Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes

Updating the database of the Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) is an ongoing process. Recent laws may not yet be included in the ILCS database, but they are found on this site as Public Acts soon after they become law. For information concerning the relationship between statutes and Public Acts, refer to the Guide.

Because the statute database is maintained primarily for legislative drafting purposes, statutory changes are sometimes included in the statute database before they take effect. If the source note at the end of a Section of the statutes includes a Public Act that has not yet taken effect, the version of the law that is currently in effect may have already been removed from the database and you should refer to that Public Act to see the changes made to the current law.

110 ILCS 805/3-3

(110 ILCS 805/3-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-3)

Sec. 3-3.

If the State Board disapproves the request for a new
community college, no election shall be held or further proceedings had on
such petition to establish a community college district. If the State Board approves the request to establish a community college
district, the State Board shall cause notice of a hearing on the petition
to be given by publishing a notice thereof at least once each week for 3
successive weeks in at least one newspaper having general circulation
within the territory of the proposed district, and if no such newspaper
exists, then the publication shall be made in 2 or more newspapers which
together cover the territory with general circulation. The notice shall
state when and to whom the petition was presented, the description of the
territory of the proposed district, and the day on which the hearing upon
the petition and the report of the State Board will be held. On such day or
on a day to which the State Board shall continue said hearing, the State
Board or a hearing officer appointed by it shall hear the petition, present
the report and determine the sufficiency of the petition as herein
prescribed, and may adjourn the hearing from time to time or continue the
matter for want of sufficient notice or for other good cause. The State
Board or a hearing officer appointed by it shall hear any additional
evidence as to the school needs and conditions of the territory and in the
area within and adjacent thereto and if a hearing officer is appointed he
shall report a summary of the testimony to the State Board. Whereupon the
State Board shall determine whether it is for the best interests of the
schools of such area and the educational welfare of the students therein
that such district be organized, and shall determine also whether the
territory described in the petition is compact and contiguous for college
purposes.

(Source: P.A. 99-655, eff. 7-28-16.)