republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-1954.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "NORTH SHORE SANITARY DIST"
description: "Amends the North Shore Sanitary District Act. Provides that following each decennial redistricting, the sanitary district board of trustees shall be randomly divided (now divided) into 2 groups and a random process shall be used to determine the term of each trustee. Provides that each trustee shall execute a bond with security in the sum of $250,000 (now $10,000). Provides that the board may select a secretary, treasurer, executive director, and attorney (now secretary, treasurer, chief engineer, superintendent, and attorney). Provides that the board may provide for the treatment (now disposal) of sewage. Further provides that the board shall provide treatment works or plants (now disposal works or plants) for the treatment (now disposal) of sewage. Further provides that the board may provide works for the treatment (now disposal) of industrial and raw sewage. Provides that a corporation under this Act may borrow money but shall not become indebted to an amount in the aggregate to exceed 4.50% on the valuation of taxable property. Deletes a reference to an elected board of trustees. Provides that in the case of an emergency affecting the public health, an emergency contract shall not be less than $40,000 and shall not exceed $600,000 (now $250,000). Provides that before compelling a change in the method of sewage disposal, the board of trustees shall provide some other method of sewage treatment (now disposal). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1954"
citation: "Illinois SB 1954 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5d4da71-1f12-44a3-852f-43dc4a181fe7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1954&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73532&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "016180abb0a2fa0b55e7f432140e1f9181c3fdf7688b317ada77caff7b56b988"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 1954 (98th) — NORTH SHORE SANITARY DIST

Amends the North Shore Sanitary District Act. Provides that following each decennial redistricting, the sanitary district board of trustees shall be randomly divided (now divided) into 2 groups and a random process shall be used to determine the term of each trustee. Provides that each trustee shall execute a bond with security in the sum of $250,000 (now $10,000). Provides that the board may select a secretary, treasurer, executive director, and attorney (now secretary, treasurer, chief engineer, superintendent, and attorney). Provides that the board may provide for the treatment (now disposal) of sewage. Further provides that the board shall provide treatment works or plants (now disposal works or plants) for the treatment (now disposal) of sewage. Further provides that the board may provide works for the treatment (now disposal) of industrial and raw sewage. Provides that a corporation under this Act may borrow money but shall not become indebted to an amount in the aggregate to exceed 4.50% on the valuation of taxable property. Deletes a reference to an elected board of trustees. Provides that in the case of an emergency affecting the public health, an emergency contract shall not be less than $40,000 and shall not exceed $600,000 (now $250,000). Provides that before compelling a change in the method of sewage disposal, the board of trustees shall provide some other method of sewage treatment (now disposal). Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1954&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73532&DocNum=1954&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1954eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73532&DocNum=1954&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1954enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73532&DocNum=1954&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry Link — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `filing`
- **2013-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-05** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Postponed - Executive
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2013
- **2013-04-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2013
- **2013-04-12** Third Reading - Passed; 042-008-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-04-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2013-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2013-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2013-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2013
- **2013-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0162 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5d4da71-1f12-44a3-852f-43dc4a181fe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).