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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4908
Introduced 02/04/04, by Timothy L. Schmitz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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65 ILCS 5/2-3-5a |
from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5a |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that if an area proposed to be
incorporated as a village contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies within 1
mile (now 1 1/2 miles) of the limits of any existing municipality the consent
of
that municipality must be obtained before the area may be incorporated.
Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4908 |
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LRB093 20964 MKM 46950 b |
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| AN ACT concerning municipalities.
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
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| changing
Section 2-3-5a as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/2-3-5a) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5a)
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| Sec. 2-3-5a. Incorporation of village.
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| (a) Whenever in any county of 150,000 or more population as |
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| determined by
the last preceding federal census any area of |
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| contiguous territory contains
at least 4 square miles and 2500 |
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| inhabitants residing in permanent
dwellings, that area may be |
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| incorporated as a village if a petition filed
by 250 electors |
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| residing within that area is filed with the circuit clerk
of |
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| the county in which such area is located addressed to the |
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| circuit court
for that county. The petition must set forth:
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| (1) a legal description of the area intended to be |
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| included
in the proposed village,
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| (2) the number of residents in that area,
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| (3) the name of the proposed village, and
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| (4) a prayer that the question of the incorporation of |
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area as a village be submitted to the electors residing |
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| within the limits of
the proposed village.
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| If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies |
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| within 1 mile
1
1/2 miles
of the limits of any existing |
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| municipality, the consent of that municipality
must be obtained |
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| before the area may be incorporated.
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| (b) If, in a county having more than 240,000 but fewer than
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| 400,000
inhabitants as determined by the last preceding federal |
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| census, an area of
contiguous territory contains at least 3 |
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| square miles and 5,000
inhabitants
residing in permanent |
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| dwellings, that area may be incorporated as a village in
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| same manner as is provided in subsection (a). The consent of a
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