Public Act 101-0476
 
HB2583 EnrolledLRB101 08780 AWJ 53867 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The River Conservancy Districts Act is amended
by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 2105/3)  (from Ch. 42, par. 385)
    Sec. 3. Additional territory may be added to any
conservancy district as provided for in this Act in the manner
following:
    One per cent or more of the legal voters resident within
the limits of such proposed addition to such conservancy
district, in each county in which the proposed addition is
situated, may petition the circuit court for the county in
which the original petition for the formation of said
conservancy district was filed, to cause the question to be
submitted to the legal voters of such proposed additional
territory whether such proposed additional territory shall
become a part of any conservancy district organized under this
Act and whether such additional territory shall assume a
proportionate share of the bonded indebtedness, if any, of such
conservancy district. Such petition shall be addressed to the
court of the county in which the original petition for
organization was filed, and shall contain a generally accurate
description of the boundaries of the territory to be embraced
in the proposed addition, and, if desired, a new name of the
expanded district.
    Upon filing such petition in the office of the circuit
clerk of the county in which the original petition for the
formation of such conservancy district was filed it shall be
the duty of the court to consider, fix and determine the
boundaries of any such proposed additional territory, whether
the same shall be those stated in the petition or otherwise and
a decision of the court shall be reviewable as in other civil
cases.
    A date shall be fixed and notice shall be given by the
court of the county in which such petition is filed of the time
and place where such hearing shall be held in the manner
described in Section 1 of this Act. The conduct of the meeting,
and the power of the court to fix and alter the boundaries of
the proposed addition shall be carried out in the manner
described in Section 1 of this Act, as nearly as may be. The
court shall certify the question to the proper election
officials who shall submit the question at an election in
accordance with the general election law. The question shall be
in substantially the following form:
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    For  joining the Conservancy
District and assuming a
proportionate share of bonded
indebtedness.
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    Against joining Conservancy
District and assuming a
proportionate share of bonded
indebtedness.
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    If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of
becoming a part of any conservancy district shall be in favor
of becoming a part of such conservancy district and if the
board of trustees of said conservancy district accept the
proposed additional territory by ordinance annexing the same,
the court shall enter an appropriate order of record in the
court and such additional territory shall thenceforth be deemed
an integral part of such conservancy district and shall be
subject to all the benefits, responsibilities and obligations
of said conservancy district as herein set forth.
    Any such additional territory may also be annexed to such
conservancy district upon petition addressed to the court for
the county in which the original petition for organization of
the district was filed, signed by a majority of the owners of
lands constituting such territory sought to be annexed, who
shall have arrived at lawful age and who represent a majority
in area of such territory, which said petition shall contain a
generally accurate description of the boundaries of such
territory sought to be annexed, and shall set forth the
willingness of the petitioners of such territory to assume a
proportionate share of the bonded indebtedness, if any, of such
conservancy district.
    Upon the filing of such petition and notice of and hearing
the decision upon the same by the court, all as herein before
provided in Section 1 of this Act with reference to notice,
hearing and decision upon the petition for the original
organization of such district, such court shall enter an order
containing its findings and decision as to the boundaries of
the territory to be annexed; and thereupon if the board of
trustees of such conservancy district shall pass an ordinance
annexing the territory described in such order to said
conservancy district, the court shall enter an appropriate
order finding that the territory is so annexed and such
additional territory shall thenceforth be deemed an integral
part of such conservancy district and shall be subject to all
the benefits, responsibilities and obligations of said
conservancy district as herein set forth.
(Source: P.A. 86-1307.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.