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    AN ACT concerning revenue.

 
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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 Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 27-60 as follows:
 



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    (35 ILCS 200/27-60)



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    Sec. 27-60. Petition for disconnection from special 
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service area. 
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    (a) Any
territory located within the boundaries of any 
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special service area organized
under this Article, other than a 
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special service area for weather modification,
may become 
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disconnected from the area in the manner provided
in this 
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Section.  
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    (b) A majority of the resident electors and a majority of

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the record owners of land in the territory sought to be 
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disconnected from
the area may sign a petition.  The petition 
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shall be addressed to the circuit
court and shall contain a 
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definite description of the boundaries of the
territory and 
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recite as a fact, that as of the date the petition is filed,

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the territory was not, is not, and is not intended by the 
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corporate authority
which created the special service area to 
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be, either benefited or served
by any work or services either 
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then existing or then authorized by the special
service area, 
 


 






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and that the territory constitutes less than 1 1/2% of the

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special service area's total equalized assessed valuation.

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    (c)  In addition, the corporate authorities of a 
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municipality in which a special service area, other than a 
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special service area for weather modification, is located may 
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file a petition with the circuit court to disconnect territory 
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from the special service area.  The petition shall contain a 
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definite description of the boundaries of the
territory to be 
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disconnected and recite as a fact that, as of the date the 
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petition is filed,
the territory was not, is not, and is not 
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intended by the corporate authority
that created the special 
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service area to be either benefited or served
by any work or 
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services either then existing or then authorized by the special

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service area. 
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(Source: P.A. 83-1245; 88-455.)

 

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