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65 ILCS 5/7-1-46

(65 ILCS 5/7-1-46) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-46)

Sec. 7-1-46.

Neither the People of the State of Illinois nor any person,
firm or corporation, public or private, nor any association of persons
shall commence an action contesting either directly or indirectly the
annexation of any territory to a municipality unless initiated within one
year after the date such annexation becomes final or within one year of the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1965 whichever date occurs latest.
This amendatory Act of 1965 shall apply to annexations made prior to the
effective date of the Act as well as those made on or after the effective
date. Where a limitation of a shorter period is prescribed by statute such
shorter limitation applies. The limitation set forth in this section shall
apply to any annexation, even where the judge, body or officer annexing the
territory did not at the time of such annexation have jurisdiction of the
subject matter, and irrespective of whether such annexation may otherwise be
defective or void, except that the limitation of this Section shall not apply
to annexations of territory which was not contiguous at the time of annexation
and is not contiguous at the time an action is brought to contest such
annexation.

(Source: P.A. 82-211.)