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65 ILCS 5/Art. 2 Div. 4

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 2 Div. 4 heading)
DIVISION 4. CHANGING NAME

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)