(70 ILCS 2005/13) (from Ch. 85, par. 6863)
Sec. 13.
Any territory lying adjacent and contiguous to an emergency services
district, and not part of another emergency services district and not part of a
fire protection district that provides rescue services,
may be annexed to the district as provided in this Section.
Upon petition in writing, describing the territory proposed to be
annexed and signed by a majority of the legal voters in that territory
and by the owners of more than half of the taxable property in that
territory as shown by the last ascertained equalized value of the
taxable property in that territory being filed with the trustees of
the district, the trustees may annex the territory
by a resolution which shall be published at least once in a newspaper
having a general circulation in the territory and shall include a notice
of (1) the specific number of voters required to sign a petition requesting
that the question of the adoption of the resolution be submitted to the
electors of the territory, (2) the time in which the petition must be filed,
and (3) the date of the prospective referendum. The county clerk of the
county in which the territory is situated shall provide a petition form
to any individual requesting one. The resolution shall be effective
45 days from the
date of publication and is subject to a referendum, if a
referendum is requested, before the effective date of the
resolution, by the lesser of 1,000 voters or 5% of the voters
in the district. The trustees may also order the
question of the annexation of the territory to be submitted to the legal voters of the
district at a regular election by certifying the question to the
proper election officials. Notice of the election
shall be given and the election
conducted in the manner provided by the general election law. The proposition
shall be stated as follows:
"Shall the territory (describing it) be annexed to The .... Emergency Services District?" If the majority of all the votes cast on the
question is in favor of annexation, the board of
trustees shall so certify to the county clerk, and within 10 days of
the election the trustees by an order duly entered upon their records
shall annex the territory to the district and shall file a map of the
annexed territory in the office of the county clerk of the county where
the annexed territory is situated. Thereupon the territory shall be
deemed annexed to and shall be a part of the emergency services
district.
(Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24.)
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