(70 ILCS 1807/170)
Sec. 170.
Annexation of territory having no legal voters.
If there is
territory
contiguous to the district that has no legal voters residing within it, a
petition to
annex the territory signed by all the owners of record of the territory may be
filed with
the circuit court for the county in which a major part of the district is
situated. A
time and place for a hearing on the subject of the petition shall be fixed and
notice of
the hearing shall be given in the manner provided in Section 165. At the
hearing any
owner of land in the territory proposed to be annexed, the district, and any
resident of the
district may appear and be heard touching on the sufficiency of the petition.
If the court
finds that the petition satisfies the requirements of this Section, it shall
enter an order
stating that thenceforth the territory shall be an integral part of the Heart
of Illinois
Regional Port District and subject to all of the benefits of service and
responsibilities
of the district. The circuit clerk shall
transmit a certified copy of the order of the court
to the circuit clerk of any other county in which the annexed territory is
situated.
(Source: P.A. 93-262, eff. 7-22-03.)
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