(70 ILCS 605/4-15) (from Ch. 42, par. 4-15)
Sec. 4-15.
Duty to Keep System in Repair-Minor Improvements.)
The commissioners shall make an annual inspection of all the district's
improvements and works and keep the drains, levees, pumping plants and
other works of the district in operation and repair. The commissioners
may, without prior authorization of the court, use corporate funds of
the district for the repair, maintenance, operation or improvement of
drains, levees, pumping plants and other works of the district when such
repair, maintenance, operation or improvement does not involve any
substantial or material alteration, enlargement or extension of the
drainage system of the district and for the purchase, acquisition or
lease of machinery and equipment. If the commissioners find that by
reason of error in locating or constructing the drains, levees or other
works the lands of the district, or any portion thereof, do not receive
the benefits contemplated at the time the assessment for the work was
levied, they shall use the corporate funds of the district to achieve
the results so contemplated in order that all lands, so far as
practicable, shall receive the benefits for which they were assessed. If
sufficient funds are not on hand or available for the performance of any
such repair or other work, (unless the alternate method of levying an
additional assessment for repair work provided by Section 5-18 is
being followed), the commissioners shall petition the court for
authority to levy an assessment upon the lands benefited to pay the cost
thereof and all expenses incident thereto.
(Source: P.A. 84-886.)
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