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, may
12be annexed to the municipality pursuant to Section 7-1-7 or
137-1-8, but only if the annexing municipality can show that the
14forest preserve district, federal wildlife refuge, open land,
15open space, or conservation area creates an artificial barrier
16preventing the annexation and that the location of the forest
17preserve district, federal wildlife refuge, open land, open
18space, or conservation area property prevents the orderly
19natural growth of the annexing municipality. It shall be
20conclusively presumed that the forest preserve district,
21federal wildlife refuge, open land, open space, or conservation
22area does not create an artificial barrier if the property
23sought to be annexed is bounded on at least 3 sides by (i) one
24or more other municipalities (other than the municipality
25seeking annexation through the existing forest preserve
26district, federal wildlife refuge, open land, open space, or

 

 

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1conservation area), (ii) forest preserve district property,
2federal wildlife refuge, open land, open space, or conservation
3area, or (iii) a combination of other municipalities and forest
4preserve district property, federal wildlife refuge property,
5open land, open space, or conservation area. It shall also be
6conclusively presumed that the forest preserve district,
7federal wildlife refuge, open land, open space, or conservation
8area does not create an artificial barrier if the municipality
9seeking annexation is not the closest municipality within the
10county to the property to be annexed. The territory included
11within such forest preserve district, federal wildlife refuge,
12open land, open space, or conservation area shall not be
13annexed to the municipality nor shall the territory of the
14forest preserve district, federal wildlife refuge, open land,
15open space, or conservation area be subject to rights-of-way
16for access or services between the parts of the municipality
17separated by the forest preserve district, federal wildlife
18refuge, open land, open space, or conservation area without the
19consent of the governing body of the forest preserve district
20or federal wildlife refuge. The changes made to this Section by
21Public Act 91-824 are declaratory of existing law and shall not
22be construed as a new enactment.
23    For the purpose of this Section, "conservation area" means
24an area dedicated to conservation and owned by a not-for-profit
25organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
26of 1986, or any area owned by a conservation district.

 

 

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1    In counties that are contiguous to the Mississippi River
2with populations of more than 200,000 but less than 255,000, a
3municipality that is partially located in territory that is
4wholly surrounded by the Mississippi River and a canal,
5connected at both ends to the Mississippi River and located on
6property owned by the United States of America, may annex
7noncontiguous territory in the surrounded territory under
8Sections 7-1-7, 7-1-8, or 7-1-9 if that territory is separated
9from the municipality by property owned by the United States of
10America, but that federal property shall not be annexed without
11the consent of the federal government.
12    For the purposes of this Article, any territory to be
13annexed to a municipality that is located in a county with more
14than 500,000 inhabitants shall be considered to be contiguous
15to the municipality if only a river and a national heritage
16corridor separate the territory from the municipality. Upon
17annexation, no river or national heritage corridor shall be
18considered annexed to the municipality.
19    When any land proposed to be annexed is part of any Fire
20Protection District or of any Public Library District and the
21annexing municipality provides fire protection or a public
22library, as the case may be, the Trustees of each District
23shall be notified in writing by certified or registered mail
24before any court hearing or other action is taken for
25annexation. The notice shall be served 10 days in advance. An
26affidavit that service of notice has been had as provided by

 

 

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1this Section must be filed with the clerk of the court in which
2the annexation proceedings are pending or will be instituted
3or, when no court proceedings are involved, with the recorder
4for the county where the land is situated. No annexation of
5that land is effective unless service is had and the affidavit
6filed as provided in this Section.
7    The new boundary shall extend to the far side of any
8adjacent highway and shall include all of every highway within
9the area annexed. These highways shall be considered to be
10annexed even though not included in the legal description set
11forth in the petition for annexation. When any land proposed to
12be annexed includes any highway under the jurisdiction of any
13township, the Township Commissioner of Highways, the Board of
14Town Trustees, the Township Supervisor, and the Township Clerk
15shall be notified in writing by certified or registered mail
16before any court hearing or other action is taken for
17annexation. In the event that a municipality fails to notify
18the Township Commissioner of Highways, the Board of Town
19Trustees, the Township Supervisor, and the Township Clerk of
20the annexation of an area within the township, the municipality
21shall reimburse that township for any loss or liability caused
22by the failure to give notice. If any municipality has annexed
23any area before October 1, 1975, and the legal description in
24the petition for annexation did not include the entire adjacent
25highway, any such annexation shall be valid and any highway
26adjacent to the area annexed shall be considered to be annexed

 

 

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1notwithstanding the failure of the petition to annex to include
2the description of the entire adjacent highway.
3    Any annexation, disconnection and annexation, or
4disconnection under this Article of any territory must be
5reported by certified or registered mail by the corporate
6authority initiating the action to the election authorities
7having jurisdiction in the territory and the post office
8branches serving the territory within 30 days of the
9annexation, disconnection and annexation, or disconnection.
10    Failure to give notice to the required election authorities
11or post office branches will not invalidate the annexation or
12disconnection. For purposes of this Section "election
13authorities" means the county clerk where the clerk acts as the
14clerk of elections or the clerk of the election commission
15having jurisdiction.
16    No annexation, disconnection and annexation, or
17disconnection under this Article of territory having electors
18residing therein made (1) before any primary election to be
19held within the municipality affected thereby and after the
20time for filing petitions as a candidate for nomination to any
21office to be chosen at the primary election or (2) within 60
22days before any general election to be held within the
23municipality shall be effective until the day after the date of
24the primary or general election, as the case may be.
25    For the purpose of this Section, a toll highway or
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1highway shall not be considered a deterrent to the definition
2of contiguous territory.
3    When territory is proposed to be annexed by court order
4under this Article, the corporate authorities or petitioners
5initiating the action shall notify each person who pays real
6estate taxes on property within that territory unless the
7person is a petitioner. The notice shall be served by certified
8or registered mail, return receipt requested, at least 20 days
9before a court hearing or other court action. If the person who
10pays real estate taxes on the property is not the owner of
11record, then the payor shall notify the owner of record of the
12proposed annexation.
13(Source: P.A. 95-174, eff. 1-1-08; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10;
1496-1233, eff. 7-23-10.)".