Cities & Villages Committee

Filed: 3/9/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5923

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5923 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5 changing Section 2-3-5 as follows:
 
6     (65 ILCS 5/2-3-5)  (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5)
7     Sec. 2-3-5. Incorporation of village; petition.
8     Whenever in any county of less than 150,000 population as
9 determined by the last preceding federal census, any area of
10 contiguous territory, not exceeding 2 square miles, not already
11 included within the corporate limits of any municipality, has
12 residing thereon at least 200 inhabitants living in dwellings
13 other than those designed to be mobile, and is owned by at
14 least 30 different owners, it may be incorporated as a village
15 as follows:
16     35 electors residing within the area may file with the

 

 

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1 circuit clerk of the county in which such area is situated a
2 petition addressed to the circuit court for that county.
3     The petition shall set forth (1) a definite description of
4 the lands intended to be embraced in the proposed village, (2)
5 the number of inhabitants residing therein, (3) the name of the
6 proposed village, and (4) a prayer that a question be submitted
7 to the electors residing within the limits of the proposed
8 village whether they will incorporate as a village under this
9 Code.
10     If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies
11 within 1 1/2 miles of the boundary line of any existing
12 municipality, the consent of the existing municipality must be
13 obtained before the area may be incorporated. No area in a
14 county with a population of 150,000 or more that is
15 incorporating under the provisions of this Section shall need
16 to obtain the consent of any existing municipality before the
17 area may be incorporated.
18     In addition, any contiguous territory in a county of
19 150,000 or more population which otherwise meets the
20 requirements of this Section may be incorporated as a village
21 pursuant to the provisions of this Section if (1) any part of
22 such territory is situated within 10 miles of a county with a
23 population less than 150,000 and a petition is filed pursuant
24 to this Section before January 1, 1991 or (2) any part of the
25 territory is situated within 25 miles of the Illinois state
26 line in a county having a population, according to the 1990

 

 

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1 federal decennial census, of at least 150,000 but less than
2 185,000 and a petition is filed pursuant to this Section before
3 January 1, 1998.
4     In addition, contiguous territory not exceeding 2 square
5 miles in a county with a population of not less than 187,000
6 and not more than 190,000 that otherwise meets the requirements
7 of this Section may be incorporated as a village pursuant to
8 the provisions of this Section if (1) any part of the territory
9 is situated within 13 miles of a county with a population of
10 less than 38,000 and more than 36,000 and (2) a petition is
11 filed in the manner provided in this Section before January 1,
12 2005. The requirements of Section 2-3-18 concerning
13 compatibility with the official plan for development of the
14 county shall not apply to any territory seeking incorporation
15 under this paragraph.
16     In addition, contiguous territory not exceeding 0.7 square
17 miles having not less than 1,400 and not more than 1,600
18 inhabitants, as determined by the 2000 federal decennial
19 census, living in dwellings other than those designed to be
20 mobile, located in a county of not less than 600,000 and not
21 more than 650,000 inhabitants, as determined by the 2000
22 federal decennial census, that otherwise meets the
23 requirements of this Section may be incorporated as a village
24 pursuant to the provisions of this Section if the territory
25 includes a contiguous body of water of not less than 30 acres
26 and not more than 40 acres. The consent of a municipality need

 

 

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1 not be obtained before the territory may be incorporated. The
2 requirements of Section 2-3-18 concerning compatibility with
3 the official plan for development of the county shall not apply
4 to any territory seeking incorporation under this paragraph.
5 (Source: P.A. 93-1058, eff. 12-2-04.)
 
6     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.".