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Public Act 91-0680
HB1124 Enrolled LRB9104227DHmg
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by changing
Section 2-3-5a.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 2-3-5a as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/2-3-5a) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5a)
Sec. 2-3-5a. Incorporation of village.
(a) Whenever in any county of 150,000 or more population
as determined by the last preceding federal census any area
of contiguous territory contains at least 4 square miles and
2500 inhabitants residing in permanent dwellings, that area
may be incorporated as a village if a petition filed by 250
electors residing within that area is filed with the circuit
clerk of the county in which such area is located addressed
to the circuit court for that county. The petition must set
forth:
(1) a legal description of the area intended to be
included in the proposed village,
(2) the number of residents in that area,
(3) the name of the proposed village, and
(4) a prayer that the question of the
incorporation of the area as a village be submitted to
the electors residing within the limits of the proposed
village.
If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies
within 1 1/2 miles of the limits of any existing
municipality, the consent of that municipality must be
obtained before the area may be incorporated.
(b) If, in a county having more than 240,000 350,000 but
fewer than 400,000 inhabitants as determined by the last
preceding federal census, an area of contiguous territory
contains at least 3 square miles and 5,000 8,000 inhabitants
residing in permanent dwellings, that area may be
incorporated as a village in the same manner as is provided
in subsection (a). The consent of a municipality need not be
obtained.
(c) If, in a county having more than 316,000 but fewer
than 318,000 inhabitants as determined by the last preceding
federal census, an area of contiguous territory that does not
exceed one square mile and between 1000 and 1500 inhabitants
residing in permanent dwellings, and is located within 10
miles of a county with a population of less than 150,000 as
determined by the last preceding federal census, that area
may be incorporated as a village in the same manner as is
provided in subsection (a). The consent of a municipality
need not be obtained.
(Source: P.A. 88-572, eff. 8-11-94; 88-661, eff. 9-16-94;
89-388, eff. 1-1-96.)
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