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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB7297
Introduced 4/30/2004, by Rep. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act. Requires any local mass transit district to obtain the concurrence, by resolution or ordinance, of the corporate authorities of the municipality within which the territory to be annexed is located when seeking to annex territory that (i) lies within the corporate limits of a municipality, (ii) is contiguous to a local mass transit district, and (iii) is not a part of another local mass transit
district. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB7297 |
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LRB093 22016 MKM 50377 b |
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| AN ACT concerning mass transit.
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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 Local Mass Transit District Act is amended |
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| by changing Section 8.5 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 3610/8.5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 358.5)
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| Sec. 8.5. Annexation of certain contiguous territory |
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| within a municipality.
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| (a) In addition to any other method provided for annexation
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| under this Act, any territory, except property classified as |
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| farmland,
which (1) lies within the corporate limits of a |
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| municipality as defined in
this Act, (2) is contiguous to a |
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| local mass transit district organized
under this Act, and (3) |
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| is not a part of another local mass transit
district, may be |
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| annexed by the contiguous local mass transit district, by
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| ordinance, after a public hearing has been held thereon by the |
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| board of
trustees of the district at a location within the |
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| territory sought to be
annexed, or within 1 mile of any part of |
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| the territory sought to be annexed.
The annexing district shall |
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| cause to be published three times in a newspaper
having general |
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| circulation within the area considered for annexation, at least
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| 30 days prior to the public hearing thereon, a notice that the |
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| local mass
transit district is considering the annexation of |
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| the territory specified. The
notice shall also state the date, |
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| time and place of the public hearing. The
annexing district |
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| shall cause to be delivered to each owner of a parcel of land
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| which is 5 or more acres, which land is proposed to be annexed |
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| in whole or in
part, a written notice containing the |
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| information required to be included in
the published notice. |
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| The notice shall be delivered by first class mail so that
said |
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| notice arrives 30 days in advance of the public hearing. The |
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| board of
trustees of the district shall give due consideration |