(70 ILCS 1205/3-8) (from Ch. 105, par. 3-8)
Sec. 3-8.
Annexation of surrounded territory.
Upon a written
petition, signed by a majority of the owners of record of land
in any contiguous territory not incorporated within a park district, wholly
bounded by 2 or more park districts, the specified territory may be annexed
by any one of the specified park districts by the passage of an ordinance
providing therefor. The ordinance shall describe the territory annexed,
which shall not exceed one-third of the area of the annexing park
district before the annexation. The park district to which the territory
is to be annexed shall send a copy of the proposed annexing
ordinance, by certified mail, at least 30 days before the annexing
ordinance takes effect, to the last known addresses, if any, ascertained
upon diligent search, of the owners of record of land in that
territory. A certified copy of the annexing ordinance and an accurate
map of the annexed territory shall be filed in the offices of the county
clerk and recorder of each county in which annexation takes place.
(Source: P.A. 87-368; 87-895.)
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