(35 ILCS 200/27-60)
Sec. 27-60. Petition for disconnection from special service area. (a) Any
territory located within the boundaries of any special service area organized
under this Article, other than a special service area for weather modification,
may become disconnected from the area in the manner provided
in this Section. (b) A majority of the resident electors and a majority of
the record owners of land in the territory sought to be disconnected from
the area may sign a petition. The petition shall be addressed to the circuit
court and shall contain a definite description of the boundaries of the
territory and recite as a fact, that as of the date the petition is filed,
the territory was not, is not, and is not intended by the corporate authority
which created the special service area to be, either benefited or served
by any work or services either then existing or then authorized by the special
service area, and that the territory constitutes less than 1 1/2% of the
special service area's total equalized assessed valuation.
(c) In addition, the corporate authorities of a municipality in which a special service area, other than a special service area for weather modification, is located may file a petition with the circuit court to disconnect territory from the special service area. The petition shall contain a definite description of the boundaries of the
territory to be disconnected and recite as a fact that, as of the date the petition is filed,
the territory was not, is not, and is not intended by the corporate authority
that created the special service area to be either benefited or served
by any work or services either then existing or then authorized by the special
service area. (Source: P.A. 96-1031, eff. 7-14-10.)
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