(70 ILCS 1205/3-6c) (from Ch. 105, par. 3-6c)
Sec. 3-6c.
Any territory which: (1) is within the corporate limits of a
municipality which, as an incident of its municipal government and under
the Illinois Municipal Code, is operating and maintaining a system of parks
consisting of 2 or more park areas within its corporate limits, and (2) is
also within the limits of a park district, 90% or more of the area of which
lies outside the boundaries of such municipality, and (3) was not annexed
to the municipality subsequent to the organization of the park district,
and (4) comprises all the area of the park district within the
municipality; may be disconnected from the park district.
Such disconnection shall be initiated by a written petition signed by a
majority of the owners of record of all land within the territory and the
owners of record of not less than 2/3 of the land contained within the
territory. The petition shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court
of the county in which the municipality and park district are situated. The
circuit court shall thereupon fix a date and time not less than 30 days nor
more than 180 days after the date of filing of such petition for a public
hearing on the subject of the petition. Notice of the time and place of the
hearing shall be given by the clerk of the circuit court at least 20 days
prior to the date fixed for the hearing by at least one publication thereof
in one or more daily or weekly newspapers having a general circulation
within the park district.
If the circuit court finds upon such hearing that the petition meets the
requirements of this Section; that the territory to be disconnected
fulfills the conditions of this Section; it may enter an order of
disconnection ordering that the territory described in the petition be
disconnected from the park district. No disconnection of territory under
this Section shall be permitted if the park district has ownership of a
park located in the territory to be disconnected. All questions of
indebtedness and the tax obligations between the district and the territory
affected shall be adjusted in the manner provided for in Section 3-7 of
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 78-457.)
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