65 ILCS 40/ Town Incorporation Validation Act.

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65 ILCS 40/0.01

(65 ILCS 40/0.01) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.12h)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

Town Incorporation Validation Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

65 ILCS 40/1

(65 ILCS 40/1) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.13)

Sec. 1.

Whenever the legal voters of any territory have, for at least 20 years
preceding the effective date of this Act, elected town officers, who have
levied taxes and have performed the functions of and acted as the corporate
authorities of an incorporated town, and the court records of the
incorporation of such territory as an incorporated town have been destroyed
and the records in the office of the Secretary of State are missing or are
incomplete, such territory is declared to be validly organized and
incorporated as an incorporated town and all acts taken in reliance upon
such organization, including any annexations to such an incorporated town
from the date of organization to the effective date of this Act, are
validated.

(Source: P.A. 77-349.)

65 ILCS 40/2

(65 ILCS 40/2) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.14)

Sec. 2.

The president of any incorporated town to which this Act is applicable
may certify such fact to the recorder of deeds of the county in which the
incorporated town is located. The recorder of deeds shall record this
certification and shall immediately transmit the certification to the
Secretary of State together with his certificate of recordation. If it
appears from the certification and such other supporting evidence as may be
required by the Secretary of State that the incorporated town is one which
is described by Section 1, the Secretary of State shall file the documents,
issue his certificate of approval and enter the incorporated town in the
register of municipalities required by Section 2-1-5 of the "Illinois
Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as amended.

(Source: P.A. 77-349.)