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IN RE EAST LAKE FORK SPEC. DRAIN. DIST.

Nos. 4-85-0080, 4-85-0084, 4-85-0086 cons.

137 Ill. App.3d 473 (1985)

484 N.E.2d 507

In re EAST LAKE FORK SPECIAL DRAINAGE DISTRICT (East Lake Fork Special Drainage District, Respondent-Appellant, v. The Village of Ivesdale, Objector-Appellee). — In re PESOTUM SLOUGH SPECIAL DRAINAGE DISTRICT (Pesotum Slough Special Drainage District, Respondent-Appellant, v. The Town of Tolono et al., Objectors-Appellees). — In re FOUNTAIN HEAD DRAINAGE DISTRICT (Fountain Head Drainage District, Respondent-Appellant, v. Community College District No. 505 (Parkland College), Objector-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed October 10, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dobbins, Fraker, Tennant, Joy & Perlstein, of Champaign (Mary A. Perlstein, of counsel), for appellants.

No brief filed for appellees.

Thomas W. Kelty, of Pfeiffer & Kelty, of Springfield, for amicus curiae.

Judgment affirmed in 4-85-0080, 4-85-0084; Appeal dismissed in 4-85-0086.

JUSTICE WEBBER delivered the opinion of the court:

These consolidated cases raise the question of whether the General Assembly has the power, under the Illinois Constitution of 1970, to exempt from drainage-district assessment public highways, streets and alleys.

The objectors in each case are units of local government owning or controlling highways, streets or alleys which have...

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