House Sponsors: LINDNER AND DEUCHLER. Senate Sponsors: RAUSCHENBERGER-CULLERTON-PARKER Short description: MUNI CD-VILLAGE INCORPORATION Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that contiguous territory not exceeding 2 square miles in a county with a population of 150,000 or more may be incorporated as a village if any part of the territory is within 2 miles of a county with a population of less than 150,000 and a petition is filed with the circuit court within 2 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Makes inapplicable to this territory a provision that allows the county board to determine that incorporation is compatible with the development plan of the county and that the territory constitutes a sufficient tax base for the village to provide municipal services. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. (Senate recedes June 1, 1997) Deletes everything. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code by adding a caption to the Section concerning the incorporation of a village. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1. Recommends that the Senate recede from S-am 1. Recommends that the bill be amended as follows: Adds reference to: 55 ILCS 5/5-1006.5 60 ILCS 1/100-5 65 ILCS 5/11-141-10.5 new 65 ILCS 5/11-151-5 from Ch. 24, par. 11-151-5 70 ILCS 805/3.5 Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that contiguous territory not exceeding 2 square miles in a county with a population of not less than 300,000 or not more than 350,000 (instead of 150,000 or more) may be incorporated as a village if a petition is filed before January 1, 2000 (instead of within 2 years after the effective date of this amendatory act of 1997.) Provides that requirements of the Code concerning compatibility with the official plan for the development of the county shall not apply to that territory. Provides that, under certain circumstances, the corporate authorities of any municipality shall not restrain or interfere with an adjacent municipality's construction, maintenance, alteration, or extension of a sewerage system that accesses intercepting and outlet sewers of a third consenting wastewater treatment authority outside of the adjacent municipality's corporate boundaries. Provides that if a municipality annexes part of the territory of a public water district, sanitary sewer district, or both (now a public water district), the municipality and the district may enter into contracts concerning certain matters. Amends the Special County Retailers' Occupation Tax For Public Safety in the Counties Code. Defines "public safety" to include but not be limited to fire fighting, police, medical, ambulance, or other emergency services. Amends the Township Code. Provides that the township board of trustees may employ and fix the compensation of a separate township attorney who shall represent the highway commissioner if approved by the highway commissioner. Requires the compensation to be paid out of the township road fund. Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Excludes counties with a population of 30,000 or less from the Section providing for the election of the commissioners of forest preserve districts. Validates the appointments of commissioners in those counties that continued to appoint commissioners after the effective date of the election provisions. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0190 Last action date: 97-07-24 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status