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BLOOMINGTON-TREATED WASTEWATER, the official text

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1   AN ACT concerning local government.

2   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4   Section 5. The Sanitary District Act of 1917 is amended by

5 changing Section 7.9 as follows:

6   (70 ILCS 2405/7.9)

7   Sec. 7.9. Private agreements for wastewater treatment.

8   (a) The board of trustees of the Sanitary District of

9 Decatur or the Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation

10 District may enter into an agreement to sell, convey, or

11 disburse treated wastewater to a private entity located within

12 50 miles of the District's boundaries. The agreement may not

13 exceed 30 years. The Sanitary District of Decatur or the

14 Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation District may also

15 accept wastewater for treatment from a private entity located

16 within 50 miles of the district's boundaries.

17  (b) In addition, the Sanitary District of Decatur or the

18 Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation District may acquire

19 and accept, by gift, grant, purchase, or otherwise, pursuant

20 to its authority under this Act, fee simple interest or any

21 lesser interest as may be desired in real property necessary

22 to carry out its powers under this Section.

23  (c) This Section does not apply to private entities
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1 located outside of the State.
2 (Source: P.A. 94-1109, eff. 2-23-07.)

3  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

4 becoming law.
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