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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 735 ILCS 30/15-5-10

  • Municipalities: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.27
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

(45 ILCS 30/3); Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority
    
Compact Act; Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority; for the purposes of the Authority.
(45 ILCS 35/40); Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan
    
Authority Act; Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority; for metropolitan facilities.
(45 ILCS 110/1); Bi-State Development Powers Act; Bi-State
    
Development Agency; for the purposes of the Bi-State Development Agency.
(50 ILCS 20/14); Public Building Commission Act; public
    
building commissions; for general purposes.
(50 ILCS 30/6.4); Exhibition Council Act; exhibition
    
councils; for council purposes.
(50 ILCS 605/4); Local Government Property Transfer Act;
    
State of Illinois; for the removal of any restriction on land transferred to the State by a municipality.
(55 ILCS 5/5-1095); Counties Code; counties; for easements
    
for community antenna television systems.
(55 ILCS 5/5-1119); Counties Code; any county that is
    
bordered by the Mississippi River and that has a population in excess of 62,000 but less than 80,000; for the operation of ferries.
(55 ILCS 5/5-11001); Counties Code; counties; for motor
    
vehicle parking lots or garages.
(55 ILCS 5/5-15007); Counties Code; counties; for water
    
supply, drainage, and flood control, including bridges, roads, and waste management.
(55 ILCS 5/5-15009); Counties Code; counties; for water
    
supply, drainage, and flood control.
(55 ILCS 5/5-30021); Counties Code; county preservation
    
commissions; for historic preservation purposes.
(55 ILCS 85/9); County Economic Development Project Area
    
Property Tax Allocation Act; counties; for the objectives of the economic development plan.
(55 ILCS 90/60); County Economic Development Project Area Tax
    
Increment Allocation Act of 1991; counties; for the objectives of the economic development project.
(60 ILCS 1/115-20, 1/115-30, 1/115-35, 1/115-40, 1/115-55,
    
and 1/115-120); Township Code; townships with a population over 250,000; for an open space program.
(60 ILCS 1/120-10); Township Code; townships; for park
    
purposes.
(60 ILCS 1/130-5); Township Code; townships; for cemeteries.
(60 ILCS 1/130-30); Township Code; any 2 or more cities,
    
villages, or townships; for joint cemetery purposes.
(60 ILCS 1/135-5); Township Code; any 2 or more townships or
    
road districts; for joint cemetery purposes.
(60 ILCS 1/205-40); Township Code; townships; for waterworks
    
and sewerage systems.
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 9, Div. 2); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for local improvements.
(65 ILCS 5/11-11-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of blighted areas and urban community conservation areas.
(65 ILCS 5/11-12-8); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for acquiring land for public purposes as designated on proposed subdivision plats.
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-17); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for nonconforming structures under a zoning ordinance and for areas blighted by substandard buildings.
(65 ILCS 5/11-19-10); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for waste disposal purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-28-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for municipal hospital purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-29.3-1); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for senior citizen housing.
(65 ILCS 5/11-42-11); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for easements for community antenna television systems.
(65 ILCS 5/11-45.1-2); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for establishing cultural centers.
(65 ILCS 5/11-48.2-2); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for historical preservation purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-52.1-1); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for cemeteries.
(65 ILCS 5/11-52.1-3); Illinois Municipal Code; any 2 or more
    
cities, villages, or townships; for joint cemetery purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-61-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for municipal purposes or public welfare.
(65 ILCS 5/11-61-1a); Illinois Municipal Code; municipality
    
with a population over 500,000; quick-take power for rapid transit lines (obsolete).
(65 ILCS 5/11-63-5); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for community buildings.
(65 ILCS 5/11-65-3); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for municipal convention hall purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-66-10); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for a municipal coliseum.
(65 ILCS 5/11-68-4); Illinois Municipal Code; board of
    
stadium and athletic field commissioners; for a stadium and athletic field.
(65 ILCS 5/11-69-1); Illinois Municipal Code; any 2 or more
    
municipalities with the same or partly the same territory; for their joint municipal purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-71-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for parking facilities.
(65 ILCS 5/11-71-10); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for the removal of a lessee’s interest in the leased space over a municipally-owned parking lot.
(65 ILCS 5/11-74.2-8); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for carrying out a final commercial redevelopment plan.
(65 ILCS 5/11-74.2-9); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for commercial renewal and redevelopment areas.
(65 ILCS 5/11-74.3-3); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for business district development or redevelopment.
(65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for redevelopment project areas.
(65 ILCS 5/11-74.6-15); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for projects under the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.
(65 ILCS 5/11-75-5); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for the removal of a lessee’s interest in a building erected on space leased by the municipality.
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-21); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for construction of roads or sewers on or under the track, right-of-way, or land of a railroad company.
(65 ILCS 5/11-87-3); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for non-navigable streams.
(65 ILCS 5/11-87-5); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for improvements along re-channeled streams.
(65 ILCS 5/11-92-3); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for harbors for recreational use.
(65 ILCS 5/11-93-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for bathing beaches and recreation piers.
(65 ILCS 5/11-94-1); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities
    
with a population of less than 500,000; for recreational facilities.
(65 ILCS 5/11-97-2); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities;
    
for driveways to parks owned by the municipality outside its corporate limits.
(65 ILCS 5/11-101-1); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for public airport purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-102-4); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities
    
with a population over 500,000; for public airport purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-103-2); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities
    
with a population under 500,000; for public airport purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-110-3); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for drainage purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-112-6); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for levees, protective embankments, and structures.
(65 ILCS 5/11-117-1, 5/11-117-4, 5/11-117-7, and
    
5/11-117-11); Illinois Municipal Code; municipalities; for public utility purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-5, 5/11-119.1-7, and 5/11-119.1-10);
    
Illinois Municipal Code; municipal power agencies; for joint municipal electric power agency purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-5 and 5/11-119.2-7); Illinois Municipal
    
Code; municipal natural gas agencies; for joint municipal natural gas agency purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-121-2); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for constructing and operating subways.
(65 ILCS 5/11-122-3); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for street railway purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/1-123-4 and 5/11-123-24); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for harbor facilities.
(65 ILCS 5/11-125-2); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for waterworks purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-126-3); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for water supply purposes, including joint construction of waterworks.
(65 ILCS 5/11-130-9); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for waterworks purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-135-6); Illinois Municipal Code; municipal
    
water commission; for waterworks purposes, including quick-take power.
(65 ILCS 5/11-136-6); Illinois Municipal Code; municipal
    
sewer or water commission; for waterworks and sewer purposes.
(65 ILCS 5/11-138-2); Illinois Municipal Code; water
    
companies; for pipes and waterworks.
(65 ILCS 5/11-139-12); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for waterworks and sewerage systems.
(65 ILCS 5/11-140-3 and 5/11-140-5); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for outlet sewers and works.
(65 ILCS 5/11-141-10); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for sewerage systems.
(65 ILCS 5/11-148-6); Illinois Municipal Code;
    
municipalities; for sewage disposal plants.
(65 ILCS 20/21-19 and 20/21-21); Revised Cities and Villages
    
Act of 1941; City of Chicago; for municipal purposes or public welfare.
(65 ILCS 100/3); Sports Stadium Act; municipality with a
    
population over 2,000,000; for sports stadium purposes, including quick-take power (obsolete).
(65 ILCS 110/60); Economic Development Project Area Tax
    
Increment Allocation Act of 1995; municipalities; for economic development projects.