(70 ILCS 1835/37) (from Ch. 19, par. 737)
Sec. 37.
At least 5% of the legal voters residing within the limits of such
proposed addition to the District shall petition the circuit court for
Wabash County 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 the District and assume a proportionate
share of the general obligation bonded indebtedness, if any, of the
District. Such petition shall be addressed to the court and shall
contain a definite description of the boundaries of the territory to be
embraced in the proposed addition.
Upon filing any such petition with the clerk of the court, the court shall
fix a time and place for a hearing upon the subject of the petition. Notice
shall be given by the court, or by the circuit clerk or sheriff, at the
order and direction of the court, of the time and place of the hearing upon
the petition at least 20 days prior thereto by at least one publication
thereof in any newspaper having general circulation within the area proposed
to be annexed, and by mailing a copy of such notice to the mayor or president
of the board of trustees of all cities, villages and incorporated towns
within the District.
At the hearing all persons residing in or owning property situated in
the area proposed to be annexed to the District may appear and be heard
touching upon the sufficiency of the petition. If the court finds that
the petition does not comply with the requirements of the law, the court
shall dismiss the petition; but if the court finds that the petition
is sufficient the court shall certify the proposition to the proper election
officials, who shall submit the question to the voters at an election in
accordance with the general election law. In addition to the requirements
of the general election law, the notice of the referendum shall specify
the purpose of such referendum with a description of the area proposed to
be annexed to the District.
Each legal voter resident within the area proposed to be annexed to the
District shall have the right to cast a ballot at such election. The proposition
shall be in substantially the following form:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For joining the Mt. Carmel RegionalPort District and assuming aproportionate share of general obligationbonded indebtedness, if any.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Against joining the Mt. Carmel RegionalPort District and assuming aproportionate share of general obligationbonded indebtedness, if any.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The court shall cause a statement of the results of such election to be
filed in the records of the court.
If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of
annexation to the District are in favor of becoming a part of such
District, the court shall then enter an order stating that such
additional territory shall be an integral part of the Mt. Carmel
Regional Port District and subject to all of the benefits of service and
responsibilities of the District. The circuit clerk shall transmit a
certified copy of the order to the circuit clerk of any other county in
which any of the territory affected is situated.
(Source: P.A. 83-343.)
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