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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 Public Library District Act of 1991 is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 15-15 and 15-20 as follows:
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6 | (75 ILCS 16/15-15)
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7 | Sec. 15-15. Territory included within municipality or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | school district.
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9 | (a) A district may, by ordinance and referendum , annex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | territory if that territory is: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (1) located within the boundaries of a municipality or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | school district that is included, entirely or partially, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | within the district; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | (2) contiguous to the district; and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (3) without local, tax-supported public library | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | service.
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17 | An ordinance under this subsection must describe the territory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | to be annexed.
Prior to adopting the ordinance, the board of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | trustees of the library district shall send notice of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | proposed ordinance to the president of the board of trustees of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | each public library located within one mile of the territory to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | be annexed. The library district may, in addition, provide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | notice of a proposed annexation ordinance on a website |
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1 | maintained by the library district. At any meeting of the board | ||||||
2 | of trustees in which an annexation ordinance under this Section | ||||||
3 | is considered, the board shall provide a reasonable opportunity | ||||||
4 | for any interested person to make public comments on the | ||||||
5 | proposed annexation ordinance.
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6 | (b) Within 15 days of the passage of the
annexation | ||||||
7 | ordinance, the library district shall send notice of the
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8 | adoption of the ordinance, a copy of the map showing the | ||||||
9 | boundaries of the
territory to be annexed, and a copy of the | ||||||
10 | text of the publication notice
required in this Section to the | ||||||
11 | president of the board of trustees of each
public library with | ||||||
12 | territory within one mile of the territory to be
annexed. | ||||||
13 | Within 15 days after the adoption of the ordinance it shall be
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14 | published as provided in Section 1-30. The board may vacate an
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15 | annexation ordinance before its publication.
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16 | (c) The publication or posting of the ordinance shall | ||||||
17 | include a notice of
(i) the specific number of voters required | ||||||
18 | to sign a petition requesting that
the question of the adoption | ||||||
19 | of the ordinance be submitted to the voters of the
district or | ||||||
20 | the territory to be annexed or both, (ii) the time in which the
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21 | petition must be filed, and (iii) the date of the prospective | ||||||
22 | referendum on the proposition of annexation of the territory . | ||||||
23 | The
district secretary shall provide a petition form to any | ||||||
24 | individual requesting
one.
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25 | (d) Before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
26 | 100th General Assembly, if If no petition is filed with the |
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1 | library district within 30
days after publication or posting of | ||||||
2 | the ordinance, the annexation shall
take effect. If, however, | ||||||
3 | within the 30 day period, a petition is filed with
the Board of | ||||||
4 | Trustees of the library district, signed by voters of the
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5 | district or the territory to be annexed, or both, equal in | ||||||
6 | number
to 10% or more of the total number of registered voters | ||||||
7 | in the district,
the territory to be annexed or both, asking | ||||||
8 | that the question of the
annexation of the territory be | ||||||
9 | submitted to the voters of the territory, the
board of trustees | ||||||
10 | may vacate the annexation ordinance or certify the question
to | ||||||
11 | the proper election authority, who shall submit the question at | ||||||
12 | the next
regular election. Notice of this election shall be | ||||||
13 | given and the election
shall be conducted in accordance with | ||||||
14 | the Election Code. The proposition shall
be submitted to the | ||||||
15 | voters in substantially the following form:
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16 | Shall (description of territory) be annexed to (name of | ||||||
17 | public library
district), (location), Illinois?
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18 | (d-5) On and after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
19 | Act of the 100th General Assembly, within 7 days after | ||||||
20 | publication or posting of the ordinance, the board of trustees | ||||||
21 | shall certify the question to the proper election authority, | ||||||
22 | who shall submit the question at the next regular election. | ||||||
23 | Notice of this election shall be given and the election shall | ||||||
24 | be conducted in accordance with the Election Code. The | ||||||
25 | proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially | ||||||
26 | the following form: |
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1 | Shall (description of territory) be annexed to (name of | ||||||
2 | public library district), (location), Illinois? | ||||||
3 | (e) If a majority of votes cast upon the proposition in the
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4 | district, and also a majority of votes cast upon the | ||||||
5 | proposition in the
territory to be annexed, are in favor of the | ||||||
6 | proposition, the Board
of Trustees of the library district may | ||||||
7 | conclude the annexation of the
territory.
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8 | (f) If, before June 22, 2006 ( the effective date of Public | ||||||
9 | Act 94-899) this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly , a | ||||||
10 | district has annexed territory under this Section and that | ||||||
11 | annexation complies with the requirements set forth in this | ||||||
12 | Section, as changed by Public Act 94-899 this amendatory Act of | ||||||
13 | the 94th General Assembly , then, for all purposes, that | ||||||
14 | annexation is hereby validated, ratified, and declared to be in | ||||||
15 | full force and effect from: (i) 30
days after publication or | ||||||
16 | posting of the ordinance if no petition was filed with the | ||||||
17 | library district under subsection (d); or (ii) if a petition | ||||||
18 | was filed, on the date that the district concluded the | ||||||
19 | annexation of the territory under subsection (e).
