(70 ILCS 3705/26) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 212.1)
Sec. 26.
Annexation.
Any territory which is contiguous to a public water
district
organized under this Act and which is not included in any public water
district may be annexed to such contiguous public water district in the
manner provided by this Section.
A petition, signed by two-thirds of the legal voters residing in the
territory sought to be annexed, or if there are no legal voters in the
territory, a majority of the owners of record of the land in the
territory, and addressed
to the circuit court of the
county in which the public water district to which annexation is sought was
organized, requesting that the territory described in the petition be
annexed to such public water district, may be filed with the clerk of such
court. The clerk of such court shall thereupon present such petition to the
court which shall set a time, place and date for a hearing thereon, which
date shall be not less than 20 nor more than 45 days after the date the
petition was filed. The court shall give notice of the time, place and date
of the hearing by publication in one or more newspapers published in the
district, and if there is no such newspaper, in one or more newspapers
published
in the county and having a general
circulation within the public water district and within the territory
sought to be annexed thereto, which publication shall be made at least 15
days prior to the date set for the hearing.
(Source: P.A. 91-88, eff. 7-9-99.)
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