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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 353
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 353 on page 1 by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6 changing Section 2-3-5 as follows:
7 (65 ILCS 5/2-3-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-3-5)
8 Sec. 2-3-5. Incorporation of village. Whenever in any
9 county of less than 150,000 population as determined by the
10 last preceding federal census, any area of contiguous
11 territory, not exceeding 2 square miles, not already included
12 within the corporate limits of any municipality, has residing
13 thereon at least 200 inhabitants living in dwellings other
14 than those designed to be mobile, and is owned by at least 30
15 different owners, it may be incorporated as a village as
16 follows:
17 35 electors residing within the area may file with the
18 circuit clerk of the county in which such area is situated a
19 petition addressed to the circuit court for that county.
20 The petition shall set forth (1) a definite description
21 of the lands intended to be embraced in the proposed village,
22 (2) the number of inhabitants residing therein, (3) the name
23 of the proposed village, and (4) a prayer that a question be
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1 submitted to the electors residing within the limits of the
2 proposed village whether they will incorporate as a village
3 under this Code.
4 If the area contains fewer than 7,500 residents and lies
5 within 1 1/2 miles of the boundary line of any existing
6 municipality, the consent of the existing municipality must
7 be obtained before the area may be incorporated. No area in a
8 county with a population of 150,000 or more that is
9 incorporating under the provisions of this Section shall need
10 to obtain the consent of any existing municipality before the
11 area may be incorporated.
12 In addition, any contiguous territory in a county of
13 150,000 or more population which otherwise meets the
14 requirements of this Section may be incorporated as a village
15 pursuant to the provisions of this Section if (1) any part of
16 such territory is situated within 10 miles of a county with a
17 population less than 150,000 and a petition is filed pursuant
18 to this Section before January 1, 1991 or (2) any part of the
19 territory is situated within 25 miles of the Illinois state
20 line in a county having a population, according to the 1990
21 federal decennial census, of at least 150,000 but less than
22 185,000 and a petition is filed pursuant to this Section
23 before January 1, 1998.
24 (Source: P.A. 88-544; 89-414, eff. 11-17-95.)