(70 ILCS 2805/32a) (from Ch. 42, par. 443a)
Sec. 32a.
Additional contiguous territory within the limits of the
county and within or without the limits of any city, village or
incorporated town except territory within the limits of any city,
village or incorporated town that furnishes or provides sanitary sewer
service may be added to any sanitary district organized under this Act
in the manner following:
Ten per cent or more of the legal voters resident within the limits
of such proposed addition to such sanitary district may petition the
circuit court for the county in which the original petition for the
formation of the sanitary district was filed, to cause the question to
be submitted to the legal voters of such proposed additional territory
whether such proposed additional territory shall become a part of any
contiguous sanitary district organized under this Act and whether such
additional territory and the taxpayers thereof shall assume a
proportionate share of the bonded indebtedness, if any, of such sanitary
district. Such petition shall be addressed to the court and shall
contain a definite description of the boundaries of the territory sought
to be added.
Upon filing the petition in the office of the circuit court clerk of
the county in which the original petition for the organization of such
sanitary district was filed it is the duty of the court to consider the
boundaries of the proposed additional territory and such decision shall
be appealable as in other civil cases.
Notice shall be given by the court of the time and place when and
where all persons interested shall be heard substantially as provided in
Section 1 of this Act. The conduct of the hearing on the question whether the
proposed
additional territory becomes a part of such sanitary district shall be, as
nearly as possible, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of
this Act; the court shall certify the question to the proper election officials
who shall submit the question at an election in accordance with the general
election law. The question shall be in
substantially the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- For joining sanitary district and assuminga proportionate share of bonded indebtedness,if any.-------------------------------------------------------------- Against joining sanitary district andassuming a proportionate share of bondedindebtedness, if any.--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the votes cast on the question
shall be in favor of
becoming a part of such sanitary district and if the trustees of such
sanitary district accept the proposed additional territory by ordinance
annexing the same, the court shall enter an appropriate order of record
in the court, and such additional territory shall thenceforth be
deemed an integral part of such sanitary district. In addition to the
manner heretofore provided, any such additional contiguous territory may
be annexed to such sanitary district upon petition addressed to the
circuit court, signed by a majority of the owners of lands constituting
such territory who, in the case of natural persons, have arrived at
lawful age and who represent a majority in area of such territory. The
petition shall contain a definite description of the boundaries of such
territory and shall set forth the willingness of the petitioners that
such territory and the taxpayers thereof assume a proportionate share of
the bonded indebtedness, if any, of such sanitary district. Upon the
filing of such petition and notice of and hearing and decision upon the
same by the court, the court shall enter an order containing the
findings and decision as to the boundaries of the territory to be
annexed. If the trustees of such sanitary district pass an ordinance
annexing the territory described in such order to the sanitary district,
the court shall enter an appropriate order, and such additional
territory shall thenceforth be deemed an integral part of such sanitary
district.
(Source: P.A. 83-343.)
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