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70 ILCS 605/4-2

(70 ILCS 605/4-2) (from Ch. 42, par. 4-2)

Sec. 4-2.

Petition for appointment of commissioners.

Whenever a petition signed by a majority of the total number
of adult landowners who together own a majority of the area
embraced in the district requesting the appointment of an
individual as commissioner is filed with the county clerk of the county in
which the greater part of the territory of the district lies not more than 4
weeks nor less than
1 week before the first Tuesday of September, then the county clerk shall
forward the petition to the appropriate appointing authority and, except
for good cause shown, the appropriate appointing authority
shall then appoint that individual as commissioner, if he is
otherwise qualified.

(Source: P.A. 88-607, eff. 1-1-95.)