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Public Act 91-0449
HB2308 Enrolled LRB9105124DHmg
AN ACT to amend the Hospital District Law by changing
Section 10.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Hospital District Law is amended by
changing Section 10 as follows:
(70 ILCS 910/10) (from Ch. 23, par. 1260)
Sec. 10. Petitions for annexation; petitions to detach
previously annexed territory. A petition for annexation of
land to a Hospital District shall be signed by not less than
10% or 50 voters, whichever is fewer, residing within the
territory therein described proposed for annexation and shall
be filed with the circuit clerk of the county in which the
District or the greater portion thereof is situated, and
shall be addressed to the circuit court. A hearing shall be
held thereon as nearly as possible as in the case of a
formation petition. If upon the hearing, the court finds
that the petition is sufficient it shall certify the
proposition to the proper election officials, who shall
submit the question to the voters at an election in
accordance with the general election law. The proposition
shall be substantially in the following form:
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Shall (description of territory) YES
be annexed to the.... Hospital -----------------------
District? NO
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If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition in the
District and in the territory described in the petition
respectively, are in favor of annexation the court shall by
order declare the territory annexed and shall describe the
altered boundaries of the District.
In addition to the above, within 60 days after the entry
of an order by a court under Section 8 of this Act evidencing
the organization of a Hospital District, not less than 50% of
the legal voters residing within any municipality or any
civil township (or congressional township in counties under
commission form of government) or such fractional part of
either type of township as is included within such District
may file a petition for the detachment of such territory with
the circuit clerk of the county in which the District or the
greater portion thereof is situated addressed to the circuit
court for such county; provided, that such detachment is not
permissible if it will destroy the contiguity of the
territory of the District. In the case of a hospital
district created prior to September 15, 1950 with territory
located partially within two different counties, where less
than 10% of the population of the district is located in one
county, the legal voters residing in that part of the
hospital district located within the county representing less
than 10% of the population of said hospital district may file
a petition for detachment at any time. A hearing shall be
held thereon as nearly as possible as in the case of a
formation petition. If upon the hearing, the court finds that
the petition is sufficient it shall certify the proposition
to the proper election officials, who shall submit the
question to the voters at an election in accordance with the
general election law. The proposition shall be substantially
in the following form:
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Shall the (described) territory YES
be detached from the.... Hospital ---------------------
District? NO
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If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in
favor of detachment of the territory, the court shall by
order declare the territory detached and shall describe the
altered boundaries of the District.
If territory is disconnected from a district, the
property owners in such territory are still responsible for
the proportionate debt of any outstanding bonded indebtedness
at the time of disconnection.
Also in addition, within 24 months after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the
legal voters residing within a hospital district may file a
petition for detachment from the hospital district where (i)
the territory sought to be detached was added to the hospital
district by way of annexation; and (ii) the equalized
assessed valuation of the territory sought to be detached
constitutes less than 25% of the equalized assessed valuation
of the hospital district. The petition must be signed by not
less than 5% of the legal voters of the territory sought to
be detached. Detachment is not permissible if it would
destroy the contiguity of the territory of the District. A
hearing shall be held on the petition as nearly as possible
as in the case of a formation petition. If upon the hearing,
the court finds that the petition is sufficient, it shall
certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who
shall submit the question to the legal voters of the
territory proposed to be detached at an election in
accordance with the general election law. The proposition
shall be substantially in the following form:
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Shall the (described) territory YES
be detached from the.... Hospital ---------------------
District? NO
-------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in
favor of detachment of the territory, the court shall by
order declare the territory detached and shall describe the
altered boundaries of the District.
If territory is disconnected from a district, the
property owners in that territory are still responsible for
the proportionate debt of any outstanding bonded indebtedness
at the time of disconnection.
(Source: P.A. 81-1550.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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