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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3857
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Rep. Elaine Nekritz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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65 ILCS 5/7-1-13 |
from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-13 |
70 ILCS 1205/8-1.1 new |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that an unincorporated territory containing 60 acres or less may be annexed by any municipality that shares a boundary, in whole or in part, with the territory under several circumstances including, if the unincorporated area is bounded by one or more municipalities and a forest preserve district or a park district (now, forest preserve district). Provides that nothing in the Section shall be construed as permitting a municipality to annex territory that is owned by a park district without obtaining the district's express consent as provided in the Park District Code. Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a park district's property shall not be subject to annexation by a municipality without the express consent of the board of park commissioners. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3857 |
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LRB094 11592 AJO 42643 b |
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 7-1-13 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/7-1-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-13)
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| Sec. 7-1-13. Whenever any unincorporated territory |
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| containing 60
acres or less, is wholly bounded by (a) one or |
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| more municipalities, (b)
one or more municipalities and a creek |
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| in a county with a population of
400,000 or more, or one or |
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| more municipalities and a river or lake in any
county, (c) one |
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| or more municipalities and the Illinois State
boundary, (d) one |
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| or more municipalities and property owned by the
State of |
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| Illinois, except highway right-of-way owned in fee by the |
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| State,
(e) one or more municipalities and a forest preserve |
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| district or park district, or
(f) if the territory is a |
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| triangular parcel of less than 10 acres, one or
more |
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| municipalities and an interstate highway owned in fee by the |
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| State and
bounded by a frontage road, that territory may be |
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| annexed
by any municipality by which it is bounded in whole or |
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| in part,
by the passage of an ordinance to that effect after |
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| notice is given as
provided in this Section. The corporate |
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| authorities shall cause notice,
stating that annexation of the |
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| territory described in the notice is
contemplated under this |
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| Section, to be published once, in a newspaper of
general |
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| circulation within the territory to be annexed, not less than |
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| 10
days before the passage of the annexation ordinance. When |
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| the
territory to be annexed lies wholly or partially within a |
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| township other
than that township where the municipality is |
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| situated, the annexing
municipality shall give at least 10 days |
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| prior written notice of the time
and place of the passage of |
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| the annexation ordinance to the township
supervisor of the |