Illinois Statutes Chapter 70. Special Districts § 605/5-13. Original assessments--Order approving roll or confirming verdict

§ 5-13. Original assessments--Order approving roll or confirming verdict. If no trial by jury is held, the court shall determine whether the assessments of benefits, compensation and damages and the annual maintenance assessments, if any, as set forth in the commissioners' roll should be changed, modified, disallowed or confirmed, as herein set forth. If the court finds that the assessment of benefits, compensation and damages and the annual maintenance assessment against each tract of land and other property, as set forth in the assessment roll, should be confirmed without modification or change, then the court shall order the assessment roll confirmed and enter judgment thereon. If the court finds that the assessment of benefits, compensation or damages or the annual maintenance assessment should be changed or modified as to any one or more tracts of land or other property, it shall change or modify the same in accordance with its findings, confirm the roll as so changed or modified and enter judgment thereon.

If a trial by jury is held, then the verdict of the jury shall be filed in the court and the court shall confirm the verdict and enter judgment thereon. When the verdict is returned to the court, it may be placed in form by the court in the presence of the jury and the jury may be recalled at any time after being discharged to correct any errors or omissions therein. Motions for new trial or in arrest of judgment or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict may be made, filed and determined within the time and in the manner provided by the Civil Practice Law.  1

In its judgment confirming the assessment roll or verdict, the court shall order the damages allowed to land not taken set off or credited against the benefits assessed against such land. Payment of compensation for land taken may be made by the treasurer of the district directly to the owner of such land or to his legal representative or may be made to the County Treasurer of the county in which the district was organized, who shall, on demand, pay the same to the party entitled thereto.