(70 ILCS 3705/28.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 212.3-1)
Sec. 28.1.
The owner or owners of record of any area of land consisting of
one or more tracts, lying within the corporate limits of any public water
district which (1) is not contiguous in whole or in part to any other
public water district; (2) contains twenty or more acres; (3) is not
subdivided into municipal lots and blocks; (4) is located on the border of
the public water district; (5) if disconnected, will not result in the
isolation of any part of the public water district from the remainder of
the public water district, may have the area disconnected as follows:
The owner or owners of record of any such area shall file a petition in
the Circuit Court of the county in which the land is situated, alleging
facts in support of the disconnection. If such area of land is located in
two or more counties, such petition shall be filed in the Circuit Court of
the county in which the largest portion of such area of land is located.
The public water district from which disconnection is sought shall be made
a Defendant and it or any taxpayer residing in the public water district
may appear and defend against the petition. If the court finds that the
allegations of the petition are true, and that the area of land is entitled
to disconnection, it shall order the designated land disconnected. However,
the disconnection of any such land shall not exempt it from taxation for
the purpose of paying any bonded indebtedness contracted by the district
prior to the filing of the disconnection petition. The disconnection order
shall be filed in the records of the court and a certified
copy of the
order shall be sent to the county clerk who shall adjust the tax records
accordingly.
(Source: P.A. 83-343.)
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