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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6725
Introduced 02/09/04, by Marlow H. Colvin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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70 ILCS 1005/1 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 74 |
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Amends the Mosquito Abatement District Act. Makes technical changes in a
Section concerning a petition for a referendum on the question of organizing a
mosquito
abatement district.
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A BILL FOR
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HB6725 |
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LRB093 16171 MKM 41804 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Mosquito Abatement District Act is amended |
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| by changing
Section 1 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 1005/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 74)
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| Sec. 1. Any contiguous territory having a population of not |
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| less than
300 inhabitants and no part of which is already |
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| included in a mosquito
abatement district may be organized as a |
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| mosquito abatement district in
the following manner:
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| Any 5% of the legal voters within the limits of the |
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| proposed mosquito
abatement district may petition the circuit |
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| court for the county in
which such territory lies, to order the |
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| question whether such territory
shall be organized as a |
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| mosquito abatement district under this Act to be
submitted to |
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| the legal voters of such territory, but every petition
must
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| shall be signed by at least 25 legal voters residing within the
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| territory proposed to be organized as a mosquito abatement |
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| district, and
in case the
such territory includes more than one |
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| city, village or
incorporated town, or any portions thereof, or |
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| includes one or more
cities, villages or incorporated towns, or |
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| any portion thereof and
territory not a part of any city, |
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| village or incorporated town, then
the
such petition must be |
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| signed by at least 5% of the legal voters
residing
in each of |
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| these
the said cities, villages, or incorporated towns, or
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| portions
thereof, and by at least 5% of the legal voters |
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| residing in the
territory not a part of any city, village or |
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| incorporated town. Such
petition addressed to the court must
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| shall contain a definite
description of
the boundaries of the |
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| territory proposed to be organized as a mosquito
abatement |
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| district, and must
shall set forth the name of the proposed
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| district, which name shall be The.... Mosquito Abatement |