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91_HB2112
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1 AN ACT to amend the Soil and Water Conservation Districts
2 Act by changing Section 17.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act
6 is amended by changing Section 17 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 405/17) (from Ch. 5, par. 122)
8 Sec. 17. Included territory. All of the territory
9 contained within the boundaries of a county or counties shall
10 be a part of the Soil and Water Conservation District whose
11 territories are located within the county or counties except
12 in Cook County in which case all of the territory north of
13 22nd Street also known as Cermak Road, shall be a part of the
14 North Cook Soil and Water Conservation District and all of
15 the territory of Cook County that is south of 22nd Street
16 also known as Cermak Road, shall be a part of the Will-South
17 Cook Soil and Water Conservation District. The boundaries
18 for any District consolidated after July 1, 1996 in
19 accordance with Section 26a of this Act shall encompass all
20 territory contained within those Districts so consolidating.
21 Including additional territory. Petitions for including
22 additional territory within an existing district may be filed
23 with the Department, and the proceedings herein provided for
24 in the case of petitions to organize a district shall be
25 observed in the case of petitions for such inclusion. The
26 Department shall prescribe the form for such petitions, which
27 shall be as nearly as may be in the form prescribed in this
28 Act for petitions to organize a district. In all cases where
29 a petition is signed by a majority of the land owners in a
30 proposed area, no referendum or hearing need be held. The
31 petition shall serve as prima facie evidence that the public
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1 good is being served and the territory shall be included. In
2 cases where the proposed area lies wholly or in part within
3 the boundaries of a municipality and a petition is signed by
4 a majority of the governing body of that municipality, no
5 referendum or hearing need be held as to that part of the
6 proposed area lying within the boundaries of that
7 municipality. The petition shall serve as prima facie
8 evidence that the public good is being served and the
9 territory shall be included. If such territory lies in more
10 than one district, it shall be included in that district
11 which contains the greater amount of the territory. In
12 referenda upon petitions for inclusion only owners of land
13 within the proposed additional area shall be eligible to vote
14 and each shall have one vote. Such vote may be cast in person
15 or by absentee ballot.
16 (Source: P.A. 85-438.)