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Illinois Compiled Statutes > Government > Chapter 70 > Conservation > 70 ILCS 405 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act


Current as of: 2010
§ 1Short title
§ 2Declaration of policy
§ 3Definitions
§ 3.01"District" or "soil and water conservation district" means a public...
§ 3.02"Director" means one of the members of the governing body of a district,...
§ 3.03"Department" means the Department of Agriculture of this State
§ 3.04"State" means the State of Illinois
§ 3.05"Agency of this State" includes the government of this State and...
§ 3.06"United States" includes the United States of America, the Soil...
§ 3.07"Land owner" or "owner of land" includes any individual of legal...
§ 3.08"Land occupier" or "occupier of land" includes any individual of...
§ 3.09"Due Notice" means notice given in accordance with Section 31 of...
§ 3.10"Proxy" means a written authorization complying with Section 32...
§ 3.11"Person" means any owner of land or the owner's designated agent...
§ 3.12"Land disturbing activity" means any change in land, which may result...
§ 3.13"Waters" means any and all waters, public or private, on the surface...
§ 3.14"Erosion and sediment control plan" or "plan" means a plan for the...
§ 3.15"Conservation standard" or "standard" means any standard adopted...
§ 3.16"Guideline" means a guide or recommendation to be used by districts...
§ 3.17"Board" means the State Soil and Water Conservation Districts Advisory...
§ 3.18"Point source discharge" means any discernible, confined, discrete...
§ 3.19"Enduring erosion and sediment control device, structure or practice"...
§ 3.20"Aggrieved party" means any person whose property, resources, interest...
§ 3.21"Willful or wanton misconduct" means a course of action which shows...
§ 4State soil and water conservation districts advisory board
§ 5Organization of board
§ 6Powers and duties
§ 7Employees and assistance of other agencies
§ 8Petition for creation of soil and water conservation districts
§ 9Notice and hearing
§ 10Findings and determinations of department
§ 11Determination of administrative practicability and feasibility
§ 12Conduct of referenda
§ 13Recordation and determination
§ 14Organization of district
§ 15Certificate of organization. The Secretary of State shall examine...
§ 15.01Whenever it is desired to change the name of an existing district...
§ 16Subsequent petitions
§ 17Included territory
§ 18Certificate evidence of organization
§ 19Governing body of district
§ 19.01Occupiers of land lying within the district are eligible to hold...
§ 20Nomination, election of directors
§ 20.01Upon petition of the directors of any district, the Department may...
§ 21Organization of governing body. The directors shall elect one of...
§ 22Powers of districts and directors. A soil and water conservation...
§ 22.01To initiate and conduct surveys, investigations and research and...
§ 22.02To carry out preventive and control measures within the district...
§ 22.02aThe Soil and Water Conservation District shall make all natural...
§ 22.03To cooperate, or enter into agreements with, and within the limits...
§ 22.04To obtain options upon and to acquire, by purchase, exchange, lease,...
§ 22.04aEminent domain
§ 22.05To make available, on such terms as it shall prescribe, to landowners...
§ 22.06To construct, improve, operate and maintain such structures as may...
§ 22.07To take over, by purchase, lease or by voluntary agreement, and...
§ 22.07aTo cooperate and effectuate agreements with individuals or agencies...
§ 22.07bNatural area guardians
§ 22.08To sue and be sued in the name of the district; to be represented...
§ 22.09As a condition to the extending of any benefits under this Act to,...
§ 22.10To incur indebtedness as they deem proper in the conduct of the...
§ 22.11Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance...
§ 22.12To carry out its duties under the Water Use Act of 1983
§ 22aThe directors shall file with the Department, upon request of said...
§ 23Adoption of land-use regulations
§ 24Enforcement of land-use regulations
§ 25Performance of work by the directors
§ 26Cooperation between districts
§ 26aAny 25 or more owners of lands lying within the boundaries of any...
§ 26a.1Division of districts
§ 26a.2If a majority of the votes cast in the referendum under Section...
§ 26a.3After the Department has made and recorded a determination that...
§ 26a.4Upon a division of a district, the directors of the divided district...
§ 26a.5Upon the issuance, by the Secretary of State, of a certificate of...
§ 26bFormation of sub-districts - General tax
§ 26b.1Petition
§ 26b.2Hearing
§ 26b.3Referendum
§ 26b.4Certificate of organization - recording
§ 26b.5Sub-districts in more than one Soil and Water Conservation District....
§ 26b.6Governing body of sub-district.) The governing body of any sub-district...
§ 26b.7Addition of territory to a sub-district
§ 26b.8Detachment of lands from a sub-district
§ 26b.9Discontinuance of sub-district
§ 27State agencies to cooperate
§ 28Discontinuance of district
§ 29Determination for discontinuance
§ 30Winding up district affairs
§ 31Due notice
§ 32Absentee voting
§ 33Separability clause
§ 34All books, papers, records and property under the custody or control...
§ 35All districts created and in being under this Act at the time this...
§ 36Guidelines
§ 37Coastal Zone Management - financing
§ 38District erosion and sediment control program
§ 39Compliance with standards - cost sharing
§ 40Lands not within jurisdiction of district
§ 41Complaints
§ 42Review

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