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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB5155
Introduced 02/05/04, by Donald L. Moffitt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 705/3 |
from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 23 |
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Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning annexation of territory.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5155 |
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LRB093 19359 MKM 45095 b |
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| AN ACT concerning fire protection districts.
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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 Fire Protection District Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 3 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 705/3) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 23)
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| Sec. 3. Annexation of territory; petition; hearing; |
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| election; resolution accepting or rejecting territory.
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| Additional contiguous territory having the qualifications set
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| forth in Section 1 may be added to any fire protection district |
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| as
provided for in this Act in the manner following:
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| (a) One percent or more of the legal voters resident within |
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| the limits of
the proposed addition to the fire protection
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| district may petition the
court of the county in which the |
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| original petition for the formation of
the fire protection |
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| district was filed, to cause the question to be
submitted to |
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| the legal voters of the proposed additional territory
whether |
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| the proposed additional territory shall become a part of any
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| contiguous fire protection district organized under this Act |
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| and whether
the voters of the additional territory shall assume |
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| a proportionate
share of the bonded indebtedness of the |
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| district. The petition shall
be addressed to the court and |
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| shall contain a definite description of
the boundaries of the |
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| territory to be embraced in the proposed addition
and shall |
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| allege facts in support of such addition.
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| Upon filing the petition in the office of the circuit clerk |
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| of the
county in which the original petition for the formation |
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| of the fire
protection district was filed, it shall be the duty |
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| of the court to fix
a time and place of a hearing upon the |
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| subject of the petition.
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| Notice shall be given by the court, or by the circuit clerk |
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sheriff upon order of the court of the county in which the |