Full Text of SB2151 93rd General Assembly
SB2151 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB2151
Introduced 1/14/2004, by Larry K. Bomke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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65 ILCS 5/2-3-5 |
from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5 |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that any contiguous territory in a county of 150,000 or more that meets certain requirements may be incorporated as a village if (i) any part of the territory is situated within 25 (now, 10) miles of a county with a population of less than 150,000 and a petition is filed before January 1, 2005 (now, January 1, 1991). Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2151 |
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LRB093 16644 MKM 42295 b |
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| AN ACT concerning municipalities.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 2-3-5 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/2-3-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5)
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| Sec. 2-3-5. Whenever in any county of less than 150,000 | 8 |
| population as
determined by the last preceding federal census, | 9 |
| any area of contiguous
territory, not exceeding 2 square miles, | 10 |
| not already included within the
corporate limits of any | 11 |
| municipality, has residing thereon at least 200
inhabitants | 12 |
| living in dwellings other than those designed to be mobile, and
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| is owned by at least 30 different owners, it may be | 14 |
| incorporated as a village
as follows:
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| 35 electors residing within the area may file with the | 16 |
| circuit clerk of
the county in which such area is situated a | 17 |
| petition addressed to the
circuit court for that county.
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| The petition shall set forth (1) a definite description of | 19 |
| the lands
intended to be embraced in the proposed village, (2) | 20 |
| the number of
inhabitants residing therein, (3) the name of the | 21 |
| proposed village, and (4)
a prayer that a question be submitted | 22 |
| to the electors residing within the
limits of the proposed | 23 |
| village whether they will incorporate as a village
under this | 24 |
| Code.
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| If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies | 26 |
| within 1 1/2
miles of the boundary line of any existing | 27 |
| municipality, the consent of the
existing municipality must be | 28 |
| obtained before the area may be incorporated.
No area in a | 29 |
| county with a population of 150,000 or more that is
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| incorporating under the provisions of this Section shall need | 31 |
| to obtain the
consent of any existing municipality before the | 32 |
| area may be incorporated.
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| In addition, any contiguous territory in a county of | 2 |
| 150,000 or more
population which otherwise meets the | 3 |
| requirements of this Section may be
incorporated as a village | 4 |
| pursuant to the provisions of this Section if (1)
any part of | 5 |
| such territory is situated within 25
10 miles of a county
with | 6 |
| a
population less than 150,000 and a petition is filed pursuant | 7 |
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this
Section before January 1, 2005
1991 or (2) any part of | 8 |
| the territory is situated
within 25 miles of the Illinois state | 9 |
| line in a county having a
population,
according to the 1990 | 10 |
| federal decennial census, of at least 150,000 but less
than | 11 |
| 185,000 and a petition is filed pursuant to
this Section before | 12 |
| January 1, 1998.
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| In addition, contiguous territory not exceeding 2 square | 14 |
| miles in a county
with a population of not less than 300,000 | 15 |
| and not more than 350,000 that
otherwise meets the requirements | 16 |
| of
this Section may be incorporated as a village pursuant to | 17 |
| the provisions of
this Section if (1) any part of the territory | 18 |
| is situated within 2 miles of a
county with a population of | 19 |
| less than 150,000 and (2) a petition is filed in
the manner | 20 |
| provided in this Section before July 1, 2001. The
requirements
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| of Section 2-3-18 concerning compatibility with the official | 22 |
| plan for
development of the county shall not
apply
to any | 23 |
| territory seeking incorporation under this paragraph.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-190, eff. 7-24-97; 91-885, eff. 7-6-00.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 |
| becoming law.
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