Illinois § 11-3 Liability for benefits conferred by municipal corporations

Illinois Statutes

§ 11-3 — Liability for benefits conferred by municipal corporations

Illinois § 11-3

TopicGOVERNMENT

Ch. 70SPECIAL DISTRICTS

Act 70 ILCS 605/Illinois Drainage Code.

Art.Article XI - Claims Against And Contracts With Other Districts And Municipal Corporations Exercising Drainage Powers

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Bluebook

70 Ill. Comp. Stat. 11-3 (2026).

Text

Whenever any drainage or levee work constructed or ordered to be constructed by any municipal corporation exercising drainage powers has benefited or will benefit lands outside of such municipal corporation but within the boundaries of a drainage district, the district is liable to the municipal corporation constructing such work for its just proportion of the cost of such work and the enlargement, improvement, maintenance, repair and operation thereof, based upon the relation which the benefits to the lands in the district bear to the entire benefits from such work.

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Whenever any drainage or levee work constructed or ordered to be constructed by any municipal corporation exercising drainage powers has benefited or will benefit lands outside of such municipal corporation but within the boundaries of a drainage district, the district is liable to the municipal corporation constructing such work for its just proportion of the cost of such work and the enlargement, improvement, maintenance, repair and operation thereof, based upon the relation which the benefits to the lands in the district bear to the entire benefits from such work.