any outstanding obligations of the dissolved sanitary district shall be paid from the taxes levied and collected pursuant to this subsection. If any tax has been levied for sewer or water purposes prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly by a municipality who would also have the power to levy such a tax under this subsection, that tax is expressly validated.

    This section provides a legal mechanism for dissolving certain sanitary districts and transferring their responsibilities to municipalities.

Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0014

  2. Effective Date July 10, 2015

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000

  7. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015

  8. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2015

  9. Second Reading

  10. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015

  11. Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000

  12. Assigned to Local Government

  13. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison

  14. Referred to Assignments

  15. First Reading

  16. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy

  17. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  18. Arrive in Senate

  19. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 084-030-000

  20. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  21. Second Reading - Short Debate

  22. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack

  23. Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. David Harris

  24. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  25. Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 007-000-000

  26. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz

  27. Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee

  28. Referred to Rules Committee

  29. First Reading

  30. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ron Sandack

Sponsors

  • David Harris · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 9 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • David Harris

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 55 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 38004
Republican 4000
Democrat 13000
Total 55004
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Not Voting
Link — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Barickman — Yea
Bertino-Tarrant — Yea
Biss — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bush — Yea
McConnaughay — Yea
Manar — Yea
McCann — Yea
McCarter — Yea
Mulroe — Yea
Muñoz — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Bennett — Yea
Harris — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Duffy — Yea
Forby — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Cullerton, T. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
LaHood — Yea
Brady — Not Voting
Landek — Not Voting
Luechtefeld — Not Voting
Noland — Yea
Nybo — Yea
Connelly — Yea
Oberweis — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Van Pelt — Yea
Bill Cunningham Democrat Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Michael E. Hastings Democrat Yea
Steve Stadelman Democrat Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea
Neil Anderson Republican Yea
Sue Rezin Republican Yea

Third Reading

Passed 84 Yea · 30 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 602103
Democrat 19801
Republican 5100
Total 843004
% of votes cast 71%25%0%3%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Sandack — Yea
Sente — Nay
Smiddy — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Andersson — Yea
Anthony — Nay
Arroyo — Yea
Batinick — Yea
Beiser — Nay
Bellock — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Bourne — Not Voting
Breen — Yea
Brown — Nay
Butler — Yea
McAsey — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Jackson — Nay
Jesiel — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Bennett — Yea
Harris, David — Yea
Harris, Greg — Yea
Bradley — Yea
Brady — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Frese — Yea
Golar — Yea
Hays — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Burke, Daniel — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McDermed — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
McSweeney — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Reis — Nay
Davis, Monique — Yea
Wheeler, Barbara — Yea
Wheeler, Keith — Yea
Soto — Yea
Williams — Yea
Stewart — Yea
Mitchell, Christian — Yea
Tabares — Yea
Thapedi — Nay
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Unes — Yea
Wehrli — Yea
Winger — Yea
Zalewski — Yea
Burke, Kelly — Nay
Cavaletto — Nay
Cloonen — Nay
Conroy — Nay
Costello — Nay
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Demmer — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Franks — Nay
Hurley — Yea
Ives — Yea
Kay — Nay
Mitchell, Bill — Nay
Jones — Not Voting
Madigan — Not Voting
Drury — Nay
Verschoore — Nay
Wallace — Nay
Willis — Nay
Yingling — Nay
Nekritz — Yea
Phelps — Nay
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Reaves-Harris — Yea
Riley — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anna Moeller Democrat Nay
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Camille Y. Lilly Democrat Yea
Carol Ammons Democrat Yea
Elgie R. Sims, Jr. Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Nay
Jehan Gordon-Booth Democrat Yea
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Yea
Kelly M. Cassidy Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Laura Fine Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Nay
Marcus C. Evans, Jr. Democrat Yea
Martin J. Moylan Democrat Nay
Michelle Mussman Democrat Nay
Natalie A. Manley Democrat Not Voting
Rita Mayfield Democrat Nay
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Robert F. Martwick Democrat Yea
Robyn Gabel Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
Stephanie A. Kifowit Democrat Nay
Sue Scherer Democrat Nay
Will Guzzardi Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Charles Meier Republican Yea
Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer Republican Yea
Joe C. Sosnowski Republican Yea
John M. Cabello Republican Yea
Norine K. Hammond Republican Yea
Terri Bryant Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 3273 do?
Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1936. Provides that a sanitary district created under the Act which is located in a county having a population of 3,000,000 or more, which is wholly included in three or more municipalities, which no part is included in any unincorporated area, which has no employees, and which has no revenue bond indebtedness shall be dissolved by operation of law. Provides that the officers of the dissolved sanitary district shall convey the property of the sanitary district, liquidate personal property, pay debts, and distribute remaining monies to the municipalities taking over for the sanitary district. Provides the municipalities may levy and collect a tax for the purpose of maintaining, constructing, or replacing sewers with the aggregate amount of which for each year may not exceed 0.25%. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors HB 3273?
HB 3273 is sponsored by David Harris.
What is the current status of HB 3273?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2015. Enacted.
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