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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 7-1-13 as follows:
 



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    (65 ILCS 5/7-1-13)  (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-13)



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    Sec. 7-1-13. Whenever any unincorporated territory 
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containing 60
acres or less, is wholly bounded by (a) one or 
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more municipalities, (b)
one or more municipalities and a creek 
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in a county with a population of
400,000 or more, or one or 
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more municipalities and a river or lake in any
county, (c) one 
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or more municipalities and the Illinois State
boundary, (d) one 
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or more municipalities and property owned by the
State of 
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Illinois, except highway right-of-way owned in fee by the 
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State,
(e) one or more municipalities and a forest preserve 
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district, or
(f) if the territory is a triangular parcel of 
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less than 10 acres, one or
more municipalities and an 
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interstate highway owned in fee by the State and
bounded by a 
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frontage road, or (g) one or more municipalities in a county 
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with a population of more than 800,000 inhabitants and less 
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than 2,000,000 inhabitants and either (i) a utility 
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right-of-way that is at least 100 feet wide or (ii) a railroad  
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or operating property, as defined in the Property Tax Code (35 
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ILCS 200/11-70), being immediately adjacent to, but exclusive 
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of that railroad property, that territory may be annexed
by any 
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municipality by which it is bounded in whole or in part,
by the 
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passage of an ordinance to that effect after notice is given as

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provided in this Section. Nothing in this Section shall subject 
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any railroad property to the zoning or jurisdiction of any 
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municipality annexing the property under this Section, nor 
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shall the utility property be included for purposes of 
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calculating the territory annexed under this Section. The 
 


 






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corporate authorities shall cause notice,
stating that 
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annexation of the territory described in the notice is

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contemplated under this Section, to be published once, in a 
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newspaper of
general circulation within the territory to be 
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annexed, not less than 10
days before the passage of the 
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annexation ordinance.  When the
territory to be annexed lies 
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wholly or partially within a township other
than that township 
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where the municipality is situated, the annexing
municipality 
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shall give at least 10 days prior written notice of the time

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and place of the passage of the annexation ordinance to the 
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township
supervisor of the township where the territory to be 
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annexed lies. The
ordinance shall describe the territory 
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annexed and a copy thereof together
with an accurate map of the 
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annexed territory shall be recorded in the
office of the 
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recorder of the county wherein the annexed territory is

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situated and a document of annexation shall be filed with the 
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county clerk
and County Election Authority. Nothing in this 
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Section shall be construed
as permitting a municipality to 
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annex territory of a forest preserve
district in a county with 
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a population of 3,000,000 or more without
obtaining the consent 
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of the  district pursuant to Section 8.3 of the
Cook County 
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Forest Preserve District Act.

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(Source: P.A. 86-769; 87-895.)

 

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