HB3597ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Local Government Committee

Adopted in House Comm. on Mar 14, 2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3597

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3597 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
 
4     "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5 5-1129 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/5-1129 new)
7     Sec. 5-1129. Annexation agreements. The county board of a
8 county referenced in subsection (c) of Section 11-15.1-2.1 of
9 the Illinois Municipal Code may, in accordance with subsection
10 (c) of Section 11-15.1-2.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code,
11 retain jurisdiction over land that is the subject of an
12 annexation agreement and is located more than 1.5 miles from
13 the corporate boundaries of the municipality.
 
14     Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by

 

 

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1 changing Section 11-15.1-2.1 as follows:
 
2     (65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-2.1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-15.1-2.1)
3     Sec. 11-15.1-2.1. Annexation agreement; municipal
4 jurisdiction.
5     (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), property
6 Property that is the subject of an annexation agreement adopted
7 under this Division is subject to the ordinances, control, and
8 jurisdiction of the annexing municipality in all respects the
9 same as property that lies within the annexing municipality's
10 corporate limits.
11     (b) This Section shall not apply in (i) a county with a
12 population of more than 3,000,000, (ii) a county that borders a
13 county with a population of more than 3,000,000 or (iii) a
14 county with a population of more than 246,000 according to the
15 1990 federal census and bordered by the Mississippi River,
16 unless the parties to the annexation agreement have, at the
17 time the agreement is signed, ownership or control of all
18 property that would make the property that is the subject of
19 the agreement contiguous to the annexing municipality, in which
20 case the property that is the subject of the annexation
21 agreement is subject to the ordinances, control, and
22 jurisdiction of the municipality in all respects the same as
23 property owned by the municipality that lies within its
24 corporate limits.
25     (c) In the case of property that is located in a county

 

 

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1 that borders a county referenced in item (ii) of subsection (b)
2 of this Section, if the property that is the subject of an
3 annexation agreement is located within 1.5 miles of the
4 corporate boundaries of the municipality, that property is
5 subject to the ordinances, control, and jurisdiction of the
6 annexing municipality. If the property is located more than 1.5
7 miles from the corporate boundaries of the annexing
8 municipality, that property is subject to the ordinances,
9 control, and jurisdiction of the annexing municipality unless
10 the county board retains jurisdiction by the affirmative vote
11 of two-thirds of its members.
12     (d) If the county board retains jurisdiction under
13 subsection (c) of this Section, the annexing municipality may
14 file a request for jurisdiction with the county board on a case
15 by case basis. If the county board agrees by the affirmative
16 vote of a majority of its members, then the property covered by
17 the annexation agreement shall be subject to the ordinances,
18 control, and jurisdiction of the annexing municipality.
19 (Source: P.A. 87-1137.)".