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() 65 ILCS 5/Art. 2 Div. 4
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 2 Div. 4 heading)
DIVISION 4.
CHANGING NAME
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65 ILCS 5/2-4-1
(65 ILCS 5/2-4-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-1)
Sec. 2-4-1.
Whenever a petition, signed by electors of any municipality,
numbering at least one-half of those who voted for the officers therein at
the last election, is presented to the corporate authorities of any
municipality wherein the petitioners reside, requesting that the name of
the municipality be changed, the corporate authorities shall proceed as
follows.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/2-4-2
(65 ILCS 5/2-4-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-2)
Sec. 2-4-2.
Before action is had upon such petition, the name proposed to
be given to such municipality shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
After the proposed name has been on file for 60 days and it appears from
information in his office that the proposed name has not been adopted by
any municipality the Secretary of State shall grant a certificate so
stating. If the proposed name is the same as the name of another
municipality in Illinois, the Secretary of State shall inform the
petitioners thereof. Thereupon, the petitioners may file another proposed
name with the Secretary of State and they may proceed in the manner set
forth in this section. Corporate authorities shall not act upon such
petition until the Secretary of State has issued such certificate.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/2-4-3
(65 ILCS 5/2-4-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-3)
Sec. 2-4-3.
The Secretary of State shall keep in his office a file in
alphabetical order of the municipalities in Illinois. This file of names
shall be changed to accord with any change of names made under this Code.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/2-4-4
(65 ILCS 5/2-4-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-4)
Sec. 2-4-4.
The corporate authorities shall fix the time when such petition
shall be considered, and publish a notice thereof at least once, not more
than 30 nor less than 15 days before the hearing, in one or more newspapers
published in the municipality, or, if no newspaper is published therein,
then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the
municipality. In municipalities with less than 500 population in which no
newspaper is published, publication may instead be made by posting a notice
in 3 prominent places within the municipality. The notice shall state that
a change of the name of the municipality has been requested, the time when
action on the petition will be taken, and that remonstrances, if any, will
be heard at that time.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/2-4-5
(65 ILCS 5/2-4-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-5)
Sec. 2-4-5.
Such corporate authorities shall hold a hearing on such
petition and all remonstrances thereto, at the time fixed in such notice,
or at any subsequent meeting of the corporate authorities if, for any
reason, action on the petition is not taken at the time fixed. If the
corporate authorities are satisfied that a change of name is desirable,
they shall make an order changing the name and adopting the name requested
in the petition.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/2-4-6
(65 ILCS 5/2-4-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-6)
Sec. 2-4-6.
If a change of name is made, the corporate authorities shall
file a copy of the order making the change with the Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State
shall publish a notice of the change at least once in one or more
newspapers published in the municipality, or, if no newspaper is published
therein, then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within
the municipality. In municipalities with less than 500 population in which
no newspaper is published, publication may instead be made by posting a
notice in 3 prominent places within the municipality. The courts shall take
judicial notice of the change of name.
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
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65 ILCS 5/2-4-7
(65 ILCS 5/2-4-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-7)
Sec. 2-4-7.
No rights, duties, or privileges of such municipality, or those
of any person, existing before the change of name, shall be affected by a
change of name as provided by this Code. All proceedings pending in any
court in favor of or against such municipality, may continue to final
consummation under the name in which they were commenced.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/2-4-8
(65 ILCS 5/2-4-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-8)
Sec. 2-4-8.
If the name of any municipality is changed without complying
with this Code, nevertheless, all proceedings instituted or acts done under
the name as changed shall be valid if they would have been valid if done
under the old name.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/2-4-9
(65 ILCS 5/2-4-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-4-9)
Sec. 2-4-9.
Upon petition of a majority of the electors residing within any
unincorporated town or unincorporated village, the circuit court of the
county within which such town or village is situated, at any regular term,
may change the name of such town or village after, (1) the plat of such
town or village has been filed with the recorder in the specified
county, and (2) there has been a compliance with the provisions of Section
2-4-2.
(Source: P.A. 83-358.)
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