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Public Act 91-0680

HB1124 Enrolled                                LRB9104227DHmg

    AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code  by  changing
Section 2-3-5a.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The Illinois Municipal  Code  is  amended  by
changing Section 2-3-5a as follows:

    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-5a) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5a)
    Sec. 2-3-5a.  Incorporation of village.
    (a)  Whenever in any county of 150,000 or more population
as  determined  by the last preceding federal census any area
of contiguous territory contains at least 4 square miles  and
2500  inhabitants  residing in permanent dwellings, that area
may be incorporated as a village if a petition filed  by  250
electors  residing within that area is filed with the circuit
clerk of the county in which such area is  located  addressed
to  the circuit court for that county.  The petition must set
forth:
         (1)   a legal description of the area intended to be
    included in the proposed village,
         (2)   the number of residents in that area,
         (3)   the name of the proposed village, and
         (4)   a   prayer   that   the   question   of    the
    incorporation  of  the  area as a village be submitted to
    the electors residing within the limits of  the  proposed
    village.
    If  the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies
within  1 1/2  miles  of   the   limits   of   any   existing
municipality,  the  consent  of  that  municipality  must  be
obtained before the area may be incorporated.
    (b)  If, in a county having more than 240,000 350,000 but
fewer  than  400,000  inhabitants  as  determined by the last
preceding federal census, an  area  of  contiguous  territory
contains  at least 3 square miles and 5,000 8,000 inhabitants
residing  in  permanent   dwellings,   that   area   may   be
incorporated  as  a village in the same manner as is provided
in subsection (a).  The consent of a municipality need not be
obtained.
    (c)  If, in a county having more than 316,000  but  fewer
than  318,000 inhabitants as determined by the last preceding
federal census, an area of contiguous territory that does not
exceed one square mile and between 1000 and 1500  inhabitants
residing  in  permanent  dwellings,  and is located within 10
miles of a county with a population of less than  150,000  as
determined  by  the  last preceding federal census, that area
may be incorporated as a village in the  same  manner  as  is
provided  in  subsection  (a).  The consent of a municipality
need not be obtained.
(Source: P.A. 88-572, eff.  8-11-94;  88-661,  eff.  9-16-94;
89-388, eff. 1-1-96.)

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