(70 ILCS 2605/274)

Sec. 274. Annexation.

(a) Upon August 14, 1992, and subject to the other provisions of this Section, the corporate limits of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, formerly known as the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago and as the Sanitary District of Chicago, are extended to include the following described tracts, and those tracts are annexed to the District:

The North 495.00 feet (Except the west 880.00 feet thereof) of the east 1/2 of the northwest 1/4 of Section 21, Township 42 North, Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian (excepting from the above described tract, the west 150 feet of the north 290.40 feet therefore); in Cook County, Illinois; and also that part of Harrison Street lying east of and adjacent to aforementioned parcel, also

The west 150 feet of the north 290.40 feet of the North 495 feet (except the west 880 feet thereof) of the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 21, Township 42 North, Range 10, East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois, also

The east 440 feet of the west 880 feet of the north 495.00 feet of the east half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 21, Township 42, North, Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

(b) Within 30 days after August 14, 1992, the corporate authorities of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago shall cause a notice to be published once a week for 3 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory to be annexed under subsection (a). The notice shall describe the territory and shall state (i) the specific number of electors required to sign a petition requesting that the question of the extension of the corporate limits of the district as provided in subsection (a) be submitted to the electors of the territory to be annexed, (ii) the time in which the petition must be filed, and (iii) the date of the prospective referendum. The district clerk shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.

(c) If no valid petition requesting a referendum is filed with the district clerk within 30 days after the last publication of the notice, the tracts described in subsection (a) are annexed to the district.

(d) If, however, within 30 days after the last publication of the notice, a petition is filed with the district clerk, signed by at least 10% of the electors residing in the territory to be annexed, requesting that the question of the extension of the corporate limits of the district as provided in subsection (a) be submitted to the electors of the territory to be annexed, the clerk shall certify the question to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question at the next regular election. The question shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall the corporate limits of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago be extended to include the following described tracts of land?

(Description of tracts.) Notice of the referendum shall be given, and the referendum shall be conducted, according to the general election law.

If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in the affirmative, the tracts are annexed to the district; otherwise, the tracts are not annexed.

(Source: P.A. 87-901; 88-45.)