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    AN ACT concerning municipalities.

 
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 2-3-5 as follows:
 



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    (65 ILCS 5/2-3-5)  (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5)


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    Sec. 2-3-5. Whenever in any county of less than 150,000 
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population as
determined by the last preceding federal census, 
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any area of contiguous
territory, not exceeding 2 square miles, 
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not already included within the
corporate limits of any 
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municipality, has residing thereon at least 200
inhabitants 
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living in dwellings other than those designed to be mobile, and

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is owned by at least 30 different owners, it may be 
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incorporated as a village
as follows:

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    35 electors residing within the area may file with the 
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circuit clerk of
the county in which such area is situated a 
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petition addressed to the
circuit court for that county.

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    The petition shall set forth (1) a definite description of 
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the lands
intended to be embraced in the proposed village, (2) 
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the number of
inhabitants residing therein, (3) the name of the 
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proposed village, and (4)
a prayer that a question be submitted 
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to the electors residing within the
limits of the proposed 
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village whether they will incorporate as a village
under this 
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Code.

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    If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies 
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within 1 1/2
miles of the boundary line of any existing 
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municipality, the consent of the
existing municipality must be 
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obtained before the area may be incorporated.
No area in a 
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county with a population of 150,000 or more that is

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incorporating under the provisions of this Section shall need 
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to obtain the
consent of any existing municipality before the 
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area may be incorporated.

 


 






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    In addition, any contiguous territory in a county of 
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150,000 or more
population which otherwise meets the 
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requirements of this Section may be
incorporated as a village 
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pursuant to the provisions of this Section if (1)
any part of 
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such territory is situated within
10 miles of a county
with a

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population less than 150,000 and a petition is filed pursuant 
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to
this
Section before January 1,
1991 or (2) any part of the 
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territory is situated
within 25 miles of the Illinois state 
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line in a county having a
population,
according to the 1990 
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federal decennial census, of at least 150,000 but less
than 
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185,000 and a petition is filed pursuant to
this Section before 
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January 1, 1998.

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    In addition, contiguous territory not exceeding 2 square 
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miles in a county
with a population of not less than 187,000

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300,000 and not more than 190,000
350,000 that
otherwise meets 
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the requirements of
this Section may be incorporated as a 
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village pursuant to the provisions of
this Section if (1) any 
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part of the territory is situated within 13
2 miles of a
county 
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with a population of less than 38,000 and more than 36,000

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150,000 and (2) a petition is filed in
the manner provided in 
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this Section before January 1, 2005
July 1, 2001.  The

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requirements
of Section 2-3-18 concerning compatibility with 
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the official plan for
development of the county shall not
apply

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to any territory seeking incorporation under this paragraph.

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(Source: P.A. 90-190, eff. 7-24-97; 91-885, eff. 7-6-00.)


 

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