(70 ILCS 3405/8) (from Ch. 42, par. 455)
Sec. 8.
Upon filing such petition in the office of the clerk of the
circuit court in which the original petition for the formation of such
surface water protection district was filed, the court shall fix a time
and place of a hearing upon the subject of said petition.
Notice shall be given by the court, or by the circuit clerk or
sheriff upon order of the court of the county in which such petition is
filed, of the time and place of a hearing upon the petition in the
manner as provided in Section 3. The conduct of the hearing and the referendum
on the question whether the
proposed additional territory shall become a part of the surface water
protection district, shall be carried out in the manner described in
Section 3, as nearly as may be and in accordance
with the general election law. The question shall be in substantially
the following form:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For joining the.... Surface WaterProtection District and assuming aproportionate share of bondedindebtedness, if any.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Against joining the.... SurfaceWater Protection District and assuminga proportionate share of bondedindebtedness, if any.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the votes cast at such election upon the question of
becoming a part of any contiguous surface water protection district
shall be in favor of becoming a part of such surface water protection
district, the court shall then enter an order stating that such
additional territory shall thenceforth be an integral part of such
surface water protection 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. 81-1489.)
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