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70 ILCS 3305/2c

(70 ILCS 3305/2c) (from Ch. 121, par. 356c)

Sec. 2c. Disconnection.

Any territory within a street lighting district that is or has
been annexed to a city, village or incorporated town that provides street
lighting within such city, village or incorporated town is, by operation of
law, disconnected from the street lighting district as of the January first
after such territory is annexed to the city, village or incorporated town,
or in case territory has been so annexed prior to the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1959, as of January 1, 1960. If there are any bonds
of the street lighting district outstanding and unpaid at the time such
territory is annexed to the city, village or incorporated town, such
territory shall remain liable for its proportionate share of such bonded
indebtedness and the street lighting district may continue to levy and
extend taxes upon the taxable property in such territory for the purpose of
amortizing such bonds until such time as such bonds are retired.

Territory shall not be disconnected from a street lighting district if all of the following criteria are met: (i) the municipality which contains all or part of the street lighting district does not levy a property tax on the taxable property in the territory, (ii) the municipality passes an ordinance permitting the street lighting district to operate and levy a tax, and (iii) the municipality does not collect a franchise fee from an electrical utility.

(Source: P.A. 96-336, eff. 8-11-09.)