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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3831
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Allows 2 fire protection districts by ordinance to disconnect and annex a territory of up to 60 acres when the annexing district can provide better fire protection. Requires that the district disconnecting the area must notify the owners of the land that is to be disconnected. Provides that the notice shall be given 30 days before adoption of an ordinance by either of the districts. The notice shall include a map of the territory and describe the area to be disconnected, the annexing fire district, and the reasons for taking the action.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3831 |
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LRB094 06075 AJO 36136 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 Fire Protection District Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 16d as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 705/16d new)
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| Sec. 16d. When a fire protection district has another fire |
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| protection district adjoining it and the adjoining district can |
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| provide better fire protection to an area of land
of no more |
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| than 60 acres, consisting of one or more tracts, that is within |
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| the corporate limits of
the fire protection district, the area |
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| may be disconnected from the district and
annexed to the |
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| adjacent district when each district adopts an ordinance to |
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| accomplish the disconnection and annexation. The disconnecting |
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| district shall give 30 days' notice to the owner or owners of |
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| record of the area of land stating that the disconnecting and |
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| annexing districts intend to adopt ordinances that would |
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| disconnect and annex the area under this Section. The notice |
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| shall name the annexing district and include a description of |
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| the territory to be disconnected and annexed, the reason for |
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| doing so, and a map of the territory. The notice shall be sent |
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| by certified mail return receipt requested, but if the name or |
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| address of an owner is not known, then the district must |
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| publish the notice once a week for 2 successive weeks. The |
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| notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the |
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| county where the area is located. Each district's ordinance |
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| shall designate the same date for the effective date of the |
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| disconnection and annexation. Thirty days after the delivery of |
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| the notice to the last of the owners involved or 30 days after |
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| the date of the first publication of the notice, whichever is |
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| later, the disconnecting and annexing districts may adopt an |
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| ordinance accomplishing the disconnection and annexation. |