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least 5%, but not fewer than 50, of the registered voters of the | | district is filed with the clerk of the district requesting | | reference of the vote of the trustees to referendum, the clerk of | | the district shall call and hold a special election of the voters | | of the district for the purpose of submitting to referendum vote a | | question of approving the vote of the trustees. The vote of the | | trustees is suspended until it has received approval by vote of a | | majority of the voters of the district voting on the question at | | the special election. |
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| | | Sec. 17. Rates. All persons, firms and corporations, whether | | public, private or municipal, shall pay to the treasurer of the | | district the rates, tolls, rents, entrance charges, impact fees | | and other lawful charges established by the trustees for the | | sewer or drainage service used or available with respect to their | | real estate. The rates include rates for the district's | | readiness to serve charged owners of real estate abutting on or | | accessible to sewers or drains of the district but not actually | | connected to the district, whether or not such real estate is | | improved. For the purposes of this Act, "other lawful charges" | | and "other charges" include interest on delinquent accounts at a | | rate not to exceed the highest lawful rate set by the Treasurer | | of State for municipal taxes. |
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| | | Rates, tolls, rents, impact fees and entrance charges must be | | uniform within the district when both the cost to the district of | | installation and maintenance of sewers or their appurtenances and | | the cost of service are substantially uniform. Nothing precludes | | the district from establishing a rate, toll, rent, impact fee or | | entrance charge higher than the regular rates, tolls, rents, | | impact fees and entrance charges in sections where, for any | | reason, the cost to the district of construction and maintenance, | | or the cost of service, exceeds the average. The higher rates, | | tolls, rents, impact fees and entrance charges must be uniform | | throughout the sections where they apply. |
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| | | Prior to the adoption of a new rate schedule, the trustees | | shall hold a public hearing regarding the proposed rate schedule. | | The trustees shall publish the proposed rates and notice of the | | hearing not less than once in a newspaper having a general | | circulation in the district not less than 7 days prior to the | | hearing. The district shall mail to each ratepayer a notice of | | the public hearing and the proposed new rate at least 14 days | | prior to the hearing. |
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| | | The sewer rates, tolls, rents, impact fees, entrance charges | | and other lawful charges established by the board of trustees in | | accordance with this Act must be fixed and adjusted with respect |
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