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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The River Conservancy Districts Act is amended  
5by changing Section 3 as follows:
 



6    (70 ILCS 2105/3)  (from Ch. 42, par. 385)



7    Sec. 3. 
Additional territory, including a part of a county 
8or an entire county or counties, may be added to any 
9conservancy district
as provided for in this Act in the manner 
10following:

11    One per cent or more of the legal voters resident within 
12the limits
of such proposed addition to such conservancy 
13district, in each county in
which the proposed addition is 
14situated, may petition the
circuit court for the county in 
15which the original petition for the
formation of said 
16conservancy district was filed, to cause the question
to be 
17submitted to the legal voters of such proposed additional

18territory whether such proposed additional territory shall 
19become a part
of any conservancy district organized under this 
20Act and whether such
additional territory shall assume a 
21proportionate share of the bonded
indebtedness, if any, of such 
22conservancy district. Such petition shall
be addressed to the 
23court of the county in which the original petition
for 
 
 
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1organization was filed, and shall contain a generally accurate

2description of the boundaries of the territory to be embraced 
3in the
proposed addition, and, if desired, a new name of the 
4expanded district.

5    Upon filing such petition in the office of the circuit 
6clerk of the
county in which the original petition for the 
7formation of such
conservancy district was filed it shall be 
8the duty of the court to
consider, fix and determine the 
9boundaries of any such proposed
additional territory, whether 
10the same shall be those stated in the
petition or otherwise and 
11a decision of the court shall be reviewable as
in other civil 
12cases.

13    A date shall be fixed and notice shall be given by the 
14court of the
county in which such petition is filed of the time 
15and place where such
hearing shall be held in the manner 
16described in Section 1 of this Act, including notice in each 
17county in which the additional territory is located.
The 
18conduct of the meeting, and the power of the court to fix and 
19alter the
boundaries of the proposed addition shall be carried 
20out in the manner
described in Section 1 of this Act, as nearly 
21as may be. The court shall
certify the question to the proper 
22election officials who shall submit the
question at an election 
23in accordance with the general election law. The
question shall 
24be in substantially the following form:

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26    For  joining the Conservancy

 
 
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1District and assuming a

2proportionate share of bonded

3indebtedness.

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5    Against joining Conservancy

6District and assuming a

7proportionate share of bonded

8indebtedness.

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10    If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of

11becoming a part of any conservancy district shall be in favor 
12of
becoming a part of such conservancy district and if the 
13board of
trustees of said conservancy district accept the 
14proposed additional
territory by ordinance annexing the same, 
15the court shall enter an
appropriate order of record in the 
16court
and such additional
territory shall thenceforth be deemed 
17an integral part of such
conservancy district and shall be 
18subject to all the benefits,
responsibilities and obligations 
19of said conservancy district as herein
set forth.

20    Any such additional territory may also be annexed to such 
21conservancy
district upon petition addressed to the court for 
22the county in which
the original petition for organization of 
23the district was filed, signed
by a majority of the owners of 
24lands constituting such territory sought
to be annexed, who 
25shall have arrived at lawful age and who represent a
majority 
26in area of such territory, which said petition shall contain a

 
 
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1generally accurate description of the boundaries of such 
2territory
sought to be annexed, and shall set forth the 
3willingness of the
petitioners of such territory to assume a 
4proportionate share of the
bonded indebtedness, if any, of such 
5conservancy district.

6    Upon the filing of such petition and notice of and hearing 
7the
decision upon the same by the court, all as herein before 
8provided in
Section 1 of this Act with reference to notice, 
9hearing and decision
upon the petition for the original 
10organization of such district, such
court shall enter an order 
11containing its findings and decision as to
the boundaries of 
12the territory to be annexed; and thereupon if the
board of 
13trustees of such conservancy district shall pass an ordinance

14annexing the territory described in such order to said 
15conservancy
district, the court shall enter an appropriate 
16order finding that the
territory is so annexed and such 
17additional territory shall thenceforth
be deemed an integral 
18part of such conservancy district and shall be
subject to all 
19the benefits, responsibilities and obligations of said

20conservancy district as herein set forth.

21(Source: P.A. 86-1307.)

 
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
23becoming law.