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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, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 7-1-13 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (65 ILCS 5/7-1-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-13) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 7-1-13. Annexation. | ||||||
8 | (a) Whenever any unincorporated territory containing 60
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9 | acres or less, is wholly bounded by (a) one or more | ||||||
10 | municipalities, (b)
one or more municipalities and a creek in a | ||||||
11 | county with a population of
400,000 or more, or one or more | ||||||
12 | municipalities and a river or lake in any
county, (c) one or | ||||||
13 | more municipalities and the Illinois State
boundary, (d) except | ||||||
14 | as provided in item (h) of this subsection (a), one or more | ||||||
15 | municipalities and property owned by the
State of Illinois, | ||||||
16 | except highway right-of-way owned in fee by the State,
(e) one | ||||||
17 | or more municipalities and a forest preserve district or park | ||||||
18 | district,
(f) if the territory is a triangular parcel of less | ||||||
19 | than 10 acres, one or
more municipalities and an interstate | ||||||
20 | highway owned in fee by the State and
bounded by a frontage | ||||||
21 | road, or (g) one or more municipalities in a county with a | ||||||
22 | population of more than 800,000 inhabitants and less than | ||||||
23 | 2,000,000 inhabitants and either a railroad or operating |
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1 | property, as defined in the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS | ||||||
2 | 200/11-70), being immediately adjacent to, but exclusive of | ||||||
3 | that railroad property, that territory may be annexed
by any | ||||||
4 | municipality by which it is bounded in whole or in part,
by the | ||||||
5 | passage of an ordinance to that effect after notice is given as
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6 | provided in subsection (b) of this Section , or (h) one or more | ||||||
7 | municipalities located within a county with a population of | ||||||
8 | more than 800,000 inhabitants and less than 2,000,000 | ||||||
9 | inhabitants and property owned by the State, including without | ||||||
10 | limitation a highway right-of-way owned in fee by the State . | ||||||
11 | Land or property that is used for agricultural purposes or to | ||||||
12 | produce agricultural goods shall not be annexed pursuant to | ||||||
13 | item (g). Nothing in this Section shall subject any railroad | ||||||
14 | property to the zoning or jurisdiction of any municipality | ||||||
15 | annexing the property under this Section. , and for land | ||||||
16 | annexed pursuant to item (g), notice shall be given to the | ||||||
17 | impacted land owners The
ordinance shall describe the territory | ||||||
18 | annexed and a copy thereof together
with an accurate map of the | ||||||
19 | annexed territory shall be recorded in the
office of the | ||||||
20 | recorder of the county wherein the annexed territory is
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21 | situated and a document of annexation shall be filed with the | ||||||
22 | county clerk
and County Election Authority. Nothing in this | ||||||
23 | Section shall be construed
as permitting a municipality to | ||||||
24 | annex territory of a forest preserve
district in a county with | ||||||
25 | a population of 3,000,000 or more without
obtaining the consent | ||||||
26 | of the district pursuant to Section 8.3 of the
Cook County |
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1 | Forest Preserve District Act nor shall anything in this Section | ||||||
2 | be construed as permitting a municipality to annex territory | ||||||
3 | owned by a park district without obtaining the consent of the | ||||||
4 | district pursuant to Section 8-1.1 of the Park District Code. | ||||||
5 | (b) The corporate authorities shall cause notice, stating | ||||||
6 | that annexation of the territory described in the notice is | ||||||
7 | contemplated under this Section, to be published once, in a | ||||||
8 | newspaper of general circulation within the territory to be | ||||||
9 | annexed, not less than 10 days before the passage of the | ||||||
10 | annexation ordinance , and for land annexed pursuant to item (g) | ||||||
11 | of subsection (a) of this Section, notice shall be given to the | ||||||
12 | impacted land owners . The corporate authorities shall also, not | ||||||
13 | less than 15 days before the passage of the annexation | ||||||
14 | ordinance, serve written notice, either in person or, at a | ||||||
15 | minimum, by certified mail, on the taxpayer of record of the | ||||||
16 | proposed annexed territory as appears from the authentic tax | ||||||
17 | records of the county. When the territory to be annexed lies | ||||||
18 | wholly or partially within a township other than the township | ||||||
19 | where the municipality is situated, the annexing municipality | ||||||
20 | shall give at least 10 days prior written notice of the time
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21 | and place of the passage of the annexation ordinance to the | ||||||
22 | township
supervisor of the township where the territory to be | ||||||
23 | annexed lies. | ||||||
24 | (c) When notice is given as described in subsection (b) of | ||||||
25 | this Section, no other municipality may annex the proposed | ||||||
26 | territory for a period of 60 days from the date the notice is |
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1 | mailed or delivered to the taxpayer of record unless that other | ||||||
2 | municipality has initiated annexation proceedings or a valid | ||||||
3 | petition as described in Section 7-1-2, 7-1-8, 7-1-11 or 7-1-12 | ||||||
4 | of this Code has been received by the municipality prior to the | ||||||
5 | publication and mailing of the notices required in subsection | ||||||
6 | (b). | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 94-396, eff. 8-1-05; 95-931, eff. 1-1-09; | ||||||
8 | 95-1039, eff. 3-25-09; revised 4-9-09.)
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.
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