Full Text of HB1157 94th General Assembly
HB1157 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB1157
Introduced 02/08/05, by Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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65 ILCS 5/2-3-5a |
from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5a |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that in a county that has more than 400,000 but fewer than 410,000 inhabitants, if an area of contiguous territory not exceeding one square mile that has at least 400 inhabitants residing in permanent dwellings and is located in a township that is adjacent to a county of fewer than 150,000 inhabitants, then that area and the area adjacent to it, not exceeding 12 square miles in total, may be incorporated as a village by following the existing procedure. Neither the consent of a municipality nor a finding of the county board need to be obtained. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 2-3-5a as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/2-3-5a) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5a)
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| Sec. 2-3-5a. Incorporation of village.
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| (a) Whenever in any county of 150,000 or more population as | 9 |
| determined by
the last preceding federal census any area of | 10 |
| contiguous territory contains
at least 4 square miles and 2500 | 11 |
| inhabitants residing in permanent
dwellings, that area may be | 12 |
| incorporated as a village if a petition filed
by 250 electors | 13 |
| residing within that area is filed with the circuit clerk
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| the county in which such area is located addressed to the | 15 |
| circuit court
for that county. The petition must set forth:
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| (1) a legal description of the area intended to be | 17 |
| included
in the proposed village,
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| (2) the number of residents in that area,
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| (3) the name of the proposed village, and
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| (4) a prayer that the question of the incorporation of | 21 |
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area as a village be submitted to the electors residing | 22 |
| within the limits of
the proposed village.
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| If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies | 24 |
| within 1 1/2 miles
of the limits of any existing municipality, | 25 |
| the consent of that municipality
must be obtained before the | 26 |
| area may be incorporated.
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| (b) If, in a county having more than 240,000 but fewer than
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| 400,000
inhabitants as determined by the last preceding federal | 29 |
| census, an area of
contiguous territory contains at least 3 | 30 |
| square miles and 5,000
inhabitants
residing in permanent | 31 |
| dwellings, that area may be incorporated as a village in
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| same manner as is provided in subsection (a). The consent of a
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| municipality need not be obtained.
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| (c) If, in a county having more than 316,000 but fewer than | 3 |
| 318,000
inhabitants as determined by the last preceding federal | 4 |
| census, an area of
contiguous territory that does not exceed | 5 |
| one square mile and between 1000 and
1500 inhabitants residing | 6 |
| in permanent dwellings, and is located within 10
miles of a | 7 |
| county with a population of less than 150,000 as determined by | 8 |
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last preceding federal census, that area may be | 9 |
| incorporated as a village in
the same manner as is provided in | 10 |
| subsection (a). The consent of a municipality
need not be | 11 |
| obtained.
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| (d) In a county having more than 400,000 but fewer than | 13 |
| 410,000 inhabitants as determined by the last preceding federal | 14 |
| census, if an area of contiguous territory not exceeding one | 15 |
| square mile contains at least 400 inhabitants residing in | 16 |
| permanent dwellings and is located in a township adjacent to a | 17 |
| county of fewer than 150,000 inhabitants as determined by the | 18 |
| last preceding federal census, then that area and the area | 19 |
| adjacent thereto, not exceeding, however, 12 square miles in | 20 |
| total, may be incorporated as a village in the same manner as | 21 |
| provided in subsection (a). Neither the consent of a | 22 |
| municipality nor the finding of the county board under | 23 |
| subsection 2-3-18, if otherwise applicable, need be obtained.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-680, eff. 6-1-00.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 |
| becoming law.
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