101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2157

 

Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/7-1-8  from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-8
65 ILCS 5/7-1-13  from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-13

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Requires that petitions for a municipality to annex contiguous territory that is not within the corporate limits of a municipality must also include: that the petition for annexation is made solely for the benefit of the owners of record of the land and, if applicable, the electors residing in the territory; and that the petition for annexation is not made for the purpose of assisting any municipality in annexing specified unincorporated territory containing 60 acres or less. In provisions concerning annexing unincorporated territory containing 60 acres or less, provides that the land being annexed must be wholly bounded by specified privately-owned land. Defines "privately-owned land". Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Sections 7-1-8 and 7-1-13 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/7-1-8)  (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-8)
7    Sec. 7-1-8. Any territory which is not within the corporate
8limits of any municipality but which is contiguous to a
9municipality at the time of annexation and which territory has
10no electors residing therein, or any such territory with
11electors residing therein, may be annexed to the municipality
12in the following manner: a written petition signed by the
13owners of record of all land within such territory and by at
14least 51% of the electors residing therein shall be filed with
15the municipal clerk. The petition shall request annexation and
16shall state (a) that no electors reside therein or that at
17least 51% of such electors residing therein join in the
18petition, whichever shall be the case, (b) that the petition
19for annexation is made solely for the benefit of the owners of
20record of the land and, if applicable, the electors residing in
21the territory, and (c) that the petition for annexation is not
22made for the purpose of assisting any municipality in annexing
23additional territory pursuant to Section 7-1-13, and shall be

 

 

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1under oath. The corporate authorities of the municipality to
2which annexation is sought shall then consider the question of
3the annexation of the described territory. A majority vote of
4the corporate authorities then holding office is required to
5annex. The vote shall be by "yeas" and "nays" entered on the
6legislative records. A copy of the ordinance annexing the
7territory together with an accurate map of the annexed
8territory shall be recorded with the recorder and filed with
9the County Clerk within the county wherever the annexed
10territory is located.
11(Source: P.A. 83-358.)
 
12    (65 ILCS 5/7-1-13)  (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-13)
13    Sec. 7-1-13. Annexation.
14    (a) Whenever any unincorporated territory containing 60
15acres or less, is wholly bounded by (a) privately-owned land
16located in one or more municipalities, (b) privately-owned land
17located in one or more municipalities and a creek in a county
18with a population of 400,000 or more, or one or more
19municipalities and a river or lake in any county, (c)
20privately-owned land located in one or more municipalities and
21the Illinois State boundary, (d) except as provided in item (h)
22of this subsection (a), privately-owned land located in one or
23more municipalities and property owned by the State of
24Illinois, except highway right-of-way owned in fee by the
25State, (e) privately-owned land located in one or more

 

 

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1municipalities and a forest preserve district or park district,
2(f) if the territory is a triangular parcel of less than 10
3acres, privately-owned land located in one or more
4municipalities and an interstate highway owned in fee by the
5State and bounded by a frontage road, (g) privately-owned land
6located in one or more municipalities in a county with a
7population of more than 800,000 inhabitants and less than
82,000,000 inhabitants and either a railroad or operating
9property, as defined in the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS
10200/11-70), being immediately adjacent to, but exclusive of
11that railroad property, (h) privately-owned land located in one
12or more municipalities located within a county with a
13population of more than 800,000 inhabitants and less than
142,000,000 inhabitants and property owned by the State,
15including without limitation a highway right-of-way owned in
16fee by the State, or (i) privately-owned land located in one or
17more municipalities and property on which a federally funded
18research facility in excess of 2,000 acres is located, that
19territory may be annexed by any municipality by which it is
20bounded in whole or in part, by the passage of an ordinance to
21that effect after notice is given as provided in subsection (b)
22of this Section. Land or property that is used for agricultural
23purposes or to produce agricultural goods shall not be annexed
24pursuant to item (g). Nothing in this Section shall subject any
25railroad property to the zoning or jurisdiction of any
26municipality annexing the property under this Section. The

 

 

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1ordinance shall describe the territory annexed and a copy
2thereof together with an accurate map of the annexed territory
3shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county
4wherein the annexed territory is situated and a document of
5annexation shall be filed with the county clerk and County
6Election Authority. Nothing in this Section shall be construed
7as permitting a municipality to annex territory of a forest
8preserve district in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or
9more without obtaining the consent of the district pursuant to
10Section 8.3 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act nor
11shall anything in this Section be construed as permitting a
12municipality to annex territory owned by a park district
13without obtaining the consent of the district pursuant to
14Section 8-1.1 of the Park District Code. As used in this
15subsection, "privately-owned land" means land not owned by the
16State or any school district or unit of local government.
17    (b) The corporate authorities shall cause notice, stating
18that annexation of the territory described in the notice is
19contemplated under this Section, to be published once, in a
20newspaper of general circulation within the territory to be
21annexed, not less than 10 days before the passage of the
22annexation ordinance, and for land annexed pursuant to item (g)
23of subsection (a) of this Section, notice shall be given to the
24impacted land owners. The corporate authorities shall also, not
25less than 15 days before the passage of the annexation
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1minimum, by certified mail, on the taxpayer of record of the
2proposed annexed territory as appears from the authentic tax
3records of the county. When the territory to be annexed lies
4wholly or partially within a township other than the township
5where the municipality is situated, the annexing municipality
6shall give at least 10 days prior written notice of the time
7and place of the passage of the annexation ordinance to the
8township supervisor of the township where the territory to be
9annexed lies. If the territory to be annexed lies within the
10unincorporated area of a county, then the annexing municipality
11shall give at least 10 days' prior written notice of the time
12and place of the passage of the annexation ordinance to the
13corporate authorities of the county where the territory to be
14annexed lies.
15    (c) When notice is given as described in subsection (b) of
16this Section, no other municipality may annex the proposed
17territory for a period of 60 days from the date the notice is
18mailed or delivered to the taxpayer of record unless that other
19municipality has initiated annexation proceedings or a valid
20petition as described in Section 7-1-2, 7-1-8, 7-1-11 or 7-1-12
21of this Code has been received by the municipality prior to the
22publication and mailing of the notices required in subsection
23(b).
24(Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1048, eff. 7-14-10;
2596-1049, eff. 7-14-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-446, eff.
268-19-11.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.