Rep. William Davis

Filed: 4/11/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1680

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1680 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by adding
5 Section 3-10.2 as follows:
 
6     (70 ILCS 1205/3-10.2 new)
7     Sec. 3-10.2. Public hearing.
8     (a) Before adopting an ordinance concerning the annexation
9 of any territory to a park district under Section 3-1, 3-2,
10 3-3a, 3-8, 3-9, or 3-10, the board shall conduct a public
11 hearing on the proposed ordinance.
12     (b) The board shall give notice of the public hearing
13 stating the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing and
14 that a copy of the ordinance and a map of the territory
15 proposed to be annexed may be inspected at the office the
16 district secretary and the office of the county clerk. The
17 district secretary shall cause the notice to be published in a
18 newspaper of general circulation in the district and in the
19 territory proposed for annexation not less than 30 nor more
20 than 45 days before the date of the hearing. The district
21 secretary shall also send notice of the hearing by first class
22 mail, not less than 20 days before the hearing, to the owners
23 of property being proposed for annexation to the district. The
24 mailed notice shall be addressed to those parties identified on

 

 

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1 the most current real estate tax assessment rolls for the
2 county in which the property is located as being the parties to
3 whom current real estate tax bills are being sent. If a party
4 to whom a notice is mailed is not the actual owner of the
5 property, that party is obligated to immediately forward the
6 notice to the owner. A certified copy of the proposed ordinance
7 together with an accurate map of the territory proposed to be
8 annexed shall also be filed with the county clerk of each
9 county in which any of the territory is located. The district
10 secretary and the county clerk shall make the ordinance,
11 together with an accurate map of the territory proposed to be
12 annexed, available to the general public for inspection.
13     (c) At the public hearing, all persons desiring to offer
14 statements or other evidence in support of or in opposition to
15 the proposed ordinance shall be afforded an opportunity to do
16 so orally, in writing, or both.
17     (d) Within 60 days after the public hearing, the board
18 shall consider all of the evidence before it and may, based
19 upon that evidence, adopt or reject the proposed ordinance in
20 whole or in part. If the ordinance is not adopted within 60
21 days after the public hearing, the proposed ordinance may not
22 be subsequently adopted in whole or in part unless another
23 public hearing is held and notice given as provided in this
24 Section.".