(70 ILCS 605/12-6) (from Ch. 42, par. 12-6)
Sec. 12-6.
When
land may be in more than one district.
If the work of a district or a proposed district includes the
construction of a levee to protect the lands within the district from
overflow, or the erection and operation of a pumping plant, or both, then
all lands so protected may be included within the district, either at the
time of organization or by subsequent annexation. The fact that a portion
of those lands are already within the boundaries of another district shall
not prevent their inclusion in the district so constructing or proposing to
construct the levee and pumping plant if the drainage system of such other
district does not include a levee and pumping plant. If a ditch or covered
drain leading from lands lying within one drainage district is connected,
other than by the drainage system of that district, with a ditch or covered
drain of another district and such lands are benefited by the ditch or
covered drain of the other district, then the lands so connected and
benefited may be included in or annexed to the other district and the fact
of such connection shall be deemed to be a waiver of any objection to such
inclusion or annexation upon the ground that such land is already within
the boundaries of and subject to assessment by an organized drainage
district.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
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