Rep. Jack D. Franks

Filed: 3/11/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1793

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1793 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 7-1-1 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/7-1-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-1)
7    Sec. 7-1-1. Annexation of contiguous territory. Any
8territory that is not within the corporate limits of any
9municipality but is contiguous to a municipality may be annexed
10to the municipality as provided in this Article. For the
11purposes of this Article any territory to be annexed to a
12municipality shall be considered to be contiguous to the
13municipality notwithstanding that the territory is separated
14from the municipality by a strip parcel, railroad or public
15utility right-of-way, or former railroad right-of-way that has
16been converted to a recreational trail, but upon annexation the

 

 

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1area included within that strip parcel, right-of-way, or former
2right-of-way shall not be considered to be annexed to the
3municipality. For purposes of this Section, "strip parcel"
4means a separation no wider than 30 feet between the territory
5to be annexed and the municipal boundary.
6    Except in counties with a population of more than 600,000
7but less than 3,000,000, territory which is not contiguous to a
8municipality but is separated therefrom only by a forest
9preserve district, federal wildlife refuge, open land or open
10space that is part of an open space program, as defined in
11Section 115-5 of the Township Code, or conservation area or any
12area owned by a conservation district, may be annexed to the
13municipality pursuant to Section 7-1-7 or 7-1-8, but only if
14the annexing municipality can show that the forest preserve
15district, federal wildlife refuge, open land, open space, or
16conservation area creates an artificial barrier preventing the
17annexation and that the location of the forest preserve
18district, federal wildlife refuge, open land, open space, or
19conservation area property prevents the orderly natural growth
20of the annexing municipality. It shall be conclusively presumed
21that the forest preserve district, federal wildlife refuge,
22open land, open space, conservation district, or conservation
23area does not create an artificial barrier if the property
24sought to be annexed is bounded on at least 3 sides by (i) one
25or more other municipalities (other than the municipality
26seeking annexation through the existing forest preserve

 

 

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1district, federal wildlife refuge, open land, open space,
2conservation district, or conservation area), (ii) forest
3preserve district property, federal wildlife refuge, open
4land, open space, conservation district, or conservation area,
5or (iii) a combination of other municipalities and forest
6preserve district property, federal wildlife refuge property,
7open land, open space, conservation district, or conservation
8area. It shall also be conclusively presumed that the forest
9preserve district, federal wildlife refuge, open land, open
10space, conservation district, or conservation area does not
11create an artificial barrier if the municipality seeking
12annexation is not the closest municipality within the county to
13the property to be annexed. The territory included within such
14forest preserve district, federal wildlife refuge, open land,
15open space, conservation district, or conservation area shall
16not be annexed to the municipality nor shall the territory of
17the forest preserve district, federal wildlife refuge, open
18land, open space, conservation district, or conservation area
19be subject to rights-of-way for access or services between the
20parts of the municipality separated by the forest preserve
21district, federal wildlife refuge, open land, open space,
22conservation district, or conservation area without the
23consent of the governing body of the forest preserve district
24or federal wildlife refuge. The changes made to this Section by
25Public Act 91-824 are declaratory of existing law and shall not
26be construed as a new enactment.

 

 

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1    For the purpose of this Section, "conservation area" means
2an area dedicated to conservation and owned by a not-for-profit
3organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
4of 1986, or any area owned by a conservation district.
5    In counties that are contiguous to the Mississippi River
6with populations of more than 200,000 but less than 255,000, a
7municipality that is partially located in territory that is
8wholly surrounded by the Mississippi River and a canal,
9connected at both ends to the Mississippi River and located on
10property owned by the United States of America, may annex
11noncontiguous territory in the surrounded territory under
12Sections 7-1-7, 7-1-8, or 7-1-9 if that territory is separated
13from the municipality by property owned by the United States of
14America, but that federal property shall not be annexed without
15the consent of the federal government.
16    For the purposes of this Article, any territory to be
17annexed to a municipality that is located in a county with more
18than 500,000 inhabitants shall be considered to be contiguous
19to the municipality if only a river and a national heritage
20corridor separate the territory from the municipality. Upon
21annexation, no river or national heritage corridor shall be
22considered annexed to the municipality.
23    When any land proposed to be annexed is part of any Fire
24Protection District or of any Public Library District and the
25annexing municipality provides fire protection or a public
26library, as the case may be, the Trustees of each District

 

 

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1shall be notified in writing by certified or registered mail
2before any court hearing or other action is taken for
3annexation. The notice shall be served 10 days in advance. An
4affidavit that service of notice has been had as provided by
5this Section must be filed with the clerk of the court in which
6the annexation proceedings are pending or will be instituted
7or, when no court proceedings are involved, with the recorder
8for the county where the land is situated. No annexation of
9that land is effective unless service is had and the affidavit
10filed as provided in this Section.
11    The new boundary shall extend to the far side of any
12adjacent highway and shall include all of every highway within
13the area annexed. These highways shall be considered to be
14annexed even though not included in the legal description set
15forth in the petition for annexation. When any land proposed to
16be annexed includes any highway under the jurisdiction of any
17township, the Township Commissioner of Highways, the Board of
18Town Trustees, the Township Supervisor, and the Township Clerk
19shall be notified in writing by certified or registered mail
20before any court hearing or other action is taken for
21annexation. In the event that a municipality fails to notify
22the Township Commissioner of Highways, the Board of Town
23Trustees, the Township Supervisor, and the Township Clerk of
24the annexation of an area within the township, the municipality
25shall reimburse that township for any loss or liability caused
26by the failure to give notice. If any municipality has annexed

 

 

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1any area before October 1, 1975, and the legal description in
2the petition for annexation did not include the entire adjacent
3highway, any such annexation shall be valid and any highway
4adjacent to the area annexed shall be considered to be annexed
5notwithstanding the failure of the petition to annex to include
6the description of the entire adjacent highway.
7    Any annexation, disconnection and annexation, or
8disconnection under this Article of any territory must be
9reported by certified or registered mail by the corporate
10authority initiating the action to the election authorities
11having jurisdiction in the territory and the post office
12branches serving the territory within 30 days of the
13annexation, disconnection and annexation, or disconnection.
14    Failure to give notice to the required election authorities
15or post office branches will not invalidate the annexation or
16disconnection. For purposes of this Section "election
17authorities" means the county clerk where the clerk acts as the
18clerk of elections or the clerk of the election commission
19having jurisdiction.
20    No annexation, disconnection and annexation, or
21disconnection under this Article of territory having electors
22residing therein made (1) before any primary election to be
23held within the municipality affected thereby and after the
24time for filing petitions as a candidate for nomination to any
25office to be chosen at the primary election or (2) within 60
26days before any general election to be held within the

 

 

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1municipality shall be effective until the day after the date of
2the primary or general election, as the case may be.
3    For the purpose of this Section, a toll highway or
4connection between parcels via an overpass bridge over a toll
5highway shall not be considered a deterrent to the definition
6of contiguous territory.
7    When territory is proposed to be annexed by court order
8under this Article, the corporate authorities or petitioners
9initiating the action shall notify each person who pays real
10estate taxes on property within that territory unless the
11person is a petitioner. The notice shall be served by certified
12or registered mail, return receipt requested, at least 20 days
13before a court hearing or other court action. If the person who
14pays real estate taxes on the property is not the owner of
15record, then the payor shall notify the owner of record of the
16proposed annexation.
17(Source: P.A. 95-174, eff. 1-1-08; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10;
1896-1233, eff. 7-23-10.)".