{"data":{"id":"us-il/70-ilcs-2405-16.2","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"70 ILCS 2405/16.2","heading":"","body":"The trustees of such district, when petitioned so to do by not less than 10% of the legal voters of such district, shall certify the proposition of whether the district should acquire, purchase or construct, and thereafter operate, improve and extend a waterworks, or any one or more waterworks, and to pay the cost of such acquisition, purchase, construction, improvement or extension by the issuance and sale of revenue bonds of the district, payable solely from the revenue to be derived from the operation of the waterworks to the proper election officials who shall submit the question at an election in accordance with the general election law. Such election shall be governed by the provisions of this Act which relate to elections held to decide on the proposition of issuing bonds of the district. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:\n--------------------------------------------------------------\nShall the.... Sanitary District\nacquire by purchase or construction,\nand thereafter operate, improve or YES\nextend a waterworks and pay the cost\nthereof by the issuance and sale of -----------------------\nrevenue bonds of the district\npayable solely from the revenues to NO\nbe derived from the operation of the\nwaterworks?\n--------------------------------------------------------------\nIf it appears that a majority of the voters, voting on the proposition, have voted in favor thereof, then the trustees of the district are authorized to acquire by purchase or construction, and thereafter operate, improve or extend a waterworks, and to pay the cost of such acquisition, purchase or construction, improvement or extension by the issuance and sale of revenue bonds of the district payable solely from the revenue to be derived from the operation of the waterworks.","path":["CHAPTER 70 SPECIAL DISTRICTS","Sanitary District Act of 1917."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=967\u0026ChapterID=15\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:25Z","sha256":"69e31b52478bc71f47e0074b6f3f7eb244c6fac8b7a36830357f2c8648b2958b","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/70-ilcs-2405-16.1","next":"us-il/70-ilcs-2405-16.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}