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1     AN ACT concerning municipalities.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
5 Section 7-3-6.2 as follows:
 
6     (65 ILCS 5/7-3-6.2 new)
7     Sec. 7-3-6.2. Split lots. Notwithstanding any other
8 provision of this Code, the owner or owners of record of a
9 split residential lot may disconnect a portion of the lot so
10 that a single municipality or county governs the entire lot.
11 The owner or owners seeking to disconnect a portion of a split
12 lot from a municipality must petition the court in the manner
13 provided in Section 7-3-6 of this Code.
14     For the purposes of this Section, "split lot" means a
15 single residential lot that is located in and governed by 2
16 municipalities or that is governed by a municipality and a
17 county.