Public Act 095-0175
 
HB3597 Enrolled LRB095 11437 HLH 32332 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5-1129 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/5-1129 new)
    Sec. 5-1129. Annexation agreements. The county board of a
county referenced in subsection (c) of Section 11-15.1-2.1 of
the Illinois Municipal Code may, in accordance with subsection
(c) of Section 11-15.1-2.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code,
retain jurisdiction over land that is the subject of an
annexation agreement and is located more than 1.5 miles from
the corporate boundaries of the municipality.
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 11-15.1-2.1 as follows:
 
    (65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-2.1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-15.1-2.1)
    Sec. 11-15.1-2.1. Annexation agreement; municipal
jurisdiction.
    (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), property
Property that is the subject of an annexation agreement adopted
under this Division is subject to the ordinances, control, and
jurisdiction of the annexing municipality in all respects the
same as property that lies within the annexing municipality's
corporate limits.
    (b) This Section shall not apply in (i) a county with a
population of more than 3,000,000, (ii) a county that borders a
county with a population of more than 3,000,000 or (iii) a
county with a population of more than 246,000 according to the
1990 federal census and bordered by the Mississippi River,
unless the parties to the annexation agreement have, at the
time the agreement is signed, ownership or control of all
property that would make the property that is the subject of
the agreement contiguous to the annexing municipality, in which
case the property that is the subject of the annexation
agreement is subject to the ordinances, control, and
jurisdiction of the municipality in all respects the same as
property owned by the municipality that lies within its
corporate limits.
    (c) In the case of property that is located in Boone,
DeKalb, Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Ogle, or Winnebago
County, if the property that is the subject of an annexation
agreement is located within 1.5 miles of the corporate
boundaries of the municipality, that property is subject to the
ordinances, control, and jurisdiction of the annexing
municipality. If the property is located more than 1.5 miles
from the corporate boundaries of the annexing municipality,
that property is subject to the ordinances, control, and
jurisdiction of the annexing municipality unless the county
board retains jurisdiction by the affirmative vote of
two-thirds of its members.
    (d) If the county board retains jurisdiction under
subsection (c) of this Section, the annexing municipality may
file a request for jurisdiction with the county board on a case
by case basis. If the county board agrees by the affirmative
vote of a majority of its members, then the property covered by
the annexation agreement shall be subject to the ordinances,
control, and jurisdiction of the annexing municipality.
(Source: P.A. 87-1137.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2008