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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1326
Introduced 2/20/2007, by Rep. Shane Cultra SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Township Code. Provides that, if a city that is coterminous with a township votes to annex territory in an adjacent township and a disconnection referendum is submitted to the voters of the adjacent township, the territory shall be disconnected if a majority of the voters in the adjacent township and in the area affected by the disconnection (now, a majority of voters in the adjacent township) vote for disconnection. Effective immediately.
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HB1326 |
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LRB095 05193 HLH 25266 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Township Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 15-15 as follows:
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| (60 ILCS 1/15-15)
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| Sec. 15-15. Annexation of territory by coterminous city; |
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| referendum.
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| (a) Whenever a city that is coterminous with a township has |
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| voted to annex
any territory in an adjacent township, the city |
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| clerk shall, by registered or
certified mail, file a certified |
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| copy of the annexation ordinance with the
clerk of the township |
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| in which the proposed disconnection is to take place.
Except as |
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| otherwise provided in this Article, if, within 45 days after |
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| the date
of mailing notification, the township board of the |
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| township from which the
territory is to be disconnected |
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| determines by a majority vote of those board
members then |
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| holding office that the disconnection would not be in the best
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| interests of that township, the board may request that a |
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| referendum approving
or disapproving the disconnection be held |
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| in that township. The city, its
coterminous township, and the |
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| adjacent township may, however, agree by
intergovernmental |
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| agreement and without the necessity of a referendum that the
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