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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 2-3-5 as follows:
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| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/2-3-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5)
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| 7 | Sec. 2-3-5. Whenever in any county of less than 150,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | population as
determined by the last preceding federal census, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | any area of contiguous
territory, not exceeding 2 square miles, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | not already included within the
corporate limits of any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | municipality, has residing thereon at least 200
inhabitants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | living in dwellings other than those designed to be mobile, and
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| 13 | is owned by at least 30 different owners, it may be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | incorporated as a village
as follows:
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| 15 | 35 electors residing within the area may file with the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | circuit clerk of
the county in which such area is situated a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | petition addressed to the
circuit court for that county.
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| 18 | The petition shall set forth (1) a definite description of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the lands
intended to be embraced in the proposed village, (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | the number of
inhabitants residing therein, (3) the name of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | proposed village, and (4)
a prayer that a question be submitted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | to the electors residing within the
limits of the proposed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | village whether they will incorporate as a village
under this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Code.
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| 2 | If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies | ||||||
| 3 | within 1 1/2
miles of the boundary line of any existing | ||||||
| 4 | municipality, the consent of the
existing municipality must be | ||||||
| 5 | obtained before the area may be incorporated.
No area in a | ||||||
| 6 | county with a population of 150,000 or more that is
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| 7 | incorporating under the provisions of this Section shall need | ||||||
| 8 | to obtain the
consent of any existing municipality before the | ||||||
| 9 | area may be incorporated.
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| 10 | In addition, any contiguous territory in a county of | ||||||
| 11 | 150,000 or more
population which otherwise meets the | ||||||
| 12 | requirements of this Section may be
incorporated as a village | ||||||
| 13 | pursuant to the provisions of this Section if (1)
any part of | ||||||
| 14 | such territory is situated within
10 miles of a county
with a
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| 15 | population less than 150,000 and a petition is filed pursuant | ||||||
| 16 | to
this
Section before January 1,
1991 or (2) any part of the | ||||||
| 17 | territory is situated
within 25 miles of the Illinois state | ||||||
| 18 | line in a county having a
population,
according to the 1990 | ||||||
| 19 | federal decennial census, of at least 150,000 but less
than | ||||||
| 20 | 185,000 and a petition is filed pursuant to
this Section before | ||||||
| 21 | January 1, 1998.
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| 22 | In addition, contiguous territory not exceeding 2 square | ||||||
| 23 | miles in a county
with a population of not less than 187,000 | ||||||
| 24 | and not more than 190,000 that
otherwise meets the requirements | ||||||
| 25 | of
this Section may be incorporated as a village pursuant to | ||||||
| 26 | the provisions of
this Section if (1) any part of the territory | ||||||
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| 1 | is situated within 13 miles of a
county with a population of | ||||||
| 2 | less than 38,000 and more than 36,000 and (2) a petition is | ||||||
| 3 | filed in
the manner provided in this Section before January 1, | ||||||
| 4 | 2005. The
requirements
of Section 2-3-18 concerning | ||||||
| 5 | compatibility with the official plan for
development of the | ||||||
| 6 | county shall not
apply
to any territory seeking incorporation | ||||||
| 7 | under this paragraph.
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| 8 | In addition, contiguous territory not exceeding 13 square | ||||||
| 9 | miles in a county with a population of not less than 21,000 and | ||||||
| 10 | not more than 23,000, as determined by the last preceding | ||||||
| 11 | federal census, that otherwise meets the requirements of this | ||||||
| 12 | Section may be incorporated as a village pursuant to the | ||||||
| 13 | provisions of this Section if the territory is located in a | ||||||
| 14 | county that borders 2 states. | ||||||
| 15 | (Source: P.A. 93-1058, eff. 12-2-04.)
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.
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