(65 ILCS 5/7-3-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-3-3)
Sec. 7-3-3.
The public hearing may be continued from time to time by the
court. After such public hearing and having heard any and all persons
desiring to be heard, including the municipality and any and all persons
residing in or owning property in the territory involved or in the
municipality from which such territory is sought to be disconnected, if the
court shall find that all the allegations of the petition are true, the
court shall grant the prayer of the petition and shall enter an order
disconnecting the territory from the municipality, which order shall be
entered of record in the court and the
clerk of the court
shall file a certified copy of such order with the clerk of the
municipality from which such territory has been detached. If the court
shall find that the allegations contained in the petition are not true then
the court shall enter an order dismissing the same. However, the
disconnection of any territory from the municipality shall not exempt such
territory from taxation for the purpose of paying any indebtedness incurred
by the corporate authorities of the municipality prior to the filing of the
petition for disconnection and such territory shall be assessed and taxed
to pay such indebtedness until such indebtedness is completely paid, the
same as though the territory had not been disconnected.
(Source: P.A. 83-343.)
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