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Bill	WATER AUTHORITIES-DISSOLVE	Amends the Water Authorities Act. Provides that a water authority may be dissolved upon referendum of the electors of the water authority. Provides that the business affairs of the water authority shall be closed after approval of a referendum dissolving the water authority and for the disposition of property following dissolution. Further provides that any money remaining shall be paid to the school treasurer of the school district or districts in which the water authority was situated. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 4371	Illinois HB 4371 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2015-12-30	2016-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/1c6a5c29-9a54-490d-a2fd-ad53051f679f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4371&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=93123&SessionID=88&GA=99	514c7b1870e9d4d487c8b65fe9112dcc932635618661bd5c4bd6cc83b7170606	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4371 (99th) — WATER AUTHORITIES-DISSOLVE

Amends the Water Authorities Act. Provides that a water authority may be dissolved upon referendum of the electors of the water authority. Provides that the business affairs of the water authority shall be closed after approval of a referendum dissolving the water authority and for the disposition of property following dissolution. Further provides that any money remaining shall be paid to the school treasurer of the school district or districts in which the water authority was situated. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 115–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Steven A. Andersson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-12-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Steven A. Andersson filing
• 2016-01-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-01-13 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
• 2016-02-16 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Steven A. Andersson amendment-introduction
• 2016-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
• 2016-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
• 2016-04-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2016-04-06 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-13 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Steven A. Andersson amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-13 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-14 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-04-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-14 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2016-04-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2016-04-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2016-05-11 Do Pass Local Government; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2016
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
• 2016-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-29 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-29 Effective Date July 29, 2016
• 2016-07-29 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0668 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c6a5c29-9a54-490d-a2fd-ad53051f679f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).