70 ILCS 910/10

(70 ILCS 910/10) (from Ch. 23, par. 1260)

Sec. 10.

Petitions for annexation; petitions to detach previously annexed
territory.
A petition for annexation of land to a Hospital District
shall be signed by not less than 10% or 50 voters, whichever is fewer,
residing within the territory therein described proposed for annexation
and shall be filed with the circuit clerk of the county in which the
District or the greater portion thereof is situated, and shall be
addressed to the circuit court. A hearing shall be held thereon as nearly
as possible as in the case of a formation petition.  If upon the
hearing, the court finds that the petition is sufficient it shall certify
the proposition to the proper election
officials, who shall submit the question to the voters at an election in
accordance with the general election law.  The proposition shall be
substantially
in the following form:

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    Shall (description of territory)          YES
be annexed to the.... Hospital       ------------------------
District?                                    NO
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If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition
in the District and in
the territory described in the petition respectively, are in favor of
annexation the court shall by order declare the territory annexed and
shall describe the altered boundaries of the District.

In addition to the above, within 60 days after the entry of an order
by a court under Section 8 of this Act evidencing the organization of a
Hospital District, not less than 50% of the legal voters residing within
any municipality or any civil township (or congressional township in
counties under commission form of government) or such fractional part of
either type of township as is included within such District may file a
petition for the detachment of such territory with the circuit clerk of
the county in which the District or the greater portion thereof is
situated addressed to the circuit court for such county; provided, that
such detachment is not permissible if it will destroy the contiguity of
the territory of the District.  In the case of a hospital district created
prior to September 15, 1950 with territory located partially within two
different counties, where less than 10% of the population of the district
is located in one county, the legal voters residing in that part of the
hospital district located within the county representing less than 10% of
the population of said hospital district may file a petition for detachment
at any time.  A hearing shall be held thereon as nearly as possible as in
the case of a formation petition. If upon the hearing,
the court finds that the petition is sufficient it shall certify the proposition
to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question to the voters
at an election in
accordance with the general election law.  The proposition shall be
substantially
in the following form:

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    Shall the (described) territory            YES
be detached from the.... Hospital      ----------------------
District?                                     NO
--------------------------------------------------------------

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition
are in favor of
detachment of the territory, the court shall by order declare the
territory detached and shall describe the altered boundaries of the
District.

If territory is disconnected from a district, the property owners in such
territory are still responsible for the proportionate debt of any outstanding
bonded indebtedness at the time of disconnection.

Also in addition, within 24 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the legal voters residing within a
hospital district
may file a petition for detachment from the hospital district where (i) the
territory sought to be detached was added to the hospital district by way of
annexation; and (ii) the equalized assessed valuation of the territory sought
to be detached constitutes less than 25% of the equalized assessed valuation of
the hospital district.  The petition must be signed by not less than 5% of the
legal voters of the territory sought to be detached.
Detachment is not permissible if it would destroy the contiguity
of the territory of the District.  A hearing shall be held on the petition as
nearly
as possible as in the case of a formation petition.  If upon the hearing, the
court finds that the petition is sufficient, it shall certify the proposition
to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question to the legal
voters of the territory proposed to be detached at an election in accordance
with the general election law.  The proposition
shall
be substantially in the following form:

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in favor of
detachment
of the territory, the court shall by order declare the territory detached and
shall describe the altered boundaries of the District.

If territory is disconnected from a district, the property owners in that
territory are still responsible for the proportionate debt of any outstanding
bonded indebtedness at the time of disconnection.

(Source: P.A. 91-449, eff. 8-6-99.)