Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
Filed: 3/11/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2583 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2583 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The River Conservancy Districts Act is amended  
5by changing Section 3 as follows:
 



6    (70 ILCS 2105/3)  (from Ch. 42, par. 385)



7    Sec. 3. 
Additional territory, including a part of a county 
8or an entire county or counties, may be added to any 
9conservancy district
as provided for in this Act in the manner 
10following:

11    One per cent or more of the legal voters resident within 
12the limits
of such proposed addition to such conservancy 
13district, in each county in
which the proposed addition is 
14situated, may petition the
circuit court for the county in 
15which the original petition for the
formation of said 
16conservancy district was filed, to cause the question
to be 
 
 
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1submitted to the legal voters of such proposed additional

2territory whether such proposed additional territory shall 
3become a part
of any conservancy district organized under this 
4Act and whether such
additional territory shall assume a 
5proportionate share of the bonded
indebtedness, if any, of such 
6conservancy district. Such petition shall
be addressed to the 
7court of the county in which the original petition
for 
8organization was filed, and shall contain a generally accurate

9description of the boundaries of the territory to be embraced 
10in the
proposed addition, and, if desired, a new name of the 
11expanded district.

12    Upon filing such petition in the office of the circuit 
13clerk of the
county in which the original petition for the 
14formation of such
conservancy district was filed it shall be 
15the duty of the court to
consider, fix and determine the 
16boundaries of any such proposed
additional territory, whether 
17the same shall be those stated in the
petition or otherwise and 
18a decision of the court shall be reviewable as
in other civil 
19cases.

20    A date shall be fixed and notice shall be given by the 
21court of the
county in which such petition is filed of the time 
22and place where such
hearing shall be held in the manner 
23described in Section 1 of this Act, including notice in each 
24county in which the additional territory is located.
The 
25conduct of the meeting, and the power of the court to fix and 
26alter the
boundaries of the proposed addition shall be carried 
 
 
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1out in the manner
described in Section 1 of this Act, as nearly 
2as may be. The court shall
certify the question to the proper 
3election officials who shall submit the
question at an election 
4in accordance with the general election law. The
question shall 
5be in substantially the following form:

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7    For  joining the Conservancy

8District and assuming a

9proportionate share of bonded

10indebtedness.

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12    Against joining Conservancy

13District and assuming a

14proportionate share of bonded

15indebtedness.

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17    If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of

18becoming a part of any conservancy district shall be in favor 
19of
becoming a part of such conservancy district and if the 
20board of
trustees of said conservancy district accept the 
21proposed additional
territory by ordinance annexing the same, 
22the court shall enter an
appropriate order of record in the 
23court
and such additional
territory shall thenceforth be deemed 
24an integral part of such
conservancy district and shall be 
25subject to all the benefits,
responsibilities and obligations 
26of said conservancy district as herein
set forth.

 
 
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1    Any such additional territory may also be annexed to such 
2conservancy
district upon petition addressed to the court for 
3the county in which
the original petition for organization of 
4the district was filed, signed
by a majority of the owners of 
5lands constituting such territory sought
to be annexed, who 
6shall have arrived at lawful age and who represent a
majority 
7in area of such territory, which said petition shall contain a

8generally accurate description of the boundaries of such 
9territory
sought to be annexed, and shall set forth the 
10willingness of the
petitioners of such territory to assume a 
11proportionate share of the
bonded indebtedness, if any, of such 
12conservancy district.

13    Upon the filing of such petition and notice of and hearing 
14the
decision upon the same by the court, all as herein before 
15provided in
Section 1 of this Act with reference to notice, 
16hearing and decision
upon the petition for the original 
17organization of such district, such
court shall enter an order 
18containing its findings and decision as to
the boundaries of 
19the territory to be annexed; and thereupon if the
board of 
20trustees of such conservancy district shall pass an ordinance

21annexing the territory described in such order to said 
22conservancy
district, the court shall enter an appropriate 
23order finding that the
territory is so annexed and such 
24additional territory shall thenceforth
be deemed an integral 
25part of such conservancy district and shall be
subject to all 
26the benefits, responsibilities and obligations of said

 
 
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1conservancy district as herein set forth.

2(Source: P.A. 86-1307.)

 
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.".