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20 | (Source: P.A. 94-899, eff. 6-22-06; 95-161, eff. 1-1-08.)
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21 | (75 ILCS 16/15-20)
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22 | Sec. 15-20. Referendum for disconnection of annexed | ||||||
23 | territory.
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24 | (a) A referendum for disconnection may be held whenever
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25 | territory is annexed by ordinance and without the submission of |
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1 | the
question to a referendum as provided in Section 15-15. A | ||||||
2 | referendum
for disconnection of this annexed territory shall be | ||||||
3 | held upon the filing
of a petition, signed by voters in the | ||||||
4 | annexed territory equal to 10% or
more of the total number of | ||||||
5 | registered voters residing within the annexed
territory. The | ||||||
6 | petition shall be addressed to and filed with the secretary of
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7 | the district.
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8 | (b) (Blank). The referendum must be held within one year | ||||||
9 | after the date
the territory was annexed. The referendum may | ||||||
10 | also be held, however, as set
forth in this Section if the | ||||||
11 | petition is filed within 30 days after the date
that the first | ||||||
12 | tax bills reflecting the tax levied by the district are sent to
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13 | the property owners of the annexed territory.
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14 | (c) Upon the filing of a petition, the district shall | ||||||
15 | certify the
question to the proper election authority, who | ||||||
16 | shall submit the proposition of
disconnection to the voters | ||||||
17 | residing within the territory to be disconnected at
an election | ||||||
18 | held in accordance with the Election Code. The proposition | ||||||
19 | shall
be in substantially the following form:
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20 | Shall (description of territory) be disconnected from | ||||||
21 | (name of public
library district), (location), Illinois?
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22 | (d) If a majority of the votes cast upon the question are | ||||||
23 | in favor of
disconnection, the territory shall be disconnected. | ||||||
24 | In that event, the
district shall file with the circuit court | ||||||
25 | of the county in which the
majority of the disconnected | ||||||
26 | territory lies an appropriate petition and a
certificate by the |
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1 | election authority of the results of the election. The
petition | ||||||
2 | shall request entry of an order of disconnection and the
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3 | preparation of an appraisal setting forth the value of the | ||||||
4 | tangible
property of the district, the liabilities of the | ||||||
5 | district, and the excess of
liabilities over tangible assets. | ||||||
6 | Notice of the petition shall be published
within the | ||||||
7 | disconnected territory.
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8 | (e) The court shall, after a hearing upon the merits,
enter | ||||||
9 | its order revising the boundaries of the district and setting | ||||||
10 | forth
the liability, if any, yet to be retired and paid by the | ||||||
11 | property owners of
the disconnected territory but only if the | ||||||
12 | liability was incurred before the filing of the petition to | ||||||
13 | disconnect .
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14 | (f) If there are any general obligation bonds of the public | ||||||
15 | library district
(or other obligations incurred instead of | ||||||
16 | general obligation bonds under
this Act) that are outstanding | ||||||
17 | and unpaid at the time the territory is
disconnected from the | ||||||
18 | public library district by operation of this Section,
that | ||||||
19 | territory shall remain liable for its proportionate share of | ||||||
20 | the
bonded indebtedness or other outstanding obligations | ||||||
21 | incurred instead of
bonded indebtedness, and the public library | ||||||
22 | district may continue to levy and
extend taxes upon the taxable | ||||||
23 | property in that territory for the purpose of
amortizing the | ||||||
24 | bonds or of satisfying the other outstanding obligations until
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25 | sufficient funds to retire the bonds or to satisfy the other | ||||||
26 | outstanding
obligations have been collected. However, the |
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1 | territory shall not be liable for any general obligation bonds | ||||||
2 | of the public library district (or other obligations incurred | ||||||
3 | instead of general obligation bonds under this Act) issued | ||||||
4 | after a petition for disconnection has been under filed under | ||||||
5 | subsection (a) if the referendum for disconnection is approved.
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6 | (g) The district secretary shall record a certified copy of | ||||||
7 | the
disconnection order with the county recorder and file it | ||||||
8 | with the county clerk
of each county affected.
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9 | (h) (Blank). A proposition for disconnection from a | ||||||
10 | district may not be submitted
to the legal voters of any | ||||||
11 | annexed territory more than once.
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12 | (i) Annexed territory shall not be disconnected under this | ||||||
13 | Section if
the disconnection would result in the district | ||||||
14 | becoming noncontiguous.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.
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