Illinois Code § 30

§ 30.

Winding up district affairs. Upon receipt from the Department of a certification that the Department has determined that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible, the directors shall forthwith proceed to terminate the affairs of the district. The directors shall dispose of all property belonging to the district at public auction and, after settlement of all legal obligations against the district, shall pay over the proceeds of such sale into the State treasury. The directors shall thereupon file an application, duly verified, with the Secretary of State for the discontinuance of such district, and shall transmit with such application the certificate of the Department setting forth the determination of the Department that the continued operation of such district is not administratively practicable and feasible and that all debts of the district have been paid. The application shall recite that the property of the district has been disposed of and the proceeds paid over as in this section provided, and shall set forth a full accounting of such properties and proceeds of the sale. The Secretary of State shall issue to the directors a certificate of dissolution and shall record such certificate in an appropriate book of record in his office. A copy of such certificate of dissolution issued by the Secretary of State shall be recorded with the recorder of the county in which the office of such district is located. Upon issuance of a certificate of dissolution under the provisions of this section, all ordinances and regulations theretofore adopted and in force within such districts shall be of no further force and effect. All contracts theretofore entered into, to which the district is a party, shall remain in force and effect for the period provided in such contracts. The Department shall be substituted for the district as party to such contracts. The Department shall be entitled to all benefits and subject to all liabilities under such contracts and shall have the same right and liability to perform, to require performance, to sue and be sued thereon, and to modify or terminate such contracts by mutual consent or otherwise, as the directors of the district would have had. Such dissolution shall not affect the lien of any judgment entered under the provisions of Section 25 of this Act, nor the pendency of any action instituted under the provisions of such section, and the Department shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the district as to such liens and actions. The Department shall not be required to entertain petitions for the discontinuance of any district nor conduct referenda upon such petitions nor make determinations pursuant to such petitions in accordance with the provisions of this Act, more often than once in 3 years. (Source: P.A. 83-358.)