70 ILCS 5/17.1

(70 ILCS 5/17.1) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.17a)

Sec. 17.1.

Any township located outside the territory of a county in
which a Metropolitan Airport Authority is established, but which was
included in a pre-existing airport authority which has been acquired by the
Metropolitan Airport Authority, may disconnect from such Authority and have
the annual tax levy discontinued by referendum, provided that the governing
board of the township and the governing bodies of any municipalities with a
population greater than 5,000 located within such township have adopted
like ordinances or resolutions recommending disconnection from the
authority.  The ordinances or resolutions shall provide that the question
of disconnection be submitted to the electors of the township.  Upon the
adoption of such ordinance or resolution, the clerk of the township or
municipality shall certify the ordinance or resolution and the question to
the proper election officials who, upon certification of all the required
ordinances or resolutions, shall submit the question to the electors of the
township at an election in accordance with the general election law.
In the event that a municipality with a population over 5,000
inhabitants lies within more than one township, then for the purpose of the
referendum provided for in this Section the municipality as a whole shall
vote on the proposition of the township in which the majority of the
population of the municipality is located.

The question shall be in substantially the following form:

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    Shall .... township
    be disconnected from the                   YES
    ... Metropolitan Airport Authority -----------------------
    and the levy of an annual tax              NO
    by the Authority be discontinued?
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If a majority of the votes cast upon the question are in favor of
disconnection from the Authority, then such township shall be disconnected
from the Authority and the levy of an annual tax by the Authority shall be
discontinued and the township shall be relieved of all debts and
obligations relating to the Authority.

(Source: P.A. 84-1473.)