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    AN ACT concerning local government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 16d as follows:
 
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    (70 ILCS 705/16d new)

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    Sec. 16d. Transfer of property between districts. When a 
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fire protection district has another fire protection district 
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adjoining it and the adjoining district can provide better fire 
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protection to an area of land
of no more than 60 acres, 
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consisting of one or more tracts, that is within the corporate 
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limits of
the fire protection district, the area may be 
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disconnected from the district and
annexed to the adjacent 
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district when each district adopts an ordinance  to accomplish 
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the disconnection and annexation.
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    At least 60 days before the property is disconnected from a 
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district, the disconnecting district  must send notice to the 
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owner or owners of record of the area of land stating that the 
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disconnecting and annexing districts intend to adopt 
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ordinances that would disconnect and annex the area under this 
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Section. The notice shall name the annexing district and 
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include a description of the territory to be disconnected and 
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annexed, the reason for doing so, and a map of the territory. 
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The notice must also set forth the time and place of each 
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meeting at which the ordinance will be an agenda item and must 
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state that there will be an opportunity for public comment at 
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each of those meetings. The notice shall be sent by certified 
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mail return receipt requested,  but if the name or address of an 
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owner is not known, then the district must publish the notice 
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once a week for 2 successive weeks. The notice shall be 
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published in a newspaper published in the county where the area 
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is located. Each district's ordinance shall designate the same 
 


 






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date for the effective date of the disconnection and 
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annexation.
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    No earlier than 60 days after the delivery of the notice to 
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the last of the owners involved or 60 days after the date of 
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the first publication of the notice, whichever is later, the 
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disconnecting and annexing districts may adopt an ordinance 
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accomplishing the disconnection and annexation.
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    After it adopts the ordinance, each fire protection 
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district shall send a certified copy of the ordinance to the 
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proper county clerk or clerks for filing and to the office of 
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the State Fire Marshal.