In addition to the powers and authority now possessed by them, the board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall have the power, by majority vote:
     (a) To convey, grant, transfer or sell to the United States of America, or to any proper agency thereof, any real or personal property owned by the sanitary district upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the board of trustees, or in consideration of a grant or loan of money by the federal government, or any agency thereof, for the construction, extension or improvement of any public works project or building.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 2405/9.5

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     (b) To enter into a lease or contract with the United States of America, or any proper agency thereof with reference to any real or personal property for use for any sanitary district purpose, for any period of time not exceeding fifty years, with or without an option to buy such property and with or without a clause to the effect that title to such leased property shall vest in the district at the expiration of such lease.
     (c) To pay for the use of any such leased property in accordance with the terms of such lease; provided that such lease may be entered into without an appropriation for the expense thereby incurred having been previously made; and provided further, that no obligation to pay incurred under such lease shall be considered to be an indebtedness of the district within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation upon such indebtedness, but such obligation shall be considered a current expense of the year for which paid and not an indebtedness of the district.
     (d) To authorize any official to enter into any such lease and to sign the same on behalf of the district, and to execute any deed or other evidence of transfer of title on behalf of the district, to effect or evidence any exercise of the powers hereby granted.