(70 ILCS 2405/23.7) (from Ch. 42, par. 317e.7)
Sec. 23.7. For purposes of this Act, territory to be organized as a
sanitary district shall be considered to be contiguous territory, and territory
to be annexed to a sanitary district shall be considered to be contiguous
to the sanitary district notwithstanding that the territory to be so organized
is divided by,
or
that the territory to be so annexed is separated from the sanitary district
by, one or more railroad rights-of-ways, public easements,
property owned by a public utility, or property owned by a forest preserve district or any public agency or not-for-profit corporation, provided that the property does not require sanitary sewer service. However, upon
such organization or annexation, the area included within any such
right-of-way, public easement, property owned by a public
utility, or property owned by a forest preserve district or any public agency or not-for-profit corporation shall not be considered a part of or
annexed to the sanitary district and shall not be subject to rights-of-way for access or services without the approval of the legal owner of the property.
(Source: P.A. 94-1106, eff. 2-9-07.)
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